It's not only poker companies that are leaving the U.S. market after Black Friday, also many online pros have decided to leave the country. Brian Hastings, who won $4 million against Viktor "Isildur1" Blom in a single session in December 2009, is one of these players. In Hastings blog, one can read that he's getting more and more into live poker but that he still wants to make a short-term move Ca[...] Read more » Black Friday: Brian Hastings leaves U.S. for Canada
Joined: May '09
Location: India
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sooner or later all of them gonna move to other countries, too much money involved for them. and would be nice to see isildur vs Hastings action on pokerstars. will isildur get his revenge?
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I would love to see Brian Hastings playing with Isildur1 again at the PLO tables from pokerstars, from what i know hastings already has an poker account there...
From what i saw brian hastings respect a very tight bankrollmanagement and after couple of buy ins lost he stops playing for the day...
I don't think that session will ever repeat in the future of online poker if you ask me, butit was nice to watch
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I dont think this will be a rule among pro online poker players, those who are leaving US do it to continue playing in the imediate. Online poker industry will find a solution to converge with US law in order to be available to continue activity in that country, which probably represent the biggest % of profit in the world to this industry.
------------ I dont think this will be a rule among pro online poker players, those who are leaving US do it to continue playing in the imediate. Online poker industry will find a solution to converge with US law in order to be available to continue activity in that country, which probably represent the biggest % of profit in the world to this industry.
(and Caribous)
