Carbon Poker rocks

I may be just on a hot streak, but I have found the competition so
much softer than at PS or FT. I am playing fewer hands than I did at
FT or PS, but I am winning a lot more.

In less than two months there, I’ve almost doubled my initial deposit
in ring games alone. I won $70 in the initial depositor freerolls, and
have won a little over $48 in ring games (initial deposit was $50)—I
play the lowest stake and only play one table at a time, and I am
averaging probably around 70-80 hands or less per day. I’ve only had
about 3 bad days whereas on FT and PS I routinely had downswings lasting weeks.

People there are mostly loose passive, and some will stack off with
ace rags preflop, and most won’t even lay down mid-pair. And at least so far, the bad beats do not occur nearly as frequently on Carbon as they do at FT (especially) and PS.

Only downside is that table selection is limited due to fewer players,
but that’s not really a big deal; every table has a 50% player to flop
ratio or worse.

Do they take US players there?

Full Tilt was the only site I played at. But then I re-installed Carbon Poker to watch naruto_miu play tourneys, and I still didn't really play anything because I had no bankroll. But now that I have $5 (From the CC freeroll) I will be able to play real money games instead of nonstop freerolls on that site.

Thx mate (I know I've been a disappointment as of late, but it's bound to change..Ya carbons not a bad site, I like it myself, and have built up a decent BR there also...

Gl to you

Thanks, good luck to you also. I think you'll get a nice win here soon. And either way, win or lose, I still like watching you play.

I tried the Carbon regular freeroll for the first time yesterday. 3500+ entrants, but only top 10 cash. To me it’s not worth the effort. Maybe I’ll play it while playing on the cash ring games… but it distracts me and I don’t like the shovefest and luck involved. With ABC poker in ring games, you should do well. Last night I had a horrible run with cards, simply hit nothing. All the pots I won were with bluffs/semi-bluffs. Still only lost a dollar. The opponents generally don’t punish you hard enough for mistakes.

i dont reli like it myself, but you iver love it or you hate it

Glad to hear that you are doing well on Carbon. I like it as a site and have always found it to be pretty fair. I am not a believer in the rigged theory we keep hearing about on FT and other sites but in my experience there does seem to be less bad beats on Carbon than most other sites.

What are you talking about...I play on Carbon Every-day, Majority of the times, Multi-table the Tourneys, and Must say Carbon is just as Bad As FT, PP, PS, and any-other site out there ( I know I'm on the Shit end of it most of the times)....

Well, here is my story, I started with a zero bankroll than I played their freeroll ( Best freeroll ever). I won 4 dollar in their freeroll and never look back. My bankroll is currently at $150, most from playing their SNG Double up. Easy with less bad beat. Try it. CARBON POKER FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice just FYI, you have play requirements just so you know btw...I know this because I'm currently over 1500 from Carbons Free-Roll Games helped me to jump start my Br also...Congrats on yours though

Maybe I jinxed myself. Have had losing days two out of three. But still only down $2 or so overall. Last night, I sat at three tables. Net loss at every table. Had AK twice, AQ once last night in position. Lost all three. Showed down with the guy who beat me with A8. But folded on the river on the other 2. Luckily didn't lose big pots with any of them. Flopped a straight once, only to have the other guy tie me. Then flopped top two pair, only to have the other guy hit runner runner queens and beat me with 2 pairs and better kicker (I had J7, he had J9). Still, on a bad day like that, I could have been eaten up at PS.

Why not play in the 1500 or 2500 GTD tourneys (Freeze out) ...Better pay and worser play and big BR boost

Carbon I started using recently and I made 75 dollars off freerolls in 2 days. I would recomend it.

I too will vouch for Carbon now..started with a free roll win of $4.. and have only played a couple fast 50s. Lost one, placed first in 2, up to $7ish now.

What are GTD tourneys?

Been sticking to just ring games and occasional freerolls.

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Since I created this post, I am down $6 LOL. Thats a pretty bad swing for me since I dont play a lot. Just been card dead of late. Hitting air with almost every flop.

Almost had another losing day today. Made one bad mistake when I put the guy on a big overpair but still tilted away my stack with pocket tens.

But was able to recover and end up in the green thanks to a guy worse than me.

