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Here is all I could find on their website: "The poker app is launching soon on mobile and Mac! You can play casino on the web, and download the client on windows for the full poker experience!".
Sure, I should just be patient - but I'm so eager and desperate to get away from pokerstars horrible rake-back system :P

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By now, most people know Ethereum as the second most valuable cryptocurrency, currently valued at over $60 billion dollars. Well, it turns out that Ethereum isn't actually a cryptocurrency - it's a software platform that let's programmers build applications on top of blockchain technology. Within the ethereum platform, is a cryptocurrency called ether that is used to power applications built on the Ethereum blockchain.
From Bitcoin to Ethereum
Bitcoin uses a global network of computers that maintain a shared ledger called a blockchain that keeps track of who owns bitcoin. Once blockchain technology was introduced to the world, people realized that blockchains could be used to keep track of anything of value. In 2013, a 19 year old named Vitalik Buterin introduced the Ethereum white paper, which proposed an open source platform that would let programmers build blockchain applications that could facilitate the exchange of money, content, property, shares or anything of value. Much like with Satoshi Nakamoto's paper, Buterin's was met with widespread excitement from software developers around the world who began building toward the vision Buterin laid out.
Much like Bitcoin, Ethereum isn't owned or controlled by any one person. Unlike Bitcoin, whose creator remains anonymous, Ethereum has a leader in Vitalik Buterin (pictured below). While Buterin doesn't control Ethereum in the way that a CEO does, his word carries tremendous weight in dictating the direction of the project - something that is considered a strength or a weakness, depending on who you ask.
Smart Contracts
The basic function that programs built on Ethereum perform are called smart contracts. Smart contracts are digital agreements that execute automatically based on real world data. An easy way to think of them is an "If-then statement." IF condition A exists, THEN perform function B.
Let's say for example Grandma wants to make sure she never forgets to give Little Billy birthday money each year. She could write a smart contract that says IF it's Little Billy's birthday, THEN pay him $10 from Grandma's account. Once this contract is broadcast to the Ethereum network, it will execute automatically each year on Little Billy's birthday.
Smart contracts have applications far beyond improving the reliability and efficiency of Grandmothers around the world. Another simple application of a smart contract is for rental payments: IF date = 1st of the month, THEN pay landlord rent amount. Processes that currently involve manual interactions between two parties can now be automated and the value can be moved in real time over the blockchain rather than settling days later as with traditional banking.
A Real World Example
Ethereum and smart contracts are a big deal because they have the ability to usher in what's been dubbed the "smart economy" - one in which slow manual processes prone to human error and deceit are replaced with automated processes that are completely transparent and trustworthy. A real world example that typifies the new "smart economy" is a project being run by a French insurance company called AXA.
AXA offers a flight insurance product that pays out a policy holder in the event that a flight is delayed by two hours or more. It currently has a product in trial that will pay out insurance claims using smart contracts and the Ethereum blockchain. The smart contract is simple: IF flight is over two hours late, THEN pay policyholder. The smart contract is connected to a database that monitors flight times. If the database shows that the flight is over two hours late, the smart contract is triggered and the policyholder is paid automatically over the blockchain.
Without the smart contract, the policyholder would have to file a claim and wait for the insurance company's claims department to process it, which could take anywhere from 1 to 2 weeks. With the smart contract, neither the insurance company nor the policyholder has to do anything. This also creates trust between the two parties because there are no grey areas - the customer can review the smart contract prior to purchasing the policy and feel comfortable that he will receive his claim in the event of a delay.
Ethereum vs Ether
As stated in the intro, Ethereum is a platform for building blockchain applications using smart contracts. What you may have just purchased on Coinbase is called Ether, which is the cryptocurrency that fuels the Ethereum network.
Ether functions more like a digital commodity than a digital currency. Just like you need gasoline to fuel your car, you need Ether to run applications on the Ethereum blockchain. In the Grandmother example cited above, Grandma would have to purchase small amounts of Ether to fuel her smart contract that pays Little Billy his birthday money.
The Ethereum blockchain functions in the same way as the Bitcoin blockchain: a network of computers run software that validates transactions through majority consensus. The people running these computers are called miners. Bitcoin miners are compensated for their resources by being paid in Bitcoin. Ethereum miners are compensated in Ether. On Little Billy's birthday, Grandma's ether transaction fee will go to whichever miner adds the block containing Grandma's transaction to the blockchain. That miner will also receive new Ether in the process.
