Leaving Bovada, Where to go ?

I live in Florida. bodog was fine but the new software is unaceptible, Played in a tourny and couldn't even tell how many were left or when the levals changed. among other things.I need a safe site . Played on fulltilt and pokerstars for years and went to bodog after black friday.

Go to one of the Merge sites. You don't have much else of an option besides that or Cake.

I have joined the Merge network as of yesterday, I play at Carbon, its actually pretty descent compared to what options us U.S. players have right now.

I'm going to go to Merge aswell. I just played in a freeroll today on Bovada, was doing well and then the tournament got cancelled. They wrote me saying I would get my money back, well it was a freeroll!!!! When will I get the hour of my life I wasted back? Bovada's customer service also seems to be lacking compared to bodog. There reply was pretty much oh well...

Well after writing a complaint to their customer service department, they gave me a ticket to the new player 100k qualifier. I think they should have done more, but at least they did something.

Well I down loaded Carbon. Looks like it my be alright. Now I need to find a way to fund it..PLAYED THE 100.000 holliday freeroll on Bovada and won a ticket to Xmas tourny.

Oh I forgot ,...... WEE YEA!!!!!!!!!

I do the step tournaments for now on Carbon but if it takes to long for me to build a descent bankroll on there I just may make a deposit on there.

I have been working on steps on carbon but it seems like there more enjoyable if you play more than one table at a time. The first 2 steps are more like bingo than poker. I just save up multiple step 3's and do them all at one time.

how do you get step tickets on carbon

@jimmi
click player admin at the bottom of the client to pull up the websight. Under the my account tab on the left click play money. Then convert 250 play money to a step 1 ticket. max of 10 per day, but each merge site is seperate so thats a lot of options!

Majeg said:

I have been working on steps on carbon but it seems like there more enjoyable if you play more than one table at a time. The first 2 steps are more like bingo than poker. I just save up multiple step 3's and do them all at one time.

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thats neat I didnt know you could build them up, I dont get a lot of table time these days so the less I have to play those bingo rounds the better.

Our problems are withdrawals more than deposits.

America's Card Room (Yatahay network) is also an option, but we have yet to have a post about withdrawing funds....there is one around here with the regulations involved, but no actual experiences. It is a smaller network than either Merge or Cake, but it has the best feeling tables and action (apparently this is IMHO only).

I feel confident with intertops try that room out.

I played in a freeroll last night and finished in the final 25 and got a ticket to the new year day 150.00 entry. There is going to be a lot of dead money in this tourney so it probably will play a little wierd due to the number of free entries. The site must be eating up a lot of memory because I have been getting holdups on my screen when I am in a big tourney at Bovada. I think that employing a big pot strategy at Bovada cash games is about the only way you can win there, but you are going to be doing a lot of folding with no way to get reads.

jimmi page said:

Played in a tourny and couldn't even tell how many were left or when the levals changed.

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Actually, this information is clearly available in the tournament lobby- see screenshot below! Thanks, Becky

jazzaxe said:

I played in a freeroll last night and finished in the final 25 and got a ticket to the new year day 150.00 entry.

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I have tried this freeroll 2x and both times before the first go round, the software froze and I was booted, when I closed and tried to reopen it would freeze at the lobby, I am going to try and uninstall and reinstall the software, good luck in the tournament.

jazzaxe said:

I played in a freeroll last night and finished in the final 25 and got a ticket to the new year day 150.00 entry. There is going to be a lot of dead money in this tourney so it probably will play a little wierd due to the number of free entries. The site must be eating up a lot of memory because I have been getting holdups on my screen when I am in a big tourney at Bovada. I think that employing a big pot strategy at Bovada cash games is about the only way you can win there, but you are going to be doing a lot of folding with no way to get reads.

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PooffyFooffy said:

I have tried this freeroll 2x and both times before the first go round, the software froze and I was booted, when I closed and tried to reopen it would freeze at the lobby, I am going to try and uninstall and reinstall the software, good luck in the tournament.

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We’re sorry to hear you experienced some technical issues during the tournament. If this happens again while you’re playing, please contact our Poker Customer Service Department at 1-866-909-2237 or 1-866-909-ACES. Our team will be happy to walk you through some troubleshooting steps to get you back playing.

I just downloaded Bovada. I have to see how it works out for me.

It's said US players really don't have more to choose from lately.

Well, I took my entry I got from the free roll and won an entry into the big Sunday tourney. I have to say my style of play works well with this whole annonomous thing. I might stick around......

Bovada has a terrible HUD and annoynmous players, but it offers a sportsbook which is great and even better it does a free payout ever month.
Carbon charges 15 bucks per payout and im pretty sure there is no deposit fee (using credit card/visa.)
I am leaving Bovada as well, its just not a poker dedicated site. It has to much going on with its large casino, sportsbook, and horse races...Its poker download is lacking way to many features. I will use Bovada for my sportsbook tho; Its the best online with no contenders!
Is there a fee for Carbon when using your Visa? If so that a huge downfall since a withdrawl minimum is 100 bucks with a 15 dollar fee......

DESPITE WHAT I JUST SAID.............Bovada has great payouts and customer service..Dont site whore sites that may not even pay you and make you contact threw email....MY MIND IS SET NOT LEAVING. Thanks cardschat members for all the info regarding the terrible service of carbon.

After 6 years of being a faithful Bodogger, I finally have said goodbye forever. I am currently playing on Carbon. I had to deposit using WU bc they (or maybe my bank) won't accept a Visa transaction. After a week, I am about 20% ahead. Keep on grinding. I think I'm gonna like it here, I just hope the DOJ doesn't have any more tricks up their sleeve. Good luck and maybe I'll see you over at Carbon.

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After 6 years of being a faithful Bodogger, I finally have said goodbye forever. I am currently playing on Carbon. I had to deposit using WU bc they (or maybe my bank) won't accept a Visa transaction. After a week, I am about 20% ahead. Keep on grinding. I think I'm gonna like it here, I just hope the DOJ doesn't have any more tricks up their sleeve. Good luck and maybe I'll see you over at Carbon.

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Did you get your bonus on intial deposit ?? example. deposit 50 and your account showed 100???

I just signed-up with Carbon a couple of weeks ago to try them out. I haven't played at all since Black Friday, so I'm glad just to get back in the game in any form.

My VISA worked just fine for making a deposit. A little concerned, though, about when it comes time for a cash-out. From what I've been reading, they aren't exactly known for their speedy payouts.

My initial impressions of the site so far are pretty meh. Its OK, I guess and it gets me playing poker again. I actually plan on depositing a small amout on Bodog (or whatever they are calling themselves these days) and Cake as well and comparing all the sites.