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Message: [QUOTE="JOEBOB69, post: 2106859, member: 53987"] Joebob’s thoughts on Bovada 1. Anonymous tables. My first problem with this is ummm do we remember a guy named Russ  I mean you must completely trust a company to be the sole provider for security issues i.e. super using, collusion, bots etc. The last time I checked the site isn’t called Poker Stars. You have no idea who you’re playing. This effects HUD’S which I did find out there were some HUD’S, but they are only good for one session at a time. Notes same as the HUD’S, there only good for one session at a time and who feels like wasting their time. Table selection, well there is no such thing. The upside to anonymous tables that I see is as follows. Some players don’t like everyone to see how much they lose, so this will make them feel free from being ridiculed or bum hunted to the point they quit or feel the need to get better. I believe it helps HU play a lot. No more bum hunting siting out at the lower to mid-levels. 2. Software. The short answer is it sucks. I dislike the back ground, sound, and pretty much all of it as a whole. Options on the site, lol what options. There is no auto top off feature. I mean realy WTF no auto top off!!!! You can only play 4 tables at once. To be completely fair on this point, since there is no HUD or notes on any villain for most winning players it would be –EV to play more than 4 tables. 3. Rack back (player points VIP program). There isn’t one. Ok to be honest for every $1-$3 raked in a pot you receive 1 point. You can exchange certain # of points into tournament tickets. I looked for their $100+9 tourney it was 9,500 points. So if you’re average rake is $2=1 point that is $19,000 in rake paid for a return of $109. I know ROW players right now are saying sweet sign me the **** up. 4. Fish to reg ratio. This one is a huge plus for Bovada. I do not remember playing on a site this soft in years. I have seen such awesome play, as calling 4bets and C/F flops several time in HU in a very short amount of hands. General play that I’ve seen is fishy as hell. 5. Cash outs. Now we come to the main reason I choose Bovada. I do not have personal knowledge as to their speed of cash outs, only what I read on the forums etc. Though it seems clear they are way more reliable than any other US facing site. My overall view on the site as a whole. I think the site is better suited for MTT players. Unless you are a MTT player on a small site and start out with a few players with the same skill level as you. It’s rare that you will get enough data on the same players to build a reliable sample for them anyway. I believe that the anonymous tables probably give me a slight advantage over any other micro- small limit player. I’m used to playing live, in many different card rooms across the country. I don’t know the regs or the fish I only have a few hands to make assumption that can be very profitable or –EV. That situation seems close to Bovada minus the table talk and tells. I deposited $300 on the site with the intention of playing 10nl. In 3 short sessions of 10nl HU 1-2 tabling I increased my BR by 50%. The amount of bad play is almost at 2007 level. Is it perfect , no not my any means. If I was a ROW player would I play there as my main room, no not by means. Could be worse it could be UB or Lock. I'm sure i left out some points i thought of before i started typing. But hey my mind wonders some times. [/QUOTE]

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