any1 actually make money playing poker on BOVADA?

**Jedi Mind Picks** · 07-21-13, 12:55 PM

Very soft games, free check every month.
Best option in U.S. by far because they have the fastest payouts.

**Ghenghis Kahn** · 07-21-13, 01:08 PM

if you are in the us bovada is your best option.

**easyliving** · 07-21-13, 01:46 PM

not a fan of the anonymous players.

**daneblazer** · 07-21-13, 06:08 PM

yes

**MJT1212** · 07-21-13, 06:22 PM

be prepared to see some crazy shit

**sinmiedo** · 07-21-13, 10:33 PM

I recommend sng there if you are patient it is a good 100 a week playing micro double up and triple up.

**pinnacle420** · 07-21-13, 11:23 PM

their software is spun like a meth addict.... i wont be back there ever....

**sinmiedo** · 07-21-13, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by pinnacle420

their software is spun like a meth addict.... i wont be back there ever....

can you expand please

**Told You So!** · 07-22-13, 07:49 AM

Pretty soft sng's and I won a Omaha tourney last week for $300

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 10:30 AM

Originally posted by sinmiedo

can you expand please

sure...... dude ever hand on their softaware is like 4 sevens cracked by river str-8 flush, when another player has ace high flush, while another player has top full house... EVERY HAND IS BUILT FOR ACTION/ RAKE....... I DONT TRUST BOVADA AT ALL!!

**davidchong** · 07-22-13, 10:43 AM

yes ! you can make a lot of money

**jayfly** · 07-22-13, 10:51 AM

I deposited a few hundred and built it up to about 2k and cashed out 1500. As soon as I cashed out I never saw a good hand, lost the other 500 fairly quickly. It was so obvious how phony it was I never went back.

**daneblazer** · 07-22-13, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by jayfly

I deposited a few hundred and built it up to about 2k and cashed out 1500. As soon as I cashed out I never saw a good hand, lost the other 500 fairly quickly. It was so obvious how phony it was I never went back.

Or you were just on a heater at first then caught some run bad...which is probably more likely.

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by jayfly

I deposited a few hundred and built it up to about 2k and cashed out 1500. As soon as I cashed out I never saw a good hand, lost the other 500 fairly quickly. It was so obvious how phony it was I never went back.

!!!!!!!!!!! and no players names!!! who are you losing too?????

**daneblazer** · 07-22-13, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by pinnacle420

!!!!!!!!!!! and no players names!!! who are you losing too?????

Beerdog

**robert_wrath** · 07-22-13, 11:10 AM

Unfortunately losing in poker, though decent cash outs from Casino play.

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by daneblazer

Beerdog

**sinmiedo** · 07-22-13, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by pinnacle420

sure...... dude ever hand on their softaware is like 4 sevens cracked by river str-8 flush, when another player has ace high flush, while another player has top full house... EVERY HAND IS BUILT FOR ACTION/ RAKE....... I DONT TRUST BOVADA AT ALL!!

Thank you for your point of view. In fact I came across similar conclusions even from myself. That is why I prefer SNG there not cash tables.

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by sinmiedo

Thank you for your point of view. In fact I came across similar conclusions even from myself. That is why I prefer SNG there not cash tables.

ya i was playing 1-2.. 2-4 nl holdem and omaha.. and im not one to bitch... but ya that place is fishy and slimy like shit

**jjgold** · 07-22-13, 12:03 PM

Pass

I don't trust online poker period

Europe seems different

**daneblazer** · 07-22-13, 12:22 PM

The losing streaks are amplified because of the higher rake at some stakes and the lack of bonuses/rakeback. That said if you can't beat Bovada it's probably time to either coach yourself up on some poker or take up a new hobby like fishing until online poker gets "better". Not that there's anything wrong with fishing. If you can't beat Bovada you probably are going to have a tough time winning anywhere else online outside of like Zynga, facebook, and SBR.

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

the losing streaks are amplified because of the higher rake at some stakes and the lack of bonuses/rakeback. That said if you can't beat bovada it's probably time to either coach yourself up on some poker or take up a new hobby like fishing until online poker gets "better". Not that there's anything wrong with fishing. If you can't beat bovada you probably are going to have a tough time winning anywhere else online outside of like zynga, facebook, and sbr.

i play online at bol... The tables are fast... Donk players... Not jacked up software... Best us pokerroom... Period... Always pay out too...my screename is phuckubro... Ill play anytime..

**Ghenghis Kahn** · 07-22-13, 12:56 PM

pinnacle i like you but just because you can't win on bovada doesn't mean everyone loses there.

yes i don't like their anonymous tables. yes i don't like how they don't have wait lists.

but at the end of the day, they have the most traffic and having the most traffic means it's the best for the us players...

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by Ghenghis Kahn

pinnacle i like you but just because you can't win on bovada doesn't mean everyone loses there.

yes i don't like their anonymous tables. yes i don't like how they don't have wait lists.

but at the end of the day, they have the most traffic and having the most traffic means it's the best for the us players...

ya I have always had the worst beats happen there ever.... and to boot not knowing the persons name that just raped me outta a 500.00 pot.. just rubs salt in a open wound lol... I gave it 3 tryes there and all 3 was not a success... im just leary of them cause I seen magic tricks at the table that chris angel couldn't even pull off... that's all I just hate seeing peeps get phucked cause of the small market now....

**jayfly** · 07-22-13, 02:04 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

Or you were just on a heater at first then caught some run bad...which is probably more likely.

No because it took me prob about 2 years to build up (playing micro stakes lol). It was very obvious something had changed. I did not go up in stakes or do anything different. Just horrendous ridiculous beats.

**ApricotSinner32** · 07-22-13, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Pass

I don't trust online poker period

Europe seems different

**pavyracer** · 07-22-13, 02:28 PM

online poker is the easiest form of scam where the book is always in control of the software

**daneblazer** · 07-22-13, 02:40 PM

**pinnacle420** · 07-22-13, 02:50 PM

^^^

**sinmiedo** · 07-22-13, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by jayfly

No because it took me prob about 2 years to build up (playing micro stakes lol). It was very obvious something had changed. I did not go up in stakes or do anything different. Just horrendous ridiculous beats.

I had play there for years, and spinning my wheels all the time, I had play up to levels 2.4 and my success came from tournaments and sng, I lost all my winnings the tables, due to frustration, due to the bad beats. I decided after that that I ll only play tournaments and sng, till I started with PLO, with some success at the beginning, but then got to me the high gambling aspect of the game, and lost all my winnings. I was a winning player for most of 16 months, but again, something happened, and because I do not keep records of hands I cnnot tell if is me or poker variance. Bodog still for me a great place to play because of the loose game there, and juicy gamblers, many of them coming from the sport gambling and casino, those , eventually become charity donors. But for the time been, I ll try other places, and see.

**Mr Handicapable** · 07-22-13, 06:26 PM

Ok here's the deal....I've played at Bodog/Bovada since 2004 or so. In the old days it was easy easy money....they'd have Guaranteed $20k or $40k tournaments with only 13k paid in and $7,000 overlay...stuff like that. In May 2005...I had $12,000 in tourn winnings on there. $4500 in one and $2500 or something in another. On top of that...I'd cash out a bunch then bust out my last $500 or something then come back a week later and always get a 10% bonus again. You can still win there but most players are much better than the poker boom fish. They haven't give me ANY bonuses in like 5 years so I just said fk'em for the most part. No great tourn values either and even when I win they get it back with their shitty lines on sports (except for dogs). They do pay you and if you like dogs in football then play with Bovada and play some poker.

As for bad beats...online cheating, etc. 99% of that is bs....I flopped set under set in plo this weekend at a casino (dropped $450)...then picked up straight flush draw on the turn before I shoved and lost. Totally crazy trap hands happen all the time live too except real dealers can't shove out 50 hands/hour or whatever so of course they're more common online.

**nyplayer33** · 07-23-13, 04:20 AM

sites that people have claimed are not fair, pokerstars, full tilt..bovada..every site..so people saying that there rng on bovada is full of it..please

**ballahollic2** · 07-23-13, 11:10 AM

I didn't play long enough to have any real proof of corruption but "something" just didn't feel right. I wouldn't ever play on there again but thats just my opinion. Again based off of nothing besides the probability of certain things happening and big hand vs big hand type of situations seemed to happen wayyyy to much.

**pavyracer** · 07-23-13, 12:04 PM

Originally posted by Mr Handicapable

Ok here's the deal....I've played at Bodog/Bovada since 2004 or so. In the old days it was easy easy money....they'd have Guaranteed $20k or $40k tournaments with only 13k paid in and $7,000 overlay...stuff like that. In May 2005...I had $12,000 in tourn winnings on there. $4500 in one and $2500 or something in another. On top of that...I'd cash out a bunch then bust out my last $500 or something then come back a week later and always get a 10% bonus again. You can still win there but most players are much better than the poker boom fish. They haven't give me ANY bonuses in like 5 years so I just said fk'em for the most part. No great tourn values either and even when I win they get it back with their shitty lines on sports (except for dogs). They do pay you and if you like dogs in football then play with Bovada and play some poker.

As for bad beats...online cheating, etc. 99% of that is bs....I flopped set under set in plo this weekend at a casino (dropped $450)...then picked up straight flush draw on the turn before I shoved and lost. Totally crazy trap hands happen all the time live too except real dealers can't shove out 50 hands/hour or whatever so of course they're more common online.

This is so true. You play maybe 15 hands an hour at a real poker game whether that is at the casino or with your friends at home and then you expect to see the same variance when you play online at 50 hands an hour on multiple tables.