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 Originally Posted by Poker Orifice
enjoyed the read.
No doubt Bovada sucks with it being anonymous/wemi-readless tables but am wondering if the player pool there being so weak/fishy that once a player got used to it (it > just looking at numbers instead of names etc.) if it wouldn't perhaps be better than the other US-friendly sites? (comparatively faster withdrawals) ... idk as I rarely play on Bodonk but do know a bunch of players who aren't that good & do quite well on there.
What about the 'winning network'? Have you checked it out? (ACR, True, BCP)
To me, a poker site is analogous to people you hang out with in real life. There's some people in life you stay away from because they just give off a bad vibe. There's other people you're drawn to because they're good people and you connect with them. I originally always played on Stars because it just felt right. Everything about the site seemed right. The seemed to know what they were doing for the most part and just made common sense good decisions more times than not.
Full Tilt, while not as bad as some, always felt a little scummy to me. It was hard to put my finger on it, but I'd hear stories of people's accounts randomly getting shut down or whatever. I also remember thinking if I ever had to withdraw my roll, I'd be holding my breath hoping everything worked. I NEVER played on UB or Bodog and other sites because I heard so many bad things.
The same applies today. Carbon just feels right or at least the best compared to what's available. Bovada/BoDog just doesn't feel right. Anonymous tables are not poker imo even if the play is soft or I could win a lot of money. I thought about the winning network, too, but the software is not nearly as good and I don't think the traffic is better either.
Right now Carbon is basically meeting all my needs. Certain times of days are better than others as far as game selection, but for the most part, I can grind whatever I need to grind - 5 to 7 tables usually. Now, there will be problem if and when I get to $100NL because there is typically only 1 table maybe 2 tables of $100NL full ring ever running. But, that's going to be a problem at EVERY site that allows American players. That's just the nature of Black Friday. If I can max out my winrate at $50NL with the occasional table of $100NL and maybe sneak in a juicy 6max or HU table if I can ever find one, then my hope is that will be good enough and float me until some legislation is passed either in my state (Tennessee) or at the Federal level.
Originally Posted by kingmotan
Thank you for this update. First time I stumbled upon this thread and took 2 hours to read it while grinding some micro donkments.
Really enjoyed the read and you disciplined take on poker / life .
You are a source of inspiration and damn, you made it look so easy in 08 and 09.
Best of luck to you.
Outstanding. Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the well wishes. 
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