The same supply/demand economics that apply to commodities like oil and gas also apply to Ether. Oil is valuable because it powers many of the things we use in our everyday life - it heats our homes and fuels our engines. The more people and enterprises that rely on Ethereum based applications, the higher the demand will be for Ether which will increase its value. As with all cryptocurrencies, there's plenty of speculation baked into the price - speculation that the demand for Ether will increase in the future. Since Ether is valuable, exchangeable and transferable, certain merchants are also starting to accept it as a currency.
dApps - Decentralized Apps
Applications that run smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain are called "dApps," or decentralized apps. Just as any app developer can build apps on top of Apple's IOS operating system, developers can build on top of Ethereum's blockchain infrastructure. To the end user of a dApp, it might not look and feel any different than the apps you use today. It's the underlying blockchain infrastructure that make them different.
Since dApps function on top of the blockchain, they can be used to transfer value peer-to-peer. To return to our Grandmother example, there could be a dApp that Granny can download that lets her schedule Little Billy's birthday payments without having to code the smart contract herself. dApps are also completely open sourced so other people can access the code and build on top of them. Someone could take the code to the birthday payment dApp and add the ability for Grandma to add a note that says, "Happy Birthday Billy!" Running dApps on the blockchain also offers added security benefits. Since the transactions are distributed and encrypted across the Ethereum blockchain, there is no central place for a hacker to breach and gain access to all of the world's Grandmother to grandson birthday payment data.
At this point, I'm really beating the GrandmotheLittle Billy example to death because I think it represents a simple illustration for the kinds of applications that can be built on the Ethereum blockchain. In reality, the dApps that are being built are much more complex. Here are a few examples:

Weifund - blockchain crowdfunding: Users can launch traditional crowdfunding campaigns, but through the use of smart contracts, backers can gain a financial stake in the project. If an indie film gets funded on Weifund, a backer who financed 10% of the project can collect 10% of the film's revenues. Payments will be issued in real time as the film generates revenue.
Ujo Music - Music licensing via the blockchain: An artist can create an original song and register it on Ujo's platform and set their own licensing terms. If a film producer wants to use that song in a movie, they can purchase the rights based on the terms set by the artist who will then get paid directly. This erases the need for industry middlemen like Warner Brothers who end up taking the lion's share of their artist's profits.
Virtue Poker - Online poker secured by the blockchain: At the height of it's popularity, online poker platforms like PokerStars were marred with issues that ranged from deck rigging to the abuse of player funds held by the company. Virtue Poker using Ethereum allows players to fund their bets directly, insuring that no central party can access and misappropriate player money. Their code is open sourced so that users can understand how hands are dealt, insuring that no one can rig the deck. Lastly, players are paid out their winnings in real time over the blockchain so no more waiting weeks for a check to come in the mail.

Ethereum Tokens
So now that you understand that Ethereum is a network for building decentralized applications that require a cryptocurrency called Ether to run, I'm going to introduce a confusing concept. Many dApps built on Ethereum have their own cryptocurrencies or "tokens." In order to interact with the dApps, customers need to purchase the dApp's native token.
Here's a helpful analogy I came across - when you go to a waterpark, you pay the admission fee and in return, you get a wristband. That wristband gives you the ability to ride the waterslides in the water park. With certain dApps, the token is the wristband, and a user must purchase it to interact with whatever the dApp offers.
Let's take a dApp called Golem as an example. Golem lets people rent out their excess computing power to people who need it - kind of like a computer AirBnb. To cite this article from Laura Shin, if I'm a computer graphics artist that wants to render some kind of computationally intense animation, I can purchase Golem tokens that let me tap into the Golem network to generate my animation. I then pay the people who are renting me their computers with the Golem tokens. The Golem token is a form of smart contract and this transaction is recorded on the Ethereum blockchain.
Since Golem tokens are also a cryptocurrency, they can be traded on the free market. If I'm a speculator who has no intention of using the Golem network to rent computing power, I can still buy the Golem token on an exchange in hopes that it appreciates in value. Like bitcoin, there is a fixed supply of Golem tokens so if the demand for the service increases, so will the value of the token. If I bought Golem at its original price of around 1 penny and held it to today, I would have made 35X my initial investment since Golem tokens currently trade around 35 cents a piece.
ICOs
ICO stands for, "Initial Coin Offering" which is a fundraising mechanism for cryptocurrencies which has exploded in popularity this year - the majority of them are held on the Ethereum network. Similar to a kickstarter campaign, they allow entrepreneurs to raise money for projects by giving investors an early opportunity to purchase the cryptocurrency before the final product has been built. If the project is successful, the value of the cryptocurrency will rise in value and early investors can sell it on the open market for a profit.
ICOs have stirred up a lot of controversy because they represent a risky proposition with zero investor protection. Let's say I wanted to build a casino and to finance it, I gave investors the opportunity to buy chips that can be used at my roulette tables once the casino opened. If you bought $100K in roulette chips from me and I decide that I no longer want to build the casino, you're stuck holding worthless chips. If investors don't do their due diligence, they may end up buying tokens for a project whose creators never intended on building it in he first place - the creators walk away with the money and the investors have no way of recouping their funds.
