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  1. bwalz bwalz is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2012 (1/6/2012 3:42am) in reply to smithgraham

    You guys would like that, but do you really think the greediest country in the world won't get back in the game. US govt just wanted the whole pie, not a little piece. With the size of the US player pool & the way our govt works they'll figure how to juice all of you.
  2. smithgraham smithgraham is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2012 (1/6/2012 5:19am) in reply to bwalz

     
    Originally Posted by bwalz View Post

    You guys would like that, but do you really think the greediest country in the world won't get back in the game. US govt just wanted the whole pie, not a little piece. With the size of the US player pool & the way our govt works they'll figure how to juice all of you.

    LOL your post sounds a bit intense. Doesn't really matter whether it will take 1,2 or 10 years.many who are playing for a living relocated anyway & PS aren't complaining with 150k + players online. You can only blame your own govt for denying you right to play online.
  3. Mahon78 Mahon78 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2012 (1/6/2012 7:53pm) in reply to wackyJaxon

     
    Originally Posted by wackyJaxon View Post

    People were fucked over by FTP & UB/AP's lack of solid management and shady ownership, not the US players. The DOJ was only the catalyst here, but both these sites both weren't close in keeping balances seperate from customers from operating funds. I am not saying that its safe to play on rake based sites that accept US customers, but to blame US players themselves for you losing money is a stretch. There were plenty of other sites to choose from besides UB/AP/FTP that didn't accept US customers that you could have played on if you thought it had to do with US players rather than the risk that these sites were just underfunded.

    I never blamed US players, i simply said i wouldnt trust a site that allows them to play at the moment, and why should i when the site could get closed because of it? does anyone here really know if merge keeps players funds separate? its my money and i dont want to risk losing it to another site. My mistake was forgetting how touchy and sensitive americans are. they have this attitude that the whole world is out to get them.

     
    Originally Posted by smithgraham View Post

    More like in a five or ten.

    when US players can play again id say it will be the same as Italy for them, with a US only stars. i doubt we will see them again on any world sites. Until then they will just have to stay sharp on the play tables
  4. wackyJaxon wackyJaxon is offline Admin X

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    Jan 6th, 2012 (1/6/2012 8:28pm) in reply to Mahon78

     
    Originally Posted by Mahon78 View Post

    Thats right i forgot, it was only US players lost money over yous playing poker illegally. It didnt effect anyone else did it.

    if i can play on a site that lets yous deposit money illegally then it is my business, and i want to know what site it is so i can stay away from them and not lose more when they get caught by the FBI too.

    Enough people have been fucked over US players so please explain how my concern shows a lack of intelligence?

     
    Originally Posted by Mahon78 View Post

    I never blamed US players, i simply said i wouldnt trust a site that allows them to play at the moment, and why should i when the site could get closed because of it? does anyone here really know if merge keeps players funds separate? its my money and i dont want to risk losing it to another site. My mistake was forgetting how touchy and sensitive americans are. they have this attitude that the whole world is out to get them.

    when US players can play again id say it will be the same as Italy for them, with a US only stars. i doubt we will see them again on any world sites. Until then they will just have to stay sharp on the play tables

    You blamed US players in the first quoted post unless I misinterpretted.

    I do agree that I find it hard to believe with the slow cashouts that Merge as a whole (maybe some skins like Hero do), Cake, or the smaller rake based sites that allow US players are keeping players funds seperate.

    Bovada seems to have quicker cashouts, so maybe they are keeping the balances seperate. However, there are plenty of other reasons after their last update for Bovada to ever be a place for me to play. If I was still living in the US I would rather play nowhere than a site that thinks anonymous tables is a good idea and that they can police all collusion and cheating without any help of the poker community.

    If I was still in the US, David Jung has said in the past that Hero Poker keeps all their player funds seperate. He has always been straight foward in all my dealings with him, and if Hero didn't go back to accepting US customers I would still be playing there even living outside the US. Its about the only site or skin I think I would personally trust if I was living in the US, so probably would just give poker a break until its regulated either intrastate or nationally other than the possible exception of Hero. These are just my opinions though and I don't blame anyone for playing anywhere, especially if they have calculated the risks with their own money and still want to go for it.
    Edited By: wackyJaxon Jan 6th, 2012 at 08:29 PM
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  5. Mahon78 Mahon78 is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2012 (1/6/2012 8:36pm) in reply to Mahon78

     
    Originally Posted by Mahon78 View Post

    I wouldnt go near a site that allows US players at the moment. Not worth the risk, no offence US players.

    Im sure bodog are stoping US players soon, so it will just be merge

    My first post, and im not blaming anyone, simply saying sites that allow US players are high risk, which they are. It was full tilt that fucked up, not us players, but like i said, americans are ultra sensitive and you cant say a thing without them getting offended these days
  6. shakhtar shakhtar is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2012 (1/6/2012 8:37pm) in reply to Bovada Service

     
    Originally Posted by Bovada Service View Post

    In response to wackyJaxon’s concerns, we just wanted to assure you that at Bovada we have a specialized team purely focused on issues such as collusion. From a player’s standpoint the anonymity factor does pose difficulties with identifying colluders; however, we have advanced security tools and a team that investigates issues proactively alongside those which are submitted to us. We are also committed to evolving our current security practices to ensure play at our tables is safe.

    Please forward any situations that you may feel as suspicious as all concerns will be investigated. Bovada Customer Service can be reached by phone at 1-888-263-0000, or by email service@bovada.lv.

    They can't get their software to stop lagging (along with many other problems of the most basic nature), they basically stated THEY DO NOT want winning poker players at their site (famously called predators by Oldman), and they have very little player volume in the poker rooms (especially after the recent mass exodus). But yet, they have a highly "specialized" team of security experts working non-stop to prevent cheating. How did he/she say it again? Oh right, "purely focused". As if they have a team of high tech geniuses on salary just "purely focusing" on the 7 games they have running at any given time.

    Considering they can't even answer the most basic questions via e-mail (if they bother responding at all), I nominate this Bovada response as an early contender for the most ridiculous and asinine statement of the year.
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