Did I Just Find a FTP Replacement?

I saw the large Bodog thread on here and decided to see what the current poker software looked like. It's kind of old school compared to Stars and yes FTP but simple in a good way. I also saw they are doing echecks with 25% bonuses on your first deposit. Sounds pretty cool.

Anyone still playing on Bodog? How's the field?

I saw someone mention a lot of sports bettors blow money in the poker room. This might be a nice change of pace since Stars and FTP are flooded with sharks.

Bodog has way less players, and you can play only up to 4 tables, so be carefull with the choice.

I only play 1 table at a time anyways.

I did email customer support asking them about changes from around 5 years ago till now and they responded in 15 minutes!!! They only do check cash outs which if you know me a little is why I am frustrated with FTP but they offer check by courier via FedEx which is awesome. I'll think about it.

Wonder why David Williams was so ready to runaway from this site?

Can you give me a link to thread about Bodog you mention? I want to read it.. Yes I'm playing at Bodog and yes it is soft.

Not a problem.

Bodog making some improvements.

Thank you. If you not yet make any deposit to Bodog, I suggest you plan for their match up bonus. Very easy to clear up. It takes 3 poker points for every dollar. I make a big mistakes with only deposit the minimum $20 and I cleared that bonus in 2 days, I am a casual player who only play 2 hours a day. If I know how easy it was, I would make an advantage of this. Their match up limit is $1,100.

Hope it helps.

Best Regards
onizuka

Edit : be prepared to see the same player over and over again in every table. Players are less, I can see a same player at 8 from 10 tables I played.

I was at Bodog in 2007 and i liked it. The software then was a little shady and tables weren't resizable but I think they have that fixed now. Don't know about now but the games were way softer than FT. Plus I like to bet football every now and then and maybe some blackjack too.

The thing is I think FT has forced me to be a better player. That and I think their software is addicting. It seems when I play anywhere else now I play well but can't stand to stare at anything but FT.

Been awhile since I've been to Bodog though so I am thinking I may find someone to transfer me ten or twenty bucks over there. I should be able to build a roll from that and bet some football again.

All in all Bodog is a pretty decent site to make some money. As long as they have all their software issues settled then I see no reason not to put money in their site.

Cannot agree more with you. I turn $20 to $286 in less than a month at Bodog, but find it hard to do the same thing at FT.

i always like more tournies and more oppurtunities that ftp provide. The promos are always great.

i did play bodog a bit tho and it was decent. Wont jump back on it tho as im hooked on ft

Because Stars offered him ten times more to represent them no doubt.

I find that, if I play more than one table, or play at a couple of different sites while playing Bodog, it gets slowed way down.Sometimes the lag time can be 3-5 seconds. If I try to do something else while playing I will sometimes even lose the connection. When playing one game, it is a great site to play.

I had only 1 problem with bodog...lagging tables sometimes. Plus HM doesn't work with that room.
None the less I like this room.

I still remain caught in between FTP and Bodog right now but I cannot overlook the benefit of Rush poker. Bodog capped me at $100 per 24 hours last night and even though it was nice to be able to call customer service on the phone and find this out, I ended up going on a $400 run in Rush. I now have the option on FTP to bank wire which has been my biggest complaint with the site since I am still waiting on a check from 10/26.

There are a ton of regulars in the larger buy-in games. I used to play there a lot in '07-'08. If you make deep runs in the guaranteed's, many times there are 3 or 4 people you recognize. I did well there and like the experience. Their customer service is great. I only stopped because the overlays changed when the buy-ins were upped.

Only reason I quit playing there was lag time on tables and no rakeback. Customer service was is very helpful and quick. Thinking of maybe making small deposit soon.

The 24/7 phone support Bodog has is great. If FTP could add this feature they would definitely be bigger competition for Poker Stars.

I'm going to assume they make a majority of their money from sports betting.

I've been wanting to try Bodog for a while, and this thread has me on the fence still. I like FT, but I actually have found that FT (at least at the micro stakes) is not as soft as I would have thought that it would be.

FT has the stiffest competition at micro stakes of any site I have ever played at IMHO. There are still lots of fish at the very lowest levels, but less than other sites I have played.

Anyone disagree?

Oh yeah. FTP is the real deal. Stars has very good players, too but even in like $2/$4 Omaha you can always find some drunk or rich guy who wants to blow their wad.

