Full Tilt Poker License Suspended by AGCC

after the recent revelations I think it's been obvious that FT's days were numbered


well at least without a massive overhaul and restructure
 
American authorities have effectively blocked the .com domain of poker sites. Something to do with the gambling laws in the USA.
 
Monserrat said:
I thought that stuff like roulette was a more dangerous type of gambling as it's luck where poker is at least a bit of skill.
Click to expand...

Not online, no skill whatsover (well maybe a bit). You can only really say poker is a skill playing face to face.

Too many times I have been knocked out by some numpty going allin when he has one or two cards to win and he hits on the river
 
Monserrat said:
I thought that stuff like roulette was a more dangerous type of gambling as it's luck where poker is at least a bit of skill.
Click to expand...

Ignoring face to face poker in actually fact roulette is the game ina casino where the odds of you winning are the greatest. There is only the ) which tips the game to the house.

Which is why you should bet all the money you are willing to lose in a casino on one single bet on the roulette table and not 10 smaller ones for example.

That gives up the best odds of walking out up but boring as hell! lol
 
Damn just read that one of the stipulations is that players can;t withdraw their money! That's crap if you had one a $20000 tourney and hadn't got it withdrawn before today.
 
OldCoals said:
American authorities have effectively blocked the .com domain of poker sites. Something to do with the gambling laws in the USA.
Click to expand...

Knew that had been happening for a while, remember when in the us seeing all the pokerstars.net adverts for the no money sites :p

But from Rotty's comment sounded like there was more going on here than that
 
Ahhh thanks guys. I knew we were talking about online poker. I just thought that it was conducted like some kind of 4-way Skype / video conferencing where you see each other's faces and you see some (but not all) the body language like poker for real. My bad :-)
 
The closing of US site is part of it, money laundering allegations, selling 100% rake back accounts for cash, subsidising high roller bank rolls with other player's frozen funds, allowing high profile players to multi account etc etc

all og the above have been alleged
 
taz488 said:
i want my moneys! and to play poker! is there anywhere reliable online?
Click to expand...

Pokerstars is the biggest site and showed after black friday that it could still pay out.

However if I put money into online poker again I will choose a UK based site as it should be way safer. So Sky Poker perhaps.
 
Greebo said:
Ignoring face to face poker in actually fact roulette is the game ina casino where the odds of you winning are the greatest. There is only the ) which tips the game to the house.

Which is why you should bet all the money you are willing to lose in a casino on one single bet on the roulette table and not 10 smaller ones for example.

That gives up the best odds of walking out up but boring as hell! lol
Click to expand...

Sorry but this is rubbish. Do you think people who consistenly make millions online have no skill? Maybe you're playing very low limits with people who know little about the game and just play for fun. You can't generalise and say it has no skill if you're playing for shrapnel.
 
Rotty said:
The closing of US site is part of it, money laundering allegations, selling 100% rake back accounts for cash, subsidising high roller bank rolls with other player's frozen funds, allowing high profile players to multi account etc etc

all og the above have been alleged
Click to expand...

Ivey was a huge stakeholder in FT aswell. I can't believe that (if it is true) these rumours were knocking around the circuit about allowing this without him hearing. I hear he is now sueing FT though.
 
Greebo said:
Not online, no skill whatsover (well maybe a bit). You can only really say poker is a skill playing face to face.

Too many times I have been knocked out by some numpty going allin when he has one or two cards to win and he hits on the river
Click to expand...

Comments like these are the reason online poker is profitable.

Go read about variance.
 
ColdAsIce said:
Pokerstars is the biggest site and showed after black friday that it could still pay out.

However if I put money into online poker again I will choose a UK based site as it should be way safer. So Sky Poker perhaps.
Click to expand...

Pokerstars is pretty much 100% safe. They have to keep the exact amount they have in players deposits in accounts in the Isle of Man (where they are licensed). Which is why they were able paid out their US based players in a matter of days after reaching an agreement with the DOJ.
 
I took all my money off FT after black Friday, anybody who kept money on there with the knowledge of the US DOJ indictments is either insane or just hates money.

Greebo said:
Not online, no skill whatsover (well maybe a bit). You can only really say poker is a skill playing face to face.

Too many times I have been knocked out by some numpty going allin when he has one or two cards to win and he hits on the river
Click to expand...

Ahh always good to hear from the fish :p

Heard of Nanonoko?

nanonoko.png


That over $2m consistent profit over a 3 year period, tracking almost 5 million hands played. Pretty lucky huh?
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom