Can i play poker in the US yet? - Page 2

there are A LOT of hit and runners at the mid stakes and i think it operates primarily as a sports betting site

Hey I'm new here and have a home game on pokerstars but it's hard to keep track of everything ( buy in's, what players are in for , how much time they've been playing etc) with a paper and pen. Does anyone have any solutions for me ? Thanks i appreciate it ...
email me @ tominskiygreg@gmail.com
also if interested in playing in my home game i run omaha and nl holdem ... any state

After a little research about Carbon here's what I've found.

1. The rake is the highest 4.5% on every pot, lowers at $2/4 but there are no $2/4 games
2. No frequent player points (they used to have fpp, but dropped it )
3. No rakeback of any kind (They used to have rakeback but dropped it.).

Over time they are giving less and less back to the players,one gets the feeling they are in it for the short run. There are still rakeback sites including LP offering rackback at Carbon, but it just isn't true and hasn't been for years. Good things are:

1 You can use HUD
2. The software is good.

you guys probably should know this ....

i've recently heard from a friend of a friend who works at ultimatepoker that upper management has been telling the ultimate staff that bovada is in the process of being shut down by tribal casinos for operating without a license while these tribes are unable to obtain one ...

this isn't absolutely for sure but ive talked to a few ppl in the know and they seem to mostly agree.

it could happen as soon as 3 months from now.

get a deck of cards and start playing, that easy.

vpning is fine chris but u gotta have cashouts and all that shit setup through ppl and do trades and lose out on %'s of ur $. its not bad tho, if you VPN, don't pick a site that you will want to play on in the future, ie. 888 is going to be solid for a long time imo, so avoid 888, Party will be good again prolly, so why vpn there.

networks like iPoker run easy zoom games, if you are to VPN, choose sites like that if you are going to be playing poker for the long term.

GL

On July 31 2014 11:33 MARSHALL28 wrote: you guys probably should know this .... i've recently heard from a friend of a friend who works at ultimatepoker that upper management has been telling the ultimate staff that bovada is in the process of being shut down by tribal casinos for operating without a license while these tribes are unable to obtain one ... this isn't absolutely for sure but ive talked to a few ppl in the know and they seem to mostly agree. it could happen as soon as 3 months from now.

Watttt

It'd be nice if you could elaborate or at least keep us updated on what you're hearing for me and all others that have significant amounts on BV

On August 01 2014 02:25 TimDawg wrote: Show nested quote + On July 31 2014 11:33 MARSHALL28 wrote: you guys probably should know this .... i've recently heard from a friend of a friend who works at ultimatepoker that upper management has been telling the ultimate staff that bovada is in the process of being shut down by tribal casinos for operating without a license while these tribes are unable to obtain one ... this isn't absolutely for sure but ive talked to a few ppl in the know and they seem to mostly agree. it could happen as soon as 3 months from now. Watttt It'd be nice if you could elaborate or at least keep us updated on what you're hearing for me and all others that have significant amounts on BV

wow I would insta-cash out with a rumor that specific, its just not smart to leave any money in there besides maybe a small amount to play if you must

On August 01 2014 02:25 TimDawg wrote: Show nested quote + On July 31 2014 11:33 MARSHALL28 wrote: you guys probably should know this .... i've recently heard from a friend of a friend who works at ultimatepoker that upper management has been telling the ultimate staff that bovada is in the process of being shut down by tribal casinos for operating without a license while these tribes are unable to obtain one ... this isn't absolutely for sure but ive talked to a few ppl in the know and they seem to mostly agree. it could happen as soon as 3 months from now. Watttt It'd be nice if you could elaborate or at least keep us updated on what you're hearing for me and all others that have significant amounts on BV

that was all the information i had. i don't know any of these people first hand

pretty sure the feds have been unsuccessfully trying to stop bovada for a long time tho no? they have no offices etc in usa

time to cashout dawg <3

im only cashing out at the same pace I had been ... but im playing a ton more now ... trying to earn as much as possible cuz i have a feeling if they get shut down they are going to pay out all the accounts.

they have a successful sportsbook ... if poker gets shut down i'm sure they don't want all the sportsbettors to cash out all their funds.

bovada is licensed by the phillipine gov't and pays them massive taxes...doubt phillipines would ever sell them out to the feds...unless the feds catch ayre but good luck with that

but who knows the feds always find a way...

either way very weird that ultimate poker would say this seems more likely to be some form of disinformation (heard similar rumors a year ago from very reputable sources but nothing happened)

cashout requested lol

i heard from a friend of a friend that every time you breathe you are closer to dying. also heard from a friend of a friend that a friend of a friend has a friend of a friend that told a friend of a friend that poker players are poker players and can type anything into a box and make poker players believe poker players who are poker players, said a friend of an upper level management friend of a friend...insta cashing out of bovad, thank you baal stain for the wise advice!!!! eat something that doesn't spike ur insulin a few times a day fyi

On August 03 2014 08:44 shootair wrote: i heard from a friend of a friend that every time you breathe you are closer to dying. also heard from a friend of a friend that a friend of a friend has a friend of a friend that told a friend of a friend that poker players are poker players and can type anything into a box and make poker players believe poker players who are poker players, said a friend of an upper level management friend of a friend...insta cashing out of bovad, thank you baal stain for the wise advice!!!! eat something that doesn't spike ur insulin a few times a day fyi

i heard from a friend of a friend that you are an idiot

Im acctually serious lol

<3

On August 02 2014 10:52 Skoal wrote: pretty sure the feds have been unsuccessfully trying to stop bovada for a long time tho no? they have no offices etc in usa

their servers must be here tho right? how else do they only offer poker inside the US? why is it they don't offer to anyone outside US/canada?

servers are definitely not here, would be wayyy too ez for them to get busted and they only offer to US as bovada because thats their way of protecting the bodog brand markettingwise and legally internationally if shit hits the fan for bovada somehow

bovada is a shell of bodog comprised of many other shells that are always changing to do payment processing

the phillipine gov't hands out int'l gambling licenses very easily cuz the country is so broke and its a great way to collect taxes

you seem to know more about them than pretty much anybody i know. so what do you think the chances are that the info i'm getting is accurate?

i personally feel the chances that all the sudden random tribal casinos in cali/usa have found some leverage to shut down a multimilliondollar international company that the feds have been trying to stop for years (and founder is on ICE's top hitlist) to be around...very low lol

also seems weird coming from a brand like ultimate poker thats making no money.."stop playing the illegal site cashout your funds and come play on ultimate!!!!!"

the main worrisome thing imo is the gov't/isp's gaining full control of internet which is probably the only way they could stop bovada

either way cashing out your bovada rolls is completely retarded, even if you knew 100% that in 6 months bovada was fucked, it'd still be worth it to keep some money and keep playing lol

carbon is good but i have heard some weird stuff about them recently

ACR has more regs but has been reliable since they started and the games are solid - we could use new blood - americascardroom.eu - sign up for the debit card, takes a few weeks, its worth it. ur poker br is on u at all times in ur wallet etc