I'd like some advice on how to use a VPN

Since my country doesn't support 888poker, I can't join everyone. Should I use a VPN from another country to join?

No. What u should is play on options that are allowed in your jurisdiction. Dont embarass yourself by trying to circumvent the terms of service of a certain site.

It's not legal to play games using a VPN; check if the 888 App has any restrictions regarding this.

"888poker requires players to be physically located in permitted jurisdictions and pass geolocation checks"

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Using a VPN will just get you blocked/banned and another story of "I played but can't get my funds.. 😭".

I think that is illegal you shouldn’t do that

I miss playing at the 888poker and Paty Poker casinos that were suspended in Brazil, but trying to cheat can result in the loss of your money, which isn't legal.

cwdignus said:

I miss playing at the 888poker and Paty Poker casinos that were suspended in Brazil, but trying to cheat can result in the loss of your money, which isn't legal.

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I see plenty Brazilians in 888 all the time.
Where are you playing now?

I don't think you should use VPN to play, because most poker rooms don't allow VPN. So, if you play and win, you probably not going to be able to cashout.

I'm sure there are plenty of people here who could help you with that

... but playing according to the tos is always going to be the smartest move,

especially if you value your account and hope to cash out one day👍

lifeforchnr1 said:

Since my country doesn't support 888poker, I can't join everyone. Should I use a VPN from another country to join? View attachment 407906

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Simple answer 'No'

fwiw, you're not missing out on much - - 888Poker pretty much sucks. I suppose it might be okay for some freerolls but good luck if you're trying to cash out while using a VPN. Maybe you can... maybe you can't. And if this is your intention, posting about it on public poker forum has got to be one of the worst ideas. Were you aware that there's a representative from 888 on this site?

imo, sign up to ALL of the sites that you can legally play on. Do things the right way by following TOS rules by the poker sites. Curious, what sites can you play on there?
There's a twitch streamer/poker player from Canada who travels all around and plays poker while doing so. His name is Trytime. I know he travels to Thailand, Vietnam, & most recently, Japan. He plays on GGPoker (but maybe some other sites off stream as well... I'm not sure about that part).
I'm sure you can play on GG and it is 100x better than 888.

Even if you're an 'ask for forgiveness not permission' type people, you definitely do not want to use a VPN to circumvent geoblocking.

If you ever want to cash out, you'll have to do KYC and you'll probably never get your money.

Also PO is right, 888 is garbo other than having lots of freerolls. That's one of the sites I'll probably never bother depositing on.

lifeforchnr1 said:

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Most poker sites do not allow access when VPN is enabled on your device. Once my VPN accidentally stayed on and I couldn't log in to GG Poker until I turned it off.

Don't do that, you would be caught very easily when you want to withdraw the money...

Plenty of poker rooms are available in Thailand, even though gambling is actually illegal there, so you should not stream yourself playing or brag about it on social media. But if you just keep a low profile to local authorities you can play on PokerStars, ACR Poker, GG Poker and so on and so forth. So no need at all to try to cheat one of the sites, that explicitly tells you, it does not want to do business in Thailand. As others have said, this will only result in tears further down the road, when you are unable to withdraw winnings etc.

Let say a player resides in a country where online poker is permitted, has submitted all the necessary documentation to the poker room, and has been verified and approved.
If perhap that player frequently finds themselves outside the country where they are registered with the poker room for personal reasons (work, vacations, health, etc.) and informs the poker room of the need to use a VPN to access, then I fail to see what the problem is.

It is difficult to imagine that all those pros who constantly travel the world for tournaments and vacations London, Rio, Las Vegas, Sydney, Paris etc do not use a VPN.

Sherlock77 said:

It is difficult to imagine that all those pros who constantly travel the world for tournaments and vacations London, Rio, Las Vegas, Sydney, Paris etc do not use a VPN.

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It is explicitly forbidden by law abiding rooms to play on their site while psysically in the USA, regardless if you live there or are just visiting. But yes some pros have been stupid enough to try to cheat for instance PokerStars using a VPN.


