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07-02-2008, 03:07 PM
Post subject: Dubai and poker
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Flush
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So I have an interview coming up for a job in Dubai. I was just wondering, since gambling is illegal there does anyone know if online poker sites will be accessible from there?
Thanks
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aka_red
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u cant play poker why the fuck would you want to go to dubai...
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BennyLaRue
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Why would you knowingly do something illegal in a country where you are a visitor on a work visa. If you're lucky, you get deported and lose your job. If you're unlucky, YOU GET YOUR FUCKING HAND CHOPPED OFF OR WORSE.
Not smrt.
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mrhappy333
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doing something illegal in a Muslim state is a VERY bad idea.
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BennyLaRue
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http://www.pokerlistings.com/seven-m...-den-raid-1125
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this thread needs a graphically politically incorrect image inserted.
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BankItDrew
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interesting factoids:
"Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world, one-third of the cranes in the world are currently being used to build in Dubai."
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...06_600x600.jpg
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Girlfriend: Why are the werewolves more important than living life?!
Girlfriend: Are you on the forums doing the werewolves again?
Girlfriend: Soo... you forgot to run that errand, but you had time to werewolf? Wtf?
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Pythonic
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Like Dubai has the time or resources to track online poker players.
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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Warpe
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http://www.pokerlistings.com/seven-m...-den-raid-1125
From what I can find, the main ISP in the UAS filters gambling sites:
http://opennet.net/research/profiles/uae
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Pythonic
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Originally Posted by Warpe
http://www.pokerlistings.com/seven-men-imprisoned-in-dubai-after-poker-den-raid-1125
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Sorry but this has nothing to do with online poker. Very easy to tip the police off when a dude is running a parlor out of his own friggin house!!!
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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pantherhound
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damn, so the sites wont be available.
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Dubai = positive life EV
Dubai + Poker = Obvious donteventhinkaboutit
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Pythonic
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How can they possibly track him online when the U.S. doesn't even?
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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jyms
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Originally Posted by Pythonic
How can they possibly track him online when the U.S. doesn't even?
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Go open an account at party poker. Hell my firewall at work won't even let me get on FTR or use any proxy servers so Dubia should have no problem
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BennyLaRue
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Originally Posted by Pythonic
How can they possibly track him online when the U.S. doesn't even?
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The US could. The US doesn't. Why the diff? Muslim countries actually care about what you're looking at on the Internet.
It's probably a moot point since the sites will likely be filtered out.
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bigred
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After checking out those islands and everything Dubai has to offer, plz kill urself for posting this.
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LOL OPERATIONS
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Jack Sawyer
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Italy filters out online pokah as well, as long as you have the program installed prior to going there, you can keep playing as normal.
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Originally Posted by bigred
After checking out those islands and everything Dubai has to offer, plz kill urself for posting this.
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lol. i cant seem to find anyone who is at least interested in the man made marvel that is dubai. Sure its tacky as hell, but its interesting how much man can do to a place with enough money.
anyway WTF, would u say that if someone was talking about vegas? At least dubai doesnt have a fake eiffeel tower and make out that everything u need in the world is there.
Plus it has the biggest indoor ski RESORT in da wwooooorrrldd
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mrhappy333
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gas is .12 cents a gallon, FTW!
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d0zer
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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer
Italy filters out online pokah as well, as long as you have the program installed prior to going there, you can keep playing as normal.
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That makes no sense given that the program still has to connect to servers. Unlessonly does the website and not the servers are filtered (which are often different servers), but it would be pretty sloppy of them to block one and not the other.
Even so, given that poker software is updated like twice a week, I'm not sure how well your plan would work out.
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Jack Sawyer
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Originally Posted by d0zer
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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer
Italy filters out online pokah as well, as long as you have the program installed prior to going there, you can keep playing as normal.
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That makes no sense given that the program still has to connect to servers. Unlessonly does the website and not the servers are filtered (which are often different servers), but it would be pretty sloppy of them to block one and not the other.
Even so, given that poker software is updated like twice a week, I'm not sure how well your plan would work out. |
I fell upon some thread like that while innocently browsing the 2P2. I am too lazy to dig up the link ATM.
edit: god bless FF3. I just type "italy" in the address bar and presto!
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...62#post4770462
Its not what I say, its what has been done.
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My dream... is to fly... over the rainbow... so high...
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VHS is like a book and a book is like a stack of kindles.
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Hey, I'm in a movie!
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d0zer
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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer
I fell upon some thread like that while innocently browsing the 2P2. I am too lazy to dig up the link ATM.
edit: god bless FF3. I just type "italy" in the address bar and presto!
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...62#post4770462
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Oh wow...the Italian big brother team is apparently pretty inept if they though that just blocking access to the website was gunna do the trick.
And yeah, the FF3 address bar is f'n awesome.
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Pythonic
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What about that satellite internet? Can I access Party using that from the U.S.?
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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Pythonic
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Originally Posted by Pythonic
How can they possibly track him online when the U.S. doesn't even?
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Go open an account at party poker. Hell my firewall at work won't even let me get on FTR or use any proxy servers so Dubia should have no problem |
Yep, forgot about the proxy.
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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Pythonic
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Originally Posted by BennyLaRue
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Originally Posted by Pythonic
How can they possibly track him online when the U.S. doesn't even?
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The US could. The US doesn't. Why the diff? Muslim countries actually care about what you're looking at on the Internet.
It's probably a moot point since the sites will likely be filtered out. |
People in the USA are most likely getting paid off because the big three remain open to us.
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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mrhappy333
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Is Party still the place to play, or are all the fish at Pokerstars?
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3 3 3 I'm only half evil.
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Pythonic
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Party by far is still the best to play from what I hear.
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Never bet on a white man in the heavyweight division!
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wufwugy
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if anybody knows its seabeast, and seabeast says stars party tilt are all the same at 1knl (maybe 2knl) and below. once you hit 5knl party is softer he says.
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i'm sure they will stick you in lower Manhattan..in their new building, if you are referring to the "fund"
i doubt you would need to work overseas
you can try anything once
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bode
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dubai is an awesome place, but its pissing me off because its making all my projects come in over budget. Something like 1/3 of the worlds cranes are in dubai right now, and they have put such a serious hurt on construction materials in the US, mainly steel and glass.
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What you could do is remote desktop (MS terminal server client (?)) to a machine running in the U.S.
You would need a solid connection and I'm not sure how to set this up securely over internet protocols.
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Is Party still the place to play, or are all the fish at Pokerstars?
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There are several places woth playing that are better than Party. But bear in mind, Euro fish play at different times. Any fishy site tightens up in hte evenings over here, but tight still doesn't mean tough.
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
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yer brags disgust me you muscle bound fool-hard!
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I refer the gorrilla to my Sig.
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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
yer brags disgust me you muscle bound fool-hard!
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I refer the gorrilla to my Sig. |
you look skinny and full of gamble in your avatar
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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Dubai as some of the tightest security and is very modern and rich, you definitely can't bribe policemen... it's not like other muslim nations even though it doesn abide to muslim traditions such as no gambling....
poker in dubai = FCUKED
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This place is going to be one of the 7 wonders of the world soon, chek it.
A Moving Building
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?vi...ideoChannel=72
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