PokerStars Restricts French Online Poker Play - Page 2

7% rake lol what are these greedy fucks just wanting to instantly take every player's money out of the site and int othe pockets of the government and pokerroom ahahaha the fuck

this is a fucked up situation. the only good thing is that the german government has other major problems than taxing poker. but even for all the small eurodonk sites this is bad, first italy now france, what´s next spain ?

On June 26 2010 20:36 Night2o1 wrote: 7% rake lol what are these greedy fucks just wanting to instantly take every player's money out of the site and int othe pockets of the government and pokerroom ahahaha the fuck

if its a replacement for tax is it all that bad?

I actually think this is a step forward for online poker.

Italy and france went from banning online poker to regulating it. And for those who miss the french fish there is always ftp, they dont give a fuck about nothing. Just played a session with lots of ialian and french players over there.

Lighten up guys, in the long run this is gonna be good for poker.

regards

in hindsight gettin the fuck out of france was a pretty smart move ahahha that 7% rake thingy is quite gross

imagine playing HU with hands with no flop being raked...

On June 26 2010 21:11 Nazgul wrote: Show nested quote + On June 26 2010 20:36 Night2o1 wrote: 7% rake lol what are these greedy fucks just wanting to instantly take every player's money out of the site and int othe pockets of the government and pokerroom ahahaha the fuck if its a replacement for tax is it all that bad?

I'd say that's entirely dependent on whether they rake pots where there is no flop. If they rake those then the 7% + the fact that non-flop pots would be raked would make it pretty bad. Otherwise no probably not especially when you consider SN and SNE are pretty good rakeback.

Either way the more European countires that follow suit the worse the PLO games will get. They are particularly driven by European players since the game is much more popular over there. Major blow.

Can players from other countries play on pokerstars.fr?

man, I wish i could play with only french people, that would be the illest, Paris here i come

next they will be prohibiting alcohol

On June 26 2010 21:30 brain1719 wrote: I actually think this is a step forward for online poker. Italy and france went from banning online poker to regulating it. And for those who miss the french fish there is always ftp, they dont give a fuck about nothing. Just played a session with lots of ialian and french players over there. Lighten up guys, in the long run this is gonna be good for poker. regards

How can it be good for poker? Regulating is a step back, not forward. Even though it's better than banning, it's still v. bad

On June 27 2010 00:32 SpasticInk wrote: Show nested quote + On June 26 2010 21:30 brain1719 wrote: I actually think this is a step forward for online poker. Italy and france went from banning online poker to regulating it. And for those who miss the french fish there is always ftp, they dont give a fuck about nothing. Just played a session with lots of ialian and french players over there. Lighten up guys, in the long run this is gonna be good for poker. regards How can it be good for poker? Regulating is a step back, not forward. Even though it's better than banning, it's still v. bad

agreed

srsly fucking governments should stop messing with people's freedom to gamble their money and do w/e they want.

i'm gonna miss those frenchys for when they started talking shit after getting beat

On June 27 2010 00:39 Exhilarate wrote: agreed

I think not being seen as criminals is an improvement overall.

On June 26 2010 22:22 Bejamin1 wrote: Show nested quote + On June 26 2010 21:11 Nazgul wrote:   On June 26 2010 20:36 Night2o1 wrote: 7% rake lol what are these greedy fucks just wanting to instantly take every player's money out of the site and int othe pockets of the government and pokerroom ahahaha the fuck if its a replacement for tax is it all that bad? I'd say that's entirely dependent on whether they rake pots where there is no flop. If they rake those then the 7% + the fact that non-flop pots would be raked would make it pretty bad. Otherwise no probably not especially when you consider SN and SNE are pretty good rakeback.

But the rakeback would only be on 5% I would guess as the other 2% is separate and belongs to the government - not so good then....

On June 26 2010 17:48 TalentedTom wrote: are they blocked from pokerstars specifically, or online poker in general? Will we still see french players on party?

Blocked from Stars & Party, FTP is still ok but it's probably not gonna last, already some problems making deposits for some players.

From what I've gathered form 2+2, Pocketfives etc. not only the rake will be increased by 2% (Gov. tax) but they will also start raking preflop. GG nits.

On June 27 2010 07:01 anheway wrote: From what I've gathered form 2+2, Pocketfives etc. not only the rake will be increased by 2% (Gov. tax) but they will also start raking preflop. GG nits.

I think you got it backwards,that would strike me as gg aggro monkeys, raise people fold and pay rake on your raise