Bar watch and The Bracelet

Where I live in B.C. they have started a Bar Watch program. What is Bar Watch? Its basically a program to keep undesirables and trouble makers out of our bars and nightclubs. What happens is when you enter a nightclub (and its only nightclubs that have problems) you are asked for identification and your ID is scanned into a computer system. Everyone is asked regardless of age or gender. Then if you cause problems by fighting or just generally being a troublemaker the next time you try and go in your ID will be flagged and you will be denied entry. This is a great way to make our nightclubs safer for everybody. Do you see anything wrong with it?? I don't. Most people don't. Hey if you don't want to have your ID scanned then don't go in the bar. Pretty simple. Well then you get our so called privacy commissionaire involved. He has now determined that this is illegal. Why is it illegal? Well it seems it infringes on peoples rights not to have their ID scanned. Huh?? What about the rights of everyone else to expect to be safe when they go in. What about the rights of nearby stores when these same troublemakers come out and break windows and damage their property? Nobody is forcing these people to have their ID scanned. In my my opinion bars have a right to make sure their establishments are safe.
Maybe they should make all bars nightclubs private clubs and charge a yearly membership fee. Then to become a member you have to have your ID scanned. Charge a nominal fee and that should get around this very silly ruling.

I was reading another blog yesterday and it seems one of the November Nine who have made the final table of The Main Event of the World Series of Poker has stated that if he wins he will throw the bracelet in the garbage. Huh?? Yes he will not accept the bracelet that goes with the 8 or 9 million dollar first prize. It seems that he is trying to make a statement of some kind. He has some sort of grudge against Harrah's Inc which owns the Rio and the rights now to the WSOP.

Well I know most poker players dream is to someday win a bracelet at the WSOP. Oh sure the winning money is a major bonus too but the bracelet is what true poker players dream about. In my opinion this is a very misguided attempt at making a statement. If you don't agree with how the WSOP is run now don't enter the events. Don't cover the events in the magazine you own. Simple?? Very Simple. Jeff Schulman editor and publisher of Card Player magazine you really need to think this through. That is something a child would do not a respected poker player. Work with them. If you win you will have more say in things.

Not that I am counting but 49 days until I am in Vegas. Okay yes I am counting...