I know what you're thinking: how can you improve on the greatest card game of all time? Listen, the hamburger was a great discovery. But put a piece of cheese on the charred remains and it goes from great to ethereal. It lifts the mood of everyone in the restaurant. It's the same thing with Hold-em. Hold-em is a great game but it can be greater. Don't believe me. Give me a skeptic and a little time and I'll have a skeptic that wasted half the day. Here read on:

Time Limit

I know. You can call time on a player that is spreading mustard on his baloney sandwich instead of making a bet. What I'm talking about is the player posing for the cameras. The one who thinks he'll convince us of something if he mulls over the cards and gives the rest of the players a stare. Please. Almost every card bet is obvious. Pick up the cards or the chips and make a play, don't try to be Jesus Ferguson. Because if you want to be Jesus Ferguson you have to play better and grow out that freakin' mop.

Limited All-In

Too many players toss their chips all-in as a way to steal blinds. Is this the way the founders planned it? No. Limit the amount of all-ins a player can use per round, hour, whatever. Give them one every hour and we'll see who can really play poker. Not who can toss all their chips in to scare everyone else. Yeah, I'm talking to you Jason.

Four Card Flush Runs

Nothing I hate more than seeing someone fall into a flush because they get four community cards. Yeah, yeah, push them off the bet. Listen, you have three As and the last thing you want to do is scare the thongs of everyone, especially some jamoke that has a pair of Js and loves his hand. Then he catches four diamonds and you want to run the guy, the dealer and your cards into the nearest wood chipper. If we can't get rid of it altogether, let's devalue it and give them half the pot. The rest of the pot can go to a local charity who's more freakin' deserving than this mope.

That's the list. Sound like someone that's whining? Maybe. But have I got some bad beat stories to tell you.