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hero member
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Some times non regulated means the freedom for anyone any place in the world can play.
So it has it uses when the owners can be trusted but if they can't then its a prob if they run with your money.
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I am terrible at Fantasy Football!!!
Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?

Poker was forced to leave the US market at this time.
Prior to the seizure, Poker could not legally provide service to U.S. residents, but they continued to for a time because it was profitable and because that law was difficult to enforce with them operating entirely outside the United States. maybe  The company is acquired a European Union gambling not license through Malta.
That could be it but we must also remember that some bitcoin casinos are not regulated at all and we don't know who owns them, so for those casinos regulations and stuff like that are not an impediment.
hero member
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?

Poker was forced to leave the US market at this time.
Prior to the seizure, Poker could not legally provide service to U.S. residents, but they continued to for a time because it was profitable and because that law was difficult to enforce with them operating entirely outside the United States. maybe  The company is acquired a European Union gambling not license through Malta.
sr. member
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Nippleboner, huh.  These sites is run by Russian mafia or some brothas in Africa.   Nobody be professional,  so they lose they interest or they money or both.  Or they git shut down by the powers dat be.
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?

There is no connection on what you stated that poker sites are suffering because of the price increase that is happening in bitcoin nowadays. In most of the cases, a poker site is sending email for their users about the closure that will happen to the site so that withdrawals may be requested prior to the shutting down. Some are turning to fraud without a notice. And in some cases, problems with traffic, few users, depleted bankroll etc.

If you mentioned those old sites you are talking too then maybe we can get a clearer view about it.

P.S Bitcoin is pricing since the beginning even without Trump entering the scene Cool
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I am terrible at Fantasy Football!!!
Why not just go to pokerstars they have national recogition so you know they won't go down anytime soon.
And with Ronaldo as a mascot you know they have the money to stay and remain online for many years. Wink
Probably this is what is happening, there does not seem to be a lot of point in waiting  for a small tournament to start when on those sites a small tournaments can start in less than a minute thanks to his huge user base.
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Launching a gaming site is exponentially more difficult now than before. You have to have a lot of knowledge of the industry as well as deep pockets to get to the point where it is sustainable. Affiliates are more expensive than ever, as well as third party products such as payment gateways, software providers, hosting, DDos protection etc. The monthly minimums on providers can be difficult to keep up with. So, my best guess is lack of funding and knowledge.
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Spear the bees
Could you maybe recommendate some CryptoCurrency poker sites that offer low tables and are trustworthy?
I just can't seem to find any site at all that are using BTC as main currency..

(with the exclusion of betcoin.ag, that's the only poker site i can find that has people playing, but holy guacamole that site is shady..)

If my memory is correct, then NitrogenSports is the only real option for you. SWC has low traffic (from what I've personally seen) and FortuneJack's lowest blinds are these weird 0.11/0.22 mBTC tables. Since you're looking for low tables, I assume you mean more micro-stakes, but regardless of what level you're at, trying to do math on these tables is absolutely abysmal and a pain in the ass. (Following rates are in mBTC) NS goes from 2 NL, 10 NL, 20 NL, 50 NL, 100 NL, 2/4/10 -- 00 NL (and then there's ridiculously high stakes which I wouldn't recommend)

Avoid Betcoin.ag at all costs, of course.
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?

Can you please specify the Poker Site that keep closing? And also I don't know why you connecting bitcoin rising in what poker site suffered? Anyway this is my answer to your questions : I think the main reason here why poker site suffer because of rising bitcoin price.

I dont agree with you that poker sites are closing because of bitcoin price rising, their is no relation between bitcoin price and poker sites closing, Poker sites are working on person to person playing way where they take some percentage of table. It is only due to some sites are creating their own bot to play against the real player and ripping them and making them lose the bitcoins this way they are scamming that is why their site gets closed
legendary
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Most bitcoin users aren't interested in poker, it's not a very popular game in the bitcoin gambling world.

