One year anniversary of the UIGEA
 

Just curious to hear other people's opinions. Has the ban personally affected you? Has it affected online poker as much as you thought it would? Or has online poker not changed that much from years past. I look forward to hearing all of your responses, thanks.

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It basically killed my bonus whoring, which sucks. Used to pull in close to 1k/month in just bonuses which is alot of money for a small stakes player like myself who sucks at poker. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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it took away party, neteller and pinnacle, three staples of my daily life... good country we have here

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it is like day and night, paradise and hell, there is no comparison...

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My world has been shaken to its foundation, but I'll get back on the horse and start rocking the free world.

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wow has it really been a year? here's something funny. i've won thousands of dollars between then and now, but i basically have the same amount of money right now as i did when uigea came out. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I'm outside US.
It's made no difference other than that I wouldn't dream of playing cash games at Stars,UB,FTP etc..

Also the absence of the young US pros at peak-time on the Euro sites is noticeable and much appreciated...

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Why do I get the feeling OP wants to hear bad answers....

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For me UB, FT, AP are still ok w.r.t. fish population. So no big change.

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http://members.cox.net/jasonl35/jcuigea.JPG

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Yeah, I like it. Party is soft these days.

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It basically killed my bonus whoring, which sucks. Used to pull in close to 1k/month in just bonuses which is alot of money for a small stakes player like myself who sucks at poker. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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me too, so i had to learn how to play winning poker instead

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Only other difference I found as a non-American is it KILLED the Crypto games. I don't know why, but the GBP games were fantastic before the UIGEA, then just disappeared and/or became super tight afterwards.

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made my first 100k between UIGEA and now

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I cry myself to sleep every night wishing for the glory days of Paradise Poker to come back

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OP's location = Memphis

Memphis = Tennessee

OP = Bill Frist?

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OP's location = Memphis

Memphis = Tennessee

OP = Bill Frist?

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Ugh no, I am not Bill Frist. Besides, I think Bill Frist is from Nashville, not Memphis. Nice try sir.

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yeah i made $4700 online last year playing 8-14 hrs a day, and this year i made only about $1400 so far online this year playing the same amount of hours.

however i was offline for 2 months on vacation playing live games, and in about 4 weeks i was up about $4000 playing live. why anyone who lives near a casino and has a car unlike me would play online instead of live i cant imagine.
only nice thing about playing online, is u can play 2-3 games at once, dont have to tip the dealer, (a huge PLUS), and can play the games u like such as NL omaha hilo and 5 card draw instead of being forced to play a NO skill game of bingo called texas holdem.

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yeah i made $4700 online last year playing 8-14 hrs a day, and this year i made only about $1400 so far online this year playing the same amount of hours.


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This is easy, put in more hours.

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It basically killed my bonus whoring, which sucks. Used to pull in close to 1k/month in just bonuses which is alot of money for a small stakes player like myself who sucks at poker. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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me too, so i had to learn how to play winning poker instead

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Yeah, I am still working on that unfortunately.

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AND WHAT A GREAT YEAR ITS BEEN AMIRITE?

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I cry myself to sleep every night wishing for the glory days of Paradise Poker to come back

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This is the site I miss most- although Party is really close.

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yeah i made $4700 online last year playing 8-14 hrs a day, and this year i made only about $1400 so far online this year playing the same amount of hours.


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Do you mean 8-14 hrs a week? If its a day you would make much more money by simply taking a minimum wage job.

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yeah i made $4700 online last year playing 8-14 hrs a day, and this year i made only about $1400 so far online this year playing the same amount of hours.


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Do you mean 8-14 hrs a week? If its a day you would make much more money by simply taking a minimum wage job.

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You know I kind of thought he made a typo also...

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The only change I've seen personally is how much harder it is to get money in or out since Neteller is gone. Damn shame if you ask me.