- Poker tournaments are stupid. Why do you care, and most importantly, why waste your time?
- Pfft. I've done that lots of times. Are you a newb?
- Ummm, I'm pretty sure that's illegal.
All valid points, so I'll address them each individually.
- This is just one of those things that we'll have to disagree on, and I don't play poker, let alone tourneys, very often.
- Good for you! We should chat and you can give me pointers. See my response to number one for my recently limited exposure to the game.
- There are no federal regulations for online poker. The problem arises with specific states, and oftentimes banks that do not allow deposits. There are several legal poker sites available for US players, with more anticipated arrivals within the next four years. For more information check out http://www.legaluspokersites.com, or http://uspokersites.us/laws/
So what did I even do? It's really not that significant, so don't get too excited. Basically, I registered for a freeroll tournament (i.e. playing against TONS of people for free...therefore no banks or deposits required. See the loophole?) and had to make it to the top 100 out of 1200+ players to get...drumroll...
NINETY CENTS!
That's for 100th place, going up to a max of $100 for first place, but luckily I surpassed the $.90 death sentence of mediocrity.