LOL

I don't mind bodog software, the only problem is the limited amount of players there. So much longer to wait for sng's and mtt's to start and much less options.

Decision make. I come back to Bodog after struggling with Full Tilt this past 5 days. Luckily first attempt at $7.50 + $0.50 DoN Turbo success. I need to build my bankroll again after donating it to FTP lol.

Bodog was one of the first sites I played when I started playing online poker. But like many others here, when I found Pokerstars and FT with their much larger traffic and smaller wait time I left Bodog behind. I still play once in a while on Bodog and still like playing there.

You guys talking bout bodog poker makes me want to play there again. I havent been there since 08. I think i am gonna give it a shot again. Thanks all for the good comments

Any updates? Anyone get back on Bodog?

I played on Bodog over the summer and found it to be pretty soft at around the $10 MTT level. The beginner tournaments are also fairly soft. The hand history there is absolutely terrible though. I've moved to pokerstars because I like being able to choose more variety in games and because pokerstars often has starting stacks of 3k 2.5k and 2k. I hate starting with 1500 in chips. I find I fare much much better when starting deeper stacked. If you keep good notes on players you will frequently run into the same ones again and again. Tournament sizes are usually between 100-200 so the prize pools aren't humongous but still can get pretty big.

I would have to say..I like the way you think. I am sure it is soft..with alot of peeps (sports betters) lookin to blow their wad! Awesome idea..thnx for theis

Am I really the only immature individual who finds this funny. No other 12yo mentalities?

Yes, I find Bodog to be extremely soft at the limits I've played (up to 100NL cash, and $20 SnGs). SnGs take forever to fill up, though. Software is so-so, and lack of written HH's is overwhelmingly annoying. Just trying to look back at the last hand for review during play tilts me hard. The removal of player names makes it much hard to decipher the HH at a glance, especially if the pot was multi-way.

100NL on Bodog plays like 100NL live... in other words, about like 10NL on FT/Stars. Very soft. I won like 3BI's in the last few days, playing probably less than an hour per session. I've never seen even 25NL play this soft at the other sites.

Not true about HEM/PT3 not working there. 3rd party poker handgrabbers are available which capture HH's for import. I used Idleminers grabber until the trial expired, I didn't buy it because HEM had announced they were working on their own built-in Bodog grabber. The latest version of HEM has it, but they're still refining it -- lots of posts in their forum about spotty success with it. I haven't seen it work but then again haven't taken the time to try and configure it. But once you have a working handgrabber, it works like any other site, and then you can use HEM/PT3 to review hands instead of their stupid HH viewer.

Also not true about check-only cashouts. As with other sites, cashout options depend on the individual's history and location. Aside from the usual (and expensive) options like Bank Wires and Moneygrams, they support some off the wall payment services like MyPaylinQ. In fact, if you deposit via MyPaylinQ, that's the only way you can cashout -- you can't even request a check (if you do, they'll ignore it and cashout to MyPaylinQ anyway). I just cashed out of BD this week for the first time via MyPaylinQ, so we'll see how long it takes to go through.

Bodog won't ever replace FT and Stars for me. The majority of my play is still on those sites, but BD makes for a nice and profitable diversion when I'm not in the mood to multi-table, or not looking to play a quick SnG.

I quit playing on bodog a couple years ago partly because of the lack of variety in games, almost all no limit holdem, and I love horse tourneys and though I was equally good at most games, checking my stats lately I am starting to realize maybe msotly N L holdem is good for me that seems to be the only thing i consistently have a high ROI in(+133%). This thread has me thinking maybe I should check back into bodog and see if there upgrades make a difference.

That is i thought I was equally good at all games,obviously not pokertableratings.com is a big help with that, I think I need to concentrate almost all my B R (maybe 95 %) on N L holdem!!

I have downloaded a few softwares (including bodog) trying to win money on a freeroll. Bodog will help you with any questions at any time where they have a hotline. I also like that they have pnts you can build up by playing on there and if you get so many you can play in restricted tourneys and stuff like that (I know a lot sites do that now but you can build pnts on there by just playing in freerolls.)

I played in a 150$ freeroll rush poker tourney tonight on FT, I liked it. Its about impossible to do any good though on a freeroll on Fulltilt that is open to everybody because the number of people that gets in it, its ridiculous. I really liked rush poker though, something FT has over Pokerstars.