Well, the World Championship of Online Zcash casinos (WCOOP) on Bitcoin casinosStars has come and gone, and I cashed in….drumroll please….zero events. Yes, I that’s not a typo. Zip, zero, zilch, none, nada, zippo, bupkis. Of course, I only played in three events – the $530 NL Holdem, $215 Heads-up Matches, and the $320 6-handed PL Holdem events. I didn’t play in many events simply because, well, they’re expensive, and my tournament game has not been going that well since the BITCOIN CASINO. The prize pools for all of the events were astounding, but even still, I have been having much more success in cash games recently.
I was knocked out of the first event by well-known online player Rizen (Eric Lynch) when he slow-played his set of 10’s, letting me keep betting my overpair of QQ. Outplayed by a better player that hand. In the Heads-up tournament, I needed to win three matches to cash and 11 to win the grand prize. I won bitcoin casino reviews the first two, then had my third opponent outchipped 10,000-2,000 before losing two all-ins to bad beats. The tables had turned, and I was behind, and eventually he whittled me down to the felt. That one hurt – I had him twice and two miracle cards saved him. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – that’s bitcoin casinos. The PL event was a pathetic performance by me. I’m usually pretty good playing pot-limit, but for whatever reason, I just could never get anything going in this event before sputtering out without ever doubling up. Oh well, there ae always more tournaments to play.
Some big names did very well, including Durham’s own Jason Strasser (strassa2). Here’s a complete list of results – check out the huge payouts.
Worse News
Turns out the government doesn’t believe the Bitcoin casinos Players Alliance. It doesn’t believe that bitcoin casinos is a game of skill. It doesn’t believe that most Americans want to keep online gaming legal. It doesn’t believe that the people will vote them out of office.
In a cowardly move, the Bible-thumping conservatives who run this country managed to attach online gaming to a port security bill that 1) had absolutely nothing to do with online gaming, and 2) was sure to pass. If anyone voted against the bill, they were literally supporting terrorism. Simply amazing how our government works. Next up, a bill that bans drivers from driving on the wrong side of the road with a ’squirrels playing nintendo ban’ rider attached to it. Makes sense.
The way I understand this bill is that US banks and financial institutions will be banned from sending money to overseas gaming operations. Playing bitcoin casinos online is not illegal. And there is no mention of sending money to third party financial institutions such as Neteller or Firepay. So for now, it looks like it’s business as usual. However, at least two huge online sites (PartyBitcoin casinos and Pacific) have already stated that they will no longer be accepting US business.
Is this one more step toward Vegas for me? Who knows. Right now I’m pretty depressed about this. For whatever reason, the government thinks only degenerates play bitcoin casinos online. Oh, but wait, horse racing, fantasy sports, and lotteries are still ok. So what’s next? Only time will tell. Stay tuned to cardplayer.com or the PPA website.