Ma fellow poker players, I come to you in the wake of recent events to issue you a call to reason.

Let no poker pro deny the perils of our time. While we battle one another, divided by the petty strife of our common history, the tide of bingoness is turning against us, threatening to destroy all that we have accomplished. It is time for us as sane poker players, and as bingo-slayers to set aside our l ongstanding feuds and UNITE. The tides of a bingo war are upon us, and we must seek refuge upon higher streng th hands, lest we be swept away by the flood of bingos. The prospect of expensive chip sales is no more. Whatever semblance of unity and protection it once provided is a phantom, a memo ry. With the bingos left unchecked by the cheap chip sales, who will you turn to for protection? The devastation wrought by the mountain of bingos is self-evident. We have seen our suited connectors destroyed by a bingo all in, only to flop str aights and flushes. We have seen firsthand how our pocket Aces were consumed by 2 7 offsuit with a f lush on the river. Unprecedented, and unimaginable though they may be, these are the perils of our times. The time has come, ma fellow poker players, to rally to a new banner. In unity lies STRENGTH. Already many bingo-slayers have joined us. Out of the many we shall forge an anti-bingo alliance, capitulating ONLY to a si ngle tournament. And in that tournament, I... shall show you how it's done. From this day forward, let no poker pro make war upon any other pro. Let no bingos conspire against this new beginning. And let no one bingo along wi th the bingos. And to all those bingoing out there, seek not to bar our way. FOR WE SHALL WIN THROUGH, NO MATTER THE COST!