I'll be playing my first hand of poker soon, today was the first day so just figuring out which network to play poker on first. Without access to an eWallet like Moneybookers/Netteller, I had to pick a network to stick with. Big contenders were PokerStars, iPoker networks, 888 Poker, Unibet, PartyPoker. Ended up choosing between PokerStars and Unibet. Pokerstars has low nanostakes rake coupled with a large player pool, Unibet has a extremely low rake from nanostakes up to small stakes coupled with a small player pool with no HUD's (which I like personally, more fun). The deciding factor was client stability, PokerStars is as reliable as they get, unfortunately while I like Unibet more, lots of bugs and minor issues come up time to time, including today which rendered their client unusable. So off to PokerStars I went. In the end I ended up depositing 100 USD instead of 80 CAD due to a promotion that was running, so now instead of taking 80 CAD, I'm starting off with 100 USD (at this time = 131.83 CAD), an increase of over 60% of my planned deposit. The promotion gives me a ticket to a 1K Gtd KO with an additional $5 bounty on every player that rewards the top 32 highest bounties to a 32 person winner takes all HU tournment with the winner getting 1.5K, and a trip to a live event worth over 4K!
Here we go!
===== Day 1
Bankroll: 100 USD