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sweet!

I dont think the State of New York cant shut down sites that are not based in the united states, even the FBI doesnt have jurisdiction outside of the US. SHIP 25k plz

04-15-2011 , 08:00 PM

#1327

W.A.Rebel

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 371

Cashed out whole roll from FTP and PS. time to play on euro sites.

04-15-2011 , 08:00 PM

#1328

GameTheory

adept

Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 941

Well the good thing is, PTR is now bonecrushed by the FBI. So now if somehow I was able to play, at least the **** Russians wouldn't be ducking me.

04-15-2011 , 08:00 PM

#1329

dogsballs

veteran

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,300

Quote:

Originally Posted by downil

These companies knew this could happen. They are most certainly well prepared and have a back-up plan.

Meh, we'd hope so, but they were blindsided by UIGEA. It's easy to miss things and fail to anticipate stuff when the good times are rolling.

04-15-2011 , 08:00 PM

#1330

Tammy_Pax

enthusiast

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 58

Quote:

Originally Posted by RigMeARiver

I'm in the UK and just managed to cash out from stars to neteller after trying repeatedly.

Just tried again after seeing your post and got it through.

Recommend Euro's keep trying if had problems before.

04-15-2011 , 08:00 PM

#1331

Scarface53

newbie

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 33

April 15, 2011 is Armageddon for Online Poker

04-15-2011 , 08:01 PM

#1332

JudyIsApunk

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 264

Quote:

Originally Posted by David123

i withdrew from FTP. im from sweden, fwiw.

2 questions:

#1; Did you make your withdrawal to Moneybookers, and did you get your money as soon as usual? I have stacks and stacks of dollars on FTP but not sure what to do yet.

#2 Are you the legendary HataB2B?

04-15-2011 , 08:01 PM

#1333

dmesey

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 168

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunboxTS

Isn't withdrawing funds now a really STUPID idea? If the FBI has control of all of those accounts, people aren't really doing themselves any favors by making themselves visible.

I'm playing stakes I never played before right now with my monopoly money on Tilt. It's not much of a rush.

You cant hide from the Feds lol. And it's not like you can remain invisible when the Feds have seized the sites operations. Come on, use your head.

04-15-2011 , 08:01 PM

#1334

ImWeakTight@UCLA

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 642

Quote:

Originally Posted by mfc

I can't believe the biggest thing is beig overlooked here.

When it's all regulated and done (FT, PS will be back; maybe with new management), taxes will kill many profitable players. Get ready to pay those Fed, State, local, and fica taxes boys and girls.

Thats not the worst part the worst part is that according to this link by kevmath
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=490
all of you people who didnt pay taxes ARE ****ED cause the fbi has access to stars internal accounts weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

04-15-2011 , 08:01 PM

#1335

ZERO_77

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 306

any footnotes on this ?
can't read the whole thread now

I'm in the UK & have been playing all evening fine no probs

Though Stars has Quite Clearly been RIGGED

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1336

kzk

adept

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 822

so what needbeer gonna do with all those fpps?

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1337

UGA_Dawg_2003

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 647

Quote:

Originally Posted by FREECOiN

posting in epic thread

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1338

Got Bars?

newbie

Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maso777

****ing American government, if you want to ban poker for Americans then do that, but don't mess with other countries. It is 100% legal to play on Poker Stars in Canada, why is the site down for Canadians?

No wonder there are terrorists after Americans, you just do whatever the hell you want and piss everyone off. I don't hate you guys who are American on 2+2, but your country as a whole just puts me on tilt.

I'm an American and I ****ing hate this god damn country.

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1339

heater

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 11,407

Quote:

Originally Posted by stampler

ya, i'm a tard

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1340

bread_taker

stranger

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 14

What's all the fuss about? I just deposited $2k into Full Tilt without any problems. Are other people having trouble depositing?

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1341

FDSaussure

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,242

Quote:

Originally Posted by fxshark07

...
This is NOT a temporary glitch; all of these top sites (UB, Poker Stars, Full Tilt, etc) will be shut down permanently. They are done.

What happens to customer money? Well, it will be put on a priority list depending on how this affects the financial condition of the poker site. Usually (at least with Forex), client deposits were #1 on the list, however, if the sites go bankrupt (which they most likely will with no business being able to be transacted plus huge legal expenses), most depositors may only get pennies on the dollar and it most likely will be years down the line. The money is frozen currently and no transactions can be made until this whole legal process is completed. This obviously will take a lot of time (like I said several years).

None of these sites or the money are based in the USA. Legal danger to the backdoor owners of these sites should not affect non US players or their money.

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1342

omnishakira

High Troller

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9,732

04-15-2011 , 08:02 PM

#1343

Tommy_Ho

banned

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,206

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunner171

Link to source?

Kevmath twitter feed

04-15-2011 , 08:03 PM

#1344

zeroprogress2

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 530

ugh, this is a bad day.

04-15-2011 , 08:03 PM

#1345

RiverFenix

banned

Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,829

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supesimmo

Holy ****...so it does!

It has always said this. You cannot advertise for a .com gambling site so they advertise PS.net/FTP.net as their play money sites and hope people switch to real.

04-15-2011 , 08:03 PM

#1346

RML604

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,438

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1WHALEN1

Im on www.fulltiltpoker.net and at the bottom of the page it says;

"Fulltiltpoker.net is a play money site
and does not offer Real Money games"

???

The .net sites have never offered real money games, it's why they can advertise .net on tv and say "this is not a gambling website." This is nothing new.