'Black Friday' and associated fallout megathread

[Brave_n_Crazy]

Waaaah, I don't want to play live poker!!! *stomping feet*

 

[JOEBOB69]

That's message has been there for 2 months at least.

Use your black card status for support.

 

[Vfranks]

Wow this sucks... at least I can still play on FT for the time being, and the only money I have online right now is all from freerolls.
I still got my rbpros rakeback today on FT, but that was around 10:30. I have no money on UB or PS. Does anyone know if UB has stopped allowing US to pay real money like PS has done.

 

[Kenzie 96]

Saw that the 4 playas registered for tonights league game are US players so tried to sign up, no such luck.

 

[coolnout]

Wow this sucks... at least I can still play on FT for the time being, and the only money I have online right now is all from freerolls.
I still got my rbpros rakeback today on FT, but that was around 10:30. I have no money on UB or PS. Does anyone know if UB has stopped allowing US to pay real money like PS has done.

Stars is the only site to block US players so far. Tho it seems pretty likely the others will follow suit and playing online at these companies will be no more at least for US players. I would love to be wrong tho.

 

[onemorechance]

Congrats Party, played the long game and it's gonna pay off huge

 

[xdeucesx]

Withdrawing would technically implicate you as a criminal, bc it says any transferring of funds is illegal

this includes transferring to other players...just saying

(make what you want of that though)

 

[Brave_n_Crazy]

It just occurred to me ... with this legal action, the US government positions itself to seize the assets of these companies and their US players. A tidy inflow of cash during a tense political debate about the deficit that is at the moment going against the incumbent president.

Who has those lead-lined tinfoil hats again?

 

[Makwa]

But Party Poker stock now obv, all the Euros who play on FT/PS (like me) will be swimming over soon.

Was going to withdraw but suddenly see possibilities for a whole new skul of fish.... and a lot of dead US sharks...

Yeah, that job in Europe is lookin' pretty sexy right now...

Yep. canada is good too. So far.

Sheesh people sorry to hear, hope nobody gets hurt too much; another site will rise fast to fill the void for US players is my guess...

Interesting times indeed. ****.

Will make a sea change here at CC. ****.

 

[xdeucesx]

doyles room ftw

 

[Lofwyr]

It would be a minor trickle next to the Mountain of S*** that is the US budget/debt right now

 

[Mortis]

Saw that the 4 playas registered for tonights league game are US players so tried to sign up, no such luck.

I'm sure they signed up before the government started disallowing US players to play in "real money" games on PS.

 

[fx20736]

Well my fellow U.S. players live poker is much softer any way.

softer?

maybe

but can you play live poker while your on a conference call for work or at your in-laws?

or can you play in your underwear or on a Tuesday night?

and what sort of bankroll would you need to play $ 1/2 NLHE??

 

[onemorechance]

Bad time for a joke but

 

[vanquish]

guvment came and stole our monies!!

 

[c9h13no3]

and what sort of bankroll would you need to play $ 1/2 NLHE??

In a live game? ~$200

 

[Lofwyr]

Is $1/2 live even beatable with the godawful rake they charge?

 

[WVHillbilly]

In a live game? ~$200

Yeah right. You need AT LEAST $300 to play live professionally.

 

[Mortis]

Bad time for a joke but

lol nice

 

[onemorechance]

NoahSD

1) They've shut down A LOT of payment processors and confiscated a lot of mnoey. This doesn't bode well for those of us with our money on the sites or in limbo. There's likely no point to cashing out right now... Stars isn't even allowing US players to cashout or transfer anyway.

 

[Stu_Ungar]

Right now limbo is the worst possible place for your money to be.

 

[xdeucesx]

Right now limbo is the worst possible place for your money to be.

agreed, safest to just leave on sites for now probably

 

[Lofwyr]

Hmm...wonder what would happen if i asked a friend from europe to log into my account and alter some stats/withdraw from a euro ip?

 

[cAPSLOCK]

FWIW:

FTP: 91.211.98.20
PS: 77.87.179.116

 

[DREW0]

I would assume that someone in the admin here at CC has a contact at PS.
Perhaps a query to them about this situation would elicit some helpfull info.