What is your criteria for "best"? What do you play, and what do you look for in a site?

Easy action fish , 50nl-100nl holdem

You can find my opinion in a few posts on the previous page of this thread.

Can I play legally from anywhere in the US on PokerStars.eu while travelling there with my existing European account, on my laptop, no VPN?

No.

Big fan of BOL. After returning from playing both on ACR and ignition, I enjoyed BOL the most. The software is prime IMO and there is some decent traffic.

I do miss the fishy ignition games however.

Do you guys play on PC, laptop, or phone?

The rakeback request form will not help. BetOnline nor SportsBetting.ag, nor TigerGaming allow rakeback. There are no other skins on the Chico Poker Network. Furthermore, the Chico Poker Network does not allow rakeback.

Anyone caught offering, even among buddies, it is kicked out now. That's right, they lose their entire book of business and all future revenues. Not really worth it and as such I am fairly certain that none of the reputable 2+2 affiliate advertisers are offering such deals.

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Kahn

Is rakeback generally available in states where online poker is legal?

I guess I was not entirely clear. I was not trying to insinuate that the Rakeback Request Form could in any way help get someone rakeback for the Chico Network sites. When I said "not available in this forum" I meant Two Plus Two as a whole. I appreciate you clarifying.

I only mentioned, and poorly, the Rakeback Request Form because some people are unaware of the rules on Two Plus Two that state we can not ask for rakeback outside of the Rakeback Request Form in these forums.

Rakeback is available in all 50 states via one poker network, another, or a multitude of them.

The "legality" of poker is in no way affected by rakeback or the lack there of, nor is the availability of rakeback affected by any issues of legality other than some sites offering rakeback may not operate in markets deemed to be "illegal" or as the industry calls it, black. Most markets however are white or grey, the US being in both of the later categories depending on jurisdiction.

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Kahn

I assumed he meant is rakeback available at any of the regulated sites that currently operate in New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware, but perhaps you did answer his question as he meant it.

Yes this is what I meant

I haven't joined at ACR yet. I want to try their freerolls.

Is there anything I need to know as far as rakeback before I sign up and miss out on the opportunity?

I was confused because you said "legal" when you should have differentiated by saying "regulated". Virtually all online poker sites are legal to operate within the USA, however few are regulated within the USA.

I don't believe that any of the regulated sites offer flat rakeback deals. VIP programs sure, but no flat rakeback deals that I am aware of. I am not 100% sure about this however as I do not interact with the marketing departments of US-regulated poker sites.

Since you have yet to sign up, you can get rakeback in one of two ways, neither of which will interfere with your ability to play freerolls.

1) Sign up to ACR directly. Contact support. Ask to be put in the flat rakeback program. This will typically be completed in 3-5 business days.

2) Sign up to ACR via a rakeback affiliate. Your rakeback will be live from the moment you create your account.

In other words, you do not have to miss out on the opportunity of rakeback. You can have it if you are creating a brand new account (only one account per customer allowed).

3) Once you swap from one program to another, you can never swap back. Site policy stipulates only one move from VIP to RB or in reverse from RB to VIP. After that, you're stuck.

4) There are now multiple $10 free bankroll codes floating around the internet for America's Cardroom. The accounts created using them are Elite Benefits VIP accounts (standard) but with $10 free (non-standard). However, these accounts, like all VIP accounts, are eligible to be transformed into flat rakeback accounts upon contacting support.

5) All rakeback accounts are 27%. No more, no less. This is network policy.

6) Bonus clearance on flat rakeback reduces the value of bonuses, including the first deposit bonus and all reloads, by 27%.

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Thanks. I was waiting for a reply and went searching around and found that I could get it applied automatically, so I joined up.

Now I see I could have entered a bonus code for free money. Darn. I missed out on that. I searched for a bonus code, but didn't see anything obvious pop up. I don't know how much I'll play so I guess it might not matter all that much. I'd like to try to build up a bankroll without having to deposit money. I'm more or less just doing this for fun at this point. I haven't played online poker in 5+ years.

