Where?

4/17/2011 6:12:53 PM

So do we take a chance with moving to one of the other sites that are still open?

The gambler in me has the itch to move some money onto Cake, but it may be wise to let things settle and see how it plays out. Smaller networks may be next to go...

4/17/2011 6:57:56 PM

yeah the whole thing was brutal. okay when i say crushing my idea is prob a little different than yours i was playing 2/4, 3/6 multitable limit online and 5/10 - 10/20 limit live. Back when the games were 6 to the flop. my variance was almost non existent week to week online. So much dead money. And the swings arent bad at limit like NL because the pot sizes are consistent

4/17/2011 10:58:39 PM

Quote :

"So do we take a chance with moving to one of the other sites that are still open? The gambler in me has the itch to move some money onto Cake, but it may be wise to let things settle and see how it plays out. Smaller networks may be next to go..."

I definitely wouldn't, it's only a matter of time until the focus shifts to the smaller sites who were doing the same things in terms of sketchy cashout methods for sure.

I think we are more or less screwed for the time being. I can't imagine this is going to be resolved quickly either, it's going to be neck deep in bureaucracy for a year, bare minimum.

4/18/2011 7:19:15 PM

In a case this large I bet it will be 5 years before anything gets resolved. But I think there's a strong likelihood the players get their money back in 6-12 months.

Too costly to steal money from that many Americans and not have a large percentage of people revolt against one party or another.

4/18/2011 7:30:43 PM

I think neteller took 18 months. Luckily I have a little less than a grand locked up which in all honesty has just been sitting around for the past few years.

4/18/2011 10:03:48 PM

Yeh I remember that David, that's the first year I really got into poker and luckily had xfer'd a good bit of my money offline shortly before all that went down, thankfully.

I'm not really sweating this too much, I just hate having horses that can't xfer me money back and shit. But I do have a few Euros/Canadians and they are gonna be Paypal-ing me their earnings (fingers crossed).

I get a fat bonus for work soon, I was hoping to throw that on for the SCOOP and play some big events. Guess that's not going to happen now though

4/19/2011 10:53:11 AM

Cashed out all but $55 a few weeks ago and bought myself an ipad 2, yay.

Only have about $100 locked up

4/19/2011 2:04:16 PM

Which was probably a wise move on 2 fronts

4/19/2011 4:14:46 PM

Looks like we are getting our money back a lot sooner than expected. Good news in dark times.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/04/pokerstars-and-full-tilt-poker-reopen-but-not-for-play.html

4/20/2011 1:07:18 PM

when will funds be open for withdraw again? i have seen that we will be able to do it but it still isnt avail on FT. what date/time will it be available?

4/21/2011 9:45:29 PM

can withdraw on stars now

i assume FTP will be a few weeks behind...considering they are a few weeks behind on pretty much all fronts

4/27/2011 4:13:13 PM

Booked ~10k hands today on stars. First real session since #BlackFriday. 12 tabling -- still decent action out there. Trying to get as much in as possible before i move back to the states. Playing fairly aggressive.

VPIP 16.27
PFR 12.82
3Bet 6.41





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4/30/2011 7:53:23 PM

Requested a check from bodog today, will let you know how it goes. Their debit card system was pretty slick, but it seems to be down at the moment.

5/1/2011 3:43:28 PM

^^



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5/1/2011 10:11:44 PM

^Thank you sir.

I dont know what I did wrong....I suck. Got 30k hands logged now.

5/4/2011 3:13:28 PM

Nice. Got my deposit from pstars a few days ago for anyone interested.

5/4/2011 3:36:41 PM

anybody heard anything else from FT? on their website they just keep changing the date they are going to actually tell us something useful.

5/8/2011 8:26:24 AM

From FTPDoug on 2+2 on 5/5:

Quote :

" An update for US players: We are continuing to work on facilitating the withdrawal of US Player funds. It remains our top priority, and we do apologize for the delay. I can announce that starting next week: All T$ will be converted to real money on a 1:1 basis. All Tournament Tickets will be converted to real money on a 1:1 basis. All Ring Game Tickets will be converted to real money based on the current value of the ticket. This includes any tickets that have expired since April 15th, even if they no longer show in your ticket balance. All pending Take 2 payments will be paid out. If you qualified for 3-6 days you will get $5, if you qualified for 7 or more days you will get $25. All pending rakeback/Cash Back payments will be completed. Any FTOPS Satellite Challenge winners will be paid. All store purchases made after April 15th will be reversed. This includes the Iron Man store and the FTP store. All uncleared portions of purchased bonuses will be refunded in the currency they were purchased. All unused Iron Man freeroll tickets will be exchanged for medals at the same rate one would get if they went to the "Ticket Exchange" on the Iron Man page. All April Iron Man medals will be paid out as if you played the entire month at the same rate as the first 15 days (so if you played 10 of the first 15 days of April, that will count as playing 20 days at that level). If you played all 15 days you will also get 15 medals for the One-A-Day promotion. All Iron Man medals will then be converted to FTPs at a rate of 50 FTPs per medal, which is the top conversion rate in the Iron Man store. All Full Tilt Poker Academy credits will be converted to FTPs at a rate of 1 FTP per credit. I still don't have an announcement about what will happen to FTPs, but we are working on it. "

5/8/2011 10:19:06 PM

I used to play locally on Capital, the place got raided by SWAT.

5/9/2011 2:57:44 AM

I broke down and deposited on LockPoker.

TheNuts.com is running a promo if you sign up for rakeback with them and you'll get a free IPAD2. You have to meet a certain rake requirement over 60 days, but it shouldn't be a big deal to meet.

Also, if you try to sign up, I found it a lot easier to deposit in their casino and then transfer money to the poker room.

