Playing on-line poker underage (17)

[UATrewqaz]

Wait until you're legal to cash anything out.

OR

get your parents help... they might be uber pissed off at you playing poker, but they'll probably want the 2K as well.

People ripping on 16 and 17 year olds are just jealous they did not discover poker in their teens [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[golfcchs]

My friend had the same situation some time back.

That is a terrible idea if you get caught. As far as the underage debate goes, I'm only 17, going on 18 in only a couple months time. Despite how much I want to play online, I've decided to wait until I'm 18. No sense playing underage and risking getting caught and losing my money. Besides, I don't want to get sucked in and have it affect my school work and social life. My friend lost close to $2000 on Party Poker. When he finally won a good bit back, they found out he was underage (luckily he got his money, but his account is now banned and his parents were pissed). Basically, it's not worth the risk, and I don't want to contribute to those lobbying against online poker, since I plan to play plenty of it in the future. For now, it's low-stakes home games and the occasional tournies with my friends. I have a ton of fun, and still have managed to earn a decent amount of spending money over the last year or so.

[golfcchs]

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[lastchance]

Underage gambling is risky, in that you have no legal recourse for a company from stealing all of your winnings if you violate TOS.

Play at home for low-stakes with people you trust, then go online immediately when you hit 18.

[SammyKid11]

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Underage gambling is risky, in that you have no legal recourse

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This is true of all online gambling, of age or not -- what are you gonna do, travel to an island nation to sue for 2-grand in a court the poker company has already BOUGHT? I think not.

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That is a terrible idea if you get caught. As far as the underage debate goes, I'm only 17, going on 18 in only a couple months time. Despite how much I want to play online, I've decided to wait until I'm 18. No sense playing underage and risking getting caught and losing my money. Besides, I don't want to get sucked in and have it affect my school work and social life. My friend lost close to $2000 on Party Poker. When he finally won a good bit back, they found out he was underage (luckily he got his money, but his account is now banned and his parents were pissed). Basically, it's not worth the risk, and I don't want to contribute to those lobbying against online poker, since I plan to play plenty of it in the future. For now, it's low-stakes home games and the occasional tournies with my friends. I have a ton of fun, and still have managed to earn a decent amount of spending money over the last year or so.

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Proof positive that not all of those under 18 think like kids.

[jman220]

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Im 17, started playing poker at 15, am up $2000, and just got an email saying i must provide correct details (address etc.) after they did a random security check.

I have just made a withdrawal, will I get that (can they legally keep my money from me - im 17).

Flame me if you like [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

*edit* of course i am actually 18 for this forum....

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Brilliant!, IMO

They will most likely deny your cashout, then freeze your account until you show them the ID's. Cashing out was one fo the worst things you could have done, as it looks VERY suspicious.

Edit: That being said, let us know if you get the money