dutch boyd

drewjax · #1 12-01-04, 11:43 PM

Cool, I finally got most of the 411 on this. I have been hearing about this for awhile now. Seems logical but you never know. The truth is almost always somewhere in the middle.

eddo31 · #2 12-02-04, 12:49 AM

my only real point with this is that unless dutch comes up with the greatest online site around, i doubt that he will get much traffic. even if everything he did with poker spot was above board, his name is now tarnished because of his involvement and people perceptions.

with so many other options that seem at least reasonably safe, i doubt i would deposit with him at all. i generally dont trust any of the smaller sites anyways, so it would really take something special for me to deposit with him.

drewjax · #3 12-02-04, 01:10 AM

I agree with all the choices it doesnt make much sense. but people love to be somehow, anyhow affiliated with poker pros. they feel apart of the the whole wsop craze etc. I bet it will do ok, but explode I dont know. I agree the smaller sites wouldnt get my money, but some have given free bonus (tropics, mirabelle) so I'll play them abit. Thats why I like the mid level rooms. Not the huge top 3 or 4, and definately not the tons of new small ones.

rchamberlin · #4 12-02-04, 08:49 AM

I wasn't even playing online poker yet when this all happened, but I still don't think I'd deposit money with a site he was affiliated with. Not necessarily because I think he's a crook and ran off with peoples money, but rather because it doesn't inspire much confidence in his business sense.

badblood44 · #5 12-02-04, 11:37 AM

I'd have to agree w/ rchamberlin. I've predicted that at some point in the future, the US gov't will make this online poker thing illegal. I'm constantly cashing out such that there's never too much money in any one poker site's account.

With respect to Pokerspot, I believe that much of the problem is with how Dutch handled the business once he could no longer receive the money due to him via the credit card transactions.

He attempted to continue the business' normal operation by funding it through players' deposited money. That was the big no-no as the money was never his to begin with. You can imagine how things snow-balled from there.

The above is my recollection of the RGP posts made on the subject.

Baseballa19 · #6 12-02-04, 01:57 PM

How can US laws make offshore gambling illegal? Are they going to shut down the cruise industry?

badblood44 · #7 12-02-04, 03:41 PM

I was speaking of online gambling/poker, not physical trips to places where gambling is legal. One may argue that they are virtually the same, but they are not necessarily so.

As for online poker, I think it already is illegal in many states, New York to name one.

Enforcing it is a different matter, however.

How can they? Perhaps they go to the major ISP's and track which users are using the network ports associated with online poker sites. They get your name and issue you a subpoena.

It is technically feasible, but right now there is no motivation to pursue a single offender. However, there was a point in 1999 where many thought there was no way the RIAA was going to be able to put a dent in .mp3 music sharing. Perhaps they haven't, but I do know that several people have been sued for sharing music files online.