Bodog or Carbon? Which is better?

#1 17th April 2011, 5:34 AM

Okay, I'm a US player trying to find a new home.
There may be other options and I'd appreciate you mentioning them but right now I'm considering...
Bodog or Carbon. Which do you think is better, and why?

I play both cash games and tourneys but there is no way I'm depositing any money soon, so I'm looking for the best affiliate to download the software from. This means freerolls.

In addition to regularly scheduled freerolls, some affiliates offer exclusive weekly/monthly freerolls or satellite tournament tickets for downloading from their site.

Best so far for Carbon is Cardschat: $100 weekly freeroll.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

#2 17th April 2011, 3:01 PM

I think all the merge sites have a few daily
free rolls, 200$ ia what I've seen. I havent
Noticed any monthly free roll tourneys though.
But I could just be missin them, as far as the
CC free rolls, j don't qualify for the free roll
club yet so I havnt really checked to see where
all they are held.

#3 17th April 2011, 3:15 PM

I got Carbon with rakebrain which is like 30% rakeback I believe, but I'm in the same boat as you - not making a deposit. Are there any good affiliate no-deposit offers for Bodog like extra freerolls as you mentioned?

#4 17th April 2011, 3:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psy0nyd3

I got Carbon with rakebrain which is like 30% rakeback I believe, but I'm in the same boat as you - not making a deposit. Are there any good affiliate no-deposit offers for Bodog like extra freerolls as you mentioned?

I know there are no-deposit offers for bodog. One that I saw was 10 dollars cash and a 11 dollar ticket to a 5000 guarantee tourney.

I like Bodog personally because you can also bet on sports with them... which, with the bonus you can use the money for sports wagers

#5 17th April 2011, 3:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d44ve

I know there are no-deposit offers for bodog. One that I saw was 10 dollars cash and a 11 dollar ticket to a 5000 guarantee tourney.

I like Bodog personally because you can also bet on sports with them... which, with the bonus you can use the money for sports wagers

Can you get that offer directly from Bodog or do I have to dl from an affiliate?

#6 17th April 2011, 3:23 PM

You have to get it from an affiliate, at least I did.

#7 17th April 2011, 3:26 PM

^Hmm you don't remember the name of the affiliate?

#8 17th April 2011, 3:28 PM

Check your PM's

#9 17th April 2011, 3:33 PM

If you are doing freerolls, Carbon is the way to go, Bodog does not have a big selection. I just went on yesterday and did not see the 2 a day they used to offer, maybe they just don't run on weekends.
Also their cash games and stts are awesome, soft, easy to build a roll.
The Mtt sngs take forever to fill, although that might change now if it picks up traffic.

#10 17th April 2011, 3:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

If you are doing freerolls, Carbon is the way to go, Bodog does not have a big selection. I just went on yesterday and did not see the 2 a day they used to offer, maybe they just don't run on weekends.
Also their cash games and stts are awesome, soft, easy to build a roll.
The Mtt sngs take forever to fill, although that might change now if it picks up traffic.

I would image that traffic is going to pick up a lot for them now that half the members of the other sites cant log in.

#11 17th April 2011, 3:48 PM

Is there much difference in the merge skins?
I've taken a look at carbon's site and unless
I'm missing a lot(very possible) it looked pretty
much the same as what I see on Lock

#12 18th April 2011, 8:08 PM

i like bodog...easy opponents..people tend to be pretty big fish on that site

#13 18th April 2011, 9:25 PM

i've never had a problem cashing out from bodog...

-the freerolls are tuff on carbon ... 2000+players for 24 prizes...sat tickts and top 4 get cash too

you can only 4 table on bodog ..and there are less sng options

#14 19th April 2011, 4:05 AM

I'm playing on Bodog and it's wretched. Stars software was top notch. I'm almost willing to rent a virtual desktop in an offshore data center and install Stars on it and play from there.

And that's how bad an experience it is playing on Bodog. (I do like their sports book, except that it crashed when I tried to put money on last year's KY Derby, and of course, my horse won earning me nothing but "sorry"....)

#15 19th April 2011, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d44ve

I know there are no-deposit offers for bodog. One that I saw was 10 dollars cash and a 11 dollar ticket to a 5000 guarantee tourney.

I like Bodog personally because you can also bet on sports with them... which, with the bonus you can use the money for sports wagers

Hi d44ve,

Can you PM me the affiliate too?

Thanks!

#16 19th April 2011, 11:45 PM

do you honestly think any site is a "wise" idea to put money on?....I sure don't.

#17 20th April 2011, 12:23 AM

Bodog is pretty good
But I prefer carbon poker because of the game play

#18 20th April 2011, 12:59 AM

Bodog sucks for Multitablers, only can play 4 games at a time

#19 20th April 2011, 2:21 AM

have any of you guys deposited on Carbon? and if so what method did you use?

