Ultimate Poker (U.S.A Nevada site) opens today

http://ultimatepoker.com/

THE BEGINNING

i wonder how much they had to pay to be the first

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/30/4285252/ultimate-poker-first-legal-us-poker-site

It's owned by the Fertita brothers, so this is not some joke company.

For those who dont know who the Fertitas are, they own Zuffa LLC which is the parent company of the UFC.

Sweet, looks like software from 2001. Wonder if it will have players like 2001.

On April 30 2013 17:09 NewbSaibot wrote: Sweet, looks like software from 2001. Wonder if it will have players like 2001.

with the hand history in the chat box i guess it will

looks like you don't need to be a resident either, just be physically in Vegas and you are good to go. You can also physically cash out from any Stations casino.

Doesn't looked like that rake is that bad. 4.5%, no rakeback though and the buy-in structures are fucked. They're all like 50bb maxed.

This is cool, once the other states see the revenue gains they will hop on board similar to what's happening with marijuana(the trend, and implied revenue), IMO.

Talk about conspiracy though. I mean how long would this site need to be in development? Kinda hilarious that stars/ftp probably werent even cut in on the conversation

is this interstate only, or can players residing in other countries play too?

as long as you are in nevada you can play no matter where you are from. while playing here, you can only play vs other people currently in nevada

Any indication of player count yet? I'm curious if there's like 200 people online or 2000 (both dismally small but still indicative of growth potential)

why would anyone go to nevada to play online poker versus only other players from nevada lol, that is so dumb

On May 01 2013 10:13 TalentedTom wrote: why would anyone go to nevada to play online poker versus only other players from nevada lol, that is so dumb

To play dumb americans

My table on European sites right now:
Estonia Estonia Belarus Lithuania Romania ME Belarus Russia

Yeah... fun

all of those countries take poker way too seriously, haven't met a Romanian fish yet :/

On May 01 2013 14:20 locoo wrote: all of those countries take poker way too seriously, haven't met a Romanian fish yet :/

Yeah :/

Each country should bring at least some fish or get banned imo

I don't think i've ever seen a Belarus fish, ever.

i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before?

Just another example of fucking government impeding progress and sending us back to fucking 2000's

On May 01 2013 19:06 whamm! wrote: i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before?

probably because we dont have any more french players, italians, spanish(YEAH!),