Joined: Feb '08
Location: United States
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 20
I would totally agree with the Fodz Carbon is the best site available to americans. Graphics are great.
Perks:
1.Each player has a bio when u click on thier name including tourney wins! 2.Several Customizing options with colors thoughout the site. 3.When all in against an oppenent has built in hand %er to win. -sometimes frustraing when a 3% wins to LOL
4.Enough traffic to not wait around but not so much that you never player someone 2x.
5. For you free rollers playchips can be exchanged for tickets for sitngoes!!!! -simly go to player admin. then play money. then click the link
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Croatia
Age: 47 (M)
Posts: 1308
I ve tried many poker sites (not all), best software as far as stability and other stuff concerning the software (maintanance, FT is still doing it after 4 days) is Pokerstars. There are donks at low limits but there are much more loose players then donks so player base is strong there too, Full Tilt has strong players too. Ultimate bet, i dont like the client at all you cant tell from quick look who has folded, you can easily get yourself "button caught" so i dont use check boxes at all. Microgaming software is something i dont like too, again you dont know first look who has played, BUT i do like rabbit cam, great thing. CHATBOXES AND STATS. Titan poker has best available stats i have encountered so far, chatboxes are almost unusable there, but they have clouds so at least chat is not a problem and with little effort you can see your hole cards. Mansion poker and alikes have the worst chatbox and stats i have ever seen. Full tilt and Pokerstars share chatbox usefullness but that is the worst part of their clients. Full tilt has really stupid slider for betting so it is much easier to type in the amount, PS has better solution because you can click at right side of slider and increase the amount by 1x so with 3 clicks your on 4x bet amout quicker than typing. Ultimate Bet has that slider little confusing with Bet pot and Bet this amount buttons, wrong positioning if you ask me. Microgaming charm is those chips that cover entire table if you bet 29.49. For beginners best site is Pokerstars because you can play with good and poor players and learn the difference between them, and learn some pretty useful stuff and gameplays. Carbon poker is something different from others, they have nice client, you can easily track all the changes in the game, thing is that some 6 months ago i have uninstalled it because my Antivirus or Spyware marked some carbon files as dangerous, i havent checked if those were false positives but i dont like when these things happen and I had delete those files and registry entries making it unusable so uninstall was next logical step. VC, easily trackable client and Titan like feeling when youre in the lobby. Get away from casino games, goes to Titan as well. It is fairly easy to win money there at low limits havent tried higher limits. PKR is something i dont want and i cant discuss, when i checked at their Tech FAQ to see if my PC is compatible everything looked fine, so im registering and waitining for client to download. Guess what it crashed instantly i started the client. Looking again at Tech FAQ everything looking good so im chating with support and guy tells me bla, bla, install new drivers, bla, bla..., to finally end up with solution my graphic card is not compatible with client, im telling him why is it not on the list, and he says it is typing the wrong but simillar graphic card as example, i gave up there and asked him if downloaded files can be stored somehow, answer NO. So where was I best poker client in my opinion is Pokerstars but havent played that for some time because after they started that $50K sattelite its maniac fest overthere and if theres maniac on the table, find another table. He will most likely take your cash, thats PS charm.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Ireland
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 136
Posted by bakera: i dont or havent played on many poker sites but my view is ultimate bet seeems to be the best.... good traffic nice software and many big tourny's. whats your opinion?
Can people please please stop advertising UB and AP? They have screwed over so many HSNLers and are doing nothing about it. Software is obv very leaky and insecure, and both have apparently had superuser accounts. I would never endorse or advise anyone to play on either of these sites after the recent scandals and lack of action or reconciliation on the companies mistakes.
Please read this thread: **link to bankrollmob competitor removed /admin **
And google: absolute poker scandal potripper AJ Green etc
Once you have read these please revise said endorsements of UB
On another note, I really like the iPoker skins. The play at microstakes is a bit nitty for my liking though. Obv Full Tilt and Stars are excellent.
Edited by Administrator (22 February 2008 @ 13:23 GMT)
Joined: Dec '07
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 43 (F)
Posts: 845
i have heard the rumours of superuser accounts on UB but that was supposedly at the high stake limits of 100/200 and unfortunately icant afford to play those stakes lol i have never had any trouble with UB and depositing and withdrawing is safe and secure from my opinion and experience.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Peru
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 16
In my opinion my best poker room is partypoker, a lot of people play in that room, an everytime you can found rivals of every levels, this is amazing!!
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Ireland
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 136
Posted by bakera: i have heard the rumours of superuser accounts on UB but that was supposedly at the high stake limits of 100/200 and unfortunately icant afford to play those stakes lol i have never had any trouble with UB and depositing and withdrawing is safe and secure from my opinion and experience.
Obv its safe for anyone not playing nosebleeds, but as a matter of principle I would boycott their games. They still have not resolved the issue, and a lot of their dealings over it seem a little questionable to say the least. They are not clearing the matter up. At the very least anyone who was cheated should be repayed, an internal audit be carried out and a public statement made regarding how the security breach was executed, and whether the cheaters were internal to UB or external.
This is a massive issue involving many millions of dollars apparently being cheated, and the company involved seems to be stalling on clearing up the issue. Out of principle I would not play here, as it sends out a message that what they did is OK. It is not, imo the poker population in general should take a stand against this, and at least attempt to clear up the matter.
The absolute poker scandal took a long long time and a hell of a lot of effort to clear up, and still most people haven't heard of it. As a community we really should be aware of these things, and try to maintain the security of our entire population.
Edit: Apologies to the mod for link in earlier post. Just thought that people should be aware of scams such as this and the attitude of major sites. Didn't realise the site referred to would be construed as a competitor either. Just trying to raise awareness, into the NioNio etc UB problems.
Edited by tommygunne (22 February 2008 @ 14:41 GMT)
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Croatia
Age: 47 (M)
Posts: 1308
I havent heard anything about Super user scandal at UB, but for AP theres video on youtube. Im too lazy to post a link but go there and search for potripper. there are many videos there but lots of them are poor quality so you can barely see hole cards. I dont like Party poker because at low limits there are too many maniacs and Ive seen one too many A-A vs. A-A situations in single day for my taste.
And yes players should do something if such situations occure. I always liked good revolution, lets torch the Bstrds out. LOL. After that we can imitate Robespierre and take a guillotine neck massage.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United States
Age: 54 (M)
Posts: 407
I havent heard about any scandals with UB either.Of course I have heard about AP. I do really like the tournament structure on pokestars. One of my favorite tourns. to play in is the hundred grand for $11.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 1170
i think pacific poker is an ok site its the only site where ive used my own money and im about even so i would recomend it to others it has freerolls also so take a lookk
