have any poker players successfully received unemployment yeT?

[QUOTE..... If i were older and maybe prone to getting sick i would take precautions .....

Orleans?

ASAP. playing poker with fewer seats, no eating, and all the old nits staying home sounds amazing.

I saw a video showing a few restaurant tables and how one individual infected several others, even those who were sitting at tables nearby. Maybe masks would help, but......

Shades and hoodies coming back hella strong and bringing full on face masks with it, boy if you see an inch of my skin. You’re lucky

Maybe this will speed up the legalization of online poker in the United States?

Games open to only those who already had it/positive for antibodies. Wouldn't work in the casinos, but maybe for home games. Obvious liability issues.

It is important to wash the hands before one takes a leak. After, it is optional as it won't hurt one. For that reason, it can be either hand but basically the left hand, that is a personal hand, except when you wipe your *******, you do it with your public hand (Indians use the left there also and eat with their right).

One can use basically one hand, the right hand, the big toilet hand, for playing, handshake (if allowed) and the other for the face. Eating and drinking depends. A mobile on the face hand, using it with the other or a pencil is optional.

Hope there will be a (corona)virus ID card, allowing one to get anywhere, like hookers may need a regular certificate.

If it lasts very long it could well bring online slot machines being legalized

Crown Casino in Melbourne Australia had 10 PokerPro tables for about 4-5 years. They even used them for one Aussie Millions event each year from 2007-2010. The buy-in was $1000 each year, except for 2010 when it dropped to $500.

Mike McDonald won in 2008: https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29587

winning photo: https://pnimg.net/lrep/4/35/m412f23da94.jpg

As soon as they are open.

They told us to shelter in place for two weeks so we wouldn't overwhelm the hospital system. We all did that. In Pennsylvania, we have sheltered for 5 weeks.

They keep moving the ball. I'm not waiting 4+ years for a vaccine to be developed and distributed through the population.

I am now comfortable flying again (if I had anywhere to go!). As long as there is no stress on a local hospital system, I am fine to play as soon as open.

4 table max, whatever, I don't care. Will be at the poker room the day PA Casino's or Atlantic City opens.

This is gold. Leave it to the Asian guy to go

"Waaaas the bet?" So good.

How about we tattoo a number on a prominent part of everyone's body to identify them.

Oh, wait, that's already been done once.

And planned for our immediate future.

nvm

I'm sorry I just don't understand ya'lls logic.

Seems pretty simple to me - either wait a few months or die ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yea, the problem is the odds of dying are near zero for healthy young individuals.

Yes, automated poker tables is clearly the way to go.
No cards, no chips, no dealers, no tipping, no mistakes.
Better in every way.

No tanking BS either.

You "time out" and fold after 45 seconds.

Even if the machine can't "read" your action when you stroke the screen.

If you had options for homegames, would you currently be playing in them?

I'm kind of having a problem with this. I have multiple home game options, and I haven't played in any of them because I don't wanna get sick, don't wanna spread it, etc.

However, as you said, if a poker room opened let's say on June 1st, I'd probably be there. So I'm having problems reconciling what the difference is, even though I apparently feel like there is one.

Maybe in 5 weeks the odds of catching it will be decreased slightly

If you're in the U.S there are other options online besides apps that are very reliable as far as getting paid out, games are about as good as they're gonna get right now. Not worth it for you to go before you know for sure your safe in doing so for your family and for yourself especially since you have a pre-existing condition which makes you more vulnerable.

I gotta email from a casino the other day which states they're staying closed through atleast May 31st but it said they already have these non invasive kiosk type devices that anyone who wants to enter the casino will have to go through to have their temp taken once they do open. Problem is what about the asymptomatic younger people who are carrying it and don't know and pass it on to all the older folks who love to frequent the casino

What about them? The older patrons are aware of the risks and have made the decision to frequent the casino. They should have every right to

In other thread someone said they knew of some approvals for unemployment.
I personally have applied for the PUA, and am waiting

What life games? Poker economy is dead and it will take years (if ever) to fully recover.
We are in the middle of full-blown Great Depression and games would be horrible even without all the COVID related issues. But then there is the virus and it would drive out a lot of people who support live games and are not affected by the economy. Let's assume they will open casinos in a 2-3 month. Let's assume they will follow best practice guidelines and will check people's temperature, make everybody wear masks, clean tables. wash chips and do the set up every hour. Do you think your casual gamblers will put up with all those steps on a daily basis? Do you think those horrible old-timers will come back to casinos while there is still a real danger and no vaccine? I've heard a lot of rumors about turning all tables to 6-max. Remember all those regs who hated to play "shorter" and were ready to kill the floor if even one sit is open? Do you think they will play 6 handed and if they will, how fast do you think they would sit out if the game is short? One person walking would stop the game? Two for sure, right?

What is disturbing is the lack of empathy towards the health of others from some people who think they personally aren't very vulnerable to the effects of coronavirus, perhaps because they are young and currently healthy.

Some of these folks appear to not feel any responsibility for being an asymptomatic carrier who is contagious and may infect other people more vulnerable to the effects of the virus than themselves. It's a very thoughtless and selfish attitude.

So, you may contract the virus at a casino, then unknowingly spread it to people who weren't at the casino, but instead came into contact with you elsewhere. Some of the people you infect may get very sick or die, or infect somebody else who may get very sick or die.

Those additional illnesses or deaths could be avoided by taking the precaution of keeping your ass out of the casinos for another few weeks. Your decisions affect others besides yourself. When making these decisions, please consider empathy for others, perhaps even a little compassion for the lives of other people, besides yourself, even if you don't see the danger in front of your nose.

One is ready for anything that gets the games going. I am for the "corona passports" even when not proven one can't carry corona or get sick again even when one has had it, or the antibody test being questionable. Far better than nothing as long as all know the facts.

Online PLO is basically 6-max only and would be far more popular, and more gambling players. 4-max is just fine and people need not worry as much that they are not so good super short at PLO. 2-3-handed, a sit-out is optional and starting from 4-handed, the rake can be dropped.

The problem with live poker is that it is too loose and as so one needs to wait for multi-way hands and not only it plays very slowly as so, one also gets to play fewer hands compared to when it gets folded to the button that can play like half the hands, and it is easy to play more hands from late positions even if someone has entered who also gets to enter with a weaker hand when no one ahead has entered. That's the solution for the live poker dilemma.

8-max is possible, more room for players (if the same table size), some more hands per hour, can be used in 8-max tourneys. A step to the better direction but not the best for PLO, and no one is going to be against shorter PLO games as it is the standard online.

People don't like to go in the casino to sit there, waiting for hands, or if playing more hands, donating to players who play fewer hands. Live poker is already slower because of the manual stuffs. Actually, only the cards need to be real, the chips (that I hate) do not need to. There is also a way for the dealer to deal the card for the camera only but it has its risks.

And we need cardrooms, not just cardrooms inside the casinos. Options, options; 10-max, pick your place, table; real chips, go for it. More forms of poker.

I assume you feel the same way about everything?
Non essential stores, gyms, nail salons, barbers, restaurants, bars etc?

Because if a casino is open I think it's safe to assume that all those are open.

Also, I'm fine waiting about 4-6 weeks. But, if casinos magically open on like June 8th...