just read this whole thread for the first time. in no particular order a few questions/comments
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Originally Posted by The Imp
Josem's been a notorious cheerleader for Stars post-Amaya, having him on board is a red flag if anything.
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Originally Posted by pontylad
Josem may be a nice guy (I don't know him) but his stance on a lot of Pokerstars' recent changes makes me far more concerned that he is involved in this project than if he wasn't.
That's not meant as an attack on you Josem we just have vastly different opinions about how stars have conducted themselves over the past few years.
I only know Josem through 2+2, never met him (exchanged a single email him a a year ago so on unrelated topic) so, I have no skin in this, but I think the above thinking is out of line and would disagree strongly with both.
You might have hated the message that the new AmayaStars was spewing, but not sure you can put that on the messenger and thus hate on them. I mean some people do have jobs . and the thing about jobs, you kind of have to do what mgmt tells you to do. If you for whatever reason decide you dont want to do what mgmt wants, you either have to change their minds or go work somewhere else.
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Originally Posted by The Imp
It's been two days and they still don't seem to know their relationship to TonyBet. Odd that a straightforward question takes so long to answer, not sure anyone should be investing in this as it stands.
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Originally Posted by The Imp
If CoinPoker is an in-house TonyBet project on your UK license you need to update your CoinPoker website to show this. That's part of your license terms.
No idea why you'd be so vague about this - was the CoinPoker rep sitting in the TonyBet offices pretending not to know where they were?
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Originally Posted by The Imp
They appear to be owned by TonyBet (a separate company using the TonyBet player database would be illegal). If CoinPoker serves USA (or other markets where poker is specifically illegal) TonyBet will lose their UK license (probably others too).
Hmm interesting. UK License problem with accepting US players is pretty serious stuff. That with the suspicious emails doesn't pass smell test, Love the TonyG (Plays it like a set was one of the greatest moment in televised poker) but what has he gotten himself into and what did he do with all that money from the PokerNews sale?
More serious question that you and Sect72 have brought up .. who owns this site. What is relationship with CoinPoker and TonyBet?
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Originally Posted by Tapirboy
I really hope anyone who thinks poker on ETH is a good idea is following what's been going on with Parity Wallet this week.
Great point. Didnt want that post to get lost. Proponents of this new tech wave the "more secure" flag proudly and all the time. Wonder how customers of Parity Wallet feel about that.
Finally and in general it will be interesting to see how CoinPoker (and other similar sites) play out. I'd agree with several posts above that they need to stop harping on the "More Fair RNG" value prop. This is simply not a problem in the minds of vast majority of players.
Regarding the ICO, that is just some crazy chit. At a minimum CoinPoker just netted $3 - $5,000,000 for themselves from printing computer pixels (candy crush yo).
That should help pay for their past development and several months of burn.
Cool thing about this new world order, if they need more cash, I guess they can just hit the print button again and voila ! Well assuming CHPs are still a thing then.
If they get games going then CHP might remain to be a thing. IF not then CHP will revert back to standing for California Highway Patrol.