Pokertime
October 9th, 2009
I got $10 free on Pokertime. I’ve never put money on this site, but every year or so they throw some kind of offer at me. I went on at 11 pm and it was way too late for much action on this predominantly European online poker site. There were many games with euro buy-ins as well. For my $10 USD, I cold register in a tournament of up to about 7 Euros. The site took over where Royal Vegas Poker left off. Though it’s been physically updated, the layout is nearly identical. When I logged on at 11 PM EST it showed 04:00 GMT on their clocks. No wonder there was no action! It was 4 in the morning in Europe. The tournaments were few and far between, and the sit and go’s were only registering at extremely low limits. So, I decided to take a look at the casino online cash tables. What better way to try and run $10 up than at a cash table. Here I hit another roadblock. The only tables that had action were the .02/.04 USD NLHE 6-handed tables. There was no action at 5c/10c, one table of .25/.50 and one at .50/$1. To play at the .25/.50 I needed $25 minimum. So, I couldn’t short stack it. The only thing I could do was play .02/.04. These stakes are ridiculous to play at. At the end of a short session, I left up 2 cents. Now, at 1pm, I log on and it is 18:00 BST. That would make it 6 PM in Europe. The action is a little heavier, with 12 cash tables running, the highest stake one being 1/2 Euro. I find I am able to buy into a .10/.20 Euro game. My $10 gets me 7.10 Euros. The problem is if I run this up, I’m not returning the same USD profit that it appears I am making at the poker online tables. Cashout seems to be available to US players at $50 minimum through various processes.
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