Should I trust the poker rooms that require agents to make deposits and cash out?

[leontheroad]

How often do you see weird hand unfold on these platforms?
Maybe we should trust only the biggest rooms online to play and risk our money.
I have seen many hands that seemed impossible from a perspective that no one playing to win would call a tripple all in preflop with 94s.
The astonishing part is that 94s beat AK, AQ, JJ. And that happens far too often to seem true.

 

[G0930]

What do you mean by agents?
Yes I wouldn't recommend playing in small pokerrooms. It's way too often that people complain and have to struggle getting their withdrawals.
Even one of the bigger ones fall into that category..888poker . Read lots of negative reviews about that and also had to threaten them with lawyers myself so they would finally give me my money. That was ages ago and I don't play there anymore .

But PS and GG are legit. I withdraw there regualrely and never had any problems.

Concerning the improbable runouts you mentioned:
That is just simple variance and you will encounter them in any room.
And the reason you percieve it as too much is simply due to the fact that there are so much more hands dealt than IRL .
Some people just play complete BS .
I think everyone of us thought before: How could he call that ?? How could he do this move??

 

[fundiver199]

If agents are required for deposits and withdrawal, then you are talking about poker Apps or private poker clubs run on software developed for play money games. And the main issue with those is, there is no security. So not only do you run the risk of not getting paid by the club owner (agent), there is also a much higher risk of people colluding or cheating in other ways.

So no this is not safe. As someone living in Brasil, you can play on all the major sites, so no need to run any risk with these private games. Its like living in Las Vegas and still choose to play live poker in someones basement, instead of going to one of the several legal casinos. If you end up getting robbed or cheated in some way, you really only have yourself to blame for it.

 

[R.Melnyk77]

How often do you see weird hand unfold on these platforms?
Maybe we should trust only the biggest rooms online to play and risk our money.
I have seen many hands that seemed impossible from a perspective that no one playing to win would call a tripple all in preflop with 94s.
The astonishing part is that 94s beat AK, AQ, JJ. And that happens far too often to seem true.

There are countless such ‘strange cases’ in online poker. I see them every day. And you will see them too.
Should you trust poker sites?
I don't think so, you shouldn't trust anyone.
Is it possible to play on poker sites?
I think so, especially if you know how to make money from scratch. Is it worth making your first deposit?
Yes, it is, if you understand that you will be withdrawing money in the future.