Bodog, Sportsbook or Carbon

juice561 · Apr 26, 2011

rakeback?

what is rakeback?.....i must be an alien ......anyone?

arty:

FITEMAN · Apr 27, 2011

Sportsbook to stop accepting US players on May 1st

According to a post in the General poker forum here at CC today, SportsBook and 1 other site will stop accepting new US players on May 1st. The post says that existing US players will be allowed to continue paying. So if you wanna play on SB, you better open your account soon........

....and the walls came tumbling down.

FiTEMAN

MrBadBeat · Apr 27, 2011

juice561 said:
what is rakeback?.....i must be an alien ......anyone?arty:

Every time you play a real money ring game the online poker room takes a percentage of the pot - normally 5 to 10%. Rakeback gives you back some of the rake you personally contributed to the pot.

You can get back 33% or more. It's a way of encouraging you to play at that particular poker room. The more you play, the more rake you generate, the more you get back - you get the idea.

WEC · Apr 27, 2011

Tenaciousplayer said:
Of all of them, Sportsbook is the easiest of the 3 to fund, they can take credit cards, I normally use a prepaid card like netspend. I recently just signed up for a card from www.entropay.com but have not used it yet

I would just let them go non-usa and be happy you didnt join. Why take the chance you may be like one of these mass of guys who didnt get paid on the sportsbook side. Just to many sites around to take a chance.
http://www.sportsbookreview.com/sbr/sportsbook.com/

SBR RATING D-

D- to D+ Poor, some risk to players funds. Poor customer service, etc.

Comment on Forum: safe 2 say the are the jeckyl and hyde of all sportsbooks...

So in otherwords, lots of people get paid, some very slow, but then some don't. Personally I (WEC) do not want to be the one that does not.

waz666 · Apr 27, 2011

FITEMAN said:
According to a post in the General Poker forum here at CC today, SportsBook and 1 other site will stop accepting new US players on May 1st. The post says that existing US players will be allowed to continue paying. So if you wanna play on SB, you better open your account soon........

....and the walls came tumbling down.

FiTEMAN

Pretty crazy, so Carbon is gonna stop taking new players, but let current ones keep playing? This doesn't make sense to me. My only theory is perhaps they can not get US deposits in, but can still send out payouts? Anyways looks like soon Bodog will be the only game in town and how long can that last before our government gets them too.....

Debi · Apr 27, 2011

waz666 said:
Pretty crazy, so Carbon is gonna stop taking new players, but let current ones keep playing? This doesn't make sense to me. My only theory is perhaps they can not get US deposits in, but can still send out payouts? Anyways looks like soon Bodog will be the only game in town and how long can that last before our government gets them too.....

No - not Carbon - it is Sportsbook and Players Only.

juice561 · May 4, 2011

umm bodog won't accept me ....why? i've been trying lots of other site and they suck......is there a monthly fee on bodog?

juice561 · May 4, 2011

help

sorry i mispoke...why can't i register for any of the freerolls?......do i have to make a deposit first? i like bodog they have some big tourneys i am kinda interested in so pls tell me if that's what i need to do.

waz666 · May 4, 2011

Bodog did away with freerolls in which anyone could sign up. right now you'd have to deposit for the first time to play in any of there free rolls.

juice561 · May 4, 2011

awww

thanks

WEC · May 4, 2011

Bodog, while eliminating the many daily $500 freerolls they used to have - Still not the worst, they give you instant credit 10% of the first deposit, plus the normal 100% deposit bonus earned by playing. They have 25 point freerolls to $7500 prizepool Freeroll that occurs on 2nd and last Saturday of each month.

WEC · May 5, 2011

waz666 said:
Bodog did away with freerolls in which anyone could sign up. right now you'd have to deposit for the first time to play in any of there free rolls.

Actually FWIW you can play in two 25 point freerolls (qualify for $7500 Twice Monthly Freeroll) without making a deposit...

50 Free Points: One of the first steps to getting started in the poker room is to create a screen name, which is part of your public identity at the tables. Download the Bodog Poker Software and login using your Bodog Account details. You’ll be prompted to create your Screen Name and 50 Poker Points will automatically be added to your player account.

pfb8888 · May 5, 2011

bodog currently has a great promotion running for the month of may
each week earn 10 points for 4 days get 15 dollar bonus
10 points for 7 days=20
25 points for 4 days=25
25 points for 7 days=30
click on the promo for details

juice561 · May 5, 2011

really?

WEC said:
Actually FWIW you can play in two 25 point freerolls (qualify for $7500 Twice Monthly Freeroll) without making a deposit...

i'm afraid none of that is true man i've tried and tried i get a message telling me to purchase ecash so......i did get the 50 points but worthless.......YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT but why is there a check fee/bank fee on bodog for depsoit?

WEC · May 5, 2011

juice561 said:
WEC said:

Actually FWIW you can play in two 25 point freerolls (qualify for $7500 Twice Monthly Freeroll) without making a deposit...

i'm afraid none of that is true man i've tried and tried i get a message telling me to purchase ecash so......i did get the 50 points but worthless.......YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT but why is there a check fee/bank fee on bodog for depsoit?