5/10/2011 9:38:05 AM

Yeh I threw a little bit of money on RPM Poker, a Merge skin. So far so good. 35% rakeback, extremely soft cash, SNG, and MTTs. Software kinda sucks and i'm a tad sketched on ever seeing this money again but no worries.

5/10/2011 3:24:22 PM

Let me know how your withdrawals go on those sites. Tempted to make a small deposit, as long as I can withdraw on a weekly basis.

5/10/2011 4:32:02 PM

Just had one of my Canadian horses xfer me some money he owed me on FTP...he hasn't had the ability to xfer to my US account since Black Friday ... I can't withdraw it or use it ... but it processed and shows up in my cashier ...

Step in the right direction though

5/10/2011 4:40:11 PM

Obv turner is deep in 1k NLHE WSOP #8. Down to 5 players. 600k for 1st.

6/8/2011 6:46:01 AM

Low stack with 3 left

1st
$611,185
2nd
$377,411
3rd
$274,005

Quote :

"Night over, in 3rd, 3 left, only have 21bbs, but 1 double and I'm right back in there! Back at 4pm!"

[Edited on June 8, 2011 at 7:46 AM. Reason : ]

6/8/2011 7:46:16 AM

Nice.

Another friend from home games in Raleigh just went pretty deep in the 1.5 6max..and he FT'd a Venetian 550 already this summer too.

Man I wanna be in Vegas right now. Damn the real world and it's silly obligations.

6/8/2011 12:33:19 PM

Suspected robbers shot at high-stakes Raleigh poker game

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9910477/

7/27/2011 1:41:38 PM

Ehhh nevermind...

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7/27/2011 3:26:10 PM

Quote :

""(One) was shot with his own gun.""

Quote :

"neighbor Jim Durnin said, adding that he thought it was an occasional Tupperware party."

7/27/2011 3:42:13 PM

Shockingly that news report isn't even close to accurate.

7/27/2011 8:07:02 PM

Why the shit would they try to rob Greg's game (it's not "high stakes" as the new reported)?

Theres def more to it. I dunno why people would rob a 2/5 or tiny 5/10 game..hrm.

7/27/2011 10:41:37 PM

i heard it was 1/2. Do tell if you know more.


But asking why is a stupid question. Meth is meth. Money is money.

A lot of good 1/2 games have $2-5k at the table and another $5k behind it.

1/2 in a local game is usually deep stacked with a rock and crazy nutters making $20-$30 opens.

7/28/2011 12:18:09 AM

When I played there a few times ~2 yrs ago it was 1/2. I thought I remember them bumping up the stakes to 2/5 and maybe 5/10 now-a-days. But yeh i'm sure there's more to the story.

7/28/2011 9:28:22 AM

Gregg is a really good guy, it sucks that this happened at his place.

7/28/2011 9:39:04 AM

Yeah, all the comments in the article mention it was 1/2 and not "high stakes" but as face mentions, it sure as hell beats trying to rob a gas station for a few hundred bucks.

7/28/2011 9:46:38 AM

Yeh for sure, I always liked seeing Greg around, he was a pretty cool guy.

7/28/2011 1:36:57 PM

Holy shit full tilt poker was a $400 million ponzi scheme!!

9/20/2011 1:00:32 PM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576582741398633386.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Going to Canada/Niagara in a few weeks. Any suggestions on where to play?

9/20/2011 1:47:38 PM

Dunno of any places up there.

I'm kinda surprised none of these articles i've been reading today mention Benyamine or Ivey, everything i've heard indicated they were also dipping into the FTP pot of gold pretty heavily.

9/20/2011 7:00:14 PM

my gambling nerve is restless....is there anywhere that is 'safe' to put a little bit on money in online to calm my nerves? poker is my love, but if i have to stick to sports betting or...well, anything at this point, i may be tempted. suggestions?....other moving from nc to a place that i can legally give my money to other people!

9/21/2011 1:51:50 AM

Skins on merge were the last "legitimate" US facing sites, but they're the DOJs next target (and they no longer accept US players)

9/21/2011 10:08:07 AM

What can the DOJ do against Merge? I don't think they were pulling bank frauds. Is Cake still taking US players? Otherwise there are games in the area, if you can find them. Meetup has a few options.

Merge is okay. Stuck in micros with a small BR that I probably won't see anyway. Not a lot of PLO tables, and tournament Holdems fill up semislow

9/21/2011 10:48:42 AM

The same thing they did to FT, PS, and AP? http://www.subjectpoker.com/2011/09/doj-merge/

I hope if you're putting money onto a poker site, you're doing so with the understanding you are most likely never getting any money back out.

9/21/2011 11:48:34 AM

Yeah, and I'm guessing the amateurs are non existent now. Def looking forward to playing in CA even if I have to pay for my drinks and I'm playing with loonies and toonies.

9/21/2011 12:06:12 PM

There's still the EU amateurs/casual players.

I was under the impression Merge was smart enough to not lie to banks about things. I hope there's a difference between sending money via WU to John Slong and wiring money from a bank to a false company.

Stars gave me my money back in ~3 weeks, which I threw in Merge. May need to look at Tourneys again - I actually made money in the $2.20 Stars MTTs and have no idea why I switched to cash PLO.

9/21/2011 4:59:02 PM

VPN --> Euro sites. Ez day.

9/21/2011 8:21:21 PM

what is still legally available to us players on bodog?
sports? casino?

10/24/2011 10:22:06 PM

Just got notice I'm getting my whole full tilt balance deposited to my bank acct.

Thanks Obama!

2/24/2014 9:05:56 PM

^
well that took about, like, 3 years
but good shit
how much was it, if we (I) may ask?

2/24/2014 10:36:58 PM