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in the history of online poker, how many were there? What were their names? What were the circumstances?

I know only of UltimateBet cause of USA gov closing their accounts and Rednines - not sure what caused it.
Now i see on cake network they sell 1$ for 0.15$.

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02-09-2014 , 06:29 PM

Pixcat

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Doyles Room:Liquidated

Pokerroom.com: Bwin shut it down twice. I have no idea why?.

Last edited by Pixcat; 02-09-2014 at 06:56 PM.

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02-09-2014 , 06:34 PM

TicKinTiMeBomB

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wpex.com

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02-09-2014 , 06:50 PM

Videopro

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victorypoker

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02-09-2014 , 06:52 PM

Doc T River

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Originally Posted by Pixcat

Doyles Room:Liquidated

Pokerroom.com: Bwin shut it down twice. I have no idea why?.

I guess you are talking about the original Doyle's Room and not the one that morphed into America's Card Room?

Pitbull Poker closed due to financial misconduct and super users.

Did Full Contact Poker ever get off the ground as a poker room?

Last edited by Doc T River; 02-09-2014 at 06:59 PM. Reason: I think Pokerroom closed because no one was sure if it was one R or two. ; )

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02-09-2014 , 06:56 PM

Andro

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Crypto and Entraction were awesome.

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02-09-2014 , 06:59 PM

Pixcat

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Originally Posted by Doc T River

I guess you are talking about the original Doyle's Room and not the one that morphed into America's Card Room?

Yes, i didn't realize the name lived on.

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02-09-2014 , 07:01 PM

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How could we forget PokerSpot? I'll be charitable and say financial issues.

Last edited by Doc T River; 02-09-2014 at 07:05 PM. Reason: To hear some tell it on here, Dutch Boyd is a no good ratnik.

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02-09-2014 , 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Pixcat

Yes, i didn't realize the name lived on.

The original closed, accounts were transfered to Full Tilt, and I don't know how many months/years later, another opened up. I think Doyle got worried about the feds with this second room and told the new site to remove his name. At first they declined but then agreed and changed it to ACR.

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02-09-2014 , 07:05 PM

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Planetpoker was the earliest site I believe, they switched to playmoney only around UIGEA. Still had my favorite software of any site.

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02-09-2014 , 07:19 PM

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Jetset Poker...its still around (I think) under another name, same software, only play money now.

Paradise Poker isnt around anymore is it?

[Edit] Found a thread Seven of Six made on Jetsets' shadiness:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...d-room-304553/

Last edited by 46&2; 02-09-2014 at 07:31 PM.

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02-09-2014 , 07:41 PM

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Doc T River

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In doing a google search, it looks like the name Paradise Poker lives on.

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02-09-2014 , 07:49 PM

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eloisezilla

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Pit bull poker, naked poker,

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02-09-2014 , 07:54 PM

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unlucky4me

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RPM, or did they do something called Juicy Stakes now maybe

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02-09-2014 , 07:56 PM

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-paradise was sold to sportingbet.
-there was a site called propoker that gave out like 600% deposit bonuses. real shady with house bots. Couldn't win on that site because it was a scam. Just abruptly closed one day without a word to anyone. Would love to hear anyone else that got scammed on this site though this was back in the early early days of online poker.

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02-09-2014 , 07:57 PM

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Pit bull poker, naked poker,

I think someone already mentioned one of those.

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02-09-2014 , 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc T River

In doing a google search, it looks like the name Paradise Poker lives on.

Maybe not them then. I know I always confused them with another site back then. I guess Im doing it again. The site Im talking about would have a 25k freeroll on new years or christmas eve.

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02-09-2014 , 08:03 PM

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To derail the thread slightly, I've decided to open my own room, Bull**** Poker. That way I'll get great publicity as when people get beat on the river, they'll be saying, "That's Bull****."

Being serious now, I think if a new company startes using the name of a former site, it counts as a closure. Kind of like the most recent Toyota MR2 wasn't the same as the original Toyota MR2.

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02-09-2014 , 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc T River

I think someone already mentioned one of those.

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02-09-2014 , 08:08 PM

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To derail the thread slightly, I've decided to open my own room. Bull**** Poker. That way I'll get great publicity as when people get beat on the river, they'll be saying, "That's Bull****."

Haha i like it. No one will be able to twist the site name to degrade it, as on other sites such as: Jokerstars or Fooltilt.

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02-09-2014 , 08:11 PM

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Got my start on Paradise poker back when durrrr was playing sit n gos

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02-09-2014 , 08:15 PM

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There were a ton of sites for a while when poker was huge. I never played on it but I remember seeing one called Come Out Poker which was a gay themed poker site where straights didn't count.

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02-09-2014 , 08:24 PM

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If that's not a joke that's fabulous

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02-09-2014 , 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc T River

In doing a google search, it looks like the name Paradise Poker lives on.

This one just stopped servicing the US and I think got much smaller as a result. At one point it was huge and it was the first site I signed up for. Fond memories of clearing the $200 deposit bonus at limit holdem back when it was actually possible to clear deposit bonuses at low stakes.

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