The webpage won't let me sign up for an account, and I can't even get on the site to see if it's worth joining. Do you think I would have any luck if my affiliate vouched for me? I've been with them since 2004.

I don't think it would make much of difference because they don't deny people from signing up. Have you tried a different web browser?

I'm in New York

My buddy was trying to sign up from NY today. Confirmed blocked.

Got cha. I don't think it's going to matter what you do then. GG.

Why aren't NY residents allowed to sign up for new accounts? Same on Carbon.

Because it's against the law in certain states to play online poker.

only MTTs maybe some SnGs if they run but mainly interested in MTTs, prolly no cash games ever lol

lol...although it may be true that it is illegal to play online poker in certain states this is not the reason NY residents are blocked. Online sports betting and online casinos are illegal in every state or almost every state and Bovada serves them. I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure the reason they block NY residents is because of the Southern District of NY.

The Southern District might be the reason, but I believe everything is up to the processor if they want to deal with the state or not and not necessarily the Poker Site itself.

I am making my first deposit on Bovada...
They are saying they will charge my bank account in CNY (chinese yen).
-Why are they doing that?
-will i get charged for an exchange rate?
-Has anyone else had this happen to them yet?

thanks for any help

how are you depositing through a bank account?

Have you all received the bonuses for that new vacation promo?

Read the fine print

Looking at the promo page it says cash bonuses will be paid out on Mondays.

I wasn't even aware of the promotion and I just opted in. Will they now go back to the beginning of this week for me and others who opted into the bonus late?

I highly doubt that the bonus is retroactive.

I remember I opted in late for the last one and didn't play any hands that day. The next day I was still credited $50 for all the play I already had during the week. So assuming this is the same, all of your play from earlier this week should count.

Debit card.

A recent bank statement works fine.

In past promotions they've went back to the start of the week that you opted in

Total, complete, and utter nonsense.

Yeah I read it. When I say I don't understand the statement I mean that the statement is ******ed. If you're good at poker then Bovada is a fine place to play. The whole "just gamble" thing sounds very stupid and, quite frankly, weak, as in a weak player with a horses@!t winrate.

Again with the "gamble for fun" nonsense. 5thStreet, no offense because I think you're one of the better posters on 2+2 but I don't like this one. Yes it's true that Bovada doesn't have a lot of the perks that online sites used to have (but are increasingly doing away with or at least minimizing). Don't expect the new sites that will be popping up the next few years as the U.S.A. comes back online to have the kinds of perks that were offered pre-black Friday. But my main point is this: before online poker were there no professional poker players? What brick and mortar poker room ever offered rakeback, VIP programs (the kind that gave cash back and not lobster dinners), mass tabling, stat collecting, etc? Answer, none. Yet even with tipping the dealers and waitstaff added to the expenses people still went pro by just one-tabling live with no HUD's or rakeback.

You're either trying to make merge better, or you really just don't get it.

Think more, post less please.