online poker

rambleonthruthefog · 02-12-2010, 11:21 AM

does anyone know the best prepaid visa gift card to use on full tilt poker? my MC won't work, and i'm not giving access to my checking acct. i have a visa giftcard that didn't work, so i called full tilt and they told me not all visa gift cards work, but that many do. going to vegas in 3weeks and need to practice up on my poker. played weekly for the better part of a decade but haven't been playin the past couple years. just want to deposit $50-$75 so i can brush up a bit. i figure a week or two of practice, and a couple reads throuth my poker bible ought to have me ready.rep for anyone that can help. thanks.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 02-12-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

does anyone know the best prepaid visa gift card to use on full tilt poker? my MC won't work, and i'm not giving access to my checking acct. i have a visa giftcard that didn't work, so i called full tilt and they told me not all visa gift cards work, but that many do. going to vegas in 3weeks and need to practice up on my poker. played weekly for the better part of a decade but haven't been playin the past couple years. just want to deposit $50-$75 so i can brush up a bit. i figure a week or two of practice, and a couple reads throuth my poker bible ought to have me ready.rep for anyone that can help. thanks.

Go to ultimatebet.com and just use your debit card.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 02-12-2010, 11:31 AM

Or bodog for that matter.

rambleonthruthefog · 02-12-2010, 11:36 AM

i would, but my wife is a freak about using our debit card online. we only use our credit card to make online purchases. i'd have to listen to the wrath if i gave some gambling website access to our checking acct.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 02-12-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

i would, but my wife is a freak about using our debit card online. we only use our credit card to make online purchases. i'd have to listen to the wrath if i gave some gambling website access to our checking acct.

I've done it no less than a hundred times over the last decade. I have never had a problem with either one of those sites.

FTR, bodog is owned by a Canadian indian reservation. UB is a Phil Hellmuth company. It's very safe, and if shenanigans ensue, your bank will credit the money to your account no questions asked.

Hootie · 02-12-2010, 11:57 AM

the cool thing about poker is...

it's not like basketball...

once you know how to play, you know how to play.

You don't need to practice.

Oh and I have $120 in my Full Tilt account that I'm not using...

It's for my brother-in-law and he wants to cash it out...if you mail me a check I'll transfer you the money.

I'll make it a binding contract if you're worried about my good faith...

In fact, I trust you enough I'll transfer you the money before I even get the check...as long as you promise me you mailed the check.

Hootie · 02-12-2010, 11:59 AM

yep.

Just checked.

I have $120 exact in my account...

PM me what you want me to transfer and I'll give you my address so you can mail me a check...I'll transfer as soon as you agree and you'll have the funds immediately.

I trust you won't screw me over.

Quesadilla Joe · 02-13-2010, 06:04 AM

Go to Pokerstars. Best poker site out there bar none.

Hootie · 02-13-2010, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KnowMo2724

Go to Pokerstars. Best poker site out there bar none.

well that's just not true...

Full Tilt has really ran away with it over the past few years...and I'd even go as far as to say Cake Poker is #2...

Full Tilt
GAP
GAP
GAP
Cake
PokerStars
UB
Bodog

Quesadilla Joe · 02-13-2010, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

well that's just not true...

Full Tilt has really ran away with it over the past few years...and I'd even go as far as to say Cake Poker is #2...

Full Tilt
GAP
GAP
GAP
Cake
PokerStars
UB
Bodog

No way is Full Tilt better than Pokerstars.

PS always has at least 2-3 times as many people playing than Full Tilt. Plus PS has games like Badugi, 2-7 single draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, and 5 card draw... Full Tilt has none of those games.

PS will give you money if you play enough. I just cashed in 2,500 frequent player points (took a month to accumulate at the $.50/$1.00 and $1/$2 stakes I play) for 40 bucks instant cash and while I was building up those 2,500 FPP's I earned $30 more through their VIP Rewards program. Pokerstars should give me $350 worth of instant cash just through their VIP Stellar Rewards this year if I keep playing about an hour a day, and that doesn't even count all the freerolls and other special offers they offer throughout the year.

Full Tilt's reward program sucks balls. I don't even think they give you any cash for Full Tilt points through their store. I quit playing there after they refused to give me rakeback even though they offer it to new players.

