IA>TX ... in your situation after reading it.

First of all, you need to get your act together regarding the law. If you can maintain some discipline and just act like a normal human being in this small town, you won't have any problems there. If you see a cop that recognizes you, smile and nod your head.

If you move to IA, you can, for the most part, put the AA thing behind you. I think you would much rather live with people you are comfortable with, doing what you love to do as much as possible (poker), and live a simple life in the small city.

I think it'd be best for you (after reading up on a very little bit of it in this thread), just live the simple life, make tons of monies.