I have a Linux computer and I want to play online poker. I was thinking of running Windows in a virtual machine, so that I could play poker on it.

I know that GGpoker, Partypoker, ACR, Winamax and Chico ban virtual machines. It seems to be allowed on Pokerstars, iPoker, 888poker, Unibet (and others), at least I can't find info to the contrary.

I want to be able to multitable and tile tables. That means most Android and browser versions won't do the trick. Unibet has a good browser version where you can tile tables, but playing on just one site is a bit limiting (but if you know other sites like this, I would like to know ). I'm playing from Europe.

I guess I could dual boot with Windows, but I would like to avoid installing crap on native hardware just to play poker, if possible.

pokersites ban vm for good reasons. i dont anyone will reply to your post buddy. even if your intensions are honest.

you would have been better served asking directly which sites are lax on rta instead of insulting everyone's intelligence with this nonsense excuse

I guess using a VM is not a good idea then it's apparently so sus (even if it's allowed).

For non-Windows users looking for a solution: As I mentioned, Unibet has a browser version that supports tiling up to 4 tables. I found that Partypoker has an Android version that allows tiling up to 4 tables, so I guess that could be a solution if you have a big screen Android tablet. Maybe Ignition has a good browser version? IDK because it's not for EU players (so maybe someone else knows).

Other than that you would be forced to install corporate spyware like Windows/MacOS on native hardware if you want to play online poker properly, which unfortunately seems like the best option.

I use a M1 Mac as my daily computer so I get where you're coming from. I run poker software inside of Parallels including the Ignition desktop client together with Intuitive Tables (table manager, hotkeys, some quality of life improvements). I also run other stuff in there like PT4, H2N, even sometimes Equilab.

The poker desktop ecosystem is still in 2023 very heavily Windows oriented. Even the rare program that supports other OSes doesn't usually work as well; I found the PT4 Mac version to be almost unusable from UI issues. If you're really serious about poker I would consider dual booting your computer.

Thanks for the advice! Yeah, I can agree that online poker is still very Windows centric

I'll go ahead and dual boot my laptop.

came across this thread from a google search on running ACR in linux.
strange how this question was treated as some kind of ridiculous question or excuse. fyi guys, there are millions of Linux users, and some of us even play poker.

anyway OP, if you have a second machine, you might consider remote desktop (possibly headless). VNC and the like.
some various softwares linked here too: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gamin...c_over_ssh_or/
to do this, you'll need a fast (i.e. wired) connection to the windows pc or it will be too laggy.
but of course if you're going that far a KVM switch is also an option.

it's all about the phrasing

a person who's been posting about playing online poker for years is phrasing the op as if online is a new idea they haven't done before and want to try and all they have is linux so they want to see if it's possible

reality - this person is a reg for years in online - he thus has a non linux machine that he plays on already - so why is he pretending like this is both a new experience and he has no other non-linux machine to play on?

he went oddly out of his way to establish an alibi in the OP and that alibi is a lie - he was clearly concerned over how this would look because that's exactly what he's doing and rta is significantly easier to operate under the conditions he's laying down

+1 with ricks comment.

You may aswell have made a thread and called it , tell me how to rta without telling me how to RTA and don’t forget to mention you have Linux too.

I’ll answer your question in some depth. You could run a VNC server file , whitelist the IP of one , connect to the other one. Then bend over and put a pencil in your bum and then sit down.

Okay I’ll try be serious again. To answer your question without answering your question, I’ll answer your question. You seem like you’re trying to run multiple virtual machine in instances (Linux story). The issue your going to have is that all poker sites know how your computer talks to the operating system, traffic it goes through (wether that’s another pc on the same network, or simply another instance of a virtual machine running in virtual box on your pc.

You can simply virtualise your network and run everything in ghost mode, except, when nifty old acr do the old packet test(where you see multiple users disconnected from the site on the same table) you can say “adios” to your funds and then you have wasted a million years setting it all up in order to fail miserably.

You’re literally better off buying GTO wizard, and employing 10 foreigners from a third world country to type in the cards and have secret codes where a K is actually a J for the day.

And even then, pure gto doesn’t win at poker anyway, so your just going to be disappointed.


Cliffs- pencil in the bum
- virtual machines relay IPs you can make up, but the traffic sent to it on the router can flag everything.
-poker sites know the services running in the background of your virtual machine so it will render anything useless.
-gto doesn’t win
-more pencils in bum.

I would appreciate if someone could answer his "honest" question so i can avoid those sites if they exists

I ignored your first comment since I didn't want to start an argument, but since you persist.

Yes, I am a long time on-off reg, playing poker as a hobby/side income. I have always pretty much played on Unibet. It's a great site so I never really needed to change, and the browser version works great on Linux (you can multitable 4 tables, HUDs are banned so no competitive disadvantage etc). I did play a bit on Stars back in the day, when it worked well on Wine (nowadays it's buggy AF).

Anyway, I finally got a bit bored of the gametypes and the lack of higher stakes on Unibet, so I wanted to explore a bit. So in that sense "online, is a new idea" (outside Unibet), if you want to put it that way.

I did some research after your first post and there's a few things I don't understand about your arguments:

1. Why would you need a VM for RTA when it seems like there would be less detectable and easier ways of doing it? (VMs seems relatively detectable, maybe there is something I'm missing since everyone seems so sure that it makes sense)

2. If I wanted to learn about cheating, why TF would I be doing it on 2p2 (I'm sure some more useful "communities" for that purpose would exist)

Don't actually answer the above questions, I don't want to know and don't want this thread to derail to a cheating tutorial. Just something to think about.

And thanks for the in depth tutorial about how to jerk off with pencils @koshko. It's erm, not something I'm into, but perhaps @rickroll has some interest in joining your orgies.

Anyway, as I said previously, I decided that I will dual boot with Windows. I'm a bit worried that sites will think a VM is bad even if they haven't officially banned it.

I've been too lazy to install Windows so far. I've been one tabling PLO spins on Android, learning the game slowly for now. Has been good fun

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