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Playing in US with foreign account?

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  1. MargeLeBarge MargeLeBarge is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 2:17pm)

    Hi All, New here and I need clarification on this subject. IF I had a foreign bank account and deposited into a poker site would I be able to log on and play cash games from inside the US? If yes, then it seems pretty straight-forward if you have a foreign connection. If no, then I understand the need to move. Thanks!
  2. Chet Steadman Chet Steadman is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 2:24pm) in reply to MargeLeBarge

    Hello Marge,

    What you've described is undoubtedly against any non-US facing site's terms and conditions, therefore you'd be breaking the rules and subsequently subjected to account balance forfeitures.
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  3. MargeLeBarge MargeLeBarge is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 2:45pm) in reply to Chet Steadman

    Chet,

    Thanks for the response but I'm still confused. Aren't you and other US players playing online or are all the US players playing in card-rooms? There must be players playing online that have found a way around the restrictions without leaving the country. Can I log into A foreign account with a local IP address and play? The money can stay in the foreign account.
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  4. Scarypooper Scarypooper is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 3:21pm) in reply to MargeLeBarge

    Hi there DOJ.
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  5. MargeLeBarge MargeLeBarge is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 3:36pm) in reply to Scarypooper

    LOL?
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  6. Joshuwgb Joshuwgb is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 5:25pm) in reply to MargeLeBarge

    How are things at the DoJ?
  7. vil1ain vil1ain is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 5:38pm) in reply to Joshuwgb

    http://www.pocketfives.com/f10017/ps...g-vpns-650971/
  8. zoonie824 zoonie824 is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2011 (11/6/2011 6:42pm) in reply to vil1ain

    Preet, what's good?
     
  9. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Nov 7th, 2011 (11/7/2011 12:58am) in reply to zoonie824

    The basic answer is that most people who were US-based poker players prior to Black Friday have made one of the following choices:

    1) Move to another country outside the US - as in legitimately move, not pretend to move. These people have often relocated through services such as Poker Refugees and are now living abroad, have a legit foreign address, legit foreign banking and are only playing while outside the US.

    2) Stop playing online entirely - true of quite a number of even big pros in the states. Many have just stuck to playing in brick and mortar card rooms or are taking time off from poker and waiting to see how legislation plays out

    3) Continuing to play on the remaining US-facing sites. P5s doesn't promote any of these sites because we think they're all very risky for players at this point. But there are quite a few people still playing on them nonetheless.


    Some people have no doubt attempted to pretend to be outside the US while actually being in the US, but as far as I know it doesn't work and either way it's not an acceptable forum topic since it is both fraudulent and a violation of all non-US facing poker sites' terms of service.
     
  10. threeven threeven is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2011 (11/7/2011 1:54am) in reply to Adam

    Didn't pokerstars just ban (and possibly confiscate funds from) a bunch of people who were trying to do this?
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  11. Hunter Clark Hunter Clark is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2011 (11/7/2011 9:35pm) in reply to threeven

    What a mess
  12. chron6866 chron6866 is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2011 (11/7/2011 10:08pm) in reply to Hunter Clark

    lol at anyone posting on a public forum how they (if possible) found a way to circumvent the restrictions...seems like something they would be rushing to post publicly.
     
  13. double_kyan double_kyan is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2011 (11/7/2011 10:19pm) in reply to chron6866

    i was wondering if its profitable too fly too germany set up an apartment,bank acct.,internet,call poker stars, have a person on paid standby[in case of any problems] fly back to USA and fire up team viewer than i can play from home ..........:P please ,no serious responses i only want too hear from the trolls
    Edited By: double_kyan Nov 7th, 2011 at 10:19 PM
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  14. smithgraham smithgraham is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2011 (11/8/2011 12:31am) in reply to double_kyan

     
    Originally Posted by double_kyan View Post

    i was wondering if its profitable too fly too germany set up an apartment,bank acct.,internet,call poker stars, have a person on paid standby[in case of any problems] fly back to USA and fire up team viewer than i can play from home ..........:P please ,no serious responses i only want too hear from the trolls

    It's too easy in Germany dood,so you need to choose another country ;D Like China maybe!
  15. The_Enigma The_Enigma is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2011 (11/8/2011 3:23am) in reply to smithgraham

    I live in Canada but work in the US during the week. Is there anyway to still be able to play given that money is going to and from a Canadian institution (On stars). I suppose this is still against the TOS, Im pretty sure its the IP address that gets picked off and prompts the block.
  16. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Nov 8th, 2011 (11/8/2011 3:30am) in reply to The_Enigma

     
    Originally Posted by The_Enigma View Post

    I live in Canada but work in the US during the week. Is there anyway to still be able to play given that money is going to and from a Canadian institution (On stars). I suppose this is still against the TOS, Im pretty sure its the IP address that gets picked off and prompts the block.


    Definitely not permissible to play while in the US
     
  17. The_Enigma The_Enigma is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2011 (11/8/2011 3:41am) in reply to Adam

    Figured, thanks.
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    Nov 11th, 2011 (11/11/2011 7:58pm) in reply to double_kyan

     
    Originally Posted by double_kyan View Post

    i was wondering if its profitable too fly too germany set up an apartment,bank acct.,internet,call poker stars, have a person on paid standby[in case of any problems] fly back to USA and fire up team viewer than i can play from home ..........:P please ,no serious responses i only want too hear from the trolls

    definitely not profitable.

    My boyfriend and I went on a road trip to Vegas... I didn't have much to do while he was in tournaments, so I wanted to know if I could play online on the hotel's wifi since I'm from Canada, so we emailed support. Definitely a no-go. Your account would be frozen and you'd have to send them proof you weren't in the states if you ever wanted to play while in a different country.
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