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On January 13 2011 06:55 Pokebunny wrote:
I'm quite confused as to why such a large site wouldn't try to clear their business practices to work under US law.
that is not so easy as the laws and regulations are not clear and the general conduct is that online poker involving money is illegal,
just to give you a little insight as I used to work for Full Tilt Poker,
the only legal online poker is the one with out money, thats why there exist FullTiltPoker.net which has no reference to paying money, only when you make the step yourself to FullTiltPoker.com you can deposit money
the legal contact address of the .COM company is in Nicaragua, the Servers are in Kanawaukee under another company name, an Indian reservation where the Federal US laws don't apply and all Support for the company is run trough another company from here in Ireland and one in Vancouver where there is also another company who manages the public advertising for the .NET part of the company.
(other companies use similar structures to be able promote their website and offer support)
another problem is for example that the Bank of America processes no Payments to any Poker related sites.
so you see, its not so easy to do business in the US if you are with onlinepoker....
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My Us IP has failed me 
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TSL actually got me into poker. Great sponsor.
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May I ask how you finance this site? Is it just from the advertising of the 'partner' pokersites?
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There's lots of online players from the US, not as many as Europe but most sites allow US players.
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Pokerstrategy is awesome, if you wanna be able to do +EV pushes at least 
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Sounds great, going to check it out!
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Germany187 Posts
On January 13 2011 16:00 Madsquare wrote:
May I ask how you finance this site? Is it just from the advertising of the 'partner' pokersites?
Hey Madsaquare,
in doing what we do, we generate value for the poker rooms:
- new players
- more proficient players that play more or over a longer time
- making poker / their rooms seen as an operator of strategy games and not shady gambling
That's what we get paid for - so you can call us 'advertising financed' in simple terms.
Best,
Lutz
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Hyrule19257 Posts
Can you make PS legal in New Jersey so I can play?
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Germany187 Posts
We don't know yet what New Jersey legislation will mean.
If there will be licenses for poker operators, we'll try to work with them.
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What's the advantage of registering at PokerStrategy.com instead of using a Pokerroom directly?
If I register at PokerStrategy.com do I have to register for every Pokerroom they cooperate with individually again or does it use the same log in info so that I can directly use any of them straight away?
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Oh God! Am I even allowed to say this? Well here goes anyway:
I love it that we have such a great sponsor for TSL with such a huge prize pool and all that good stuff!
However IMO I think Online Poker is a bad thing bordering on a social evil, causing many an unassuming soul to leave behind a honest-to-goodness job, mental attitude & lifestyle and embrace something very characteristic- The Poker way of Life.
Seeing it happen to one of my friends I have to caution others about this.
To be crystal, If you are clear-headed and self-controlled, Poker can be just fine; but to the weak-minded and wavering I would advise you to steer clear.
Always remember: Everything to moderation, Nothing to excess!
There! Now thats off my conscience.
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Germany187 Posts
On January 14 2011 06:01 Copenap wrote:
What's the advantage of registering at PokerStrategy.com instead of using a Pokerroom directly?
Hey Copenap,
basically, you can see us as a layer above the poker rooms.
We do not try to be an operator - but allow you to chose where to play from all the major operators (we have 30 partners).
Our principles:
1. No downside or hidden/indirect cost: You never have a disadvantage monetarily by singing up through us - i.e. you get the same rewards from the poker room that you would get otherwise. Tendentially even more - such as freerolls, exclusive promotions etc.
2. Upsides: While doing that, we try to maximise our value for you in terms of content, website features, services, help and support.
While you play on a poker room that you signed up on through us, you gather StrategyPoints. With your StrategyPoints, you earn member levels - which again unlock content and services on higher levels.
In total, we have 12,000 coaching videos in 18 languages and thousands of pages of articles - plus events, services, promotions..
If I register at PokerStrategy.com do I have to register for every Pokerroom they cooperate with individually again or does it use the same log in info so that I can directly use any of them straight away?
You need to sign up on poker rooms individually through us. That way, you fully control who has access to your personal data.
To gather StrategyPoints then, you enter your poker room user name / ID at PokerStrategy.com - our data feed with the operators will then do the job on a daily basis.
@SushiL:
Well - I agree. Every game, no matter how interesting, challenging and fascinating should be played moderately, except for those who can make a living. And even for those, I'd always suggest not to keep one-tracked, so never stop studies, jobs, social life for neither poker nor StarCraft
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Q: If I pass the test and choose to get the $50 free on Cake Poker can I still get rakeback with lets say the liquid poker offer?  Or are they mutually exclusive?
Trying to decide between WH, Party or Cake since I made a FT acc back when I was a complete noob and played for playmoney (any input about that appreciated too)
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Is it true that if you sign up to sites via pokerstrategy, you don't get the usual rakeback for those sites that a regular rakeback affilate would offer? and instead of rakeback you get access to the pokerstrategy site content? Or do you get the standard amounts of rakeback as well?
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Germany187 Posts
On January 14 2011 08:46 Sels wrote:Q: If I pass the test and choose to get the $50 free on Cake Poker can I still get rakeback with lets say the liquid poker offer? Or are they mutually exclusive?
You can track each account only once.
But: you will also be able to get rakeback through PokerStrategy.com - the full 33% at Cake Poker and the full 27% at Full TIlt Poker e.g. (might be that you'd need a minimum deposit to activate rakeback - but that'd not be different from other options to get rakeback).
Our firm policy is that even though we focus on being the best poker school and community, that you should not worry about tracking your accounts on us - we want to make sure that also on a pure monetary level, you have no disadvantage compared to other offers/options.
To be honest, in comparison to smaller affiliates like Liquid Poker, even our monetary offer will most probably be superior to others - e.g. we do offer a $60k rake race at Cake Poker that is only shared by four distinct other affiliates.
Trying to decide between WH, Party or Cake since I made a FT acc back when I was a complete noob and played for playmoney (any input about that appreciated too)
All three good choices. Most players would say that PartyPoker has the best software of the three and Cake Poker less traffic (i.e. choice of tables) than William Hill and PartyPoker.
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I see tons of potential in this. In fact i'm not the only one as it seems. Great community on lots of different languages. Keep up!
What best way to join poker but following my other passion - starcraft ;]
-best regards Martin
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this sounds like fun, but if only i didn't suck at poker. lol
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Germany187 Posts
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no-limit? i really don't understand poker lingo at all. i can't even win a match of poker, i guess i know a little about texas hold all, though you can only play it in texas from what i understand anyways.
though i'm awfully good at hokm
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