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Forum: Poker Legislation

12-01-2007, 07:57 PM

Replies: 15

Pokerstars E-check deposit option

Views: 222

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Pokerstars E-check deposit option

Um, we had to give Neteller our SSNs. Stars is as reputable IMHO.

Forum: Poker Legislation

12-01-2007, 07:56 PM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

Im not saying it was the worst, just that it wasn't the best.
My inner nit didnt like some things, sure, but I played Party
straight up once in a while. Stars and to an extent UB ran much...

Forum: Poker Legislation

12-01-2007, 05:38 PM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

Im not sure if Party is what you want D$D. Its not the best software, the nicest lobby, or the best loyalty program. Its just the largest amalgamation of players. Some games/limits they had more...

Forum: Poker Legislation

12-01-2007, 12:45 PM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

More important is spreading out the rocks/sharks than the pool of "fish". All I need is a table with 6 or 7 worse players, and I can find that still. PP didnt have market share D$D. It WAS the...

Forum: Poker Legislation

12-01-2007, 12:34 PM

Replies: 47

PPA should fire Annie Duke

Views: 452

Posted By Legislurker

Re: PPA should fire Annie Duke

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Why is it that the Poker "community" feels the need to eat its own young?

I suspect that to be a good player you need to be driven, selfish, pursue any edge, to be aggressive and to be...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-30-2007, 08:38 PM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

The bonus program might bother some players now that its ubergay. Points are too confusing for joe schmoe lose 100 when im drunk. Party wasnt tied to just advertizing. They got internet poker...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-30-2007, 05:51 PM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

Personally, I think they could benefit sharing legal/transaction costs with bwin,888, crypto, and B2b. Don't merge the networks, but work together on a payment processor they would all float public...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-30-2007, 02:26 PM

Replies: 30

Poll: petition for the return of TE

Views: 806

Posted By Legislurker

Re: petition for the return of TE

Ive not made him a villain and I don't think Bluff has. Theres more than meets the eye to the friction between the PPA and Mason. This is Mason's place and TE got snide with him. Poker like most...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-30-2007, 11:59 AM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

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Well, there was a wisp of a rumor that Party was going to be re entering the US market soon (N 82, in one of the AP threads dropped this little bomb shell with an "I'm not going...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 06:45 PM

Replies: 51

Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

Views: 684

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

Defending botting is tantamount to actually cheating. Saying that decent people should associate with them at all is sick. Botrunners are on a par with DOS botnet operators, child pornographers,...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 04:45 PM

Replies: 51

Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

Views: 684

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

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Openly discussing ideas with people you disagree with, even people you despise, is a hallmark of free speech

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Botting is cheating. Period.

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 03:13 PM

Replies: 47

PPA should fire Annie Duke

Views: 452

Posted By Legislurker

Re: PPA should fire Annie Duke

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Ugly truth: All high stakes players collude, if not openly cheat. All of them. Its just how it works, two or three against another two or three trying to fleece a sucker or...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 01:46 PM

Replies: 42

Party Poker is up to Something

Views: 922

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Party Poker is up to Something ... which D$D has inside scoop on

It could also be a way to push income forward if he has to pay a financial penalty as part of a deal with the DOJ.

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 01:39 PM

Replies: 30

Your Wrong

Views: 685

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Poker and sports face vastly different political landscapes/minefi

Why are people so bummer on the games "drying up". The next day after poker is acknowledged legal online the money will flood online. Advertizing has barely started in the US. Look at the UK with...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 01:27 PM

Replies: 51

Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

Views: 684

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

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Again i am going to advance my opinion that both Bluff and Legislurker have another agenda at work besides just wanting US online poker.

Both are entirely too vitrolic in their...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-29-2007, 01:15 PM

Replies: 47

PPA should fire Annie Duke

Views: 452

Posted By Legislurker

Re: PPA should fire Annie Duke

Ugly truth: All high stakes players collude, if not openly cheat. All of them. Its just how it works, two or three against another two or three trying to fleece a sucker or two.
It sucks, its...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-28-2007, 09:15 PM

Replies: 51

Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

Views: 684

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Should the PPA accept membership/backing from bot providers/users?

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Do you think we (as online players) are better off without the PPA?

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oddly many in the business community, some poker rooms and some pros think so. Most chose...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-28-2007, 03:49 PM

Replies: 17

Congressmen Press for Solution to WTO Internet Gambling Dispute

Views: 438

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Congressmen Press for Solution to WTO Internet Gambling Dispute

Jeffrey dude, maybe you need a new namecolour, maybe [censored] brown for what comes out of your mouth? You make a statement worded like talking points aimed at sheep. Youre for your own damned...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-27-2007, 11:23 PM

Replies: 112

Mason... Sir,

Views: 1,063

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Mason... Sir,

Yeah why bother. There just isn't the money to put together a poker organization. The PPA was the chance and they are [censored] blowing it by being secretive and standoffish. Im willing to bet if...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-27-2007, 06:13 PM

Replies: 13

Kyl to become new minority whip?

Views: 161

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Kyl to become new minority whip?

One Senator can do as much damage as a Republican whip. Its not big threat to us. The people who sit on Conference Committee with the House are the most important. After that it takes 60 to pass...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-27-2007, 06:11 PM

Replies: 112

Mason... Sir,

Views: 1,063

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Mason... Sir,

I agree wholeheartedly the PPA doesn't want to be a grassroots organization. Lobbying Congress with questionable money and a veil of secrecy was a short term fix that was ill-conceived and...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-27-2007, 04:23 PM

Replies: 13

Interesting tax decision for those residing in states...

Views: 162

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Interesting tax decision for those residing in states...

Because the IRS wants every bit of income it can get. Im sure they would stand behind you at a $1 slot machine and take out 33% every spin that hit mixed bars. They want to bump people up to pay...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-27-2007, 04:18 PM

Replies: 17

Congressmen Press for Solution to WTO Internet Gambling Dispute

Views: 438

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Congressmen Press for Solution to WTO Internet Gambling Dispute

I think the best way to solve 1-3 is to put plain language out that says no US laws affect remote gaming in jurisdictions where it is legal as long as there are age verification and fraud prevention...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-27-2007, 12:07 AM

Replies: 30

Your Wrong

Views: 685

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Antigua can look after its own interests, which may not be sports\'

I would think so. GATS is not entirely the same as the tariff schedule part of the WTO, but my understanding is that
MFN still applies. Read the language of how GATS was written, its each country...

Forum: Poker Legislation

11-26-2007, 11:54 PM

Replies: 13

Kyl to become new minority whip?

Views: 161

Posted By Legislurker

Re: Kyl to become new minority whip?

No, but interest groups stay out of leadership contests. Its just sorta how its done. The Senate is supposed to be insulated from democracy to an extent. Leadership and committee assignments have...

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