#20 20th April 2011, 3:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volc90

have any of you guys deposited on Carbon? and if so what method did you use?

Carbon used to be fairly easy but that's changed recently. It used to be that you paid something like 2% fee to fund the account using your checking account but I think it's a bit harder now.

Bodog took me a good week to get any money into. And yes, they only allow 4 tables at a time. I also prefer the software of Carbon.

#21 20th April 2011, 7:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcor

do you honestly think any site is a "wise" idea to put money on?....I sure don't.

as long as you dont put your life savings on a site, just a small amount to play with, you cant go wrong. People wanna play online poker, so they have to take the risk of depositing.

#22 20th April 2011, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KerouacsDog

as long as you dont put your life savings on a site, just a small amount to play with, you cant go wrong. People wanna play online poker, so they have to take the risk of depositing.

+1. I'm going to pick a site and put 50 bucks on it. If things work out great. If the DOJ messes it up oh well, its the same money as going out to a movie.

#23 20th April 2011, 10:55 AM

you can actually cash out at BODOG. I have, and I was impressed with how fast they send you your money. And for me, it did not bounce! The software is laggy sometimes, not great. sometimes it freezes up on their end.......but what else is new!

#24 20th April 2011, 4:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

If you are doing freerolls, Carbon is the way to go, Bodog does not have a big selection. I just went on yesterday and did not see the 2 a day they used to offer, maybe they just don't run on weekends.
Also their cash games and stts are awesome, soft, easy to build a roll.
The Mtt sngs take forever to fill, although that might change now if it picks up traffic.

This appears to be happening. There were over 10000 online last night, pretty much double traffic. And i played a $5, 45 player MTT SNG last night for probably the first time since Carbon began.

#25 20th April 2011, 6:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volc90

have any of you guys deposited on Carbon? and if so what method did you use?

I only have mastercard, and they are not accepting that... so i had to go to my walmart and get a prepaid visa card to deposit.

#26 21st April 2011, 3:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volc90

have any of you guys deposited on Carbon? and if so what method did you use?

Visa debit card.

Carbon was a lot tougher and took longer to cash out on than Bo.

#27 21st April 2011, 3:24 AM

I played Carbon today and did well. I've had the software for at least 4 yrs but haven't played it in at least 3+ yrs. I didn't like it back then but today I'm sold.

#28 21st April 2011, 6:56 AM

I downloaded Carbon tonight. I'm depositing next week but I played some play money (yuck) to get the feel of the software. Its pretty intuitive and multi tabling seems to work okay. I miss table ninja though They definitely have some good rakeback deals out there and the traffic is going to do nothing but grow.

Carbon FTW I think.

#29 21st April 2011, 11:41 AM

I much prefer Carbon - but I've also got a soft spot for Bodog. I like Bodog software because it's so different from anywhere else. But Carbon is definitely tops for tournament choice at the lower buy-ins range.

#30 24th April 2011, 4:45 PM

I got a no deposit bonus for bodog and have played around 4k hands and so far I love the software. The first person perspective on the tables is a great change from having 'preferred seats' and stuff.

Not only that but the play is soft. Even while making tons of horrid plays I'm pulling a little bit of profit. If only I could get rakeback. I think with the no-deposit bonus rakeback is 100% impossible, but oh well.

As has been said their sit-n-gos and tourneys dont fill up fast enough, but I much prefer cash tables anyway and there are plenty enough to satisfy me.

#31 24th April 2011, 5:16 PM

If you are new to bodog, you get 1 month of New Player freerolls, after that there are so few freerolls, that you can't think of bodog that way.

The ergo experience with either of these sites was for me the most compelling reason to avoid both of them. Both the Tilt and Stars, and even the Cereus software was uncluttered and simple and allowed me to concentrate on the table and the play. Carbon's table is cluttered, bodog's table is ugly. The software at both is acceptably fast, but it appears that the players at both have some distractions that defy explanation.

I know that PT3 will have a hard time multi-tabling at Carbon.

#32 25th April 2011, 2:01 AM

I have an older computer that doesnt have much memory capacity, is bodog or a merge site better for keeping my computer from freezing up?

#33 25th April 2011, 2:03 AM

Well, Bodog is the worst poker site on the internet so let's see, hmmmmmmmm

#34 25th April 2011, 2:05 AM

I know last time i played bodog they had slim to none variety in mixed game touneys, could someone tell me if carbon has many horse or mixed game tourneys , mid to low buyin, TY!!

#35 13th June 2011, 7:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj11

If you are new to bodog, you get 1 month of New Player freerolls,...

Is a deposit required for the New Player freerolls at Bodog?

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