60 minutes. Online poker on TV tonite!!!! watch it

[mrhappy333]

go go go
60 minutes, in america
discuss......



edit:november 30th 8pm,
maybe you can youtube something?

thanks to::

In case anyone hasn't seen it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJaSX...eature=related

[Warpe]

ty

[wesrman]

On my guide it says "Steve Kroft investigates cheaters who play poker on the internet".

[JKDS]

its on right now about the absolute/ub scandal.

[DaddyDeez]

there jus talkin about Phelps right now

[spoonitnow]

Don't waste your time, it'll just piss you off.

Btw online poker is illegal in Canada.

[UG]

My dad called me to tell me about this, so I got to watch it. Basically the only things your average person would get from watching this show:

1. POKER IS ILLEGAL
2. SUPERUSERS ARE OUT THERE, THEY'LL TAKE YOUR MONEYS
3. POKER IS STILL ILLEGAL


A buddy of mine that used to play poker online called me up about five minutes after the story aired. He said something like, "See, George, this is why I stopped playing poker. It's obvious it's rigged."


I mean it DOES make you think, but jeezus, talk about a biased point of view. (not that I wasn't expecting that)

[mrhappy333]

yeah, that was not good for online poker.

[kmind]

1. POKER IS ILLEGAL
2. SUPERUSERS ARE OUT THERE, THEY'LL TAKE YOUR MONEYS
3. POKER IS STILL ILLEGAL

This is literally what my mom just talked to me about and wants me to stop RIGHT AWAY. She's really pised right now, especially after I told her no. Damn that show.

[Jack Sawyer]

aaaah, fuck this

"they" are at it again

fuck

[a500lbgorilla]

haha, probably not good for the online poker in the short run.

[Jack Sawyer]

Please pwn the comments section

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4633254.shtml

[meeloche]

Don't waste your time, it'll just piss you off.

Btw online poker is illegal in Canada.

Gawd people are so ignorant it's not even funny! (not directed at you spoon)

This is such a horrible spin on the story gawd.

[JL]

Please pwn the comments section

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4633254.shtml

Wow snowfreeze's comments totally tilted me:
"Oh shut up. You can''t tell me that LUCK (absolutely NOTHING to do with "SKILL") has absolutely NOTHING to do with any hand of poker. I play poker, but have NEVER felt that "Skill" had much more than maybe 5% to do with win/lose. Maybe that''s because me and my friends are so "Experienced" in it. But Experience or not, an un-skilled newb can potentially beat any of us on their first night, making this a game of LUCK. Put your crack and weed away morons. And, last time I checked, each online monetary wager is a misdemeanor. So please people, don''t foolishly listen to the two morons between my posts. Thanks. "

[JKDS]

the comments tilt the shit out of me.

[JL]

Every time I get dealt AA or KK, I raise and every one folds. Obviously, every one can see my hole cards.

[BankItDrew]

Some on the comments tilt me for sure, but most are on our side. Including:

For a news company that spent four months research a story, at least you could have gotten your basic facts straight. Poker is legal in both Canada and the US. If you take a look at the UIGEA, in the US it is illegal for banks to process credit card transactions from gambling companies. It is really a shame that you are going to broadcast this to a nation with such a poorly researched and wrongly negative view of online poker. I had high hopes for this interview that it would help shame the companies at fault and make the industry safer as a whole. Shame on you, CBS.

Was this from someone on FTR? My feelings exactly.

[a500lbgorilla]

Please pwn the comments section

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4633254.shtml

Wow snowfreeze's comments totally tilted me:
"Oh shut up. You can''t tell me that LUCK (absolutely NOTHING to do with "SKILL") has absolutely NOTHING to do with any hand of poker. I play poker, but have NEVER felt that "Skill" had much more than maybe 5% to do with win/lose. Maybe that''s because me and my friends are so "Experienced" in it. But Experience or not, an un-skilled newb can potentially beat any of us on their first night, making this a game of LUCK. Put your crack and weed away morons. And, last time I checked, each online monetary wager is a misdemeanor. So please people, don''t foolishly listen to the two morons between my posts. Thanks. "

hahaha that's awesome. bolded part made me laugh in the wee hours of the morning.

[meeloche]

In case anyone hasn't seen it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJaSX...eature=related

[zook]

1. POKER IS ILLEGAL
2. SUPERUSERS ARE OUT THERE, THEY'LL TAKE YOUR MONEYS
3. POKER IS STILL ILLEGAL

I told my mom to watch Sunday night and this is exactly what she learned. Thankfully she trusts me over 60 Minutes but it still sucks.

[boost]

whats up with the retards that are crying about getting cheated? Do they really think that this is the outlet that will get the results they want? Do they want online poker to remain on the ban list? Do they want to scare all the fish away?

[UG]

never even thought about that, boost, has there been any backlash on 2+2 or anywhere else? there probably should be a little, if not a lot.