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  1. Sc00basteve Sc00basteve is offline

    Federal Way, WA
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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 12:19pm)

    http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/...-state-585973/

    Well Full Tilt just joined pokerstars in banning Washington State players.....Our politicians are such a f*cking JOKE!

    "In accordance with Washington State law, as currently interpreted, we regret to announce that players located within the state of Washington can no longer play for real money on Full Tilt Poker.

    We would like to assure you that your funds are safe and secure, and you can withdraw as you see fit. Unused Tournament Tickets or Tournament Dollars (T$) can be converted to real money upon withdrawal - please contact wa.state@fulltiltpoker.com for more information."

    Man, I'm so bummed out...this sucks.
  2. dtkodak dtkodak is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 12:29pm) in reply to Sc00basteve

    +1 on this being shitty.. i just went on a 6buyin down day yesterday too.. wish IF they started this, it would of been yesterday.. FML..

    GL McMatto at selling your condo now in seattle.. rooooofl.
  3. benicetofatkids benicetofatkids is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 12:29pm) in reply to dtkodak

    so fing f'ed up. just tried to reg and it said the same thing! such such bullcrap. Oregon here i come!
  4. ukaliks ukaliks is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 12:36pm) in reply to benicetofatkids

    Sucks to be from Washington. Just go play live poker?
  5. Sc00basteve Sc00basteve is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 12:39pm) in reply to ukaliks

    no way am I supporting the crooked indian casinos, paying off the politicians. People will get around this anyways
    Edited By: Sc00basteve Nov 12th, 2010 at 12:39 PM
    Thread Starter
  6. benicetofatkids benicetofatkids is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 12:51pm) in reply to Sc00basteve

    the only good live games are at the tribal casinos which are the ones who put the most money to push the bill to criminalize online gambling.
  7. johnny_B420 johnny_B420 is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 1:13pm) in reply to benicetofatkids

    Looks like I'm stuck playing on UB/AP and all those other small poker sites, at least until they ban me from playing too. This really sucks!
  8. Decatur217 Decatur217 is online now OTs Iron Man

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 1:15pm) in reply to johnny_B420

    Matt Affleck runs REALLY REALLY bad.

    And I guess the rest of you guys too
    Edited By: Decatur217 Nov 12th, 2010 at 01:15 PM
    Reason: sdfasdf I didnt read the posts but someone beat me to it.
  9. benicetofatkids benicetofatkids is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 1:19pm) in reply to Decatur217

    http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/washington-state-faq
  10. matcathoun matcathoun is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 1:46pm) in reply to benicetofatkids

    So what sites can washington donks like me play on still? this is horrible
  11. Quartersack Quartersack is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 1:51pm) in reply to matcathoun

    Hopefully the happenings in Washington state will open the eyes of the 98% of online players who sit on the sidelines when it comes to fighting for our rights. Its sad when someone from PPA comes to the boards requesting that we take 3 minutes of our day to forward an already written email to your congressman and within 10 minutes the thread is off the front page and has less replies than a thread discussing your favorite position to pick up AA.

    No I'm not saying we are to blame for Washington state passing such an intrusive law nor are we to blame for the power grabbing going on in Washington DC, however sitting on the side, being lazy and assuming someone else will take up your slack doesnt work. So as politely as I can put it:

    GET OFF YOUR ASS AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. NOW!

    http://theppa.org/
  12. gutbirdxx gutbirdxx is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 2:41pm) in reply to Sc00basteve

    Fulltilt poker followed PS in banning WA players. Cake poker ftw?
  13. jsamps jsamps is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 2:42pm) in reply to Quartersack

    this is lame....but I noticed one thing diffrent in the FAQ....

    If am a resident of Washington State. Can I play for real money at Full Tilt Poker outside Washington State?

    Yes. If you are located outside Washington State when you play, you can play for real money even if you are a resident of Washington State.

    How is this going to work???
  14. LoneOutPost LoneOutPost is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 2:43pm) in reply to jsamps

    Is there any way around it? Can you get a new address location and play with a proxy? Friends from the outside would let you use their mailing address maybe?
    This is so fucked up. I live in MN and will help any way I can.
  15. wackyJaxon wackyJaxon is offline Admin X

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 2:44pm) in reply to jsamps

    Yes, seems to be a work-around if you have an IP outside of Washington State..
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  16. LoneOutPost LoneOutPost is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 2:56pm) in reply to wackyJaxon

    Yeah, log in from an out of state proxy and try it.

