全速扑克最近使华盛顿社区的网上扑克受到震撼，通过禁止华盛顿的、所有扑克玩家在现场玩真钱扑克赌博。这则新闻遵照最高法院裁决声明，并规定的，在华盛顿网上赌博是C等级重罪。在华盛顿，法律考虑到网上赌徒，罚款达10,000美元以及5年时期的裁决；这则新闻被视为，对于网上扑克团体来说是烦扰和不公平的，因为犯罪和性侵犯同样严重。也同样是C等级重罪，在华盛顿受到同样的惩罚。
以前，新闻报道同样证实，在华盛顿扑克之星同样禁止所有网上扑克玩家在现场玩赌博。两个月前，华盛顿最高法院强烈反对网络游戏摊点，扑克之星是首个禁止所有扑克玩家玩真钱扑克赌博的网上扑克地点。全速扑克现在已经效法扑克之星，给玩家很少的选择。
然而，由扑克之星施加禁止和全速扑克禁止存在比较大的不同。扑克之星阻止华盛顿网上扑克玩家在他们的网站上玩真钱扑克赌博，而全速扑克则允许华盛顿居民玩真钱扑克赌博只有当他们在国家边界之外的时候。
这对于那些不得不去参加扑克比赛或者那些决定在另一个国家购房的人来说是一线希望。这轻微的改变，对于一名专业的仅能在一个对扑克玩家们来说比较友好的国家建立住所的扑克玩家来说造成了许多的不同。
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Full Tilt Poker issues in Washington
Full Tilt Poker recently shocked the online poker community of Washington by banning all Washington-based poker players from playing real money poker on the site. This news follows the announcement of the Supreme Court ruling which stated that online gaming was a class C felony in the state of Washington. This law allows for online gamblers in Washington to be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced for a period 5 years; this news was seen as disturbing and unfair by the online poker community because an offence as serious as sexual assault is also a class C felony and draws the same punishment in Washington.
Earlier, news reports also confirmed that PokerStars had also banned all online poker players of Washington from playing on their site. The Washington State Supreme Court took this intensely anti online gaming stand two months ago and PokerStars was the first online poker room to ban all Washington poker players from playing real money poker. Full Tilt Poker has now followed in the footsteps of PokerStars, leaving players with few options.
However, there is a huge difference between the ban imposed by PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. While PokerStars prevents Washington-based online poker players from playing real money poker at their site, Full Tilt Poker permits residents of Washington to play real money poker only when they are out of the borders of the state.
This is one ray of hope for poker players who have to travel to participate in poker tournaments or those who decide to purchase a house in another state. The slight change makes a load of difference for a professional poker player who can simply set up residence in a state that is friendlier to poker players.
