PokerStars Restricts French Online Poker Play - Page 3

we have to wait for 29 June, i have play on FTP for waiting and damn they seem a lot more good than PS it is just me ?

2% more rake will make much more ppl losers

The French government has balls.

Doing stuff like this consistently in France, home of the French Revolution takes balls.

On June 26 2010 21:30 brain1719 wrote: 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.

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Sorry, for everybody.

So the new tax requirement makes it impossible for the entire Poker Stars site (or any other site for that matter) to get licensed as a whole? That's pretty dumb. I mean I am sure it ensures the tax is paid for the French government, but from the point of view of the players it sucks since it fractures the community.

Increased rake vs no tax should not be that bad of a trade-off it seems.

It looks like every major room/network applied to ARJEL.

That's pretty much goodbye to 100% of French players, from now on they will only play with other French ;/

holy shit french donks are gone?

disastrous

are french players still able to play on everest?

On June 27 2010 15:41 maryn wrote: are french players still able to play on everest?

everest is splitting too

On June 27 2010 03:05 Nazgul wrote: Show nested quote + On June 27 2010 00:39 Exhilarate wrote: agreed I think not being seen as criminals is an improvement overall.

The one's who see you as criminal are the real insidious criminals. You would pay daily the gestapo to get through?

Oh sh.t... I wouldn't think for real that they would rake it soooooo much. I mean, i was pretty sure they'd get an agreement with pstars for decreasing the rake but if it isn't, then we're mostly fucked for real.

Seriously ? 7% rake even on preflop ? WTF ARE THEY SERIOUSLY THINKING ? They're just trying to ban poker from france...

is there a rake cap ? or they take 70€ in a 1k€ pot ?

1€ cap.
I'm actually thinking to move to london or malta.
I'm really pissed of atm ...
Yeah the field will be really fishy , french are the worst players with italians.
But come on !
7% rake ? without rakeback and with rake preflop ???
Are you fucking kidding me ?? >_<

On June 27 2010 23:54 waga wrote: 1€ cap. I'm actually thinking to move to london or malta. I'm really pissed of atm ... Yeah the field will be really fishy , french are the worst players with italians. But come on ! 7% rake ? without rakeback and with rake preflop ??? Are you fucking kidding me ?? >_<

1euro cap are u sure? dsnt make sense on stars rake is capped at 3dollars so thatd mean less rake on ps.fr ? too good to be true

well obv the absence of "no flop no drop" policy is a huge downside but if its really 1euro cap it might be fair, esp if u play midstakes

On June 27 2010 17:42 Liquid`Meat wrote: Show nested quote + On June 27 2010 15:41 maryn wrote: are french players still able to play on everest? everest is splitting too

Crap. I would guess close to half of Everest is French - that really sucks. Can't see how all these sites that have to split will survive - some consolidation/thinning of the field will be needed I guess.

We could just hope there are gonna propose some good bonuses (not even sure, it is possible, as there is yet a problem with rakeback), make a lot of add, and lots of fish will invade those french tables.

On June 28 2010 03:30 4Kingell wrote: Show nested quote + On June 27 2010 17:42 Liquid`Meat wrote:   On June 27 2010 15:41 maryn wrote: are french players still able to play on everest? everest is splitting too Crap. I would guess close to half of Everest is French - that really sucks. Can't see how all these sites that have to split will survive - some consolidation/thinning of the field will be needed I guess.

yep everest is dead if they ban french players

On June 28 2010 02:30 MiPwnYa wrote: Show nested quote + On June 27 2010 23:54 waga wrote: 1€ cap. I'm actually thinking to move to london or malta. I'm really pissed of atm ... Yeah the field will be really fishy , french are the worst players with italians. But come on ! 7% rake ? without rakeback and with rake preflop ??? Are you fucking kidding me ?? >_< 1euro cap are u sure? dsnt make sense on stars rake is capped at 3dollars so thatd mean less rake on ps.fr ? too good to be true

im pretty sure this 1€ cap is just for 2% tax, on top of that u still pay 3€ of normal rake (or w/e is the cap for euro tables)

this is horrible for poker

is there any kind of protest on this?
facebook group even?
c'mon French players, join forces!