Playing online when under 21

[Taxman]

Krispy's post got me thinking. I'm only 20, with 5 months to go until I'm 21. Is there much chance of me getting in legal trouble for trying to play online? I also live in California and I think maybe it's not worth the potential problems for only a 5 month wait. Anyone else play online before they were 21? I know it's a sketchy area of the law anyway, but I might not have any defence if charged with something. It's a 40 minute drive to the indian casino where I usually play and it would be nice to be able to stay home and play on the computer. All comments are appreciated.

[jasonHoldEm]

The minium age is 18 at Party (I think). Your local law enforcement has better things to do than chase down underage internet poker players.

Have fun,
Jason

[Taxman]

lol, true enough. I'm just a wuss, I think. Most B&M poker players intimidate me more than they should considering the ones I play against are usually low limit call stations. Thus my fear of "the man" is stupidly inflated. Thanks for the affirmation.

[jasonHoldEm]

Being intimidated is part of learning the game...one night you'll have a revelation and suddenly realize you can intimidate your opponents instead of the other way around. After that it gets easier...and more fun too.

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[twistedbeats]

do not sign up at party and put your real age. a friend of mine did that, and when he went to cash out, they took away his account. either lie and put a false age, which worked for him and 3 other people that i know personally on other sites, or just wait the five months.