Will post a few comments later. Just wanted to say that I've been playing there. Very happy w/ their service.
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1) Lightning-quick payouts. Payout today was confirmed and processed. Had to be done in < 2 minutes.
2) Lucked out on a really nice Loyalty point deal. Spun the wheels, lucked out with $74.
3) I messed up the rollover. But they extended my expiration date. Got it thru, very nice of them.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
Bovada never has been doubted about payout quickness. It is how many times their sites are down constantly.
Report back when you get the pleasure of waiting to be able to log in numerous times a week.
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Hi, unde. As for technical issues, I think that Ignition is quite good.
Have occasionally been knocked off a game. But I normally think that's on my end. Things like MY internet going down.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
$74 dollars LOL wait til u win some real cash, then tell me how quick they pay or boot you..Comment -
Sweet, that wasn't really the point. Maybe I phrased it incorrectly:
*I never play the Casino. I built up some poker-points. Got five free spins.
*Happened to turn it into a little money. Rolled it over and withdrew it. Almost like free-money.
*As for the Ignition payouts, I'm playing Poker. So far so good. Not that I'm so good, more that the player pool is incredibly soft.
As for casino table-games, I am a long-time Blackjack player. If you find the right game, you can carve out a small edge. As for the other games (mostly), no-thanks.
Poker used to be more active on this site. The daily tournaments were great. Props to those who started it up again. If you go back some years, there were good players on this site. The tournaments were really fun.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
Hey, unde. I've never played poker bovada. You like it there?Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
I don't play much poker anymore unless I go on vacation on real tables. I will play from time to time and it is a good enough poker room. They don't have the usage like back when poker busted on the scene but I suppose that is why they have ignition.
I have used Bovada for most of my action for a lot of years but the issues with their site has became beyond ridiculous in the last year so while I still play there, because there is no other book that can touch their soccer selection on smaller markets, they have lost a good chunk of that usage. I don't use ignition but some of the old dudes from SBR, that no longer post here, always bitch about that site also going down at the same time bovada does. Trust me, it won't take you long to see what I am talking about. They do pay fast, no matter the amount, but I can't believe how far they have let their product go to shit. There are times you can't log in, live lines won't update or freeze, you can't withdraw or deposit, or all of the above. Sometimes for a few hours, others for a night, and sometimes for a full weekend. Every time they try to tell you to do simple trouble shooting, like it is you that is the problem, even though their whole site is down and they even have a message on the site detailing that they are once again working on the problem. Even on their community page where thousands have bitched about the same stuff happening every week they try to say there is nothing wrong on their end.
They pay fast, so they got that going like always, but all their sites have to be the worst in the industry hands down.Comment -
Good review. Explains real situation and why parts of it make the risk/effort worthwhile for some.
At the very least you can see these guys are trying to run a workable business. Not like Jazz group who have decided to simply steal all the balances they can't afford to pay.
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Thx, Opti. Going way back, I was stiffed three times. WSEX, Aces Gold and Millenium (if memory serves). Balances weren't TOO big. But lesson learned. You don't hold big balances on these sites.Good review. Explains real situation and why parts of it make the risk/effort worthwhile for some.
At the very least you can see these guys are trying to run a workable business. Not like Jazz group who have decided to simply steal all the balances they can't afford to pay.
I didn't know that about Jazz. I mostly have blinders on now. Don't have the accounts I used to have.
Very happy with Ignition. To Sweet's comment above, any poker winnings (that I accumulate) are against other players. It's not beating a casino game the house sets up. Have spent many hours playing table-games in the past.
There are some very specific situations where table-games become +EV. Bonuses or promotions are definitely worth tracking. I can say that a shrewd Blackjack player can garner an edge. But the casino counter-measures are substantial. It's been 50+ years since Thorp wrote BEAT THE DEALER.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
Since I got going on this, will express a few more opinions (to Opti and Unde). The good poker-players talk about 2025 being part of the 2nd Poker Wave. Accessibility to games is pretty good, maybe b/c it ties to states legalizing sports-betting.
I am AMAZED at how soft the low-level games are. If poker is a game of critical thinking, fair to say that Homo Sapiens don't do well on that scale. Most players are incredibly transparent in their holdings, as if they're playing the game face-up.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
\I think I missed it
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Chucky, glad you are having a good experience. Personally, I have never liked Ignition/Bovada's poker software at all. To be fair, I do not like almost every poker software available to US customers. The one I like best is Stake.com and play there currently and they have instant crypto payouts.Comment -
Hi, Jake. I'll check out Stake.com:
1) Jake, tell me that I'm crazy. The low-level poker games are incredibly soft.
2) One thing I did find on Ignition. You do have to click on the link to not miss the first hand. It sometimes pops up late. Hate to miss out on a premium hand.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
I'm still at ACR doing well with the micros over there.
ACR pays out on time; I've been with them for years.Comment -
I make more money playing on Ignition than Americas Cardroom. I am impressed that payouts have never been a problem in my decade playing at Bovada/Ignition. Also, Ignition pays out in crypto if requested, which I don't mind.Comment
