Poker Abroad - spec. Japan

[lostinthought]

I am moving to Japan for a year, possibly longer, for participation in an exchange program. Of course, I was planning on playing poker online. The only relevant thread that I could find is this

Poker Abroad Thread

I got the impression that playing abroad isn't too hard even if the country is blocked.

After calling Neteller as advised in the thread, I was informed that I would have to close my American Neteller account, and set up a new one, from Japan, with my Japanese living info, and connected to a Japanese banking account. Has anybody else had to do something similiar from Japan or another country?

I called Party Poker, and they informed me that I would not be able to play from Japan as the country is blocked. In the above link a couple people mention methods of getting around this. If you do not want to make this information public, could you PM me the details?

Are there any major poker sites that don't block specific countries?

If I had realized it would be this difficult, I might have reconsidered my decision to move. However, I'm hoping I will be able to get around all of this.

thanks,
chris

[lostinthought]

hmm.. the link worked in the preview but not in the post..
I can get it to work, so here's the straight http address

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=inet&Number=243435 5&Forum=f14&Words="Poker%20Abroad"&Sea rchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=2434355&Search =true&where=sub&Name=&daterange=1& newerval=1&newertype=y&olderval=&older type=&bodyprev=#Post2434355

[poker-penguin]

Is the Instant UBB code for URLs broken, or did you guys screw up?

[Shoe]

Yes, I heard you can poke broads in japan.

[RobertF]

I know Bodog will let Japan players on their site; their are currently a couple of them that I play with.

[lostinthought]

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Is the Instant UBB code for URLs broken, or did you guys screw up?

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I'm not sure except for the fact I couldn't get it to work.

[lostinthought]

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Yes, I heard you can poke broads in japan.

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Thanks for the original and creative joke.

I signed up for Party Poker from here in Japan with no problems, using my Japanese address and contact details. I can connect fine, and I know a couple others here who are on Party with no reported problems.

Full Tilt and PokerStars also work fine for me.

I don't know about the Neteller situation - I have an account I opened here with no problem, but I haven't registered a local bank account with it. Probably best to go with what they recommend.

I don't think you'll have any real problems continuing to play online from Japan.

[Baulucky]

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Yes, I heard you can poke broads in japan.

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And they are tight-passive.

[Bubu]

ub works fine in japan