re: So is playing poker online $$$ dead in the water ?

If you want to play in america, play on bovada/bodog.

Don't play on Carbon poker. They used to be legit, now it takes like 14 weeks to get your money.

Actually a funny story about that. I won about 1200 bucks on Carbon from December-March. Decided to cash out with the only option which was a check on March 1st.

Constantly berated them after their listed time of 3-5 weeks was up and it was 8 weeks. I was messaging their support system, emailing every day, raising hell.

Eventually on June 25th, got an email, actually let me copy and paste it here because it is too hilarious to explain.

quote:

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We refer to your account and are pleased to provide you with the tracking number for your withdrawal Trans ID XXXXXX

WesternUnion Tracking Number is: XXXXXXX
Sender: Cesar Augusto Zamora Rodriguez
Sender's location: Managua, Nicaragua.


IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION – If you are asked DO NOT under any circumstances mention that the funds are gambling related. This will prevent the money from being released to you. On occasion tellers may request additional information about the sender before releasing the funds. If asked, inform the teller you did not bring that information and that you will come back later; and contact us so that we may provide the necessary information.


If you have any questions regarding this or any other matter do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,
The Withdrawals Department

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Basically I got a fricking Western Union transfer from Nicaragua, and was told not to mention to the teller they were gambling related, nor was I to provide information about the sender.

I have another pending withdrawal after I immediately cleared the rest of my account on July 1st. So that's been 12 weeks. Still no updates.




Basically, don't play on anything besides bodog/bovada in the US.