On the other hand, early investors in projects that go on to be successful have the opportunity to make enormous returns. For example, people who invested $1,000 in the Golem ICO would be sitting on $35,000 at it's current price of $0.35 - if it ever goes to $10, they're all millionaires. Another positive aspect of ICOs is that they let anyone, rich or poor get involved in early stage investing. To invest in a company like Twitter or Facebook pre-IPO (initial public offering), you need to be an accredited investor - this basically means you're already a rich person. With ICOs, all you need is an internet connection and a little bit of money and you have the potential to become wealthy by investing in the right projects.
Far From Perfect
Ethereum has the potential to change the way humans transact with one another but it is still a very young technology and it hasn't been without its problems. While the blockchain architecture underlying the Ethereum network is secure, not all of the applications built on top of it are. Faulty code can and has made applications vulnerable to hacking and malfunctions. Here are two prime examples:
DAO Hack - DAO was a dApp built on Ethereum that enabled crowd based venture capital. DAO token holders were given the right to vote on projects they wanted to support - if projects went on to be successful, DAO token holders would receive financial rewards. The DAO ICO received $168 million in funding. The DAO software was hosted on the Ethereum blockchain and was publically visible by all. A hacker spotted a flaw in the DAO's code that enabled him to route $55M in ether held by the DAO into an account that he controlled. The Ethereum team had do do something called a hard fork (something I won't get into now) to reverse return the stolen funds. Parity Wallet Freeze - Parity is a wallet where people store Ether. A flaw in Parity's code let a user delete a specific line of code that was necessary for accessing funds in a Parity wallet. This led to $280 million dollars worth of ether being frozen - it hasn't been stolen but it can't be accessed either. Parity Technologies has proposed another hard fork to correct the issue - something that is sure to divide the Ethereum community and rattle user confidence.
Despite the world changing implications that Ethereum dApps and smart contracts have, the trouble is that any programmer can write them - if they aren't written properly, they can behave in unintended ways and be exploited like in the above listed examples. Ethereum is still a very young network and security issues with dApps and smart contracts will have to be sorted out if its to reach its true aspirations.
Leading The Decentralized Revolution
“Ethereum aims to take the promise of decentralization, openness and security that is at the core of blockchain technology and brings it to almost anything that can be computed.” - Vitalik Buterin
With dApps, smart contracts and blockchain technology, Ethereum is leading the decentralized revolution. Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized currency, that operates on a global network of computers outside of central intermediaries. Ethereum gives programmers a platform to develop a decentralized version of just about anything.
Decentralized networks like Ethereum have the power to remove the intermediaries that currently exist between producer and consumer. Let's take a company like Uber. Uber is a platform that brings people who need rides together with people who have cars. To facilitate this interaction, Uber collects 20% of every ride. With Ethereum and blockchain technology, there is nothing to prevent a bunch of software developers from writing a dApp that creates a decentralized Uber. Instead of 20% per ride, transaction fees are paid to the network and the driver takes home the lions share of the transaction. Tokens can be issued that represent ownership in the network. Coders who work on improving the network can get paid for their efforts in ownership tokens. Non-technical people can come up with marketing campaigns that spread awareness for the network and also get compensated in ownership tokens. As the decentralized Uber network grows and improves, the value of its ownership token increases, rewarding the people that built it. The result is whats referred to as a "Decentralized Autonomous Organization" and theres a strong possibility that DAOs replace a lot of the world's biggest corporations.
This may sound like a radical concept but blockchain technology enables these kinds of decentralized organizations to exist - Ethereum provides the tools for people to go out and build them.

Just wanted to put out a signal boost for this awesome game. I enjoy poker generally but I don’t play online or at casinos, just occasionally with friends. Saw PokerStars in the Oculus store and decided to download it since it’s free. Long story short, I ended up playing until 2am the first night completely by accident.
The poker is good - it’s poker. You start with $50k and can get free chips every eight hours or so I believe (no real money involved, of course). Card interactions are intuitive and chips are easy and fun to manipulate (and throw around). The best thing I can say is that it feels a hell of a lot closer to sitting at a table than it does to online poker.
The real brilliance of this game is the social interaction. I’ve had a ton of fun sitting around at the table talking to people. It really evokes the feeling of sitting at a casino table meeting people from all over the world. There’s something about casual social interaction while playing cards that is deeply compelling in VR. It’s very easy to sink a whole evening into it
There’s also little toys and props you can buy with in-game currency to amuse yourself, and the tables can admittedly get a little silly depending on the crowd. Easy to mute voices and avatars.
I have to say, it’s quickly grown into one of my favorite VR games to date. Social VR is a winner of course, but VR Chat can be a little aimless and is kind of a crapshoot. PokerStars is calmer and gives you something to do while shooting the shit. Or flinging poker chips. Check it out.
