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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:20 am
by Paul
I played poker with family once, and we got down to two players.
I ended up with something like ten times her chip stack.
It was getting late so we agreed to go all in every hand.
I had a superior hand pre-flop in all but the last hand, yet she beat me every single hand.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:57 pm
by TheCatt
Until that point, I had not lost a single hand I had stayed to the end for.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:12 am
by Leisher
Final fallout from the online poker scandal.
Here's the really interesting bit:
The settlement sets the stage for PokerStars to re-enter the online card games market in the United States. The Justice Department in Washington decided last year that the Wire Act, one of the key laws used in prosecuting gambling operations, should not apply to state-approved games -- opening the door to the legalization of online poker.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:18 am
by TPRJones
So in the long run, the only result of the justice department's actions were to hurt US citizens with FTP and PS accounts.
Way to go, justice department! Protect and serve!
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:36 am
by GORDON
TPRJones wrote:So in the long run, the only result of the justice department's actions were to hurt US citizens with FTP and PS accounts.
Way to go, justice department! Protect and serve!
What I took from it was, "And now we can tax it."
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:10 pm
by Leisher
Exactly.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:44 pm
by Paul
In April 2011 the Feds shut down the major poker sites in the United States.
UltimateBet money was gone for good.
PokerStars (the biggest site) was able to operate in other countries and pay off all of the American accounts.
Full Tilt (2nd biggest site) pretty much shut down. They were bought by PokerStars who paid off the Feds, but the Feds have been slow at offering restitution to the American poker players. (PokerStars paid off the people in other countries in a few months.)
On Monday I got an email that I could file a claim, and today is the first day they put the option to register a claim on their website.
I filed, so hopefully I'll get all (or most of) my money.
Money will be paid out in percentages, so if they have $100 million set aside for Americans and Americans request $200 million in payouts we'll all only get 50% of our balances.
If the money set aside is more than the claims we'll get 100% of our balance.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:52 pm
by GORDON
Looks like I better file a claim.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:39 pm
by TheCatt
I filed mine for 2 million.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:52 pm
by GORDON
You weren't as greedy as I.
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:52 pm
by Leisher
WTF is ESPN doing with WSOP coverage?
Last year they started on Day 3, this year they're starting on Day 4.
They're missing all the celebs and pro players. All the personalities. There's no feel of how anyone has been doing aside from seeing their current chip total.
Terrible.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:03 am
by Paul
With very little online poker in the USA they don't have the sponsorship they once had.
In the good ol' days PokerStas, Full Tilt, and others threw millions dollars of sponsorship at them'
Oh, and I used to play online with the guy in the umbrella hat at Phily Ivy's table.
His online handle is Zachvac. I bought a piece of him when he played in Chile while back.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:00 pm
by Malcolm