Online rooms closing: How do you bail out?

How to best leave a 'folding site':

  • Attempt withdrawal on coin-flip odds of payout..

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • Go on a bankroll-bender!

    Votes: 4 57.1%

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FromHereOn

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Howdy folks!

I'm finding myself possibly in a 4th scenario online since I've played where my bankroll sits under $100 after 1 min deposit, and I see either a huge drawdown in players, or perhaps an entire site closing down.

Generally, a recurring theme is "poor withdrawal times" or "no payment" when a room winds down. After Black Friday, I'd shifted my mentality to consider all of my deposits as "spent". All-in-all, I'm not unhappy with a few hundred dollars being the price of business for years of real money play.


Question:

If your cardroom was to shut down tomorrow, and your "withdrawal equity" was 50/50 of getting paid, or not paid, would you just tilt-off all your funds in a higher stakes game? I'm considering that just for the entertainment value.

Would you rather hit the withdrawal button on a coin flip? I'm curious to hear what you all think!
 
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donkcentralFF

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Hit the bankroll bender... Could make an insane run than go for the 50/50 cash out
 
BadB420

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This is something i've been currently facing myself with carbon. Huge overlays in big tourneys and slow payout times.. I decided to pull most of my funds off and kept enough to buy into the $215 big ticket.

I ended up min cashing the big ticket so I will still have a little money to play around with on carbon but here's to hoping My check comes in. I have withdrawn from carbon before but definitely seems like things are going down hill for sure now!

It is definitely player dependent but in my case with not knowing if I will even get my money I decided to just withdraw and keep enough for a big game. Hope this helps a little and I will update on the withdrawl!
 
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aolguin3

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What website are you guys talking about just in case for me not to make the mistake to deposit. Oh and maybe if the bankroll you have is not over 2 or 3 hundred I think you should spend it and entertain yourself, in the other hand if your bankroll is over those amounts throw a coin flip and withdrawal.
 
FromHereOn

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What website are you guys talking about just in case for me not to make the mistake to deposit. Oh and maybe if the bankroll you have is not over 2 or 3 hundred I think you should spend it and entertain yourself, in the other hand if your bankroll is over those amounts throw a coin flip and withdrawal.

At this time, Carbon Poker is showing troubling signs. Nothing official
 
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I did the same on Lock Poker. Like everyone else I gave up on getting any cash outs & started playing higher stake games.Of course ended up losing my bank roll because of poor bankroll management but it wasn't like I was going to get a cash out anyway.I do not like to build a bank roll over 500 on any online poker site.
 
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pkr might be troubled room soon by my opinion
 
rifflemao

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Been playing cash underrolled on Carbon. Just thinking of it as an extension of other online rolls, and much-needed experience.
 
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