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Full Tilt and Pokerstars Domains Seized
As a PPA State Director last year I participated in the "Fly-in" where this point was made time and time again to elected officials of both houses and parties. Overall the response was decent, but politicians only react to two things - Money and Constituent Feedback, and not necessarily in that order. PPA tried to spread around the money (which they had), but was less successful in getting personal commitments from poker players. We have only ourselves to blame for being apathetic about the UIEGA. On the bright side, in politics it's never really over, so it's not too late to raise hell and ...
Posted in: Poker Sites 		tripp789
Apr 18th, 2011
Full Tilt and Pokerstars Domains Seized
Yeah, think we did that and saved some British asses about 60 years ago... You're welcome...
Posted in: Poker Sites 		tripp789
Apr 18th, 2011
Full Tilt and Pokerstars Domains Seized
Agreed, they got too loose with the payment processors and then got too close to them, IMO. They're going to have a tough time beating the laundering issues. Join the PPA if you haven't already and pray they can help negotiate a deal to pay the fines and push a fight on the "skill vs luck" argument. The negotiated shutdown of a few months ago isn't looking so bad now.
Posted in: Poker Sites 		tripp789
Apr 15th, 2011
Full Tilt Down?
Total # of entries - (remaining # players) X buy in - (remaining players X buy-in)= remaining prize pool to distribute. Mutlply by your percentage of the total # of chips in tourney (Your ending stack/(total # entries X starting stack) and that should be your share of the prize pool (plus your buy-in)
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		tripp789
Jul 8th, 2010
Full Tilt Down?
Here is the rules..... Occasionally, due to technical difficulties, a tournament may be cancelled. Depending on the tournament's status at the time of this cancellation, Full Tilt Poker will do the following: * If a tournament is voided before it starts - Players will have their buy-ins and fees returned in the same currency they used to enter the tournament (real money, tokens, etc.), unless they entered the tournament through a satellite, in which case they will be refunded the standard buy-in for the tournament. * If the tournament had not yet reached the money - All players still in ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		tripp789
Jul 8th, 2010
Full Tilt Down?
chip leader in the 32K, they'll chip split and I'll get 200.... LOL
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		tripp789
Jul 8th, 2010
Re:How the f@#k is this not the top grossing film in history? (midget related)
Every 7 years they have to do a multiple midget movie cause little people have families to feed too!
Posted in: Off Topic 		tripp789
May 1st, 2009
Re:I have a creepy kid on my lawn
First, buy two rolls of Duct tape, 5 gallons of paint thinner and a taser......
Posted in: Off Topic 		tripp789
May 1st, 2009
Re:stokedog memorial tournament
Stokedog how about giving us a clue as to who did (or is it will do) it' This'll save CSI a lot of effort.
Posted in: Off Topic 		tripp789
May 1st, 2009