online poker for U.S. players no more!!

[338Shooter]

Non players do not understand the effect this has on full time players. A good friend of mine has made a good living the last 5 years playing nothing put online. now what? get a real job? he has a nice 5 year gap in his work history that he will need to explain. Not to mention the amount of money he stands to loose if he cant get the money from his account. Im not saying how much money I had on there but you could buy a nice used truck thats for sure.

Poor guy.

 

[doctorjj]

Non players do not understand the effect this has on full time players. A good friend of mine has made a good living the last 5 years playing nothing put online. now what? get a real job? he has a nice 5 year gap in his work history that he will need to explain. Not to mention the amount of money he stands to loose if he cant get the money from his account. Im not saying how much money I had on there but you could buy a nice used truck thats for sure.

If he's that good, he needs to turn pro and forget about the online crap anyway.

 

[dennishoddy]

Living in the middle of Casino country, I have an issue with somebody thinking they can make a living from gambling for 5 years. I have a hard time believing it. These places do not stay on line, nor do brick and mortar casino's stay in business with people making a living from them. If they are constant winners, the security will flag them as they can be assured they are not doing something legal.

Legal = the casino taking your money.
Illegal = somebody has a system and will soon be caught.

My EX-best friend lost $600,00 of his retirement, and works for minimum wage now
Another lady in town that worked at a bank embezzeled almost a million, and lost it all including the million+ she got when her husband died, and the stories go on.....

Trust me, I've heard all of the stories about people that "know" how to make a living there.
If you put one of the cards in there, so they can track you, and give "comps" you are setting an electronic pattern where the machines will give an occasional payout, to make one "feel good" and then slam your dobber into the dirt when you get hooked.

Its all electronics, tracking and computers now.

Native American definition of "High Roller" Is biggest looser....

 

[Lurkerinthewoods]

Can the Feds go after the players for illegal gambling? That would suck having the FBI or ICE show up at the door and seize your computer and banking info..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/
http://www.pokerstars.com/
http://www.absolutepoker.com/

 

[Mr10mm]

Poker you are not playing against the house

 

[dutchwrangler]

Well I'm glad we got that taken care of. Finally, America is safe.

Yup. I'm gonna sleep better tonight...

 

[rebelracer79]

Living in the middle of Casino country, I have an issue with somebody thinking they can make a living from gambling for 5 years. I have a hard time believing it. These places do not stay on line, nor do brick and mortar casino's stay in business with people making a living from them. If they are constant winners, the security will flag them as they can be assured they are not doing something legal.

Legal = the casino taking your money.
Illegal = somebody has a system and will soon be caught.

My EX-best friend lost $600,00 of his retirement, and works for minimum wage now
Another lady in town that worked at a bank embezzeled almost a million, and lost it all including the million+ she got when her husband died, and the stories go on.....

Trust me, I've heard all of the stories about people that "know" how to make a living there.
If you put one of the cards in there, so they can track you, and give "comps" you are setting an electronic pattern where the machines will give an occasional payout, to make one "feel good" and then slam your dobber into the dirt when you get hooked.

Its all electronics, tracking and computers now.

Native American definition of "High Roller" Is biggest looser....

Poker, win loose or draw the house gets a rake out of everyhand, so no matter how much you win, the house gets its cut, its not a crap shoot, you are taking the guy next to you's money, not the casinos.

 

[OKIE-CARBINE]

Poker, win loose or draw the house gets a rake out of everyhand, so no matter how much you win, the house gets its cut, its not a crap shoot, you are taking the guy next to you's money, not the casinos.

yeah. poker at a casino is a win-win. you win from the guy next to you and the casino gets their cut.

 

[Spec ops Grunt]

America, where banks can turn the economy into a giant ponzi scheme and get off scott free, but Lord help you if you play poker.


Kinda like how it took the IRS to get Capone.

 

[cvrx4]

I play on pokerstars for play money..not really into gambling "real" money. I used to go to Tunica and gamble every now and then but everytime I put a $20 into a machine I would think "there goes a box of ammo"...hell I just got a thunderbolt phone from verizon and a poker game was preinstalled. It allowed you to charge money to your verizon account to play poker with.