Alec Torelli and ACR advertising legal american online poker? - Poker News

Saw this on Facebook today and had to laugh.

Alec Torelli directly advertising for America's Card Room stating "Poker is back in the US and here for good!" and that is is "legal, safe and secure".

Not sure if that's something I'd be attaching my name too......

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10-20-2015 , 08:01 AM

4GET2PWNED0

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must be part of the smear bovada plan and take their customers..........LOL

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10-20-2015 , 08:11 AM

ZeckoRiver

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Pretty ballsy to advertise and a sure way to get a bullsey from the doj types. Peops in winning forum were wondering how site could afford the overlay in the million guess couldn't do that indefinitely and scaled back.

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10-20-2015 , 08:18 AM

prayforsnow8

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Torelli was once a scammer and still is. Wanted to get that in on page 1.

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10-20-2015 , 09:32 AM

A_Schupick

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Poker in the US is legal, so don't really see the problem.

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10-20-2015 , 09:45 AM

PasswordGotHacked

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Originally Posted by A_Schupick

Poker in the US is legal, so don't really see the problem.

So ACR is operating legally and you would use your name to promote this and the site?

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10-20-2015 , 10:01 AM

pubhead

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Originally Posted by prayforsnow8

Torelli was once a scammer and still is. Wanted to get that in on page 1.

+1 dudes seems so greasy and sleazy I've never cared for him all the way back to the ty perky license plate thing

Some ppl will never have any class this is one those types.

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10-20-2015 , 10:25 AM

FakeVariance

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Where did alec get his money? Trust fund baby?

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10-20-2015 , 10:53 AM

thesnuke

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10-20-2015 , 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by pubhead

+1 dudes seems so greasy and sleazy I've never cared for him all the way back to the ty perky license plate thing

Some ppl will never have any class this is one those types.

If I remember right, he came off as very scummy in that perky thread.

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10-20-2015 , 11:53 AM

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rtd353

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Alec torelli is a douche. His whiny nasally voice really annoys me

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10-20-2015 , 12:26 PM

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MrAce777

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I can't see how pros that are being sponsored by sites located offshore that continue to offer play to US citizens have the balls to say that it is "legal".

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10-20-2015 , 12:32 PM

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SrslySirius

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He's just posting an affiliate code. Anyone can do that. It doesn't mean that he's a sponsored pro or that ACR wrote the ad.

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10-20-2015 , 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MrAce777

I can't see how pros that are being sponsored by sites located offshore that continue to offer play to US citizens have the balls to say that it is "legal".

if he had a perfect rep it would be ballsy.

as it stands its just typical

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10-20-2015 , 12:47 PM

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Ace Acumen

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pretty craz never actually read the Perky Debt thread until now. the chip dumping and whole thread seems super sketch on Alec's part

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10-20-2015 , 01:00 PM

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timfbmx

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He's always seemed like a giant douche nozzle

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10-20-2015 , 01:04 PM

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MiRee446

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Anyone watch his YouTube channel? Its basically a huge self congratulatory display of his poker skills disguised as a free strategy resource.

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10-20-2015 , 01:34 PM

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confirmed tool

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10-20-2015 , 03:10 PM

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dazedace

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Limited time bonus offer for "My Fans" bet they are all lining up, what a nice guy.

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10-20-2015 , 05:26 PM

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Monorail

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I really, REALLY wouldn't be surprised if Alec were behind the transparent affiliate spam article on medium from the other thread. Get some 2+2 sherlocks on it.

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10-20-2015 , 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PasswordGotHacked

So ACR is operating legally and you would use your name to promote this and the site?

Yea, I would. It is legal, there is little doubt about that. Whether banks should be processing the payments is another question, but with the increased use of BTC on the site, that kind of negates that as well. There is only a handful of states that specifically forbid offshore gambling sites.

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10-20-2015 , 05:43 PM

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ZeckoRiver

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Originally Posted by A_Schupick

Poker in the US is legal, so don't really see the problem.

I guess that is why the internet poker section of 2 plus 2 warns about not using banks names then.

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10-20-2015 , 06:49 PM

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Its legal for the consumers to play. Its a grey area as for the operators mainly because they aren't paying tax or opening themselves up to american regulation. Pokerstars and Full Tilt were attacked for money laundering and tax evasion, not for providing poker.