online poker

fiestaman

anyone know good sites for online poker??

newbie2

nope

bigslick

Online is rigged

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shano_88

fiestaman wrote: »

anyone know good sites for online poker??

If your starting off your better off starting on full tilt or pokerstars. You can start off by playing with play money for a while or micro stakes.

CHD

Full Tilt or Pokerstars

Stay away from iPoker, as it must die.

zuroph

coolhandpoker has no sharks or professionals.

CHD

zuroph wrote: »

coolhandpoker has no sharks or professionals.

No hustlers either thank God.

JackieT

Op, I've tried a good few poker sites (on the ipoker, ongame and entraction networks), but I prefer pokerstars:

- software which just works, HEM has good support for it, and it's good for multitabling. Not too many bells and whistles though.
- good support, I usually get a response within 30 min or so if i have a query
- fast cashouts via local bank transfer (takes approx 3 days to my irish bank account)
- reliability & reputation .. between having my money in pokerstars and in an irish bank, it's roughly a tie which one I feel safer with

That said, their bonus program is confusing and difficult to take maximum advantage of, also other sites may be better from a rake/rakeback point of view. If you're just starting out, I don't think you can go wrong with pokerstars though.

If you're looking for information about a particular site, I'd advise you to search through the forums at http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/ first, as there is a certain amount of not-so-reputable sites out there.

Treehouse72

OP, here is a list of the biggest poker sites and networks.

http://www.pokerscout.com/

You're probably best to go with one of the top three...Full Tilt is good for recreational players because the graphics are good and there are plenty of games running.

Jesus Wept

zuroph wrote: »

coolhandpoker has no sharks or professionals.

CHD wrote: »

No hustlers either thank God.

heh, reminds me of something I've been meaning to post in the bbv.

OP, ensure you sign up for rakeback if you're going to be playing at all. There's no point in turning down money from the pokersite to reward you for playing there!

Plenty of options available, and there would be a few people on this forum who would know an awful lot more about it than me.

Dave147

zuroph wrote: »

coolhandpoker has no sharks or professionals.

Is that set in stone?

Treehouse72

When I looked up coolhandpoker after seeing all the TV ads I'd expected them to be on an indie network or Cake or something...bloody Micrograming!! lol, what a joke. Probably an even bigger RB-pro/regfest/sharkpool than iP.

RunningMan1981

I have been playing on IPoker for years and I feel I need a change. It used to be relatively easy for me to make money 3 years ago( and a beginner at that) ago but now its nearly impossible. How many other people feel the same way about Ipoker. I am seriously thinking of giving pokerstars a go. Are there many fish/bad players there?

ArmaniJeanss

RunningMan1981 wrote: »

I have been playing on IPoker for years and I feel I need a change. It used to be relatively easy for me to make money 3 years ago( and a beginner at that) ago but now its nearly impossible. How many other people feel the same way about Ipoker. I am seriously thinking of giving pokerstars a go. Are there many fish/bad players there?

What have you done to improve your game over the last 3 years?
If you have stagnated then moving to another site is not the answer.

A lot of very bad players have improved in leaps and bounds - three years ago the fishiest of the fish appeared not to even understand the handrankings whereas the mistakes players make nowadays are different.

RunningMan1981

Maybe a valid point, stagnation, I don't know. The previous posts about Ipoker got me thinking regarding the large pool of regulars etc. I have found a small window/timeframe to play now where it seems that recreational/poor players tend to come online. That would be the main improvement of "my game" so far. Otherwise playing outside those times reaps negligible rewards.

the dominator

pokerstars is best

hamhamwich

full tilt or pokerstars.

Just make sure you sign up for rakeback.

Dave147

hamhamwich wrote: »

full tilt or pokerstars.

Just make sure you sign up for rakeback.

There's no rakeback on pokerstars..

RunningMan1981

Thanks. I will give fulltilt a try

TinCool

Do you get rake back for all game types or just for cash games ?

JackieT

Dave147 wrote: »

There's no rakeback on pokerstars..

Might still be a good idea to sign up through an affiliate though, as some of them offer freerolls etc