(I know Poker VR exists too and I’ve never played it, but it’s probably good for all the same reasons. But PokerStars is free and can be crossplayed between Rift and Vive, which I have to imagine helps the userbase.)

One of the biggest concerns for those who play online poker is privacy and safety, with security of funds and personal information being of critical importance. PokerStars is one of the companies that brag about running some of the most comprehensive security checks and until recently, they didn't have any problems in keeping scam artists away. More recently, news has surfaced in the media about a vulnerability of the Open SSL at both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. It didn't take long for the company to issue a formal statement and apparently no downloadable clients were affected. This is great news for the poker players who have an account and even better for those who had to download the applications to start playing. On the other hand, the company is aware of the fact that these vulnerabilities could be exploited in the future and will make it its top priority to address these issues. Apparently, it was the user ID and player passwords that were in jeopardy, which explains why players were so worried about the prospect of someone hacking into their account. In the past, hackers got past the firewalls and security protocols to strip players of their hard-earned cash, and people are still edgy after all those years. On the bright side, the Full Tilt Poker client was never in danger, because the company owned by PokerStars uses slightly different protocols. The vast majority of poker professionals have an account with both companies, so this is not enough to put their concerns to rest. A patch was applied quickly and at the time of writing there are no vulnerabilities, but both companies will continue to look into this problem and promise to keep the audience up to date.
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PokerStars is going through some great times worldwide and most of the customers are located in Europe, with the company aiming to expand on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. While they are waiting on the legislators to pass a favorable bill, the poker room is trying to make the most of its European presence. Surprisingly enough, PokerStars.fr decided that it would be better to bid farewell to UK customers, starting on October 1. Those who have followed the discussions surrounding the UK gambling licensing and advertising bill, are probably not surprised by this decision. The reason for why the company decided to withdraw from the lucrative market is that otherwise they would have had to pay a lot of taxes, on top of those charged by the French regulator. Those players who chose their platform to play poker over the Internet were notified in time, so that they can make the transition to the other branch. The good news is that those who enjoy PokerStars and the services they offer, don't have to look elsewhere for online gambling. The same company will cater for their needs and the only changes to be made are not going to take more than a few minutes. The poker company promised that all of the tournament money, frequent player points, VIP status and real money tickets will be migrated automatically. There is no need to worry about what might happen to the pending bonuses, because they are going to be re-credited whenever possible, or paid out. Those who have played a lot of time and were lucky enough to obtain VIP status are advised to double check their accounts, to make sure that everything is going according to the plan. The vast majority of players will need not to worry about anything, because everything will be migrated to the UK account. All they need to do is to download the new client, which will allow them to play over the Internet hassle-free and to enjoy the same high standards promoted by PokerStars. There are not going to be any shortcomings for those who play almost exclusively on mobile, because these devices will works closely with the new game client. Basically, the only thing that would change is the domain, which is hardly a problem for those who couldn't care less about such issues. All existing features are going to be available from October 1 onward, so the transition is expected to be silky smooth.
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Remember the online poker operators and casinos in N.J are like Robin Hood in a way. Only they take from everyone, but give to us smart poor if we feel like taking advantage of free promotional money. This money is there for anyone to have; you just have to SHOW UP!
Once you realize this truth you must simply sign up for the main online poker sites legal in N.J (Pokerstars, Borgata, 888, and WSOP). These do not REQUIRE deposits, but you will often be better off with a small deposit.
Goals/Thoughts:
1) Help a friend learn how to get started making money from poker with zero risk. Keep it straight forward; stuff anyone could use just getting into poker brand new. Emphasize that anyone can win money even if they haven't played before with freerolls at a minimum; which any pro will confirm is fact. Just keep in mind you will always win more if you put time into improving your poker skill; even if there is no risk for you now.
2) Want to provide useful links and information to opportunities available to anyone who lives in N.J. This can include: - Review of poker clients and why you should sign up to their site - Freeroll tournies offered and schedule (sometimes daily) - Time commitment required. - Link to site to download the client.
Note these are legal and regulated poker operators in the state of N.J. The only catch is you have to be physically located in N.J to play and fight for free money.
3) This is for people who are SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING MONEY; NOT GAMBLING. I am not recommending anyone gamble without a skill-edge unless it is a free tournament that pays out free money!
Update (4/26): Have a lot going on right now, but going to work on continuing to add info here tomorrow. Notably on promotions you can take advantage of on Pokerstars NJ, Borgata NJ, and WSOP NJ. I really only covered 888.
Update (4/27): Still need to complete this. This sort of 'boring task work' for me is sometimes very hard to focus on because of the way I'm neurological wired. However, I'm committed to completing this by Saturday.
Update (5/3): still need to get on this! I was on a business/pleasure trip over the weekend that was completely spontaneous. So being out of N.J and unable to play I needed to push this back a week.

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