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02-17-2021 , 08:24 AM

Nevrexb

stranger

Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 10

I'm a person who usually goes against the tide. I don't want to play for those big conglomerates anymore. The poker sites list is long. How do you check if a site is legitimate?

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02-17-2021 , 09:12 AM

Monteroy

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,729

As a rebel you should try to find a site that is not legitimate, because that is how you will truly go against the tide and avoid the evil conglomerates where your funds are relatively safe.

You should be able to find threads of fringe rooms where you need to contact an agent to do transactions in an alley somewhere. The games are apparently very soft on those, so there is that. Just search the forums for agent rooms, and good luck on your revolutionary approach to becoming a poker freedom fighter.

All the best.

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02-17-2021 , 05:56 PM

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 56,895

It seems like you're setting yourself up with potentially incompatible goals. What if the "big conglomerates" (however you qualify that) are the most credible/legitimate sites?

In general, it's good to check through existing site threads and/or subforums and see what kind of feedback they're generating. You will find negative feedback about every site, of course, so you'll want to really sift through and get a deeper understanding than a quick skim will give you. And before you do so, you might want to give some thought to what it is that you're looking for in a site, and what you think gives a site credibility/legitimacy.

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02-17-2021 , 06:02 PM

Josem

human chemical weapon

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,189

I suggest you simply contact the site and ask them.

Sites that are legit will likely seek to contrast themselves with those that are not.

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02-18-2021 , 09:25 AM

Nevrexb

stranger

Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 10

By credibility, I mainly assume that my funds are safe and I can take them back whenever I want. There were examples in the last years of poker sites which made problems with withdrawing the funds.
I agree that the biggest sites are the most credible. Thousands of users work as proof of trust which smaller sites can't give.
In some way, I want to support smaller sites same as for retail I choose smaller, local business. Pokerstars at some point got too high position so they could lower the Rakeback for players without high consequences.

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02-18-2021 , 01:44 PM

peldini

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Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 888

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Originally Posted by Nevrexb

By credibility, I mainly assume that my funds are safe and I can take them back whenever I want. There were examples in the last years of poker sites which made problems with withdrawing the funds.

I agree that the biggest sites are the most credible. Thousands of users work as proof of trust which smaller sites can't give.

In some way, I want to support smaller sites same as for retail I choose smaller, local business. Pokerstars at some point got too high position so they could lower the Rakeback for players without high consequences.

Consumers vote with their wallet, so obviously PokerStars paid a steep price for cutting rakeback. Nobody plays there anymore!

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02-18-2021 , 03:16 PM

blitzT4M4Y0theGOAT

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Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,064

GG poker has been dominating Stars since at least early 2020

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