I have an update for you already:

Since I have EU citizenship as well, i'm pretty sure I can go wherever the **** I want.

Also, for those who only have US citizenship, there's something called crossing the border and coming back which works wonders.

There are plenty of places to go to. I have friends who are about to move to Thailand and get a house there.
Same deal, some expats have been living in Thailand without papers for more than 40 years. All they do is cross the border and come back every couple of months or so.

If you can't afford to travel and settle in another country to play, you weren't really making a living in the first place and this is probably a good wake up call for you.

The people I feel really bad for are the ones supporting a family through their play, and these are the people that this piece of **** government has ****ed over the most.

Young winning players are going to be perfectly fine.

The reason poker sites might have had to use shady money transactions is because legit transactions are "voluntarily" blocked (like Visa transactions). Obviously from pressure from government officials and casinos. Money laundering laws were made to go after people who were making money illegally and were trying to hide their income. Has anyone even figured out if online poker is even illegal in the US, except in WA state?

I assume the money is in the accounts but the government has seized control over them. It'll be interesting to see if someone gets any money on Monday.

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Honestly I wouldn't start playing on any other site that allows US players. I doubt any bank will cash a check/deposit and I'm guessing the feds are building a case against all those other sites as well.

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how are they gonna be fine, your saying all break even players wake up and stop. Whos gonna be left..... winning players. Everybody cant win, losing players are needed and they sure as hell aint moving to thailand to lose more money!

All you who are thinking of moving I say good luck to you while it will work and youll be able to play you gonna still lose the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of US fish like me who echeck deposited 50-100 every few weeks.

I'm sure in Lake Wobegon, all the poker players are winners.

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lol usa ... for real ... your country sucks ...
land of the free my ass ...

u dont have free health care ... u cant play poker online ... wtf is this north korea ??
oh no, north korea actually has free health care

Has Jungle been on the QuadJacks webcast yet?

nope

So what's the lowdown for international countries?
I've heard many different things including some sources saying they're safe and others saying there going to blacked out soon.
Is there a definite word on the international situation, what exactly is going to happen there?

what are you on about?

What is the smartest way to respond to this situation for someone like me with $16k on my stars account? Should I try to cash it out or leave it there and wait?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon

The characterization of the fictional location, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," has been used to describe a real and pervasive human tendency to overestimate one’s achievements and capabilities in relation to others.

Eugene Todd Bro on, sweet.

I'm actually not that worried about it. Once the Government figures out a way to get a bit of the rake, it'll open back up again.

Hi, Im sure this question has been asked already, but Im too lazy to read through all of these posts; if Ive cashed out not yesterday, but three weeks previous to yesterday, and am waiting for checks in the mail, will the bank bounce them after I cash them? If so, what will happen, will I just have 3k in worthless checks, or will my money go back online? If it does go back online, how long until we can cash out our money? Thanks

NoahSD comes on, actually shows some knowledge on the subject... lets ignore him.

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Live stream, good discussion

What is the best response for a US player with 16k on their pokerstars account to this situation?