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I don't mean to be OT, but does anybody play online anymore? I paid my (cheap) rent in college playing on FullTilt and PokerStars, but the (unreasonable) gov't

I don't mean to be OT, but does anybody play online anymore? I paid my (cheap) rent in college playing on FullTilt and PokerStars, but the (unreasonable) gov't crackdown seems to have put an end to online play. Or is there a secret I'm not in on?

jonathansizz 12y ago
The shutdown was only in the United States. You could cross the border to play freely. Inside the US, there's a couple of states that have legalized within-state play; other than that there are a few minor online venues (several hundred to a couple of thousand players online at any given time). I believe that r/poker has an updated list if you're interested.
slb 12y ago
Online poker for real money is still strong outside the USA, and there are a few state-specific enterprises (for example, wsop.com and--until recently--the unfortunately named Ultimate Poker in Nevada) starting for USA states that have specifically legalized online poker.
mod 12y ago
There's a couple of sites where you can still play, however there's not much action and you essentially can't cash out. I have a buddy with ~200k on some network, I think merge, and he has a pending cashout for 2k (the max) that has been pending for months. He can't initiate another until the last has been resolved. Until about a year ago (post-black-friday, of course) he was able to remove about 12-14k/year, given the wait time per check and the maximum of 2k per check. You need to move or play in a casino.
rjett 12y ago
bovada... not nearly as many players as there used to be when it operated as bodog, but it'll still scratch your itch.
pcthrowaway 12y ago
Seals With Clubs. Deposit bitcoin. Play with bitcoin. Withdraw bitcoin. Probably not legal in the U.S. but it's a great site (and they don't check your IP origin afaik, though you could probably get in with TOR or a proxy anyway).
- albedoa 12y ago
  Seals With Clubs shut down three days ago: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/seals-clubs-shutting-down-1512542/ http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/seals...
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kimcheekumquat 12y ago
You can try Bovada. Fairly soft site with decent deposit and withdrawal options.
Ollinson 12y ago
Online poker is very much alive. You can check it out for yourself twitch.tv I personally recommend pokerstaples stream. He's a very math based MTT player.

jonathansizz 12y ago

The shutdown was only in the United States. You could cross the border to play freely. Inside the US, there's a couple of states that have legalized within-state play; other than that there are a few minor online venues (several hundred to a couple of thousand players online at any given time). I believe that r/poker has an updated list if you're interested.

slb 12y ago

Online poker for real money is still strong outside the USA, and there are a few state-specific enterprises (for example, wsop.com and--until recently--the unfortunately named Ultimate Poker in Nevada) starting for USA states that have specifically legalized online poker.

mod 12y ago

There's a couple of sites where you can still play, however there's not much action and you essentially can't cash out. I have a buddy with ~200k on some network, I think merge, and he has a pending cashout for 2k (the max) that has been pending for months. He can't initiate another until the last has been resolved. Until about a year ago (post-black-friday, of course) he was able to remove about 12-14k/year, given the wait time per check and the maximum of 2k per check. You need to move or play in a casino.

rjett 12y ago

bovada... not nearly as many players as there used to be when it operated as bodog, but it'll still scratch your itch.

pcthrowaway 12y ago

Seals With Clubs. Deposit bitcoin. Play with bitcoin. Withdraw bitcoin. Probably not legal in the U.S. but it's a great site (and they don't check your IP origin afaik, though you could probably get in with TOR or a proxy anyway).

albedoa 12y ago
Seals With Clubs shut down three days ago: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/seals-clubs-shutting-down-1512542/ http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/seals...

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kimcheekumquat 12y ago

You can try Bovada. Fairly soft site with decent deposit and withdrawal options.

Ollinson 12y ago

Online poker is very much alive. You can check it out for yourself twitch.tv I personally recommend pokerstaples stream. He's a very math based MTT player.