Honestly this whole thread is just so dumb, and the title should be changed to "I like some advice on how to have my potential winnings confiscated". As others have said, its not even like, 888 Poker is a particularly great site to begin with. I guess, they have some freerolls, but apart from that there are several better options. So its not even like, OP is missing out on anything important by not being able to play on 888 Poker.

The article recounts an episode from 2017 - 2018... how many things have happened and changed in these eight years...

Technically, using a VPN is against the rules of almost all poker sites. If caught, you could be banned and have your assets confiscated... so never have an amount of money you wouldn't be comfortable parting with.

What if a player were to inform the poker room that they needed a VPN—explaining the reason why—and the poker room replied that it was acceptable?

As mentioned earlier, I am thinking of all those pros who are constantly traveling the world for tournaments and vacations.
How do they manage to play online if they are almost never in the country where they originally registered?

For example, the wsop is taking place in Las Vegas;
what will all those European, Asian, and South American pros do? Will they simply stop playing online for the entire time they are in the United States?

Sherlock77 said:

The article recounts an episode from 2017 - 2018... how many things have happened and changed in these eight years...

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This was a high profile case, because it involved the runner up at WSOP main event 2016 and a large amount of money. If some unknown low- og midstakes grinder is banned for using a VPN to hide their location or other TOS violations, we dont hear about it in the media. But this does not mean, it never happens.

Sherlock77 said:

What if a player were to inform the poker room that they needed a VPN—explaining the reason why—and the poker room replied that it was acceptable?

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Of course its not "acceptable", when the TOS of the poker room explicitly state, where you can or can not play from. This is like writing to the police and ask, if you can break the speed limit just the little bit. The answer is given in advance.

Sherlock77 said:

As mentioned earlier, I am thinking of all those pros who are constantly traveling the world for tournaments and vacations. How do they manage to play online if they are almost never in the country where they originally registered?

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Only some countries like Sweden require players to only play from their country of permanent residence. For many others its ok to travel, as long as they travel to countries, where the site is also available.

Sherlock77 said:

For example, the WSOP is taking place in Las Vegas; what will all those European, Asian, and South American pros do? Will they simply stop playing online for the entire time they are in the United States?

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Presumably yes, and why would they even want to play online, when the whole reason, they are in Las Vegas, is to play live poker? If they have spend 10+ hours playing a live tournament, they probably want to rest before coming back the next day. And if they bust early from a tournament, they can always go to the cash tables, which Las Vegas obviously have plenty of.

Also, and maybe even more importantly, OP is not travelling to Thailand on vacation. He lives there and dont yet have an account on 888 Poker. So in order to create an account, he would need to not only use a VPN to pretend, he is somewhere else, but also provide a false adress, when he create his account. Which mean he will never be able to verify his account or withdraw winnings.

If someone from say UK travel on vacation to Thailand and use a VPN to access their 888 account and play some poker, obviously there is a chance, that 888 Poker wont find out about this. And even if they do, they might only issue a warning, especially if its a first time offense and a recreational player, who could claim, he did not know, this was not allowed.

But if you pretend to live in UK while creating your account, while in fact you actually live in Thailand, thats a whole other level of offense, and if you ever win significant money, this will enevitably end with a permanent ban and confiscation of funds. If you also forge documents to "prove" your UK adress, thats a criminal offense, and you could in theory end up doing jail time, if its reported to the police.

A VPN won’t help you with that. To withdraw funds on 888, you need to complete verification, so you’ll have to confirm your identity, citizenship, and place of residence.

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"I'd be careful with that. Using a VPN to access a poker site from a restricted country may violate the site's terms of service and could lead to account suspension, confiscated winnings, or verification issues when you try to withdraw funds. It's usually safer to stick with platforms that are licensed and available in your country. Have you looked into any legal alternatives that operate where you live?" ♠️

I would not recommend it . You might have your account frozen and cashing out would be next to impossible .

lifeforchnr1 said:

Since my country doesn't support 888poker, I can't join everyone. Should I use a VPN from another country to join?

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Definitely not.
Many sites, if not all of them, detect the use of a VPN. They can warn you, or simply ban you.