Vegas Baby

The Snapper wrote:

I signed up for $100 on January 7th to give this site a try ( see if its as soft as culchie says ). I have played 11 sessions totalling 30 hrs play. Mostly 10/25 NLH cash also 3 x MTT $5 + .50 R and a $10 + $1 R. Current A/C balance is $730.

Tell me you actually mean 0.10/0.25 NLH please?

Culchie wrote:

I'm also looking for 6 handed cash games.

This would induce me to play on it a lot more. Most the players are on through the bookmaker nine.com, you can tell which ones because they have a 9 in front of their name...9 = lousy Canadian gambler :0)

, hi all, yea signed up with VGB too, great site, very soft, up 400% , seems to be full of fish, and its a barrel , and i seem to have a big gun and ... u no , its easy so far anyway, VGB for me !!!!:cool:

BigDragon wrote:

DevCon2.....Is this Culchie??????????????

No, but I know who the fecker is though. Just another happy camper:p

Ban him. :v:

ArmaniJeanss wrote:

Culchie,
Could I throw a few ???s at you, cause i really don't want to download the software if I'm not going to use it, and I cant spot the answers to these questions on the 'pre-download' part of the site.

1. It looks as if I can deposit by creditcard, but not withdraw by creditcard. Is this just an error/ommission on the site or is it true?
2. Can I use STTs to attack the 20% bonus, or is it only cash tables?
3. What are the buyins for STTs?.
4. Are the STTs 'timed levels' (as Tribeca) or 'no. of hands' (like I think Party)?

Cheers
AJ.

1. US based network, so no withdrawal to Credit Card, neteller is taking on average 12 hours (first one took 24). You can go the cheque option if you want. (you must have a neteller account AJ ?)

2. Yes, all games count to bonus. (hope to have 100% bonus soon, so hold fire for moment)

3. $1, $3, $5, $10, $20, $30, $50, $100 ... quiet enough until 11pm Irish time at the moment (nearly all palyers are canadian) so if you are a night owl, it's good.

4. STT's and MTT's are timed ... 10 mins, and blind increases are not aggressive, plenty of play.


Thanks for interest ... it's a fish pool, go get 'em

ArmaniJeanss wrote:

Cheers, appreciate the quick reply.

I don't have Neteller, suppose I really should set it up soon as I want to move away from just playing on the PPP / VC sites.

The rest sounds perfect.

I'll hang on til you get the 100% bonus sorted.

Thanks

OK, 100% sign up bonus now in place (up to $150)

only says 30% bonus now on home page..where do you get the 100% bonus?

Aubrey

1. Download the software, and create a player name, put 1percent in the bonus codes field, if you want Big Dragon's charity to the $25 refer a friend bonus.

2. Once player ID is created, click on Cashier, bottom left of lobby screen.

When making your first deposit, there will be a field/box called 'Bonus Codes'

Simply click the word Bonus Codes, and your unique code will be given to you.

3. Insert this code into the 'Bonus Code' field/box.


The 100% first deposit codes are in place now.
(website pages being updated over next couple of days)


5starpool ..yes, you will qualify for bonus. Follow steps 2 and 3 above.

Iago wrote:

any chance of a 100% bonus on next deposit? Seen as I already deposited and got the 30% bonus, feeling hard done by

Well obviously I shall be looking after regular players, reload bonuses and a personalised rakeback scheme being worked on as we speak. A few more days will sort that out.

Loyalty is a two way street though.

Well I finally tried out this new venture and honestly I can't get over just how bad these players are. Culchie isn't messing, they are terrible. I was trying out a 25NL cash game and then a $10 STT to get used to the software and structures, I saw no cards in the cash game, bar a K high flush that I lost to the nut flush. Yet he didn't stack me, he just called my river bet with the nuts... :rolleyes:

I saw one guy fold a +$12 pot to a $0.25 bet on the river:eek: :eek:

Another guy bet the minimum every time he had any pair at all and would called any re-raise , so if you want to draw just call, knowing you're almost guaranteed to be given lovely odds, on each street, if you have a hand just build the pot knowing you're guaranteed a caller, honestly they are like ATM's,

If I was dealt anything playable at all, or even to hit a flop, it would have been like printing money. I don't know many sites where you nearly always get an overlay to call with a gut shot... if only one of them hit....:mad: (definitely rigged Culchie )

The STT's have a lovely structure too, I won the first one I played, without breaking a sweat. There were guys calling all-in with second pair crap kicker to massive over bets, the traffic isn't great at the moment, but I recommend trying it out before these guys get a clue, which hopefully won't happen any time soon. I presume this wasn't just the usual Friday night nutters though..

Scotty # wrote:

Joined tonight myself. Won my first STT. Sat into .15/.25 cash game with a tenner and left 2 hours later with $85.

Jebus, I didn't realise it was that soft !

Some initial thoughts on Vegas Baby (a little negative).

I played a $1 STT just to get to know the Interface.
First thing is that the prizemoney was $10 for first, nadda for anyone else - a bit crazy but from the $5+ upwards games it seems to be the more accepted 50%/30%/20% split.
I thought the STT blind structure was slow to the point of horrible.
From a starting stack of 1000, blinds go 10/20, 15/30, 20/40, 30/60, 40/80, 50/100, 75/100 etc.
On Tribeca I tend not to get heavily involved in the first 3 levels, and only move up a gear at the 100/200 level4 stage which is 24 minutes into a standard STT. The equivalent level on VBP is level6 (50/100) - with 10 minute blind levels this is 50 minutes into the game. I would expect that 80 or 90 minutes could be the norm for an STT, with 100+ minutes not unusual. OK, it allows lots of play, but I think its a hindrance to keeping a decent 'winrate per hour' going. And I would hate to go out in 4th place after 70+ minutes.

In fairness to the blind structure it probably makes MTTs more playable, but its horrible for STTs imho.

On balance, I think I'll stick with Tribeca for STTs for the time being, maybe have a go at some cash tables on VBP in the coming weeks (though being the worlds worst CashGame player could be a hindrance).
AJ