Also, I know two Spanish players that are not shortstackers and are bad for the poker economy as they take a lot off the tables. Well, half Spanish anyway.
Lo siento a mis amigos españoles, buena suerte hacer el mejor fuera de este
Kinda strange France didn't push for an EU poker pool. If nothing else the larger player pool and economies of scale should mean more revenue for the govts. I guess there is always hope that if enough countries push for country pools that will eventually morph into a Euro zone pool.
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who the hell in these governments think a high raking monopoly is best? Fish bust quicker and games will dry up.
Routinely they don't think. They have no idea how poker economy works. They didn't ask any exerts they simply pass laws on something they don't really understand. Basically business as usual for the govt.
If the same thing happens in Greece and Russia, online poker can officially be declared dead
In my country (Greece) a law is ready to be voted on the parliament. It prohibits greeks from playing poker with other nationality players among other things..
Joking apart, this is a ridiculous manifestation of the nationalization of online poker. Not only do regulating national governments seperate player pools, they also add brainless features like 30bb cap and insane rake. Obviously only people who have no clue about the game could think of this stuff.
This development is very dangerous for the survival of online poker. I already warned about this a long time ago:
It's looking like it's happening on 1st January 2012.
Pokerstars.es is apparently all set to roll, and Ongame is ready for both Spain and Denmark to have segregated sites in the new year.
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Well, half Spanish anyway.
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