Rich “TheEngineer” Muny is an engineer, poker player, and columnist for BigGovernment.com. A long time conservative-libertarian who grew disenchanted with the big government, big spending ways of the GOP leadership of the early 2000s, Rich became active in grassroots poker advocacy efforts while also becoming a prolific blogger on conservative-libertarian political issues.

Rich has been a tireless advocate for poker rights since passage of the UIGEA, and he has successfully organized like-minded poker enthusiasts to work together on many campaigns for poker rights. These efforts led to his being named to the Board of Directors in 2007. Rich also serves as the PPA Kentucky State Director.