Hootie · 02-13-2010, 02:14 PM

well I've had rakeback on Full Tilt for years...it's definitely the more professional software...and I play higher stakes than what you're talking about so perhaps Poker Stars might be better for you...all I know is I can't stand the interface and it was a pain for me to withdraw from that site so I stopped playing there...

and UB doesn't have enough players...I literally played with the same 5 people everyday on the 10/20 and 15/30 tables so it just turned into who got the cards since we all knew exactly how each other played...

Full Tilt is my happy medium since Party bowed out of the states...

Quesadilla Joe · 02-13-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

well I've had rakeback on Full Tilt for years...it's definitely the more professional software...and I play higher stakes than what you're talking about so perhaps Poker Stars might be better for you...all I know is I can't stand the interface and it was a pain for me to withdraw from that site so I stopped playing there...

and UB doesn't have enough players...I literally played with the same 5 people everyday on the 10/20 and 15/30 tables so it just turned into who got the cards since we all knew exactly how each other played...

Full Tilt is my happy medium since Party bowed out of the states...

I made the mistake of setting up an account 5 years ago with Full Tilt when I was still a n00b at poker. A couple of months later I found out about them giving people rakeback at the 2+2 forums and I emailed Full Tilt about it numerous times and they said players with an existing account cannot set up rakeback.

You can change the lobby theme to a black theme that looks pretty cool at Pokerstars.

I don't even come close to getting to the good rewards PS has to offer because I don't play high enough stakes. But if you do play often at "higher" stakes than you should try to get to Supernova on PS. They give Supernovas free entry's into a weekly $30,000 freeroll, a monthly $100,000 freeroll and a quarterly $1,000,000 freeroll plus $4,000 (plus $1,000 in milestone bonuses and you can buy $50, $285, $650, $1,500, and $4,000 bonuses with your FPP's) just for reaching Supernova.

Pokerstars reward system is just the same as rakeback and gets even better the higher level you are.

02-12-2010, 11:21 AM	Topic Starter
rambleonthruthefog Veteran Join Date: May 2008 Location: Austin, Texas Casino cash: $2925026	online poker does anyone know the best prepaid visa gift card to use on full tilt poker? my MC won't work, and i'm not giving access to my checking acct. i have a visa giftcard that didn't work, so i called full tilt and they told me not all visa gift cards work, but that many do. going to vegas in 3weeks and need to practice up on my poker. played weekly for the better part of a decade but haven't been playin the past couple years. just want to deposit $50-$75 so i can brush up a bit. i figure a week or two of practice, and a couple reads throuth my poker bible ought to have me ready.rep for anyone that can help. thanks.
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02-12-2010, 11:36 AM	#4
rambleonthruthefog Veteran Join Date: May 2008 Location: Austin, Texas Casino cash: $2925026	i would, but my wife is a freak about using our debit card online. we only use our credit card to make online purchases. i'd have to listen to the wrath if i gave some gambling website access to our checking acct.
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02-12-2010, 11:57 AM	#6
Hootie Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas Casino cash: $10004900	the cool thing about poker is... it's not like basketball... once you know how to play, you know how to play. You don't need to practice. Oh and I have $120 in my Full Tilt account that I'm not using... It's for my brother-in-law and he wants to cash it out...if you mail me a check I'll transfer you the money. I'll make it a binding contract if you're worried about my good faith... In fact, I trust you enough I'll transfer you the money before I even get the check...as long as you promise me you mailed the check.
Posts: 56,356

02-12-2010, 11:59 AM	#7
Hootie Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas Casino cash: $10004900	yep. Just checked. I have $120 exact in my account... PM me what you want me to transfer and I'll give you my address so you can mail me a check...I'll transfer as soon as you agree and you'll have the funds immediately. I trust you won't screw me over.
Posts: 56,356

02-13-2010, 06:04 AM	#8
Quesadilla Joe Abolish The Salary Cap! Join Date: Mar 2008 Casino cash: $3408675	Go to Pokerstars. Best poker site out there bar none. __________________ “(Sean) Payton feels as strongly about Bo Nix as he did Mahomes.“ - Adam Schefter
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02-13-2010, 02:14 PM	#11
Hootie Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas Casino cash: $10004900	well I've had rakeback on Full Tilt for years...it's definitely the more professional software...and I play higher stakes than what you're talking about so perhaps Poker Stars might be better for you...all I know is I can't stand the interface and it was a pain for me to withdraw from that site so I stopped playing there... and UB doesn't have enough players...I literally played with the same 5 people everyday on the 10/20 and 15/30 tables so it just turned into who got the cards since we all knew exactly how each other played... Full Tilt is my happy medium since Party bowed out of the states...
Posts: 56,356