Poker

[stevrev]

I enjoy playing poker online, but I've had a hard time finding a place to play. many sites require you to download and install software. I don't necessarily mind doing that, but having a mac limits my options somewhat; it's far more convenient to play through a browser. that being said, nitrogensports.eu seemed like the perfect fit. I like the look and functionality of their poker client, which is all browser based. their hourly freerolls always attracted 50-70 entrants, with as many as 600 for special weekly events. nitro does well to respect players' anonymity, but that also provided for a great deal of collusion, which ultimately lead to the discontinuation of the hourly freerolls.

now that the hourly freerolls are gone, so are most of the players, which is arguably the most important aspect of a poker site. for the past few weeks, I've been playing at BTCkings.com, a relatively new poker site that exclusively deals in bitcoin. the only thing they lack is a solid player base. there are a handful of regulars who can be found playing there, as well as a few bots, but unless more people come, I can't imagine it will be around much longer.

I really hope more of you start playing there. it's a simple site that is easy to join and seems to be run by honest people. besides the small player base, I only have one little gripe, and it's purely superficial: the poker software, which is conveniently browser based, looks like a time capsule from 1997. I don't know why.. it just feels kind of dated. but I like that it's simple, and it seems to function just fine.. so if you can see past that, I'm sure you'll find it to be a fantastic option for online poker.

what's your experience playing online? and is there any place you can recommend?

thanks!

[actmyname]

ACR if you need to use Bitcoins and don't care about anonymity. Bovada/Ignition work well too.Otherwise you're kind of fucked when it comes to crypto poker. Wait until some of the bigger names release their poker rooms, I guess.

[Bolt Brownie]

I think we all face the same problem when it comes to poker. There aren't enough players on the poker sites that use bitcoin. I don't really understand why, because poker is a popular game among gamblers. In my opinion is because of the fear of collusion. Anonymity is valued by the bitcoin community and that doesn't work very well with poker. How can you prevent collusion, if the site can't make sure that they don't have alts on the same table.

I think this will always be a problem, and we will always lack poker players playing with bitcoin, unless they identity verification.
As for where to play, I used to do it at betcoin.ag, because it had a bigger player base than the others, but I don't do it anymore, because of the problems I've mentioned.

[stevrev]

ACR if you need to use Bitcoins and don't care about anonymity. Bovada/Ignition work well too.Otherwise you're kind of fucked when it comes to crypto poker. Wait until some of the bigger names release their poker rooms, I guess.

I've used ACR, but it lags really bad on my computer. playing two tables at once is basically impossible. and I've heard good things about Bovada/Ignition, but their software doesn't seem to work on my computer. it installs just fine, but when I try to open it I get hung up on the first screen which is just a tiny box that says something like "connecting to network." nothing happens after that.. it's pretty god damn irritating.. but thanks for the suggestions.

[eking657]

I enjoy playing poker online, but I've had a hard time finding a place to play. many sites require you to download and install software. I don't necessarily mind doing that, but having a mac limits my options somewhat; it's far more convenient to play through a browser. that being said, nitrogensports.eu seemed like the perfect fit. I like the look and functionality of their poker client, which is all browser based. their hourly freerolls always attracted 50-70 entrants, with as many as 600 for special weekly events. nitro does well to respect players' anonymity, but that also provided for a great deal of collusion, which ultimately lead to the discontinuation of the hourly freerolls.

now that the hourly freerolls are gone, so are most of the players, which is arguably the most important aspect of a poker site. for the past few weeks, I've been playing at BTCkings.com, a relatively new poker site that exclusively deals in bitcoin. the only thing they lack is a solid player base. there are a handful of regulars who can be found playing there, as well as a few bots, but unless more people come, I can't imagine it will be around much longer.

I really hope more of you start playing there. it's a simple site that is easy to join and seems to be run by honest people. besides the small player base, I only have one little gripe, and it's purely superficial: the poker software, which is conveniently browser based, looks like a time capsule from 1997. I don't know why.. it just feels kind of dated. but I like that it's simple, and it seems to function just fine.. so if you can see past that, I'm sure you'll find it to be a fantastic option for online poker.

what's your experience playing online? and is there any place you can recommend?

thanks!

Hey

Please follow my post here - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2069122.0

I am launching a new poker room on 01/10/2017 (hopefully it will be ready by then for beta)
Its taken us months to build, but we will have a download client for windows, a web based html client and Mobile app for android.

I'm giving away 1mBTC during the 2 week beta to new players. Have a look at the post for images of the poker room and tables.

In regards to security -
Indeed it may be true, that it is harder to detect collusion with anonymous poker sites, but not impossible. Our software was built on an alert system, detecting user behaviour and giving us a statistical evaluation if a player is colluding or not.

As you mentioned freerolls, we will have freerolls running daily and quite often.
Hoping to have you on board for the beta.

Best

[leex1528]

I personally can't do much online poker anymore.  There seems to be far too many "bad beats" and one can only assume its rigged, even at fiat websites.  The person staying in has a 1% chance to win throughout the entire hand and then, bam, they get river and turn to go in their favor. 

[game-protect]

I have opened a dicussion thread in regards to bitcoin poker sites here Where do crypto poker players play and why? and have to admit that the discussion is relatively quiet.

