HUD, Deposit questions about Bovada

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1. Since Bovada went anon, is it worth downloading a HUD program that saves information about players?

2. My friends and I have the same bank but only I had trouble depositing. Why?

any help is appreciated. Look forward to learning from you all, and killing you with laughter from my horrible decisions :p
 
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Bovada does not support HUD- so no player info saved....

As far as the bank goes ????? I have no idea
 
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I just deposited a little $ on Bovada last night. I used a prepaid visa, and had no issues. Gonna be weird playing without a HUD, but hopefully will improve my observation skills. ;)
 
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How does Bovada block HUDs from being used? Dont all sites technically not allow them but they cant normally detect them? Are HUDs actually allowed anywhere?
 
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I can see where using one bank account to roll 2 accounts could cause problems. I think they might look at that like a player trying to create 2 accounts, a big no-no.

As far as HUDs, they will be tough to use since bovada players usernames are randomly generated each time they sit at a table. I'm not sure if you could use it for the length of a session at one table though. Then, what happens when "player37" sits down at a table 5 days later, and your stats for the previous player37 pop up.

Additionally, I think the developers of the HUDs have to design the programming specific to the site the Hud is being designed for, so its unlikely anyone is working on one for bodog, due to the aforementioned issues.

Back in the day, there was a Handgrabber for Bodog, which worked in sync with Pokertracker and a HUD. Right around that time, all the sharks descended on bodog and scared all the minnows away. The profit there hasn't been the same ever since, though the sportsbook always brings in some bad players.
 
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How does Bovada block HUDs from being used? Dont all sites technically not allow them but they cant normally detect them? Are HUDs actually allowed anywhere?

HUD's arent banned anywhere, dont think they are even banned at bovada but they will reset after every session/tournament. the only HUD's that are banned are those that mine data.
 
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How does Bovada block HUDs from being used? Dont all sites technically not allow them but they cant normally detect them? Are HUDs actually allowed anywhere?

Bovada blocks HUDs by being anonymous like said above. I don't know of any site which doesn't allow the use of HEM or PT (Hold Em Manager and Poker Tracker). Though every pokersite it is against the rules to buy/import hands you haven't played your self. A poker tracker or hud just gives you a very good memory with built in statistics, and also helps you find leaks in your own game. Don't know of any other tracker/hud worth even mentioning though their are a couple more programs for studying.
 
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I just deposited a little $ on Bovada last night. I used a prepaid Visa, and had no issues. Gonna be weird playing without a HUD, but hopefully will improve my observation skills. ;)

It can only make your actual game better in my opinion to play without a hud. Relying on software to do all of the observation for you can't possibly help your skills. It may hurt your profit for a bit until you get used to making your own reads but I make enough on bovada monthly to pay a few of my bills and still add to my bankroll. I love that people can't have all the info on my play without working to get it during an actual game.
 
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The purpose of anon players is so HUDs cant be used. It's not possible. You can't record results for one table. Bovada did this to specifically make the HUD non-functional. PT and HEM will not even recongnize the game thats going on.

Chase Bank denied and froze my acct on my first deposit. It's a safety feature for new int'l transactions. They assume someone else is using your card and just lock the acct. I had to call to tell them to tell them the transaction was intentional. Maybe thats what happened.

Hope that helps.
 
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The purpose of anon players is so HUDs cant be used. It's not possible. You can't record results for one table. Bovada did this to specifically make the HUD non-functional. PT and HEM will not even recongnize the game thats going on.

Hope that helps.

not true, there are HUD's that arent also trackers work on Bovada, I'v seen them in vids at my training site.
 
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not true, there are HUD's that arent also trackers work on Bovada, I'v seen them in vids at my training site.

Sweet. Never heard of any. If you figure out what they are let me know.

I just kno PT and HEM are unusable

edit: even hh that you can download after 24hrs can't be imported.
 
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Well I have only been playing with HEM2 for a month now... so its not like I rely on it... back to the basics... I like this no tracker stuff... I like the anon stuff... Gives it all a fair chance.
 
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never met anyone actually good that 'relies' on a HUD, and its pretty lol to think it gives everyone a fair chance when collusion and multiaccounting got super easy
 
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never met anyone actually good that 'relies' on a HUD, and its pretty lol to think it gives everyone a fair chance when collusion and multiaccounting got super easy

I'm pretty sure if this becomes and issue that they will crack down and make everyone verify their account... plus it logs the IP address that you are coming from... so unless you have a server farm and proxies I don't see this as an issue... this is is simple as someone on merge creating two accounts... I had to put in my last four of my social security in too to verify so I think that this multi accounting myth will be dispelled shortly!
 
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I'm pretty sure if this becomes and issue that they will crack down and make everyone verify their account... plus it logs the IP address that you are coming from... so unless you have a server farm and proxies I don't see this as an issue... this is is simple as someone on merge creating two accounts... I had to put in my last four of my social security in too to verify so I think that this multi accounting myth will be dispelled shortly!


I haven't noticed any suspicious activity in the 8 dollar sng's. Either that or the colluders are just terrible at the game. I see a ton of people complaining about the possibility but I haven't seen any proof of it yet while I was playing or on any trustworthy forum.

Since you can download an entire SNG game a day or two after it's been completed with the hole cards showing of everyone playing, I'd assume colluding would be easy to detect and it would have been reported already.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen. It just doesn't seem to be as rampant as some of the people on this forum seem to think it is.
 
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