全速撲克最近使華盛頓社區的網上撲克受到震撼，通過禁止華盛頓的、所有撲克玩家在現場玩真錢撲克賭博。這則新聞遵照最高法院裁決聲明，並規定的，在華盛頓網上賭博是C等級重罪。在華盛頓，法律考慮到網上賭徒，罰款達10,000美元以及5年時期的裁決；這則新聞被視為，對於網上撲克團體來說是煩擾和不公平的，因為犯罪和性侵犯同樣嚴重。也同樣是C等級重罪，在華盛頓受到同樣的懲罰。
以前，新聞報導同樣證實，在華盛頓撲克之星同樣禁止所有網上撲克玩家在現場玩賭博。兩個月前，華盛頓最高法院強烈反對網路遊戲攤點，撲克之星是首個禁止所有撲克玩家玩真錢撲克賭博的網上撲克地點。全速撲克現在已經效法撲克之星，給玩家很少的選擇。
然而，由撲克之星施加禁止和全速撲克禁止存在比較大的不同。撲克之星阻止華盛頓網上撲克玩家在他們的網站上玩真錢撲克賭博，而全速撲克則允許華盛頓居民玩真錢撲克賭博只有當他們在國家邊界之外的時候。
這對於那些不得不去參加撲克比賽或者那些決定在另一個國家購房的人來說是一線希望。這輕微的改變，對於一名專業的僅能在一個對撲克玩家們來說比較友好的國家建立住所的撲克玩家來說造成了許多的不同。
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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 betting 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 betting 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.
