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  We have occasionally made sport of the French here on the editorial pages. This is mainly for their tendencies toward the sort of hats that would get most of us beat up for our lunch money in real life. They also have a habit of looking at the sort of boneless sea life most of us would put squarely in the "icky" category, and calling it an appetizer. Add to this the tendency to surrender their country and national honor to any force larger than a Boy Scout troop and you have a nation that is pretty interesting to speak about.



  French history is littered with surrenders. They have said "No Mas" to the Romans, Vikings, Spanish, English, Americans, and a couple of Dutch tourists in Paris who looked like they may be up to no good. It seems though, that France has finally found a foe they think they can beat: the poker industry.



  As most of us know, Paris was ground zero for massive riots in 2005. In a response that makes about as much sense as canceling the English, time honored practice of Tea Time as a way to curb rioting after a Manchester United match, The French Government has included verbiage that would outlaw online gambling in the bill that was crafted to prevent civil unrest in the future. This bill has not yet become a law, but the French are behaving as though it has already passed and this is having a cooling effect on the industry in that country.



  Along with laws that attack the online game, the powers that be in France have also become hostile to those who sit around a table and play without a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates product anywhere in the room. Recently French police busted in on a very surprised bridge club who decided to forego their normal game for a rousing night of poker fun.



  The European Poker Tour has taken the hint and cancelled their Deauville event.



  Unemployment is rampant in France and despite abundant availability of prissy little hats, champagne, and snails, the people in that country are not very happy. The EPT is a tournament tour that is growing in popularity, and it can bring a little financial boost to an area where is goes in. It also may allow some of the local folks to forget their troubles for a while and watch some good poker.



  France doesn't want them, so the EPT will simply go somewhere else. Who is really the winner in this situation?