Thinking about getting back in to poker

dsvw56

dsvw56

I'm a Taurus
Silver Level
Joined
Jun 7, 2008
Total posts
1,716
Chips
0
Hey all. Some of you may remember me, some may not. After Stars closed up shop in the US I just quit poker outright and now I'm thinking of getting back in to it. So some questions for some of the cash game regs around, especially those playing in the US.
1. How are the games? I imagine after everything went to hell, so did the quality of games.
2. What are the playerpools like on US friendly sites? More specifically, are there generally enough NL25-NL100 games running to game select decently?
3. How much of a hassle is it now depositing and withdrawing?
4. What rooms would you recomend playing at?

Thanks for your time guys.
 
TheseNutsWin

TheseNutsWin

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Mar 21, 2008
Total posts
403
Chips
0
I'm exactly in the same position and I'm in NY which cripples me when it comes to options of networks. I think The Americas Cardroom is the best option at the moment and I'm trying to get my money on. I finally installed Fusion to run windows on my mac and ACR seems to be working fine on it. People at 2+2 seem to say a lot of good things about the ACR debit card and withdrawals being a none issue. The only problem is the small field 4k of people in the best hours.
 
WVHillbilly

WVHillbilly

Legend
Silver Level
Joined
Nov 7, 2007
Total posts
22,973
Chips
0
dsvw56 said:
Hey all. Some of you may remember me, some may not. After Stars closed up shop in the US I just quit poker outright and now I'm thinking of getting back in to it. So some questions for some of the cash game regs around, especially those playing in the US.
1. How are the games? I imagine after everything went to hell, so did the quality of games.
2. What are the playerpools like on US friendly sites? More specifically, are there generally enough NL25-NL100 games running to game select decently?
3. How much of a hassle is it now depositing and withdrawing?
4. What rooms would you recomend playing at?

Thanks for your time guys.
Click to expand...
Welcome back.

To be frank, compared to what you're used to the games suck and they're getting worse with the recent move by BCP away from Merge which further splinters the player pool.

I don't think there is a US facing site with enough traffic to game select at any level if you multitable much at all.

Depositing / withdrawing generally sucks (although ACR seems to have the best withdrawal methods atm).
 
Last edited:
S

Six Hurdles

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Sep 13, 2010
Total posts
161
Chips
0
Well to be fair, BCP moving to the same network as ACR can't be a bad thing fir the winning poker network. It may raise the player pool there by a thousand or more. I hope anyway.
 
WVHillbilly

WVHillbilly

Legend
Silver Level
Joined
Nov 7, 2007
Total posts
22,973
Chips
0
Still fewer than what remain on Merge. Of course Lock leaving Merge hurt even more. Just a shitty time for US online poker.
 
Matt Vaughan

Matt Vaughan

King of Moody Rants
Bronze Level
Joined
Feb 20, 2008
Total posts
7,150
Awards
5
Chips
6
WVHillbilly said:
Welcome back.

To be frank, compared to what you're used to the games suck and they're getting worse with the recent move by BCP away from Merge which further splinters the player pool.

I don't think there is a US facing site with enough traffic to game select at any level if you multitable much at all.

Depositing / withdrawing generally suck (although ACR seems to have the best withdrawal methods atm).
Click to expand...

This. Table selection blows, though I've never taken shots above 50nl. There are still fish around, but often the wait-lists to get onto their tables means they will be busto before you sit down, so table-selection is basically a joke imo (at least on Merge).

I was never a mass multi-tabler but when I was playing higher volume I would have trouble even sitting on as many (full ring) tables as I wanted (10 tables was my ideal at the time, again at Merge).
 
BigCountryAA

BigCountryAA

Visionary
Silver Level
Joined
Aug 15, 2012
Total posts
762
Chips
0
run now while you still can.
 
TheseNutsWin

TheseNutsWin

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Mar 21, 2008
Total posts
403
Chips
0
Cash games definitely took a hit for US players with such small player pools available to us. I remember the days of pokerstars and Full tilt with over 200k people on. Now we have 1% of that... :( I might focus on the tournaments instead since it's probably better than grinding with 95% of regs at 50NL..
 
MediaBLITZ

MediaBLITZ

Legend
Silver Level
Joined
Jan 29, 2011
Total posts
2,206
Chips
0
WVHillbilly said:
Welcome back.

To be frank, compared to what you're used to the games suck and they're getting worse with the recent move by BCP away from Merge which further splinters the player pool.

I don't think there is a US facing site with enough traffic to game select at any level if you multitable much at all.

Depositing / withdrawing generally sucks (although ACR seems to have the best withdrawal methods atm).
Click to expand...

Agree :(
 
G

GWU73

Visionary
Silver Level
Joined
Apr 18, 2012
Total posts
785
Chips
0
WVHillbilly said:
Welcome back.

To be frank, compared to what you're used to the games suck and they're getting worse with the recent move by BCP away from Merge which further splinters the player pool.

I don't think there is a US facing site with enough traffic to game select at any level if you multitable much at all.

Depositing / withdrawing generally sucks (although ACR seems to have the best withdrawal methods atm).
Click to expand...

Sad but true.
 
usetheion13

usetheion13

Enthusiast
Silver Level
Joined
Jul 24, 2010
Total posts
92
Chips
0
In all honesty, I dont know where you reside in the US, but I would definitely suggest just playing some live games at the casinos. I personally like live games alot more because there is such a different aspect to live poker than there is to me when I play online. The live games are much softer and when you are playing live it really can fine tune your game well beyond playing online can. I try to use the best angle when something as bad as black friday occurred and I have actually found that my live play is much more profitable than my online play, Im not saying its for everyone, but give live play a try and then see what you think rather than try to force your money into places that you may never see it again.
 
legman2

legman2

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Aug 24, 2006
Total posts
115
Chips
0
usetheion13 said:
In all honesty, I dont know where you reside in the US, but I would definitely suggest just playing some live games at the casinos. I personally like live games alot more because there is such a different aspect to live poker than there is to me when I play online. The live games are much softer and when you are playing live it really can fine tune your game well beyond playing online can. I try to use the best angle when something as bad as black friday occurred and I have actually found that my live play is much more profitable than my online play, Im not saying its for everyone, but give live play a try and then see what you think rather than try to force your money into places that you may never see it again.
Click to expand...

I would have to agree with this to a point.
Online poker is and always will be the best way to make a br fast.
Live play is just downright fun, you talk, laugh, see faces or expressions and hear their voices wich when I play possibly os my best tell. Plus if you plan on doing any high stakes tournaments it's not like a little 1/2NLHE would hurt anything getting used to the atmosphere or like some 8/16 limit.
 
Top