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I play 10nl 6max mostly. I saw some posts saying there's a lot of fish on merge sites? I'm thinking that's good. I want tons of fish. That's how u make money. But I can't decide if my new home should be Lock or Carbon? CC has some events on Carbon I think. So that's a plus for carbon. I was leaning towards Lock but there no CC events. I'm just not sure which to deposit at. Which ever one I pick I will play a lot of cash games at. What u guys think? How's customer service at both? Stars had good customer service but I played my cash games at full tilt cuz of rake and there customer service was horrible in my opinion. I know they both give 35% rakeback I believe so that's awesome. Also I trying to deposit thru western union. Do they both do that? And I have PT3 I assume that works for both?
 
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I play at lock, mainly the don sng and the micro
cash games. The only dealing with support I've had with them
was asking for a usemywallet invite, which
they sent right away. I've noticed carbon has more to pick
from in terms of tourneys but I think the cash
games are fairly the same.

I may be putting some money on carbon as well soon since they have
some mtt sng games that lock isn't running.
 
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They are both essentially the exact same, just depends on the private and site specific tourneys is all. Like CC has a private tourney on Carbon, but none on Lock, yet. The cash games are not site specific, so someone on Lock can play someone on Carbon. I personally like the look of Lock a little better, and they have one way that makes it a lot easier to get money on there, but you can't get the deposit bonus from it, but any visa or MC will work with it
 
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Lock has a samurai! That's all I needed to know
 
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Lock has a samurai! That's all I needed to know
I LOL to that.

But yea, the samurai guy is cool:icon_joke

Lock have a cool page about your stats (very sharkscope-like).

Games are pretty much the same. PT3 works for both

Not sure if call it new home is a great idea with all things happening lately.
 
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I have a Carbon account which Cardschat hosts games on. No Lock account.
 
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I have been leaning towards carbon but I am a little iffy about making a large first deposit but I hate to lose that bonus.Do both sites have reload bonuses??
 
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ya im considering both of these sites as well; are they still offering the 200% deposit bonus?

if so, what are peoples opinions on taking full advantage by making a $1k+ deposit?? im really worried about putting that much money on ANOTHER site especially one without a huge reputation like pstars had.....also ive been told that although this is the best signup bonus in the biz right now, if you are a microstakes player the bonuses are impossible to clear? what do u guys think is the minimum stakes one needs to play in order to clear the bonus in a reasonable amount of time?

also any BIG differences between the software of these two sites?
 
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I wouldn't put a grand in. I mean there's good chance fbi might go after them too u know? I was gonna deposit 100 maybe 200 cuz then I have 20 buy ins for 10nl and I like to have 20 when multi tabling online. But with the what happened to big 3 I don't know if I wanna put in more than a hundred. I should be ok with 10 buy ins plus the deposit bonus money as I clear it as long as I don't get off to a real bad start. I refuse to play less than 10NL. I mean that's about all I can take. 5NL play would be too frustrating for me. I'm guessing its an all in fest.
 
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ok,costumer service at Carbon is great in my opinion but i'm not sure that they support western union...you can use moneybookers for deposit(i would recommend it ;))and it takes just a couple of minutes...and if i would have to choose between these two rooms i would pick Carbon that's for sure ;)..and yes,there is a lot of fish ;)
 
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Well I did it. I just sent 100 thru western union to Lock. The samurai put me over the top. Plus I didn't realize the bonus was 200 I thought it was 100%. So I put in a hundred and with bonus I hoping that's enough buy ins to get me started at 10NL.

Tho I am a lil angry with one thing. Someone stole my name! I couldn't use RdotJdot! What asssss would do that to me???? He better hope I don't sit at table with him. And I hope to god someone fromm CC wouldn't do that. I doubt it. But it had to be someone who saw me on stars or somewhere cuz that's a pretty original name. Who else would thing to spell out the dots? It angers me!!! Aaaaaarrrrghhh. So I had to use my backup name. Same one I used at tilt to get rakeback. So my jname at Lock will be Riverbot. And whoever stole my name better hope they don't sit at table with me! It will be war!
 