However, that does not mean that a well managed bitcoin poker site can not become one of the larger ones.

[www.btcjack.com]

i have been i poker players and affiliate for many years, it is true that finding a good poker site nowhere days is very hard.
I have played on every single site that has ever come out and nowhere days i play on bitcoin based poker sites.
I would like for a site to come out that is only in bitcoin but can attract a huge base of players because all the bitcoin poker sites are relatively small with a soft player base.
I am looking forward to ultimatebit to come out soon which i hope might be a good fit for me .

[stevrev]

I have opened a dicussion thread in regards to bitcoin poker sites here Where do Bitcoin poker players play and why? and have to admit that the discussion is relatively quiet.

However, that does not mean that a well managed bitcoin poker site can not become one of the larger ones.

man that's pretty disappointing.. I wish more people were interested in playing poker online.

[tokeweed]

This is obviously started by a person trying to advertise Btckings, but ok I'll bite.  I just checked your poker site and one of the things that discourages me, and most who wants to play online, is the low traffic.  What are your plans in fixing this and why do you think it'll be a different outcome from the other BTC poker sites who have failed?

[kidsuzudn]

I think playing poker online is only for amateur, Professional in poker only play at LAN , where everyone can see other's emotions to make a decision fall or call. That how every LAN poker attracted viewers every years.

[LuanX3]

I don't like online poker too much since you can't really play a lot of strategies when the game is online. There are a lot of strategies like playing
a bluff with poker face or anything that involves physical presence. Well fun also diminishes as well whenever playing online. So I prefer real poker.

[BitcoinSupremo]

I love playing poker online but so far unfortunately only at FIAT casinos. The reason for this because I find it hard to find a good poker site which operates only in Bitcoin and has at least the same amount of traffic as one FIAT casino has. I remember having lot of fun playing at Globet poker (a FIAT casino I don't know if it exist still or not) a few years ago, the tables there were always full.

I am still waiting for when a Bitcoin poker site will have such traffic so we can all play there and have fun.

[pixie85]

Have you tried Jetwin? They have a nice online casino with live dealers. I played some BJ in there and it was fun.
It used to be a big casino before they started accepting Bitcoin, so it's usually full of people playing.

[NorrisK]

Do you absolutely want to use bitcoin for playing poker?

It looks like most fiat poker rooms have much better software and a much larger playerbase due to their longer experience.

[iv4n]

Do you absolutely want to use bitcoin for playing poker?

It looks like most fiat poker rooms have much better software and a much larger playerbase due to their longer experience.

Why do you advertise bitcoin casino? Why are you here? Instead to promote bitcoin you are telling people to play with fiat.
Bitcoin poker is very good and you can find good poker for bitcoins. I would recommend nitrogen, I wear their signature and you can find easily with one click, registration is very simple and you can play poker for bitcoins when ever you wish, more you play more tickets for free tournaments you will get. You can find more rules about it on the site, or PM me I will explain you how can you get those tickets with playing cash games.
Even if you don't choose nitrogen you can find other good casinos where you can play poker for bitcoins. Its up to you to choose place you like, but nitrogen is probably most trusted bitcoin casino.

[Rinsend]

I don't like online poker too much since you can't really play a lot of strategies when the game is online. There are a lot of strategies like playing
a bluff with poker face or anything that involves physical presence. Well fun also diminishes as well whenever playing online. So I prefer real poker.

actually online poker games and real poker the same if we look in terms of strategy
the difference is that we can immediately see the real form of the players,
and also we can see the look of the customers who can make us know how the expression of the card holder,
which can be one of our strategies in taking advantage of intu
because some poker players can not hide their exposure when they get a good card or vice versa

[YuginKadoya]

I don't like online poker too much since you can't really play a lot of strategies when the game is online. There are a lot of strategies like playing
a bluff with poker face or anything that involves physical presence. Well fun also diminishes as well whenever playing online. So I prefer real poker.

actually online poker games and real poker the same if we look in terms of strategy
the difference is that we can immediately see the real form of the players,
and also we can see the look of the customers who can make us know how the expression of the card holder,
which can be one of our strategies in taking advantage of intu
because some poker players can not hide their exposure when they get a good card or vice versa

Certainly this is one of a strategy that can be used in a poker match, expression war if you had shown your expression on the opponent they can surely used this at their advantage or vice versa and I think This is the one that are not present or can not be used if it is an online poker match, maybe a you can put Video Call needed when engaging in an online poker match when one would make their own poker site, Because this type of aspect can surely be a great deal when you are playing poker gambling.

[kidsuzudn]

Mostly Poker online are using fiat for now, Not much casino playing poker under the unit Bitcoin cause the price of bitcoin are changing for every minutes. So i think you should change poker into roulette or dice or mines. You can still have fun or using fiats to play poker is better.

[tokeweed]

Do you absolutely want to use bitcoin for playing poker?

It looks like most fiat poker rooms have much better software and a much larger playerbase due to their longer experience.

I sure do granting that the traffic is good or at least decent enough to get games at least 4 tables going at once.  I like multitabling a lot and it's really impossible to play more than 4 - 5 tables at a time with Bitcoin poker rooms.  And yes, good software helps too.  That's why I keep coming back at Pokerstars for my poker 'cravings'.  They got the best software in the business.