What is the best online poker room?

[grilldoggy]

I hope Full Tilt and Ultimate Bet will make a return to the US. Full Tilt had incredibly stable software, and was reliable with the payouts. Ultimate Bet was reliable too aside from the 'potripper' scandal, which was a wake-up call to the industry and the players. So right now, as a US customer, I'd say Carbon, Bovada, Black Chip, Full Flush, and Heritage are good choices. Heritage has what I consider the best sportsbook as well. Juicy Stakes' cashout fee is a joke $100, so until they lower this I won't recommend them to my peers.

[Dram911]

I've been playing on Bovada and I've done pretty well there. The only think I don't like about the site is you don't know who you're playing against. I just found this site and signed up for Carbon so I'm looking forward to playing there soon!

[Buzzsaw]

im depositing in bovada next week when i have time but i like ACR

[Jimmy66666]

Do people play at betonline.ag. I know they have good freerolls...

[Tittyboy90]

I use bovada, black chip, and carbon. I like bovada, but it seems like people don't know when to fold. I'll have a great hand, and pressure someone before and after the flop, and they will just keep calling. This results in many bad beats to inferior pre flop hands on the turn and river. I'm new to BCP and Carbon, and am trying those out now.

[Vintage69]

Just curious, what levels are you playing? I'm finding in the lower buy-in tournaments I run into a lot of calling stations, but as the stakes go up, the callers drop out, but at the higher levels, as a beginner, I'm getting my butt handed to me.

[P3RF3CT13]

Juicy Stakes got better

[Luckman1]

My personal favorite is America's Cardroom. My only complaint with them is that I did receive a check from them once that bounced, but they took care of the problem quickly and were very professional.

[RTKabuto]

My question is actually in two parts. And what I mean by "best online poker room," I'm asking about what is the best overall and which has the most credibility.

1) From what I've read, PokerStars is the best, with Full Tilt coming in second.

2) Is it worth playing online at all, considering the fact that a lot of people play using bots and other programs to give them a stronger advantage?

The biggest concern I have about playing online is whether or not it will help improve my game, considering you obviously can't see the players faces or study their body language. I've been doing very well at poker rooms in Vegas this past year, but I don't live there and I'm not ready to quit my job and go professional until I at least make it to the final round of a major tournament. But it would be nice to be able to practice with other serious players when not in Vegas.

1) Yes those 2 are basically the best.... BUT... only if you're not living in the US. If you live in the US, I feel that Bovada is #1, followed by the ACR/BCP/Carbon rooms. Mind you, also if you do live in the states, keep an eye out for your intra state online card rooms as well. Though not as good as the ones listed above, they could be a place for you to find REAL soft games. Also one thing to avoid, because of the ever shifting pricing, is AVOID BITCOIN poker rooms.

2) Online playing is good to keep your skills focused. Also with playing online poker rooms, you don't hafta dress in a certain form, if at all (if that's your preference LoL), and you can play any time of the day. Also if you have multiple screens you can have a HEM or any other poker analysis software, or poker book on the other screen for certain circumstances. Or heck you can just be watching a movie on the other part. One thing online poker offers to the masses that doesn't to brick and mortar players is that the hands go by so fast, that even an ADD person wouldn't lose interest .

BUT....

One thing that online doesn't offer that Brick and Mortar places do is the amount of patience you build for decisions and hands. Also you can read a person through their body language better.

Of course it's a personal preference thing. I enjoy both myself, when I can get to both that is.

[whitemeat454]

ultimate bet was the best in my opinion. the software was easy to navigate and it had alot of freerolls.