Online Poker Exodus

[Montegriffo]

If I ever make it over I expect you to lay on a game for me, I'll bring the port and some snacks.

For sure, man. I'll even put out my best pretzels for you.

Nah send them to Trump.

[Speaker to Animals]

If you are gay, then go to Canada. If you are cool, then check out Aruba.

[clubgop]

Bet you can play poker online in Somalia.

you have to send signals in morse code, but yeah

Seriously tho, I can't even comprehend how long this has gone on. We just keep letting evangelicals walk all over us.

God or the taxman? Seems like the later using the former as an excuse.

The latter, no excuse that and money laundering. Also daily fantasy has been seriously curtailed. Liberal, nanny state busybodies always. GCF, calling Tipper Gore an evangelical.

[Hastur]

What? Americans aren't allowed to play online poker?

[Speaker to Animals]

What? Americans aren't allowed to play online poker?

One of the fantastic outcomes of women's suffrage in America. American women around the time of suffrage consisted of a lot of Protestant teetotaler busybodies.

Virtually all of the nanny state laws started with suffrage, but then was later picked up by the government. The government hates gambling because it's too hard to tax it and control it outside of their state-sanctioned casinos. Women about a hundred years ago were on the warpath to fuck with men and promptly proceeded to outlaw gambling, alcohol, and whores in short order.

I don't think women give a shit about that stuff nowadays, but it's just barreling on with inertia because the government benefits from it.

[Montegriffo]

Clear as mud.

Online Poker in the United States After Black Friday

On April 15th, 2011 the US government unsealed indictments against Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars (along with lesser-known sites UltimateBet and Absolute Poker). The crux of the government's complaint focused on allegations that the rooms had broken various laws by accepting player deposits and processing player withdrawals. Both rooms vigorously defended themselves against the charges, and PokerStars eventually reached a settlement with the US that resulted in Stars acquiring the assets of Full Tilt Poker and the suspension of charges against both companies with no wrongdoing admitted.

PokerStars no longer accepts US players as a result of that settlement, but plenty of other poker sites continue to take players from the United States after Black Friday. By many estimates, the size of the US online poker market remained more or less stable after Black Friday, especially given the millions upon millions of dollars in player bankrolls frozen on Full Tilt Poker. With Black Friday now well over a year in the rearview mirror, US poker players have simply moved on to the other poker sites that continue to accept American players.
Understanding the UIGEA and the Impact on US Poker

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, or UIGEA, is a notorious law in the US online poker community. Contrary to the mistaken opinion still held by many, the UIGEA did not make playing online poker a crime. In fact, the law doesn't have any direct impact on those who simply play poker online from the US.

When the law passed in 2006, it immediately changed the online poker landscape in dramatic ways. The largest poker site in the world before the UIGEA, Party Poker, moved out of the US market immediately in response to shareholder pressure. PokerStars, at the time the second largest site in the world, continued to allow US play and quickly rose to the top of the poker site ranks. The decision to stay in the US market was shared by Full Tilt Poker, who quickly displaced Party Poker in the second spot on the strength of the site's US player base. Dozens of smaller sites also followed the lead of PokerStars and continued to take players from the US.

Analysts now believe that the UIGEA had little practical impact on the size and nature of the market for online poker in the United States. Much like Black Friday, the UIGEA resulted in more of a rearrangement of the market than a reduction in its overall liquidity.

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[Montegriffo]

As a result of having to postpone the Bungay Balls Up juggling convention to September, we have decided to go for a virtual convention including chatrooms, online board games and video workshops.
My contribution to this geekfest is to create a poker club on Pokerstars like the MHF one we used a couple of times.
The tournament will be restricted to people who have attended at least one convention as we don't want an outsider walking away with the title but any ring games we play will be open to all. If any of you are interested in joining in I'll give you the invitation codes etc.
Someone else is working on using Jitsi or something similar so we can banter as we play.

[SuburbanFarmer]

As a result of having to postpone the Bungay Balls Up juggling convention to September, we have decided to go for a virtual convention including chatrooms, online board games and video workshops.
My contribution to this geekfest is to create a poker club on Pokerstars like the MHF one we used a couple of times.
The tournament will be restricted to people who have attended at least one convention as we don't want an outsider walking away with the title but any ring games we play will be open to all. If any of you are interested in joining in I'll give you the invitation codes etc.
Someone else is working on using Jitsi or something similar so we can banter as we play.

Nice, dude. Are you doing any cash tournaments via PayPal or something?

[Montegriffo]

As a result of having to postpone the Bungay Balls Up juggling convention to September, we have decided to go for a virtual convention including chatrooms, online board games and video workshops.
My contribution to this geekfest is to create a poker club on Pokerstars like the MHF one we used a couple of times.
The tournament will be restricted to people who have attended at least one convention as we don't want an outsider walking away with the title but any ring games we play will be open to all. If any of you are interested in joining in I'll give you the invitation codes etc.
Someone else is working on using Jitsi or something similar so we can banter as we play.

Nice, dude. Are you doing any cash tournaments via PayPal or something?

I hadn't thought of that. That would be a way of getting around the rake and the US restrictions on having fun.
I went for play money for us liberty nation citizens as it would mean you could sign up for a Pokerstars account without having to enter banking details and make a deposit.
We play for the title anyway, it's normally only three quid to enter and the winner never gets more than about £25.

[SuburbanFarmer]

As a result of having to postpone the Bungay Balls Up juggling convention to September, we have decided to go for a virtual convention including chatrooms, online board games and video workshops.
My contribution to this geekfest is to create a poker club on Pokerstars like the MHF one we used a couple of times.
The tournament will be restricted to people who have attended at least one convention as we don't want an outsider walking away with the title but any ring games we play will be open to all. If any of you are interested in joining in I'll give you the invitation codes etc.
Someone else is working on using Jitsi or something similar so we can banter as we play.

Nice, dude. Are you doing any cash tournaments via PayPal or something?

I hadn't thought of that. That would be a way of getting around the rake and the US restrictions on having fun.
I went for play money for us liberty nation citizens as it would mean you could sign up for a Pokerstars account without having to enter banking details and make a deposit.
We play for the title anyway, it's normally only three quid to enter and the winner never gets more than about £25.

That’s good enough for me. Just so there’s something at risk. Otherwise, it’s just an all-in lotto.