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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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I am looking to start playing online poker. What's the best Mac compatible site that you can play for real money with.
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"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later"
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: The Intertube
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pokerstar or ladbroke.
good luck. gambling sucks.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Netherlands
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most recent gambling addictions start at online gambling
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{Animated sigs are not allowed.}
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Night's Plutonian shore...
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Originally Posted by macfantn
What's the best Mac compatible site that you can play for real money with.
That sentence hurt my mind.
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Nemo me impune lacesset
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hong Kong
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Originally Posted by macfantn
I am looking to start playing online poker. What's the best Mac compatible site that you can play for real money with.
Legally from the USA?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Central New York
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Be very careful and know your limits. I almost lost a good employee to an online gambling habit.
As Sealobo already said; "gambling sucks".
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Baninated
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Here's an easier way to gamble. Paypal me $100. I might give it back. Or some of it. Or not.
Just as exciting, as I will send you random emails that get your hopes up too.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Colorado
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But online you can't read my poker face.
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: The Intertube
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But you can go all-in while your totally naked.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Madison, AL
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Full Tilt Poker has Mac client. I haven't tried the Poker Stars yet. I did not realize they had a Mac client.
I have about $50 bucks in my account at Full Tilt. I had it up to about $250 at one time. I haven't played much in the last couple of years but it looks to me like it is now a major pain in the ass to withdraw money now (at least in the US).
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Originally Posted by downinflames68
Here's an easier way to gamble. Paypal me $100. I might give it back. Or some of it. Or not.
Just as exciting, as I will send you random emails that get your hopes up too.
I agree with downinflames68. Gambling is for fools. Think about it for a second. They program their web site. So don't you think they'll program it in their favor. (I say this carelessly, but I believe it may be true).
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: planning a comeback !
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Originally Posted by Buckaroo
(I say this carelessly, but I believe it may be true).
Actually, they would be fools if they did NOT do it.
It would be leaving money on the table.
-t
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by ThinkInsane
That sentence hurt my mind.
No joke, man. Yeesh.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Calgary
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I thought the Bush government made playing online poker illegal?
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: The Intertube
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Originally Posted by Wiskedjak
I thought the Bush government made playing online poker illegal?
What about whoring and crack?
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Originally Posted by Buckaroo
They program their web site. So don't you think they'll program it in their favor.
The poker site is not a participant in the game, so they can't profit through crafty programming. Furthermore, the number of people who play online poker is in the multi-millions and the the competition among the many sites is intense. Were any of them found to rig the games, players (and their money) would flock to competitors. It's in the site's interest to do nothing more than provide a level playing field.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: BFE
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Wow. It's like soliciting FOR spam.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Vacation.
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Originally Posted by chabig
The poker site is not a participant in the game, so they can't profit through crafty programming. Furthermore, the number of people who play online poker is in the multi-millions and the the competition among the many sites is intense. Were any of them found to rig the games, players (and their money) would flock to competitors. It's in the site's interest to do nothing more than provide a level playing field.
It's also against the law in most places which allow hosing of such sites. Most licences to game require government inspection of the software every once in a while so as to ensure fairness for the punters.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Originally Posted by macfantn
I am looking to start playing online poker. What's the best Mac compatible site that you can play for real money with.
Not for the first time, I question your sanity.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Rock
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I know a guy that lost a hand online but still won a hundred grand off the bad beat
true story, hope it inspires you
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Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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A friend's boss programmed a bot to play online poker for him 24 hrs a day (back when online poker was new) and he paid off all of his school loans with the earnings.
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Games Meister
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Eternity
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Yes, online poker is the answer to increasing your yearly income.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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And once that income has increased you can post 8,000 more threads here asking which TV to buy.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Madison, AL
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Originally Posted by Wiskedjak
I thought the Bush government made playing online poker illegal?
They did not directly make gambling online illegal. They made it illegal for US financial institutions to conduct transactions with gambling sites. You have to go through a third party to get you money back from an online gambling site which is going to take a percentage of that.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Montezuma58
They did not directly make gambling online illegal. They made it illegal for US financial institutions to conduct transactions with gambling sites. You have to go through a third party to get you money back from an online gambling site which is going to take a percentage of that.
Depending on the third party, they've made it illegal to transfer to some of them as well. For example, the last time I was aware, it was illegal of US financial institutions to transfer money to Neteller.
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Copenhagen
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Originally Posted by ThinkInsane
That sentence hurt my mind.
I’d love to see a full transformational tree-structure of it, with all empty slots indicated. A spinner, all right.
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Indy.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
And once that income has increased you can post 8,000 more threads here asking which TV to buy.
One day, he may figure out that perfect TV with the ultimate universal remote.
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