so when are you guys gunna give up playing with this ****ty software? transitioned to live and im not looking back.... unless cali begins to regulate.

I guess for a tourney starting at 4:30 pst that is fair. I love the 15/20 minute levels but 15 are long and 20 seem like an eternity.. 12k/12m should be a great medium.

i believe stars had these pre BF, plenty of other mtt's to choose from

dealing with the software is well worth it if youre a profitable player and as long as you apparently arent withdrawing via vff these days you get your money in a much more timely manner compared to most other sites that allow US players. good luck with cali regulating, theyve been trying for what a decade now? they do appear to be "closer than ever" as they were last year but even if it was a done deal today youd still be waiting over a year to play your first hand and there'd be 6-10 sites. you think the traffic on anyone of those 6-10 would be even remotely comparable to bovada? might be ok for cash game players playing on multiple sites but MTT prizepools certainly wouldnt be all that great.

How bad the problems are appears to really depend on your PC and internet connection. I routinely play 8 to 12 tables at a time for several hours almost every day. I rarely experience problems. This is while using my system for other things at the same time (e.g. 60, or so, windows open much of the time, but only 44 right now). I am playing while I write this.

I bought this system used off eBay more than a year ago (more info in earlier posts in this thread). Including the SSD and RAM upgrades, I could duplicate it for about $500 (excluding monitor). That is 1 buy-in at 2/5. That is less than I have spent on a monthly basis for the gas to play live daily (not to mention the time it takes to get there and back).

Yes, their software should be much better. The fact that it is not is costing them (and us) large amounts of money. It is ridiculous that they have not resolved most of the problems in the last several months. It should be designed to run on low-end, old hardware, and all the different OS combos out there. But, it just isn't.

As someone that cares about their poker play, you can make the choice to adapt to the existing conditions, just complain about them, or choose that you will play elsewhere. It is a choice that each of us has to make, keeping in mind the relative availability of the people from whom we get money in each venue, the convenience and cost of actually being at a table (live) or tables (online), and all the other things that contribute to an overall hourly rate.

keyman, u gave that response way too much effort.

Yeah, you're right. I do tend to make much more verbose responses than are generally done. In addition, that particular post really did not justify any effort in response.

In part, that one was me expressing my frustration with the software and the situation that has resulted from its low quality. The software, viewing it from programming, project, and business points of view, is significantly lacking. It bothers me to see such situations.

On the other hand, writing the post was effort that really did not cost me much. Even playing several tables, I usually have a considerable amount of extra time that I have to fill somehow. How much time really depends on how many tables I am currently playing and the state of the tournaments I am in (tournaments are required, given the max of 4 cash tables). Now, it might take a while for me to actually write and complete the response due to it taking a secondary priority to playing. There are periods where I have to concentrate on only playing, but other times when there is nothing to which I need to pay close attention. That post, and basically all of my posts and reading here, have been done in the time that is between hands while I play.

Still looking for a fix guys! Please let me know

i cant get passed the "sign in" on the client

this post gave me luck i guess cuz after like 5x i instantly got in after posting lol GL

So my friend and I are roommates and he has a bovada account but no longer plays only me. I just moved in and i'm afraid if I login to my account at his house that they will ban my account and confiscate my funds. Does anyone have any experience with this situation? Tips? Advice?

Call them and explain the situation to a supervisor, they'll most likely be ok with it if you're upfront about it.

I just called and asked a customer rep and he said it's ok.

Did you note the name of the rep. The time you called. If not call back and just confirm again, even better call back and note again. Note it all in your phone and have it ready, just in case.

Maybe ask roommate if you can why he stopped playing .. banned/ or just stopped. If banned your in at best a situation that could be very bad. If just stopped, unfortunately he may shade the truth a bit you will be good.

I thought I saw a post on this a bit ago but can't seem to locate it.

I thought all bonuses were instantly credited to your account? Seems as my most recent one will be released as I play?

This. Any answers?

Just wanted to update that Bovada reenabled my account with all my funds (with a final warning about future ToS violations). Very happy that they decided to be reasonable, and I hope that everyone else in a similar situation also has a good resolution.

Honestly I would play on bovada if it was playable, but im on a mac version & its straight trash. I would imagine one site would take decent chunk of the market and a few sites would be bottom feeders with low traffic. Yeah, I think you might be underestimating the number of grinder's playing in cali. You also have to take into account that bovada will almost certainly stop accepting deposits if its legalized. The new bill also makes it a felony to play on unregulated sites so you have to factor that in as well.

again... these should go in payout thread...

but...

when u say all of ur btc comes from bovada...

don't have bovada send directly to them.. u must use a middle man wallet

ex: electrum

then the only btc coming to coinbase/circle

is not coming from a poker site

if they ask... u can say anything.... web design, poker coaching.. hell.. even tell the truth.. gay porn

that's the safest way

gl

btw .. the gay porn answer should stop any follow up questions

LMAO, at the gay porn answer.

for real .. they wont ask any more questions that's for sure

I have been using bitcoin payouts on ACR. I have it setup so that I withdraw into a blockchain wallet, and then I transfer from blockchain to circle. Will this also work for Bovada?

Yes

So I got some of the errors that some of you have listed. It was fairly slow/laggy last night. I was playing four tables and all of a sudden it said one of my tables is no longer available and it grayed out the window. The other 3 were fine and I could still see the action of the one that got grayed out, but I couldn't do anything. I just simply closed the table and joined a different one, but it was very strange. On Sunday, I was playing 4 tables and all of a sudden it asked me to relogin to the lobby. I can still play at the 4 tables, but the client had me signed out. It was the strangest thing ever. I logged back in and everything was still working fine.

My BTC method is

Bank Account > Coinbase > Blockchain > Bovada/ACR < Blockchain < Coinbase < Bank Account

Every time I process through Blockchain I've been creating a new address. I hadn't done it in a while and now I cannot figure out how to create a new address with the mobile app? The answer is probably obvious - anyone help me out?