What are ROW players?

has it been this long since bf?

Guise, ROW players have always had the ability to register and play. In order to cash out, one must provide GP with verification.

snipped from GP website:

WHAT SORT OF DOCUMENTS DO I NEED FOR MY ACCOUNT TO BECOME VERIFIED?
You will need 2 of the following documents to be sent at support@globalpoker.com :

1) A valid primary ID (w/ photo), which can be any of the following:
- Passport
- Driver's license
- National/State ID
- Other government issued ID, aside from the ones mentioned above (Veteran's ID, etc.)
2) A supporting document under your name as proof of address:
- Utility Bill (electricity, telco, water, etc. not older than 3 months)
- Notarized agreement form for lease (nothing hand-written)
- Bank statements
- Medical insurance

(a ROW player would need to either work with a north american accomplice; or counterfeit some form of identification)

ROW stands for rest of world. (non US)

which part of that list says it has to be a US ID or utility bill etc?

As per my last message. There is just a new payment option coming for players to choose from. That's it.

Enjoy your weekend.

obviously dancing around a direct answer about ROW can only mean that the company has some plans to expand in the future. in which case let me make this crystal clear for you. doing that will spell the beginning of the end of your site. dont let your wishful thinking about volume cloud your judgment of how badly that would ruin the health of the ecosystem (which has already been declining rapidly)

less doing the math of profits from a larger player base, more well targeted fb ads

from the TOC on their website: (snipping again)

3.3.1. Only Players in the United States of America and Canada (excluding Quebec) are eligible to win and cash out Prizes. Players in other jurisdictions may play the Games but are not able to cash out Prizes. You can request payment of any Prizes by selecting the “Cash Out” button on the Platform. Payment of any Prizes will be made to your nominated Authorised Payment Provider account or by other payment methods available from the Platform(s) from time to time. We reserve the right to charge fees for processing payment of Prizes to you and to set a minimum request amount of USD$50. We will pay your Prizes to you using the same account that you purchased Gold Coins. If this is not possible, both the player requesting the payment and the account to which the payment will be processed must be verified prior to any payment.

If ROW still can not withdraw, and this is a new way for the site to accept deposits, then this is good news. The main reason that players were wary of Global was the weird PayPal only policy.

This means more US/Canada players, which is great!

Yeah....were where you on bf?

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Lol

Your point being that "Global Poker" eventually wants to be "Global"? Interesting.

Sarcasm and fears aside, if your ROI on an investment is going down, pull out. No matter if that is the players are getting better, or there is bots, or the site is rigged, or you had a tragedy as of late that makes it tough to play, you should get out.

So while I agree, if Global opens up to the rest of the world I will likely find I am no longer to win money from the site, I will probably leave. But I will wait until this actually happens rather than fear the things I cannot control and am unsure of anyway.

Breathe. Think through your investments wisely at all times. And have fun.

Company rep has said itt that it's just a new payment option with no other plans attached to it.

When I grow up (I'm 50) I want to be just like splayaa and Quiet lion regarding their replies and posts. Always straight and right to the point. I sometimes have a tendency to sound like I'm trolling when I'm not, or come off sounding like I'm being an azz to someone when that is not my intent. Today I am a new man!

The point is, although Global thinks otherwise, it might be against their best interests to allow RoW players to access the games.

Global has two competitive advantages: paypal/CC deposits and RoW restrictions. In turn, Global attracts volume despite sky-high rake (and no rewards) because US/CAN are the two countries with the highest fish:reg ratio that make the games extremely soft.

The opening of gates for RoW will a) attract attention of CC companies and Paypal and 2) kill the fish:reg ratio. The volume will disappear (PLO games will disappear completely) because the site will be a much worse version than ACR and Bovada.

Leaving them to compete in an already very competitive market. Okay, I can see your point there for sure. It being Global may find their market wanting to grow and then completely gone if they enter these other markets with the likes of Stars and Party. Seems logical to me, and it will be interesting to see how they proceed.

FWIW I don't personally want to see ROW players enter Global, and if they do, I am likely going to be done playing on Global. BUT. I also recognize they are a company and have every right to pursue whatever business model they see as best.

Hopefully they do consider the well reasoned argument made by TheGift&TheCurse and Zenzor that the two in the bush may not be as good as the one in the hand.

Thank you for your kind words, and your willingness to overlook the posts in which I am not as straight and to the point or kind as I should be

im one of the people waiting on another payment option. too scared of paypal to keep a bankroll actively in use with them.

i would like to see the withdraw option of bitcoin to be added would be nice. paypal is still very easy and nice but a few other options would be nice

I don't understand the fear of PayPal.

Lol @ ppl ITT who don't know how to read.

Because there is the possibility of having your PayPal frozen or worse after withdrawals (by PayPal). There are some people who have had issues. Personally, I use my PayPal account for business, so I can't risk having it shut down.

Other people may prefer more anonymous options such as bitcoin for tax purposes, etc.

In case it’s not painfully and clearly obvious to anyone:

1) PayPal is clearly not, nor ever has been, 100% crystal about what exactly Global is or what they are doing. This is apparent when you look at the 2+2 thread where someone contested the charge to PayPal —probably unethically because they lost, but whatever—and PayPal response said that “the merchant provided these shipping documents proving the goods were delivered”
So Global created fake “shipping documents” to provide to PayPal in response to a payment dispute.

If PayPal knew what Global was doing, that would not have happened.

2) clearly PayPal is becoming more aware or wary of Global, and that is why the sudden appearance of this Worldpay processor that no one in the USA has ever heard of before.

3) This is the important part: even if the worldpay outfit turns out to be legit, the main reason Global is so soft is all the fish who trust it “because PayPal” and keep depositing. Those players won’t keep on in the same number with some obscure processor—therefore the “heyday” Global is behind us. All the regs will continue as long as we get paid, even if the payouts aren’t as quick, but the existing recs will be skeptical and new players aren’t just going to keep diving in when they don’t have the legitimacy a PayPal deposit/withdrawal method lends.
To be crystal, I’m so good at NLHE MTTs I can beat the stronger and shorter fields, so I’m fine with this outcome BUT

4) item3 means globals traffic will decline, which means their rake will decline—and if it turns out their operating procedures don’t include segregating player funds, and therefore they have been able to quickly being able to pay withdrawals either out of rake or out of new deposits, this will quickly manifest itself

5) Global has already illustrated it’s willingness to behave unethically over a sum as small as $14,870. It would be crazy to think when the time comes and they can’t continue operating that they’ll do the ethical thing and payout all player balances before going offline. The days these guys go out of business they are GUARANTEED to abscond with all existing player balances. And since you gave them that money for “gold coins” —not for a real money balance—you will have no Legal recourse

Cliffs:
Global is about to get a lot more tough for everyone but me

They gonna steak our money , so keep as little as possible on there.

My guess is they are done by 2019

over