Bovada seems to have the quickest cash outs. Just know that all players are anonymous. You are in the U.S. correct?

Lock leads the horror story category - some are waiting upwards of 400 days + for payouts.

Bovada, Pokerhost, and Intertops (invite-only for US) lead the way for timely payouts at around a week give or take (less for cash transfer methods). WPN skins ACR, Black Chip, and True Poker, as well as Merge skins Carbon/Aced Poker also pay out well within their stated timeframes - though Carbon/Aced's timeframes are a little longer than other fellow reputable places (6-8 weeks, average wait is around 4 weeks for checks). Juicy Stakes has made an impressive turnaround too under new management (7-10 days usually).

I am going to put money back online for the first time in a good while. I am planning on playing $11 and less MTT and STT. I will likely put $100-200 on one/all that I decide although my expendable poker bankroll is around $1,000 at the moment. I think having maybe $100 on each and using $1000 BRM numbers will allow me to see player pools, tourney schedules, and overall software. Then if/when needing to reload I can decide which site or sites I actually like and if I want to reload on them.

I am thinking of having 3 between Bovada, Carbon, BCP, and FullFlush.

I think I am set on Bovada and BCP, but my debate being deal with Carbon's late reg/re entry mess or not. If not, FFP is really the only other viable option to help make sure I get enough tournaments.

*Thanks in advance for the help

Seems like a solid plan to me.

Did you have a question in there somewhere that I missed?


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Kahn

This is pathetic. Ever since the big 3 were shut off to americans, online poker has become an absolute joke. Makes no sense we have to constantly seek out small time websites that could (and have) shut down and take our money without ever paying back.

How come almost every other country doesn't have online restrictions like America has?????

LAND OF THE FREE MY FAT A.S.S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so sick of this piece of **** country

+1 finally someone telling it how it is!! yeah!!!


I use to make fun of canadians but now I wish I was born in canada so sad

Post of the day.

does anyone know which site has the largest play pools for 100 - 200nl?

I currently have money on carbon and like the site. I play micro and small stakes no limit holdem 9 handed. I am looking to add another site just for more volume. I would like a site with fairly fast cashout times. (two months or less). I have money on bovada also but, I am looking for another site to use my holdemanger2. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Rather than sending a check?

Not US facing ones. Winning poker has a debit card system.

Meaning one wouldn't need to get a check? Do they have all games there?

Can you explain the debit card thing

I'm looking for a place that can do it without mailing anything so my roommates don't have to be involved

Right. They have mostly NLHE, and not a ton of volume. Their rake also gets pretty gross past 10NL because of their Beast bad beat jackpot.

Granted, I quit playing there ~6 months ago so it may have changed by now, but I doubt it.
They send you a debit card (I think you have to pay $25 or $50 to get it), then when you cash out they put the money in the debit account, fairly quickly from what I remember reading.

There's probably some stuff about it in the ACR support thread, or I think Winning might have its own subforum.

O gotcha thanks for the info. So there's no sites that just send the payment directly to the bank account or paypal huh?

Not if you live in the US, no.

Rats. Thanks. What's the best site for table games besides bovada?

WPN if you're playing 10NL and below. Also there is Intertops (invitation only).

Depends on the game(s) and stake(s) one wants to play. There is no correct blanket answer.

Bovada has the largest cash game player pool. However 4 games maximum. WPN has a lot of traffic due to The Beast. Merge is very close here though in terms of 100 and 200NL volume. Both Merge and WPN allow one to play many games (18 at Merge, 49 at WPN).


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Juicy stakes is fair to play in NJ right/

Yes.

I won't be playing until April, I guess I should check back then lol

Are bitcoin poker sites legal in the US or not? I'm still confused on that. Since pure bitcoin sites don't rely on banks or similar institutions to transfer money, UIGA doesn't apply, right? Or wrong?

Just like the UIGEA, it's a gray area.

Bitcoin sites are as legal as all the other non US-regulated online sites.

As for the UIGEA, IANAL but I don't see how Bitcoins would make a whit of difference - the law doesn't say anything about US Dollars. A payment is a payment.