So do greendot visa cards work on Bovada or Not?

They send out these emails to see who gives away the link, then strike them down with the run bad hammer,.

Bovada has ceased operations??

Valarie W. (Player Care)
Nov 24 18:14

James,

No, you are receiving it because we have ceased operations and all remaining player balances are being cashed out.

Valarie W.
Player Care

Sorry, this was from UltimatePoker. As you were...

What state?

State of confusion.

Perfect

I hope you aren't correct cause im running worse than dog **** rite now

Zone poker does not = ring game points, correct? This weeks challenge is for ring game points, which means standard cash tables only right?

nvm, confirmed false as I went rostucko and then won about 3 more buyins.

These server change-overs suck. They are killing the tables. People just leave and don't come back and then the table dies.

I had about $10k in my Bovada account. I haven't played much at all the past 6 months, and haven't logged on in a couple months (I think not completely sure when the last time I logged on was). This morning I log into my account, my balance is at 0. I look at my account statements and there is activity in poker, a lot of 1knl and 2knl, games I did play in the past. I have no idea what happened, but it looks like someone else was playing on my account.

I call up support and they tell me that they see activity, and that the IP address of whoever was playing was in the same area as me. I ask if I can get a report of my account's playing activity / log-in activity with IP and they tell me that "they're not allowed to do that due to regulations" and that "any activity that goes on in my account is my responsibility." Overall they were not helpful at all.

I'm pretty secure in my computer setup, I do all skype/ internet surfing in a VM, and don't allow most files onto the host (where I have my poker clients). Also no one has access to my password/ account information. I have accounts at 3 other sites, and have looked at log in activity of these accounts and my email, and it seems no one but me has logged into these. I really am not exactly sure how this happened. I don't know if I got hacked because my setup is not secure enough, or if this is some sort of insecurity in Bovada, or perhaps if this is some inside job intentionally done by Bovada. I have no evidence of Bovada being responsible for this, but I do think it's certainly a possibility.

I'm writing this post to warn others of my experience and to see if anyone can give me any advice on steps I can take from here. I also wanted to let everyone know that CS didn't even pretend to try and help me when I called. Although I can't blame them too much, I'm sure it's not uncommon for people to donk off their account balance and call up and claim someone else was playing on their account.

Looks like Zone tables start short handed now.

It sounds like rather than someone breaking in and just emptying your account through a cash out, they played and "lost" it all. Perhaps this was a subtle way of emptying your account that would go under the radar. Your activity log should show what someone bought in and cashed out. I wonder if you hand history is available and if so, I wonder if a large amount of the funds were "lost" to a specific player?

In any case, I am sure this isn't a completely unique occurrence.

Is your router secured with wpa2? It sounds like one of your neighbors may have hacked in that way. That's too big of a coincidence that the ip address was in your neighborhood. I'd run malware scans to check for keyloggers and change all of your passwords afterwards including your router password/key.

I'd also call back customer service and ask them to examine the hand histories for chip dumping, that's your only chance to see any money back.

were many aware of how much you had in your account?

How exactly does that computer connect to the internet? Wired or wifi? Is it on a laptop? Have you ever connected with your account elsewhere? Is the password you use on Bovada unique from your other passwords? Does anyone else share your internet connection? I agree with the others, reviewing the hand histories in this case should be allowed.

And lastly, I don't mean this in jest, but is there any possible way it was actually you that played and don't remember? Again, hand histories will at least provide in disproving that notion.

I have a tech question,

If I share a secure WiFi connection with another laptop on the same home network and that laptop gets infected, is the 1st laptop at risk even if it's set to be hidden from other devices on the network? Or would a virus/malware be able to bypass that and find my 1st laptop and infect it too?

Also, bovada should consider adding a secure login option (token/cell phone code).

So I encountered a cool bug today. I was playing a heads up sit n go and my opponent had the button every single hand. After each hand the button would slide to me for a second and then go back to him. Being OOP for an entire heads up match is pretty fun. I hope bovada gives me a credit for this.... I lost obv lol. E-mailing support as I speak. Will update with their response.

That's hilarious. Let us know how support reacts.

Did u chat it up with your opponent about the issue? Pretty funny to say the least.

Yeah his only response was "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Zone tables start short handed now. Time for some PLO zone finally.

Glad to see that came through.. that was something we talked quite a bit about earlier this year. Should def help get games going and stay running.

Great idea. I think the issue was people not willing to wait for the games to start. Now, you can get in on the action immediately with just 2 other players.