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You never open another account in Merge?, Aced, PDC, Nordica, Refeer, feltstars, players only, etc, etc.

If you open account in another skin but in same merge network probably you already use that nick, if not then someone in all the network probably use it, not mean that was used in Lock necesarily, could be in any other skin of the network, but because player base is same for all skins then can´t have same nick even if is in different sites.

At least you are back to play.
 
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Wow not many games at all. I don't. Like the software as much as stars or full tilt either. Welcome to poker after black friday
 
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Well I did it. I just sent 100 thru western union to Lock. The samurai put me over the top. Plus I didn't realize the bonus was 200 I thought it was 100%. So I put in a hundred and with bonus I hoping that's enough buy ins to get me started at 10NL.

Tho I am a lil angry with one thing. Someone stole my name! I couldn't use RdotJdot! What asssss would do that to me???? He better hope I don't sit at table with him. And I hope to god someone fromm CC wouldn't do that. I doubt it. But it had to be someone who saw me on stars or somewhere cuz that's a pretty original name. Who else would thing to spell out the dots? It angers me!!! Aaaaaarrrrghhh. So I had to use my backup name. Same one I used at tilt to get rakeback. So my jname at Lock will be Riverbot. And whoever stole my name better hope they don't sit at table with me! It will be war!
Do you or have you ever had an account on any Merge site before? If so, that is why, because they are all the same network.

Also, did you just pretty much confess to multi-accounting on FT?
 
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i only been using one name. Nothing shady I promise. U trying to get me in trouble ? I got over 300 on there I want back eventually.

And I dont think I opened anything in another merge network but who knows.
 
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;) I'm really just playin with ya.

As far as Merge, it really wouldn't surprise me if at some point you may have opened one on one of their sites, they have a ton:

Carbon Poker, Lock Poker, Poker Nordica, Aced, PDC Poker, Gr88, RPM Poker, Poker Host, bluff Room, Hero Poker, VIP.com, Optimus Poker, BlackChip Poker, Felt Stars, TuxPoker, OverBet, Bulldog777, PokerCity, 365 Bonitas, PokerFantasy, Walker Poker, Golden Arch Poker, Iron Duke MVP Poker, KingsClub Poker, 1Bet2Bet, Bet on USA, Oddspoker, PokerGeezers, PokerOne, BetED, Maxium Poker, The USA Rounder, eBets, WorldWide Gamble, PlayAces, StarNet Poker, AllPro, Belmont, BestECasino.com, BetUSA, Everbody Plays, Hailmary, Hollywood, iWager.com, NYC Poker, ProBets, Only Winners, Haha Poker...

Or even if you had one on a past room that merged with one that you didn't even realize. This happened with me as I had a account on Reefer Poker for some event I played in, and that got merged with FeltStars...
 
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Yeah its possible. When I first started I may have opened a few with an old email address. I don't remember for sure but its definitely possible. Thst was like 6 years ago so who knows.
 
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But even on CC events I use riverbot on tilt. So if someone opened an account under RdotJdot on FT its an old email that hasn't been used for at least 5 years. I not saying they did but if they did it hasn't been logged on for at least 5 years. Just saying
 
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Carbon probably has better promos. Other than that they are basically the same site.
 
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I definitely liked software on stars and full tilt better. Its just like smoother and they both have more to it. I knew the game selection would be less but there r even less games going than I expected. I thought since cash games were all of merge there be good number but there were only a few going when I was on early afternoon. I am guessing it will be better tonight when I get home.I gues it is what it is. Maybe more people will sign up as people get sick of not playing online and there will be more games going in a bit.
 
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played both not much differnt between the 2
i think ima stick with lock
 
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I was thinking lock also. What's so bad about the software? I understand lower traffic or game selection but as long as there are fold, call, raise buttons and some sort of table display....
 
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I like Lock's software personally, the traffic is lower when you compare it to FT or PS, but every site is lower compared to them, but for the US players, what choices are there out there, its either Merge, Cake or bodog.
There are plenty of cash games going on, but the SnG traffic can be really slow at times.
 
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Carbon Poker as you can change the table images and colours. Also Carbon is the flagship sites of the Merge Networks.
 
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