    I believe this will work also...about $50.00 per year service....try it also.
    http://www.personalvpn.biz/
  17. Moonlight Graham Moonlight Graham is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 3:33pm) in reply to LoneOutPost

    pokerstars requires photo ID from a different state, before they will re-activate. If it was just an IP block you could run a PCanywhere type of program, and log on from w/e ip you want.
  18. LoneOutPost LoneOutPost is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 4:54pm) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    It would appear that FTP is olny blocking IP in state. It's ok if you live in Wash, just can't play from there....stars is different then..
  19. skeptix skeptix is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:15pm) in reply to Sc00basteve

    Was ok with no stars, am not ok with no FTP, lease up soon. Urbantown, NH and Austin, TX are topping the list atm (dunno where in NH is good). Where am I moving and why? Would prefer no state tax and lots of awesome tree lovers.
  20. 888Brandon 888Brandon is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:27pm) in reply to skeptix

    I just moved to Oregon a couple months ago from Vancouver. They have state income tax but Oregon and Washington are very similar. Basically everything that I can think of that I liked about Washington I have in Oregon as well. Austin may not be a bad choice though. I haven't been there but I was also considering moving there at one point. It had a much lower cost of living than Bellingham. Even though it's in Texas it is a liberal city as well. Bar scene is supposed to be pretty good too. If I had no ties here I would seriously consider moving to UK, Australia, or New Zealand. Good luck with whatever you decide.
  21. ialmost1 ialmost1 is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:32pm) in reply to 888Brandon

    Missoula Montana. Nice outdoors place. Cheap cost of living. $100 round trip flights to Vegas. You'll want those when its -50 outside
  22. SaulGood SaulGood is offline SPAGETT

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:38pm) in reply to ialmost1

    wow pretty big epic life fail here. ive been crushing ftp and was ready to grind it out the next couple months and help with moving expenses/soon to be no job status etc.... now im just kindof fucked. thanks lawmakers
     
  23. autoduelfool autoduelfool is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:38pm) in reply to LoneOutPost

    If this is what FTP is doing, why did stars not do this as well? At least FTP will let me play when I'm on road trips, hence I won't pull all my money from them as I did from Stars that just restricted me completely because my account was registered from WA.

    As for where to play, I guess we keep moving down the list of smaller sites.

    I did the PPA letter writing, and actually got replies from several of the Rep/Senator offices in acknowledgment. The State Senator's email was bull$&!^, I wrote her back with a rebuttal, we'll see if her office bothers to reply again.

    I'm in a sporadic email conversation with my State Rep, he hasn't taken a stance yet, but is at least cordial and reads and replies himself.

    I'm basically entrenched here, so have to battle rather then just move. Could use all the help I can get!
  24. SaulGood SaulGood is offline SPAGETT

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:44pm) in reply to autoduelfool

    so what is the list of US friendly sites left? the only one ive ever played on is UB. so theres UB, AP, Lock Poker......... anything else ?
     
  25. Abratzzi Abratzzi is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:56pm) in reply to SaulGood

    cake,bodog,carbon
  26. gar2garvin gar2garvin is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:57pm) in reply to SaulGood

    Tree huggers for days + #1 college football team in nation = Eugreen
     
  27. SaulGood SaulGood is offline SPAGETT

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 7:59pm) in reply to Abratzzi

    ugh
     
  28. MarkFSU1 MarkFSU1 is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 8:00pm) in reply to gar2garvin

    austin gonna be much better than NH
     
  29. TrueMetalMan TrueMetalMan is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 8:02pm) in reply to MarkFSU1

    Orlando.
  30. skeptix skeptix is offline

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    Nov 12th, 2010 (11/12/2010 8:06pm) in reply to gar2garvin

     
    Originally Posted by gar2garvin View Post

    Tree huggers for days + #1 college football team in nation = Eugreen

    It would basically be Oregon no questions asked if it weren't for that state tax.
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