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Originally Posted by Turb0Licious
So the way this account creation process works, and maybe I'm wrong, if so fill me in. Any ROW reg can fly over to NJ, convert their ROW acct to NJ acct (which I did) then head back abroad and create a new account? If this is true, this seems like a terrible idea. Your .com account should always remain your .com acct, idk why players can even convert them that's just silly.
PokerStars Dylan,
Why are players allowed to covert their ROW accounts to NJ accounts?
I did this as you know, (by mistake) so I now have my ROW PS account as my NJ account. If I were to move abroad and play with ROW players (it's a likely possibility) I'd be able to create a new account and play anonymous? I could be missing something here, but if this is in fact true it seams awful. ROW accounts should never be able to convert to NJ accounts, your ROW account should always remain your .com account, no?
This opens up another door to established, well known regs coming over to NJ to convert their .com accounts to NJ accounts. Then flying back to wherever they live abroad and opening a new account, since their ROW account has now been converted over to NJ. They could essentially continue to play against ROW players, yet anonymously under a new screen name. This would basically change their online identity, which is obviously a big no.
If this is already covered as it may very well be, how about a player who hasn't yet activated their ROW account since Black Friday (me) but always wanted to? They can now come to NJ for a weekend if they don't already live in the state, convert their ROW account to their NJ account (as I did), then move abroad and take the steps in opening a new account. Even though their previous account (now their NJ account) was a well known online handle back in the day, etc.
I could be missing this completely and this may have already been covered by support and I missed it. If so just disregard this.