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07-30-2009 , 05:33 AM

Agent.Orange

centurion

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 149

Hey guys,

I'm on vacation in hong kong for a bit. I can't get onto titan, it says it is not allowed from my legal jurisdiction. So i fired up party poker, and for some reason I just get blank error boxes. Everest connects, but no games show up.

I know I've read that online poker in hong kong is illegal, but older posts on forum have claimed that they can log on just fine.

So does anyone know anything about this? Is anyone currently in Hong Kong able to play online poker?

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07-30-2009 , 06:38 AM

signuptoday

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,283

i know all the gambling website is block
but if you have client install
you should be able to login and play at stars, ftp, ongame.
for party, everest, it's block in taiwan. and it's do so by the poker site not by government.
so it's more likely that party and everest block themself from hk as well.

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07-30-2009 , 07:40 AM

RosieTheGreat

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,192

Well from mainland china (i assume internet blockage is the same) FTP works, Stars doesnt.

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07-30-2009 , 07:57 AM

Sargent D

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 301

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Originally Posted by RosieTheGreat

Well from mainland china (i assume internet blockage is the same) FTP works, Stars doesnt.

Stars works for the many people in China who frequent the 1$ 2$ and up 7Card Stud tables. I think maybe 7stud is the only game the let them play over there lol.

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07-30-2009 , 08:03 AM

vezj420

adept

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 831

i was just doing a bit of research into proxy servers today...can't u guys use those to bypass those filters?? has anyone tried this?

fwiw, i've tried playing FTP thru UltraSurf (a proxy program) at home and it works, but there was no way of telling whether a proxy would actually make a difference since my ISP has no blocks.

i'd imagine the other problem with using a proxy to log on to ur online poker accts would be that the poker site u play on may suspect shady activity (due to the changed IP address) and, worst case, shut down ur acct and/or confiscate funds.

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07-30-2009 , 09:43 AM

Biffo

adept

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 844

Have been in Hong Kong and Macau for the last week.

Full Tilt is NOT blocked online.

Believe I put in several hundred hands from hotel bedroom broadband.

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07-31-2009 , 02:06 PM

RosieTheGreat

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,192

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Originally Posted by vezj420

Yes this works.

The one i use is www.witopia.net

They havent emailed me that they suspect shady material.

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08-17-2011 , 06:40 AM

mikekul

enthusiast

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60

Could someone from Hong Kong please provide an update on whether he/she can access PokerStars from there?

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08-17-2011 , 07:50 AM

Bluegrassplayer

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 39,044

I play pokerstars from both mainland and hk with no problem.

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12-16-2011 , 09:21 AM

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djo

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,368

does anyone have a list of networks that one can/can't play on from hk?

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04-03-2012 , 04:16 AM

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StevenLaw

newbie

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 35

I'm hong kong local. I have no problem playing on Star at all,and FTP(previously). Have made few thousands last year from Star and succeeded wire transfer to my local bank account.

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