Click to expand...

juice561

Banned

Pretty tough to get banned from here unless you are some kind of scammer, cheater, low-life I think :ciao:

KoRnholio · May 5, 2011

I think that the merge network has a larger player pool than Bodog. And it's getting bigger very quickly. The guarantees on all the merge MTTs have gone up around 50%. Even their weekly sunday $109 buyin has gone from 50k to 75k now.

They've also added some more mid stakes tournies, which were needed to attract more traffic.

Poker Orifice · May 5, 2011

WEC said:
juice561 said:

juice561

Banned

, low-life I think :ciao:

Click to expand...

Thank-you Mods.!!! omfg that guy was puttin' me on life tilt (not this thread obv.) Hope his cheque gets lost in cyber-space..... maybe he can now multi-account on HustlerPoker.

WEC · May 5, 2011

KoRnholio said:
I think that the merge network has a larger player pool than Bodog. And it's getting bigger very quickly. The guarantees on all the merge MTTs have gone up around 50%. Even their weekly sunday $109 buyin has gone from 50k to 75k now.

They've also added some more mid stakes tournies, which were needed to attract more traffic.

yeah too bad Bodog gave me free $600 so I am stuck there. But luckboxes cant be choosers :trytofly:

engman · May 5, 2011

MrBadBeat said:
Every time you play a real money ring game the online poker room takes a percentage of the pot - normally 5 to 10%. Rakeback gives you back some of the rake you personally contributed to the pot.

You can get back 33% or more. It's a way of encouraging you to play at that particular poker room. The more you play, the more rake you generate, the more you get back - you get the idea.

Just a heads up, rakeback is only for the buy in fees that you ACTUALLY pay for, if you say win a 11 sat. (.35 of 1 dollar. fee) and you get a 60 sat. You do not get rakeback for the 60 dollar event. So unless you plan on buying into a 60 sat. yourself, rakeback is not good because they basically take 35% of your pts. away.

masiado · May 5, 2011

I prefer playing in Carbon because there are more players who play in this site compared to the other two. Good luck and see you at the tables.

WEC · May 6, 2011

engman said:
Just a heads up, rakeback is only for the buy in fees that you ACTUALLY pay for, if you say win a 11 sat. (.35 of 1 dollar. fee) and you get a 60 sat. You do not get rakeback for the 60 dollar event. So unless you plan on buying into a 60 sat. yourself, rakeback is not good because they basically take 35% of your pts. away.

:smokin:

marvingubba · Jun 3, 2011

pfb8888 said:
bodog currently has a great promotion running for the month of may
each week earn 10 points for 4 days get 15 dollar bonus
10 points for 7 days=20
25 points for 4 days=25
25 points for 7 days=30
click on the promo for details

Do you know if this promo is running through June?

marvingubba · Jun 3, 2011

waz666 said:
Bodog did away with freerolls in which anyone could sign up. right now you'd have to deposit for the first time to play in any of there free rolls.

Is this still the case with Bodog freerolls?
Only open to those that have deposited?

WEC · Jun 4, 2011

marvingubba said:
Do you know if this promo is running through June?

No, it ended in May. A lot of US sites are scaling back on promotions (makes sense). But this one wasn't bad. Besides the $100+ you could collect, they gave away 10 iPad2's, and if you made the required flush during the promotion, you got a ticket for a $10K Freeroll that runs today (Saturday) at 4:30 EST
The best promotion Bodog has now is the long running "King of the Felt" promotion that gets you entry into a 1.5K and 1K Freeroll if you cash in the requisite number of SNGs each week, and also gets you into a drawing to play 1K heads up against the previous winner. If you win like 10 weeks in a row, you get free entry in wsop Main Event.

WEC · Jun 4, 2011

marvingubba said:
Is this still the case with Bodog freerolls?
Only open to those that have deposited?

They have a 25 point freeroll everyday that gets you entry into the twice monthly $7500 Freeroll that pays deep into the field and doesnt have a million entries. If you are a new depositor you get 6 exclusive entries for a freeroll to the Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed tournament. (plus 100% Matching Bonus up to $1100)

Bodog, Sportsbook or Carbon

juice561

Rock Star

FITEMAN

Rock Star

MrBadBeat

Enthusiast

WEC

Legend

waz666

Rock Star

Debi

Forum Admin

juice561

Rock Star

juice561

Rock Star

waz666

Rock Star

juice561

Rock Star

WEC

Legend

WEC

Legend

pfb8888

Legend

juice561

Rock Star

WEC

Legend

KoRnholio

Visionary

Poker Orifice

And Still...

WEC

Legend

engman

Rock Star

masiado

Rock Star

WEC

Legend

marvingubba

Rock Star

marvingubba

Rock Star

WEC

Legend

WEC

Legend

About CardsChat

Our Community

Our Site