Every few days it seems there is news of additional U.S. based poker pros relocating outside of the U.S. to continue playing poker. The most popular destination has been Canada, with significant numbers also going to countries like Mexico, Malta and the U.K. The latest two to announce their arrivals included Brian Hastings who relocated to Vancouver and Eugene “oogee/fishosaurusREX” Yanayt who moved to Mexico.
Once residency is established, bank accounts set up and confirmation from PokerStars and other sites, the players can access previously inaccessable funds or deposit anew to start playing on a variety of poker sites.
Examples of other high profile poker players relocating include:
With each of these pros goes hundreds of thousands of dollars that were being spent in the United States. Whether these pros will readily return when eventual U.S. online poker legislation occurs is another question.
Once residency is established, bank accounts set up and confirmation from PokerStars and other sites, the players can access previously inaccessable funds or deposit anew to start playing on a variety of poker sites.
Examples of other high profile poker players relocating include:
- Cole South (Canada)
- Jon ‘FatalError’ Aguiar (Canada)
- Justin ‘ZeeJustin’ Bonomo (Malta)
- Olivier Busquet (Canada)
- Dan ‘jungleman12’ Cates (U.K.)
- Ricky Fohrenbach
- Phil Galfond (Canada)
- Steve ‘gboro780′ Gross
- Jonathan ‘Iftarii’ Jaffe
- McLean ‘PureProfitFo’ Karr
- Adam ‘Roothlus’ Levy (Canada)
- Christina Lindley
- Richard ‘nutsinho’ Lyndaker
- Kevin ‘ImaLuckSac’ MacPhee
- Tom ‘kingsofcards’ Marchese
- Daniel Negreanu (Canada)
- William ‘Altrum Altus’ Reynolds
- Ryan Daut (Canada)
- David 'DocSands' Sands (Canada)
- Shane 'shaniac' Schleger (Canada)
- Vanessa Peng (Canada)
- Vanessa Selbst (Canada)
- Dani ‘supernova9′ Stern (Canada)
- Ben ‘Sauce123′ Sulsky
- Kevin ‘WizardofAhhs’ Thurman
- Brian Townsend
- Jon ‘PearlJammer’ Turner
- Isaac Haxton
With each of these pros goes hundreds of thousands of dollars that were being spent in the United States. Whether these pros will readily return when eventual U.S. online poker legislation occurs is another question.
