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Originally Posted by BuzzBailey
Live player here looking to figure out online poker. I'm in NY, most casinos shut down.
ACR and ignition seem to claim i can play there?
Whats the catch? limited cashout methods, etc? They don't seem to be very forthcoming on the websites.
Appreciate any guidance.
I play live. Online is my training ground. Online is a lot tougher, which makes it a good training ground for live play. There's more money to make playing live.
There are 4 networks available to most US players with decent amounts of traffic: Chico (BOL, Sportsbetting), WPN (ACR, BCP), PaiWangLuo (Ignition, Bovada) and Global. The first 3 have multiple skins indicated in parenthesis. Global is its own skin.
They all have quick payouts. But because Chico, WPN, and PaiWangLuo are basically operating under the US legal radar they have limited banking options and crypto is the only good way to take a payout. With Global you get ACH payouts directly to your bank account.
The question you need to ask your self for playing online is if you want to play with a HUD, or if you are OK with players using HUD's against you. On both Chico and WPN HUD's are widely used and you can use one too. There are people on these sites who consider HUD's to be overrated and don't use one but generally speaking a HUD is recommended if you play at these sites.
I would say Global is the most like live poker, because players are not anonymous and note taking is allowed, but tracking software and HUD's are not allowed.
OTOH Ignition and Bovada offer another twist: anonymous poker. Players don't have persistent usernames, and everyone is just a number at the table. So you don't know who anyone is. You can use HUD to collect stats over a single session at a cash table or in a tournament, but you won't have persistent stats. If a player leaves the table and another sits down, you don't know if its the same player or someone else. HUD software is also useful for tracking your own stats.
My suggestion would be to play at Global, because its the most like live play. Playing with a HUD can spoil you if you become dependent on it. OTOH, I recommend playing on one of the two networks with HUD's because both looking at your own stats and and using player stats to exploit them can deepen your knowledge the game, which can indirectly improve your live game.