firstcrack
Rock Star
Silver Level
I learned something about myself this week. My account was suspended and I have been asked to verify my identity on the online site that I have been accustomed to playing over the past few years. Full disclosure, my issue was that I signed up for a VPN subscription about a year ago, which is a no no in the world of online poker. I get it. Still, I have the service running on my router at home,and while I could have made an exception for the poker site, I figured I would take my chances and wait until it became an issue, if it ever did. That day has come. This is a perfectly legitimate concern, of course, on the part of the online site given the potential for cheating, and other legitimate concerns, as well. While I applaud and respect their efforts to combat cheating, I respectfully had to decline the request for verification of identity. I just can't bring myself to submitting the required documentation. I'm a leisurely poker player and my modest earnings which remain on the site (a little over $200) has resulted from free roll efforts--no deposits, or withdrawals have been made to date.
In the final analysis, I have learned that I am just not willing to place my identity at risk by sending this information overseas to a company that I frankly don't know well enough to trust with it--irrational as this may be. I think it's fair to say that this is a 'me' problem. I chose to install the VPN in my home and opted not to make an exception for the poker site. Still, I am not willing to potentially place my family's financial security at risk.
So, my brothers and sisters, I have made my bed and will now be sleeping in it. I will be taking a bit of a hiatus from the world of online poker but that won't stop me from commenting here and there on this forum.
Best of luck to you.
In the final analysis, I have learned that I am just not willing to place my identity at risk by sending this information overseas to a company that I frankly don't know well enough to trust with it--irrational as this may be. I think it's fair to say that this is a 'me' problem. I chose to install the VPN in my home and opted not to make an exception for the poker site. Still, I am not willing to potentially place my family's financial security at risk.
So, my brothers and sisters, I have made my bed and will now be sleeping in it. I will be taking a bit of a hiatus from the world of online poker but that won't stop me from commenting here and there on this forum.
Best of luck to you.
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