Poker site

[Cantona]

I am sure I posted this once already, here goes again anyhow.

I am considering signing up to the poker.co.uk site. I think i can easily achieve the signup bonuses.

The question is, are they any good? In particular the following:

Do I get shafted when cashing in and out with exchange rates? I will be using visa debit card both ways, and no netteller etc.

Is the software and server reliable / stable?

I have read on the site that in the event of failing to act/disconnection or otherwise you are put all in by default. This is a little worrying I think. How does this protect? Can you disable this feature ?

What is the standard of play like soft / strong ?

Are the peak times at UK or America times or both ?

Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks

[drwinston]

Hi Cantona

I can't say regarding most of the questions you've asked as I don't play on the site regularly. However, I've been playing SNG's on there quite a lot recently and it's by far the easiest online money you can make (from the sites I've played at). I moved away from the cash games on there because the play was too awful. I want to play against bad players but when you're preflop raise with aces gets called by 6-7 other players you're in for some tough luck.

So, the play on poker.co.uk is the softest I've played against in my 4-5 years of online poker.

I haven't had any problems with software glitches.

My only real problem with the site is there are too many non English speaking players who happily chat away when they're at the same table. When asked to keep all talk in English they ignore you. Last night for example, it was down to the last 3 and my 2 opponents had been chatting all night. I know a little bit of German and am sure they said something about getting me out first. I wasn't positive until I noticed they never played as agresively against eachother as they did when they were against me. This in my book is cheating so keep an eye out for it.

[Cantona]

Thanks DrW

So it was you that took me on with 76o

I am currently playing at Betfair on Crytpo and its said to be reasonably hard. I find this to be true of cash games, although certain times are very profitable. The SnG's are much easier to deal with as, like you say, one lucky call doesnt always kill you off.

What happens in the tourneys with the All in rule ?

[waltypies]

Thanks DrW

So it was you that took me on with 76o

I am currently playing at Betfair on Crytpo and its said to be reasonably hard. I find this to be true of cash games, although certain times are very profitable. The SnG's are much easier to deal with as, like you say, one lucky call doesnt always kill you off.

What happens in the tourneys with the All in rule ?

In my experience i have never had an all in when i have been dc'ed so i am not too certain on that. So i would not worry.

The site itself is very soft and easy to make money on. Infact its easier than Willhill and others.

In my eyes i would say the harder sites are riverstars and full tilt. You have to earn your money on those

[Cantona]

Thanks Walt

Here is a cut and paste from the website

Going all-in when failing to act in time:

If in the event you fail to act on your hand in time (10 seconds), the system will assume you have become unavailable to complete the hand. As such, placing you all-in will protect your investment into the pot to that point in the game. The system will track and record all of your cards and show them to all players during the showdown. If you win, your account will be credited accordingly. You may request a hand history at the table to review the entire hand for verification of the outcome.

Going all-in when disconnected:

We understand that gaming on the Internet can be unstable from time to time and that a player can get disconnected from the game server. Regardless of the reason for the disconnection, we will protect your investment to that point by placing you all-in. The system will track and record all of your cards and show them to all players during the showdown. If you win, your account will be credited accordingly. You may request a hand history at the table to review the entire hand for verification of the outcome.

***Important information to know***

If at anytime your all-in status is zero (0) you are playing at your own risk. This simply means that you do not have all-in protection and you are disconnected or fail to act in time, YOUR HAND WILL BE FOLDED AND YOUR INVESTMENT WILL BE LOST without any recourse whatsoever.

Although we allot you one (1) all-in protection per 24 hours, we will consider resetting your protection back to one if warranted. Simply contact support@poker.co.uk for consideration. However, if Poker.co.uk suspects abuse of the all-in protection feature, this may result in loss of membership or denied reset request.

Lastly, sending a request or receiving approval notification does not imply that you have all-in protection; you do not have all-in protection until you see this in your account.



It doesnt define if its the same for cash and tourney, but still a worry.

[Cantona]

On reading that again, does it mean you are all in with whatever your pot contribution is so far, and the rest of your cash is not bet ?

If so then thats got to be open to abuse, though thats why they limit you to 1 per day. Even so spend it wisely and you would surely benefit long term.

I have emailed them but so far no response.

[waltypies]

On reading that again, does it mean you are all in with whatever your pot contribution is so far, and the rest of your cash is not bet ?

If so then thats got to be open to abuse, though thats why they limit you to 1 per day. Even so spend it wisely and you would surely benefit long term.

I have emailed them but so far no response.

I have not got a clue on that!! lol

Never had a problem getting dc'ed before so i cant comment on what that means. To be honest i have not even really thought about it!!

I am sure someone else here knows exactly what it means.

[drwinston]

On reading that again, does it mean you are all in with whatever your pot contribution is so far, and the rest of your cash is not bet ?

If so then thats got to be open to abuse, though thats why they limit you to 1 per day. Even so spend it wisely and you would surely benefit long term.

I have emailed them but so far no response.

Most sites have all in protection in NL games for disconnections etc. I know for sure people do disconnect at times when they're not sure if their hand is good and want to see the river. Definately a chance to cheat but if that's why you're in the game then so be it. I did see on poker.co.uk that it says there's NO allin protection in NL and pot limit tournaments so I assume that means if you fail to act in time or are disconnected you are automatically folded.