It is possible to trust both the Isle of Man and the Nevada Gaming Commission. It isn't like if you trust one you can't trust the other. I think at this point you are taking a little less hard of a stance than you have in the past because you realize you may have been off base a little.

I didn't say I don't trust the Isle of Mann, I said I could shake hands w/ a Vegas Official. In other words, I am capable and financially stable enough to afford a trip to the Nev. Gaming Comm. if I needed to. I'm not gonna fly to Costa Rica or the Isle of Mann over a poker ($$)dispute....

And I realize from viewing my posts from an outside perspective how I could come across to some people. There's a reason why I always show MJ so much praise in this thread...

I don't think there's any reason to trust a Vegas official ahead of an IOM official.

Trust is an issue of two key components: character and capability. Those two factors are interwined in the meaning of trust. You would trust your mother to look after you generally, but you wouldn't trust her to perform open heart surgery... because you value her character, but don't value her surgical capabilities.

The same principles apply here. Let's consider the "character" and "capability" issues separately.

I don't think there's really any doubt to the character of either group of people - both are well meaning. I don't think we have any easily available evidence in favour or against the character of either group.

However, when it comes to capability, you have the choice between a group that has been doing it for some time now, has been evaluated by the UK independently and found to be amongst the best in the world in Isle of Man. On the other hand, the Vegas team has no experience in the matter, has no rules, has no independent endorsement, and does not even make a claim to being able to regulate online poker sites AFAIK.

Thus, it's pretty nonsensical to trust a Vegas official ahead of an IOM official.

oh snap

The original issue wasn't about who you'd trust *more*, it was about you being a bigot (and being uninformed):

You are clearly(?) insinuating that the site in question does not abide by any gambling laws, i.e. is "unregulated" because it's outside of Vegas/US.

I admit English is not my primary language though so maybe I misinterpreted that statement.

Again you failed to understand the context and texture of the conversation in that thread....

tk, he hasn't failed to understand anything.

You are, as usual, captaining the fail boat as it heads, full tilt, to fail land.

These days, I trust government officials in the United States a whole lot less. So to me, the Isle of Man is looking a whole lot more credible than the Nevada Gaming Commission. The biggest difference is brick and mortar and online. It is hard to make comparisons.

Please give us the context of the quote: "What gambling laws? This isn't Las Vegas...". I'm interested in seeing how you can spin that one.

The Clue Bus came but tk1133 missed it.

This is before I reread the thread. From what I remember, somebody said "I wonder laws they broke" or "I wonder how the gaming commission is going to react or punish them." That was the "texture of the conversation..." Spin what? You really think I care what you think about me personally?

It is more than alright if your opinion has changed since you made that post, but don't try to pretend your comment was just "taken out of context". You made a comment that was incorrect, as everyone does from time to time; however, there was no need for additional context to prove that your sentiments were misguided.

Since you put it like that, I could see how my post(about the Isle of Mann), that I thought was taken out of context, was misleading and incorrect.

I will give you credit if your opinions have been swayed by the facts presented. It is more than can be said for a lot of people, particularly in this thread.

Despite Donko being pretty much an obvious troll, I just got the fun lag during a hand with this hand and figured I'd clutter the thread up a bit.


Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

UTG: $2.90
MP: $0.70
CO: $3.71
BTN: $6.59
Hero (SB): $2.94
BB: $1.97

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB with K K
1 fold, MP raises to $0.10, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.32, 1 fold, MP raises to $0.70 all in, Hero calls $0.38

I raised big because the shorty had been shoving pre a ton, and this raise made it look like they wanted action. Luckily we both had the "show hands when all in" option on, so the cards were flipped, Hero's KK versus villain's GrannyMae, Q5.

Flop: ($1.42) 9 K 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Looking pretty good here, basically a lock.

Turn: ($1.42) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Here's where the lag made an appearance, it hung for a bit before I saw the river, and I admit I got a bit nervous.

I just need to learn to misclick at the appropriate times. As is the best hand played won and that is hardly right for riggedologists. This happened earlier tonight .

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t1500/t3000 Blinds + t300 - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

Hero (MP2): t103684 M = 14.40
CO: t56249 M = 7.81
BTN: t41388 M = 5.75
SB: t67354 M = 9.35
BB: t121872 M = 16.93
UTG: t70660 M = 9.81
UTG+1: t116628 M = 16.20
UTG+2: t39488 M = 5.48
MP1: t172052 M = 23.90

Pre Flop: (t7200) Hero is MP2 with K 5
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to t39188 all in, 2 folds, CO raises to t55949 all in, 1 fold, SB raises to t67054 all in, BB calls t64054

Flop: (t231945) 6 7 4 (4 players - 3 are all in)

Turn: (t231945) 8 (4 players - 3 are all in)

River: (t231945) 2 (4 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: t231945
CO shows K K (a pair of Kings)
SB shows Q Q (a pair of Queens)
BB shows A A (a pair of Aces)
UTG+2 shows 9 9 (a pair of Nines)
BB wins t22210
BB wins t50283
BB wins t159452

I would like to motion for an hour of silence in the great rigged debate. We have lost a true hero in the rigtard movement today....Stigmots, a pioneer in proving online poker corruption, was banned from the 2+2 community tonight for our sins....

4 PP ?!?! No way that's random, get IoM on the phone now!

And none of them hit, that must be like one in a billion!

What is to stop somebody from creating this:

http://www.getacoder.com/projects/po...er_113108.html

Wait for your site to launch and have full capabilities of hacking that poker site like the scam site they REFERENCE....But it's been sold to you, under your name.

And, another one bites the dust.

Cliffs? Who is he/she? What did he/she do?

I know you're being facetious here, but the actual chance of 4 pocket pairs missing their sets on an entire 5-card board is pretty high... about 34.7%!

(36/44)*(35/43)*(34/42)*(33/41)*(32/40)

fyp

don't forget about the lizard people

dunno, just assumed it was normal tk1133 keyboard diarrhea.