He called my 4xbb UTG preflop (I had AK) raise with 67 suited (hearts) from the button. Flop's 89K with 2 spades. I bet 25 into a 38 cent pot. He calls. 3d hits on the turn. I decided to just shove my remaining $2.80, and he called. None of his 8 outs land on the river and I ended up winning $1 for the end.

Perhaps not a great shove cuz most of the time I am behind if I get called there, but I was so sick of getting beat on the river I decided to just ship it. Thank god for Carbon Poker. LOL. Most players fold there.

what network is carbon on? Can I configure my poker tracker 3 to it?

Carbon is on the Merge network.

thanx for the info

I have never tried Carbon poker. After reading all the posts, I am going to download the site and check it out and see what freerolls they have. Thanks for the info.

The Free-Rolls there are really hard to cash in because they pay the top 10 Irregardless of number of Entrants, yet the Bright-side to it is though that they pay very nicely....60 for first in the 200 GTD ones, 30 for the 100GTD ones, and 15 for the 50GTDs ones, all are based the same way top 10..Gl

I much rather play the cash games given the soft competition-guys routinely call any raise with weak hands. It’s really hard to make the top 10 if there are 3000+ entrants. I don’t care how good a player you are. Luck will play a huge role in these freerolls.

I managed to make the final table 3 times out of 9 tries in the initial depositor freerolls, but there were less than 200 entrants everytime. With 15-20 times more entrants… I don’t think it’s worth my time. If I played, I would just shove a few times early on and hope to get lucky. Otherwise, I might end up sitting there for 2 hours only to end up with nothing.

Yes Carbon Poker Does allow players for the United States. They do not have ban restrictions on any country.

I've never deposited on Carbon but will probably have to in order to transfer &/or withdrawl. I've got a few bucks on there now but have hardly ever played on the site. It still just feels like Monopoly money to me.. on that site. idk.. not really into it. (I haven't played many of the reg. games on there, or any ring games... just a few priv. tourneys)

Umm I know that they dont allow Australia and Singapore..But they are US and Euro friendly.. I really like almost all the merge sites...better combined than those on Microgammings sites and the anaimations are awesome and funny!

The players in these are really, really, bad, so you need to be prepared for suckouts, but I agree.

There's a $5 buyin with $500 added on Carbon today, along with $100 & $109 bounty for KO'ing Shannon Elizabeth.
I think it's at 19:00 Carbon time... which is 20:00 est (< I think?)

The $1500 & $2500 guar.... what's the buyin for these & at what time do they run? (& tks for the warning re: really bad play)

Gl Poker Office, I'm in that game also

They actually run all day long but varies on the buy-in/Rebuy/Freeze-outs...I mean there's ones that happen at 20:00 Carbon times, that are $3.30, and then there are ones that happen at like 1/2/3/4 that are freeze-outs, and rebuys...So It really depends on which one you get into...Hope that helps


Hope this helps btw, these are the up-coming games, I'm registered for, and some are Re-buys while others aren't...Btw the 5k, is ****ing Ultra-Soft only reason I play in it, it's above the BR, but I mean seriously ppl just suck ...

One more thing, if your looking for a really soft game, there's 12.5K GTD Happening Tomorrow, I forget the time, but it's also $30 buy-in and, the field is pretty thin in it also

Btw You don't have to Deposit in-order to cash-out just so you...But it's better if you do because of many reason (I never deposited on Carbon as you know)...Yet the reasons are this, one Faster Cash-outs (I say faster because there support team told me it's one way to Identify a person, so that's why its actually better... 2) It enables a person to chat/type to Friends on different tables (If you don't deposit then you can only type/chat on your 1 table or as many tables as you are playing in, but if you do deposit then you can freely roam and chat as you plz)...3) You can transfer money to friends, but if you don't deposit then you can't transfer to friends at all, which sucks...

Yah, if I could transfer, I would've transferred all of it by now (not just to friends... but to anyone willing).
Maybe it's a good thing I haven't... & will take a shot at playing in a handful of these. Thanks for posting the screenshot of the lobby... will play the $3rebuy for sure for starters.

Np, Just curious why would you be willing to transfer to anyone, lol..

Just a simple deduction, competition on Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker should be tougher because it is where there is more money around and are scheduled the tournaments with the largest prizepools.