Zynga Launches Real Money Poker

Only available to UK players for now. They plan to open up to other markets later on.

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Dang... almost enough to make me not be ashamed to wear the free hoodie they gave me two years ago...

Well... not quite.

The play on there will be so bad I almost want to deposit.


If it wern't for the all in donks beating me everytime

Can I buy a stock of them on ETrade or what?

It will be very interesting to see how they 'll go.

Corey said:

Can I buy a stock of them on ETrade or what?

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that is an excellent question with the players in usa waiting to jump into the first international option this could be a great investment gonna check it out for sure thanks for turning on the light

i do not belive Zynga will bring that much fish if anybody wanted to play for money he would google it and deposit there or go at some well know sportsbooks in uk bet365, wh,betfred,Ladbrokes

Such great news but why only UK players! ((

I think zynga shouldnt launch real money poker!!! playmoney is the origin of this site and it is known for it. Every player should play real money poker on serious sites like pokerstars or else...

Can't wait until they allow real money in US.

I have never really seem zynga yet, but was wondering how they are going to manage real money play for US players?Maybe you can post more about this when it gets started. Thanks for the info..

Zynga first announced the partnership with bwin.party in October 2012,

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This is truly terrible news.
Zynga entering the real money market would have been such a huge boost to the poker economy if it had been at a non-segregated site.

If it brings in a shedload of fish it will also bolster party's position segregation or not and pave the way for more sites to follow.

Party's executive has specificly said the segregation is to deter unprofitable players (winning players who don't deposit) from playing. If segregated sites were to become the norm it really would be a death knoll for making money from online poker. I was hoping their losses since segregating would deter them but this would really turn things round.

Lots of easy money if you live in the UK...

Deco said:

Party's executive has specificly said the segregation is to deter unprofitable players (winning players who don't deposit) from playing.

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That's just retarded. poker sites don't make money from deposits, they make money from rake/fees. And winning players pay far more rake than losing players.

Aleksei said:

That's just retarded. Poker sites don't make money from deposits, they make money from rake/fees. And winning players pay far more rake than losing players.

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Ye I have a hard time getting my head round it but I can see how it makes sense. The rake we pay is essentially from losing players deposits. How much of the fishes deposit the site gets depends on how long the fish takes to go bust (the amount of times they can rake the fishes money).

The other side of it is we continue to circulate the fishes money but I'd imagine for party and a few other companies to segregate player pools and shun their highest rake payers they must understand it far better than I do.