Doing my 2 to 3 month check-in the see if US players have any good options yet....

All the same usual crap I see....

See you in 2 to 3 months 2+2

hahahaha. I'm in England one more day before I go back to the US. I might actually cry when I have to withdraw from stars :'(

Can anyone tell me what US sites can I play on that HM2/PT & HUDS work on and allows 8 tabling? Looking at dabbling a little, so 25NL-50NL.

Or if none, what you guys would suggest? TIA.

If any, which one is the best? Can I get in trouble?

Winning Network (ACR, True, BCP)
Merge Network (Carbon, Aced, PokerHost)
Revolution Network (Intertops, Juicy Stakes)


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Kahn

Hey guys I'm trying to figure out whether to move abroad to get on FTP/stars or if I can stay in the states and comfortably grind. Mainly wondering whether Nevada online poker is the way to go or if New Jersey poker will be more juicy? I will mostly be playing MTTs. (side question do any of these sites run hyper turbo sngs?)

Appreciate any feedback. Not really sure where to post this exactly mods feel free to move somewhere more appropriate.

Move abroad and play on FTP/Stars. The tournaments there you can actually win something. New Jersey will have bigger tournaments than Nevada because more people are playing. But overall it is not great for MTT's.

Forgot to mention that the rewards suck for these sites here.

Thanks for the response I'm mainly wondering about the quality of New Jersey vs Nevada online poker sites at this point (and the near future). Can I sign up/ download any of these sites to rail the action going on if I'm not currently living there yet.

Cash games come to nj if you aye playing 1/2 or micros. MTTs go with stars bigger touraments. In nj you get daily 10ks and weekly 50ks. You could multi these by doing different sites as they are all the same and probably a sick over lay at ultimate while abroad you can get bigger prizes more run but you will have more players.

Move abroad or go to Nevada. Don't come to Jersey.

You should come to new jersey. Thats where fulldeck is and he is a massive fish.

I loled when i read this.

I can't see the reasoning in Nevada over NJ, but totally agree that moving abroad is the only sensible move for grinding MTT's, at this point in time. My own plan is 4-6 days a month in NJ for the next few months (I'm also a MTT player), but I would be abroad in a heartbeat if I were able.

I don't know when Golden Nugget is going live with real money poker, but out of all the sites I've played in NJ, theirs is the best software, IMO. Very cool features

I think it is hard to say exactly where it will be better to grind: NJ or Nevada. I prefer to wait a bit to make my choice.
2014 has to show us where the things will go better and may be another state(s) will be added to this list.

As for going abroad, well it is a real serious step and may be 1% from all US players are able to do it. Personally I don't want to leave the US.
I'm more or less satisfied playing at Carbon and Bovada.

As are thousands of other players! As I've said numerous times, have seen many examples of, and indeed have helped cultivate, the good players can still make 6figs a year in the USA if they plan appropriately. (I did it rather easily )


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Kahn

so hero poker is no longer offering US players?

such a sham, used to be the nuts for micro play

Correct, Hero shut down last year and when it reopens for real money play, will not offer it's services to US players.


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Kahn

Ok, a recent trip and some live play in Tahoe finally cured my "black friday I want my Full Tilt back blues".

I am currently dabbling on SWC and while I love bictoins and the whole concept, I have only been playing the super micros as I am paranoid of the collusion/sketchiness of it. Wasn't thrilled with the Bovada screename situation but I could use it again.


I signed up with TruePoker with a rakeback aff. thinking their bitcoin deposit was up but doesnt look like it. So I havent deposited yet.

I am looking to grind 4-6 tables of .10/25 and .25/50 PLO PLO8 and/or NLHE. I generally don't use HUD, and cashouts aren't urgent as long as reliable. Mainly looking for softness of games and cheapest rake/rakeback combo.

So options are
1. Get over SWC collusion paranoia and just stick with it. Cheaper rake and deposit/withdrawls are the best. Not to mention more longterm exposure to BTC...
2. Find a new site to get a good rakeback or signup bonus.

In Texas btw

I don't know if anyone cares but I finally was able to register with Juicy Stakes. It was because of the bonus code I was using. But now I'm getting another error. Same one I was getting over at intertops.

"Error code 212" an error occurred during the login process. Please
contact customer support."

I emailed support and I'm waiting for a response.

Is it safe playing at juicy stakes? I know playing on any sites that allow US players is risky but is juicy stakes anymore risky?

News flash... Can't play at Juicy Stakes from NY state. So my only option is Carbon Poker. EVERYTHING else I'm not allowed to play... Maybe I'll try SWC. I don't want to play at carbon.

We appreciate your interest with us, however please be advised that players from the following states are presently restricted from registering.
These are as follows:

MD Maryland
WA Washington
NY New York
LA Louisiana
MO Missouri
NJ New Jersey
KY Kentucky

where can players from PA can play?

What are the US (CA) sites with fast fold poker? (other than bovada). Preferably with active .25/.5 or .5/1 rooms. RB would be nice too. Basically something similar to FTP rush back in the day.

If you know someone on Intertops with working invitations, you can get on there from NY. You could also play on WPN, SWC and Carbon/Aced possibly depending on your zip code.

Only Bovada and Intertops and Bovada has the most volume. Nothing like you recall from FTP back in the day. Your best bet if you want to play a couple thousand hands an hour is WPN Beast Grinding.



Everywhere (Merge, Revolution, WPN, Bovada, SWC).


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Kahn

thanks kahn! does intertops have volume in the .25/.5 or .5/1 range? bovada literally has 0... what's beast grinding, just multi tabling?

I'm currently playing on BetOnline (my favorite software thus far, not as good as stars but close) and America's Card Room/Black Chip and both have freerolls running all day long. I've checked out Carbon Poker and they don't offer freerolls anymore.

What are some other good options for freeroll action?

Bovada isn't an option for me as they do not accept NY players.