Happy New Year and Thank You

[Al Schoonmaker]

2003 was a great year for poker, 2+2, and this forum. Poker exploded. Our book sales were incredibly larger than expected, and this forum got bigger and better.
2004 looks like an even better year. That tournament on Super Bowl Sunday will give poker unprecedented exposure, fueling even greater expansion.
I am particularly grateful to all of the people who post here. After a certain number of columns, every writer runs out of ideas. My friends who write about hands can always comment on ones they have played or seen, but I need very different sorts of topics. Without this forum I wouldn't have enough material to continue writing regularly. In fact, nearly all of my recent columns are based on ideas I got here.
Thanks for your help, and I wish you all good luck for the New Year.
Al

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

As Dr. Al says, it has been a great year for us. In fact, it was simply incredible. When I have a little more time, I'll hopefully have a little more to say. But for now, thanks to everyone for all the support.

Best wishes,
Mason