You can enter in 4 new depositor freerolls after depositing. They should send u an email, if not just call support and they will enter you in. It's every Saturday at 12 I think.

Im looking for legal and safe online poker rooms.

I have previously played on BOL, I noticed that they removed the micro stakes. Am I missing something or is that how it will be? Currently its 5 am so it might be the time but there are maybe 2 tables of 5c/10c going on. I have good results on BOL previously but has something changed? How can I put volume with 1-2 tables?

What are my other options? I havent played poker for a year except recreationally so I want to start from the smallest blinds and work my way up.

I was always told about ACR being the hardest games to beat since erg infested, so I dont think I want to go down there. Is ignition/bovada the same thing? and how does it compare?

I was a reg at 5c/10c BOL with 8bb/100 win rate over a decent sample but this was well over a year ago and at the time I leveled up from the smaller stakes that were offered.

The Chico Network, which BetOnline is part of, removed all stakes below 10nl. 10nl is now the lowest stakes they offer. You are correct about the time being a factor with regards to traffic. Throughout the day, and especially weekday evenings, you should be able to find a decent amount of tables running.

Hello 2p2,

I am wanting to start a poker challenge (25nl to 50nl) but am not going to start it without first knowing that I can import hands for later review. I am having difficulty with Ignition as the site doesn't allow HUDS, and I can't seem to import hands into HM2.

My end goal is to be able to use a HUD on a US friendly site, does anyone have any recommendations?

If this is not possible, I wouldn't mind playing on a site without a HUD, but would still need to somehow have a database to store my hands for review later.

Any suggestions are much appreciated,

BetOnline or Sportsbetting.ag, both on the Chico Network, would be my top suggestion for what you're looking to do.

TX resident. What's the best place for a micro limit guy that just wants to play some cash games, maybe some STT and the very rare MTT? Thing is, I want to be able to deposit with a card, cash out with a CC/check. $50 here, $100 there. Does such a thing even exist anymore? I mean, not so much the games, but easy, simple, non-crypto currency deposits and cashouts?

Its 10 pm and there are 3 6 max 5c/10c games and its saturday.

Are there any other options where I can put more volume?
And how do they compare to bol?

is sportsbetting.ag the same playing field as bol but different skin?

does bol card catcher still work on bol?

For someone like me who likes to play with a hud are these two the only options?

Are the games on ignition/bovada fishier due to the fact that they have no hud support or do the regs take advantage of that fact?

I have a bankroll of about 400usd and I want to start as small as I can and put some volume in so I can build some confidence and momentum again.

Where are you guys who are winning playing?

How is the traffic on ACR and the field compared to bol/ignition.

Seeing the better traffic on Ignition, Im tempted to give it a shot, but the no hud is a real deal breaker for me. With the hud on BOL I was easily able to multi table and iso iso iso the recs just by looking at the stats of the player.

If I sign up on ignition, Id still be funadmentally sound and get the small blind levels but I wont be able to play attention and iso the anonymous fish as well since I wont immediately know who the fish is.

Also, in bol I was able to atleast know who the fish ISNT based on how many hands I have played with them and I would tag them so even in the lobby I would know that there are this many known regs on the table etc. I was able to aggressively table select and bum hunt using these techniques which I wouldnt be able to on ignition.

Personally I'd suggest Bovada/Ignition for everything you're looking to do.

Most sites let you deposit via card as far as I'm aware. Sometimes cards do get declined though. I believe they all still send checks. There may be a fee and it may take a couple weeks to receive it.

Thanks for the info. Quick question though for Bovada. The withdrawal FAQ states:

Cheques are issued in $3,000 increments. Withdrawal requests exceeding this amount will be sent in further increments of $3,000 every 10-15 business days, until you are fully paid out.

Does that mean the minimum cashout request to receive a check is $3k??