B
buttgirl
Enthusiast
Silver Level
This site is a serious oddball. It's a member if the iPoker network and land-based in the Philippines. It bills itself as the largest poker site for Asian players and peaks at about 20,000 or 25,000 players at one time.
The main feature of this site is its interface, which I've never seen before. It's a garish thing full of reds and yellows and somewhat buggy. Every time I log on I get a script error.
Ring game action on this site sucks. Tables are either empty or have waiting lists of up to 6 people. MTTs are decent and the SNGs are very good. The predominant SNG action is Omaha, although there are HE and Stud games as well.
Deposit takes the usual forms with a $20 minimum. When I deposited using a mastercard I got a phone call from support verifying my identity, which is one step farther than most poker sites go. Cashout requirements are fairly draconian--you have to photocopy the front AND back of your driver's licence as well as two recent utility bills and the credit card you used to deposit, and when you try to cash out they email you a form you have to sign and scan back. They don't issue checks, just bank drafts, and the minimum is $100.
The software is biased toward genuine bad beats--not the garbage you get on some sites where a duffer sucks out with 72 offsuit against your AA, but more like three players getting AA, KK, and JJ in the same hand. The players are fairly tough from my perspective and I figure you have to be pretty good to make money here.
All in all, this site is an interesting choice off the beaten path, but people who already have a favourite site shouldn't throw it over in order to go there.
buttgirl
The main feature of this site is its interface, which I've never seen before. It's a garish thing full of reds and yellows and somewhat buggy. Every time I log on I get a script error.
Ring game action on this site sucks. Tables are either empty or have waiting lists of up to 6 people. MTTs are decent and the SNGs are very good. The predominant SNG action is Omaha, although there are HE and Stud games as well.
Deposit takes the usual forms with a $20 minimum. When I deposited using a mastercard I got a phone call from support verifying my identity, which is one step farther than most poker sites go. Cashout requirements are fairly draconian--you have to photocopy the front AND back of your driver's licence as well as two recent utility bills and the credit card you used to deposit, and when you try to cash out they email you a form you have to sign and scan back. They don't issue checks, just bank drafts, and the minimum is $100.
The software is biased toward genuine bad beats--not the garbage you get on some sites where a duffer sucks out with 72 offsuit against your AA, but more like three players getting AA, KK, and JJ in the same hand. The players are fairly tough from my perspective and I figure you have to be pretty good to make money here.
All in all, this site is an interesting choice off the beaten path, but people who already have a favourite site shouldn't throw it over in order to go there.
buttgirl
