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Originally Posted by Chicagodude
Would you guys recommend Black Chip to a US player? I'm on Lock and Bovada right now.
Here is an honest evaluation. PokerScout graphs have them dipping pretty fast as of late. Noticeable slow-down in MTTs (I have been grinding them out last 60 days). Even the comments in the various WPN Network help threads has slowed considerably.
My opinion, people endure BCP and other WPN skins due to the payouts, but it seems the growth has reversed due to the many software issues that just drive you absolutely nuts, especially if you are playing MTTs/Sats. I have not been playing cash as of late so I can not comment on the reason the cash games are seeing decline in numbers, but the high rake rates at the smaller stakes may certainly be the reason, not sure.
Then they irritate their customers further by redesigning their respective websites, while horrible software issues have remained unfixed for the entire time I have played on the network (almost 1 year).
You will likely face worse issues with the software at Seals With Clubs etc, but that is no excuse for a mainstream poker site.
I have been strongly recommending Americas Cardroom, BCP, WPN Network for quite some time but they are really trying my patience. There may be complex reasons behind the scenes that are causing these issues (American legal complexities) and they may not want growth.
But in the end, yeah, if you do not mind playing on some software that seems like it barely came off 1999, constantly messing with your game because of one screw-up or software flaw or tournament lobbies not working properly, then you should at least give Black Chip Poker a try, especially if you are playing on the worst US Facing Network, Lock Poker (where I would get my money off that in a second).
PS...As I was typing this I had a playable hand in a satellite and my buttons disappeared which caused me to have no options but to watch the hand fold and nothing I could do about it. Lovely, After a while, people are just not going to put up with this type of stuff and will leave the network
Last edited by WEC; 03-24-2013 at 02:26 PM.