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Could someone tell me what Sof & KYC are please? It sounds like musical direction and fried chicken.

SoF = Source of Funds. i.e., they want to see if your source of funds is legit. Bit awkward if you happen to be dealing drugs or whatever. An excess of cash transactions are a big red flag I gather.

KYC = Know Your Customer. Much the same thing really. "You are gambling, where's that money coming from?"

And there's also AML which = Anti Money Laundering. Again, amounts to much the same thing. But the UKGC are increasingly frowning upon big stake cash games, as they are perfect AML camouflage.

Could someone tell me what Sof & KYC are please? It sounds like musical direction and fried chicken.

Will you be gracing the hallowed turf this week Tikay?


I'll be playing the "little" (£300) 4 card PLO today. I swerved the big PLO thing, it was way above my standard with the likes of Osman Mustanoglu (who won it), Keith Johnson, Fat Mitch, Stato etc. Them boys would skin me alive.

I'm not even sure I should play the £300 PLO, these days they play so fast & I get taken off my feet. I'll enjoy the experience though.

I did play the 6 Max (61/207) & the Seniors (29/155) so no cashes thus far. Absolutely delighted to see Thewy win the Seniors though, especially as I managed to double him up with 30 left (24 paid) when I ran smack into his K-K, which left me with just 4 or 5 BB's.  

I won't play the NLH "Main", I'm out of my depth at the £1,500 NLH buy-in level, but I may play a sidey or two on Sunday &/or Monday. Can't play at DTD tomorrow as I've been invited to play the £240 SPT Manchester as a "Guest", with 2 bullets, so that's a gift horse I can't really miss.

Yes yes, I know, I'm truly blessed.

GL in whatever you play, & do come say Hi if you see me.

"One of the questions on the form was ‘have you ever gambled more money than you were able to afford’ I mean I assume everyone lied answering that one!"


Well yes, & there were several questions along the same lines. If a single person answered all the questions truthfully I'd be shocked.

It's box-ticking, isn't it? The Venue has to be able to say to the UKGC "yes, we took every precaution". And if they do that, the box is ticked.

You can't even play the Slots or (machine) Roulette or Blackjack unless you have passed all the tests. Before you put money in them, you have to give your fingerprint on a little pad, or scan a QR Code. That way they can keep an eye on your losses, & if they exceed whatever amount, then you get sent to the Naughty Room to do the Sof & KYC interrogation.

Not DTD's fault, we must stress. It's bad for them, it's bad for the players.

Just seems like all it will achieve is drive players to unlicensed games.

Anyway, it does not bother me, you just gotta go with it imo.

England will fk it up, as they have shown countless times.
Will leave too many runs out there, giving away wickets

Yeah possible, I don’t know though, I’ve just got a feeling Mr Stokes has these lads bang on where he wants them this time round, and the Aussies are defo there for the taking

get to bed mate , long day tomorrow

 

England will fk it up, as they have shown countless times.
Will leave too many runs out there, giving away wickets

Yeah possible, I don’t know though, I’ve just got a feeling Mr Stokes has these lads bang on where he wants them this time round, and the Aussies are defo there for the taking

Thanks Tikay, it all seems so over the top. One of the questions on the form was ‘have you ever gambled more money than you were able to afford’ I mean I assume everyone lied answering that one!

But yes I got there early, had a Nando’s with a mate (tradition sorry Vinny) and went and got my wristband and did the checks this evening. So tomorrow will head down and buy in.

I think I overheard someone say that anyone who does over 2 bullets in the main will get KYCd so hopefully I will be ok with just the one tomorrow (one Saturday won’t be needed fingers crossed!)

Glad I ducked today though, the field looked very tough. Did see Stato, CambridgeAlex and a couple others too, as well as the same old floor staff. Can’t be any better place to play can there??

Will you be gracing the hallowed turf this week Tikay?

England will fk it up, as they have shown countless times.
Will leave too many runs out there, giving away wickets

..and on a humorous note, the £2 £2 6 Card PLO game at DTD plays quite chunky, especially when straddled to £5 & then potted, but when the game starts everyone can only sit with the £250 Max.

So quite often they ALL go ALL-IN first hand, so they have a stack to play with.

Responsible Gambling, see?

Quick hint Vern - ARRIVE EARLY.

Assuming you are already signed up, &, more importantly, FULLY VERIFIED on the WSOP+App, you still have to face the problems posed by "Safer Gambling Week".

This involves a (mandatory) questionnaire with the questions pre-entered into an i-Pad.

It's not difficult, but there's only 5 or 6 i-pads & so quite a queue builds up.

Questions are basic stuff, Name, DOB, Postcode, have you ever had a gambling problem, what your job or profession is, income band, so on & so forth.

In addition, if you spend in excess of £1,000 in cash games (I'm unsure if this applies to Tournaments but I'm told it does) then you have to do a SoF & KYC check, which basically requires you to explain your source of income, & supply 3 months of Bank Statements.

None of this is DTD's fault, it'll all part of a wider UKGC purge. I gather they have already forced a Casino in Leeds to close. It's all box-ticking of course, but that's where we are at.

Incidentally, to sit in a cash game at DTD now the MAXIMUM sit-down is £250, & then £250 increments. And once you get to £1,000, then the SoF & KYC checks have to be negotiated.