I like it because;
Best (IMHO) interface going. Easy to get custom look and colors you want for the table, carpet, felt, 4-color deck, card backs, even the rail!
Best and easiest custom player icons around.
They actually pay
Great game selection, from $530.00 to 0.11 cents, DS to Super turbo SS games. Hold'em, Omaha, 5-7 stud, mixed games, you name it.
Emoticons are fun
The little trophy icons are cool, when they have them (they stopped after I started wining the
freerolls, have not yet won a major game that has them.:argh: )
Best history window you can get; both visual and line by line.
Nice line of note icons (From Fish to tilt)
They have multiple skins, so if you're play is on someone's tracking software, you can play that same game under a different name on another skin.
Decent customer service
I know for a fact they monitor the games for multiple users and other cheats/collusion artists. They have, in my experience, taken that stuff seriously.
The RNG is decent. It is, for example, one of the few sites that you can see quads and other
hands on a proper basis (stands up to the predicted charts) and stuff like the absence of aces preflop holds pretty well. (I thought something was odd about seeing so many quads, turns out it actually follows the proper times you should see them per number of hands. Other sites, you never see them.)
They have made it soooo easy to get big tickets dirt cheap. I spent $6.00 to get a $33.00 ticket over only 3 MTT's, and actually made it plus my $6.00 and around $8.00 over that.
Good add-on value - some games that start off with only 3k in chips have a $1 addon after the first break that is 20k for one dollar (that was why the $33.00 ticket was so cheap and had overlays that gave me a profit; loony players overplaying and rebuying like mad men - watched a few spend over $30.00 and never got the ticket or got paid!)
And the best "for" of all: CC has freeroll games there! Decent starting stacks and blind levels that do not have you playing loose as a goose to keep up (12 minutes is very nice after playing 3,5,7,8 or even 10)
Cons;
Some rebuy games you get into with a ticket, you must rebuy with cash only, not another ticket.
Occasionally, the software gets a glitch.
Monstrous long late entries for some games that do not need it. (if you enter at the last minute, you start with less than 10 BB's, it's pointless. Then again, it can work to your advantage against those who do)
People can take excellent notes on your play, if playing with you or not.
The low buyin games can have more loose cannons and calling stations than the freerolls sometimes. If you thought "it's free" was bad, be prepared to extend that to hearing "It's only a dollar/two dollars/ 5 bucks"
Home of the Bully-donks; guys who are over aggressive, some who gladly play all in or fold EVERY hand! You may start out at 10/20, they will force it to 150/300 every hand they get. Nuts who will also call with any two suited cards. The good thing is they hardly ever keep that streak alive and end up doubling you up, sooner or later, if you are careful. Lots of donkey betting (calling a raise after limping, then betting the flop OOP. You never know if they got it or not)
If an oddball hand won for some pro on TV, bet your bottom you will see a lot of guys there playing it. For example, right now it's J-rag (suited or not). They saw it on WPT, so now they just think it's a winner everytime. Takes while after they get lucky a few times to sink in it's not a long term winner.
Lots of over-bluffers who like fancy plays. This can be an advantage if you play it right. If not, look out.
Limping with big hands is a little too common.
And lastly, a very odd thing I notice; there tends to be a lot of double flushes on Carbon; Ie, your K-x suited will run into A-x. Your 89 suited will run into J-10 of same suit.
Now, keep in mind I do not play cash games, only MTT. Ask someone else how that is.