Tag Archive: poker


I will be bringing the poker set.

You’ve been warned.. and invited. Email me off lj at:

lordandrei (at) livejournal.com

if interested.

We are back at BC:4

The post made earlier was my dealing with moving back into BC:3 again.

Last night I gave shimmeringjemmy 4 oz of warm red wine and a hot bath to slow her uterus down. This was to give it time to rest and recuperate.

Medical details… you may wish to skip.

Class C Felonies

Caveat: This was posted on my behalf by request by someone who has electronic access to post on my behalf from outside Washington state without my password. I did not actually make this post. But the person didn’t have my password so I am not in violation of Washington State Law or LJ Terms of Service

If you haven’t heard by now, the Washington state gov’t rushed thru a law transforming not only any gambling on the internet, but summarily any discussion of wagers or gambling information.

By rushed thru I mean
January 17 : the law was proposed
February 3: Senate Labor Commitee added: knowingly transmitting or receiving wagers or other gambling information
February 14: passed bi-partisan with no opposing votes in the Senate
March 2: passed bi-partisan 93-5 in the House (now looping in i-net sales of Lottery tickets)
March 28: Signed into law by the Governor.

That is 86 days to write and pass a law. Remember that the next time your unemployed worker benefits run out.

Just to put it in perspective.. here is what a class C felony is in Washington
Bestiality
assault on a child in the third degree
custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree
third degree rape
four DUI’s in seven years
second degree assault
sex and labor trafficking
unlawful taking on endangered fish and wildlife
robbery (1 count)
animal fighting abuse.

The penalty for a class C felony is:

60 months in prison and a $10,000 fine.

You can now add to that:
a 25 cent bet on PartyPoker

Granted, some might argue the penalty is more appropriate for going “all-in” before the flop with less than a pair of jacks in PartyPoker $5 + .50 tournament.

That being said…

Doesn’t this smack just a little of thought crime and violation of the right to free speech?

Edit: Ironically, no one from Washington can actually comment on this post as that would be an example of discussing Gambling in the state and they would be liable for a Class C felony.

This is a cross post to a review I made on MacNN the Macintosh news source.

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From MacNN article:
Briefly: Online gambling; FCP users group
http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/12/08/online.gambling.fcp.group/

In brief: macpacificpoker.com is bringing online gambling to Mac and Linux users, offering games such as Texas Holdem, Blackjack, Craps, Slots, and more….

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My response to Macnn

I went to Mac Pacific Poker’s site. The mac page auto loaded. Initially I thought this was a good thing.

I went to the registration page. I typed in my information and then got to “Terms and conditions.” Call me crazy but I actually hit the link to try to look at the terms and conditions.

Safari generated a new page which…auto forwarded to the Mac front page. It would seem that all the pages were set to auto forward to a “we don’t serve mac” page. So to simplify, the new Mac entry page was put there.

As a result, the registration screen will not get you to terms, help, or anything else. So I turned to calling tech support. As online Poker players know… most of this is overseas.

After two failed calls (Yes, the calls actually ‘failed’ insofar as they rand and went dead mid-ring) I got a tech-support grunt. He explained to me any combination of answers that included, “We don’t support mac”, “The Mac page takes you to the mac page that doesn’t have all the features” and my personal favourite, “We don’t work on the mac because our pages are made for Normal Computers.”

I was told that I’d be sent a link that would take me to the correct mac page. (I’m assuming he means the same front page that suddenly makes them “Mac Compatible.”) So far I have received no email.

To me making your PC application Mac compatible doesn’t stop when the application compiles for the Mac. There is tech suppor education, legal documents, and support pages.

At this time I would VEHEMENTLY reccommend that you DO NOT invest time or especially MONEY into MacPacificPoker.

-Andrei

Poker and Fun evening

Got a call from elphie who was in town this weekend. Made plans to meet her this evening. shimmeringjemmy and I went down to the city and wound up meeting and playing muchly poker with her and kerrizor.

Great fun, cool people. I made muchly chips. There will be more poker 🙂

I have learned the ways of Pedugi, Stud, and Omaha… And it was good 😀

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