However, have you looked at https://swcpoker.eu/? It's a bitcoin poker site that you might want to check out. It's well known, but you'll have to download their client.

I think poker is a famous game in gambler world, but the player want is not the one player poker against computer, they like to play PVP poker, that is why zynga poker used to be very famous, but like others said it is difficult to prevent cheaters when you play PVP games
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i think the main reason for it is because playing poker online is not much fun. you are either a professional poker player and really enjoy the game which means you like the face to face better and will only play online if you have to. or you are a newbie who won't have a good time playing against others who are more experienced. this means losing and losing means leaving the game.
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Abut bitcoin poker sites dropping from the market - it is only because they have poor user base. Mainly because humongous sites like Pokerstars, Full Tilt, 888poker, iPoker and others.

The userbase is beneficial in one way, though. A lot of bad poker players can be seen in the bitcoin scene - though it may be selection bias - and that could be an advantage to playing in bitcoin poker sites. The skill must be polarized however, having extremely bad players and high-skill players in higher stakes. Perhaps this is what draws more players to the larger competitors.

I assume that serious poker players would rather play on PokerStars with thousands of people at any time, than waste time waiting for table to fill on low populated bitcoin poker site.

Likely, but of course another thing is that some notable examples of bitcoin poker sites (NS, FJ) do not support any HUD (afaik) due to their software.



ACR accepts bitcoin, so there's an option for people who want to deposit/withdraw with it.




Why not just go to pokerstars they have national recogition so you know they won't go down anytime soon.
And with Ronaldo as a mascot you know they have the money to stay and remain online for many years. Wink

Let's not talk about PokerStars and the stupidity that they've done this year. From raising the rake to crappy new "cage" games with a time limit... I think I'd prefer other sites.

(And then of course you have Daniel Negraneau the shillmaster)

Could you maybe recommendate some CryptoCurrency poker sites that offer low tables and are trustworthy?
I just can't seem to find any site at all that are using BTC as main currency..

(with the exclusion of betcoin.ag, that's the only poker site i can find that has people playing, but holy guacamole that site is shady..)

RE; Thanks for the kind answer fellow stranger.
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Spear the bees
Abut bitcoin poker sites dropping from the market - it is only because they have poor user base. Mainly because humongous sites like Pokerstars, Full Tilt, 888poker, iPoker and others.

The userbase is beneficial in one way, though. A lot of bad poker players can be seen in the bitcoin scene - though it may be selection bias - and that could be an advantage to playing in bitcoin poker sites. The skill must be polarized however, having extremely bad players and high-skill players in higher stakes. Perhaps this is what draws more players to the larger competitors.

I assume that serious poker players would rather play on PokerStars with thousands of people at any time, than waste time waiting for table to fill on low populated bitcoin poker site.

Likely, but of course another thing is that some notable examples of bitcoin poker sites (NS, FJ) do not support any HUD (afaik) due to their software.



ACR accepts bitcoin, so there's an option for people who want to deposit/withdraw with it.




Why not just go to pokerstars they have national recogition so you know they won't go down anytime soon.
And with Ronaldo as a mascot you know they have the money to stay and remain online for many years. Wink

Let's not talk about PokerStars and the stupidity that they've done this year. From raising the rake to crappy new "cage" games with a time limit... I think I'd prefer other sites.

(And then of course you have Daniel Negraneau the shillmaster)
sr. member
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Why not just go to pokerstars they have national recogition so you know they won't go down anytime soon.
And with Ronaldo as a mascot you know they have the money to stay and remain online for many years. Wink
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Life is a game, you either play it or get played.
Just like with everything online, services recycle themselves enough for the population to occur consistently.

Without question some fly by the night, except many stay during the time new ones pop back up... So to say the BTC gambling industry is dying out, you'd just have to find new terf.
legendary
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?

Is this a joke? Lol Trump has only been elected, he isn't even in office yet Roll Eyes

My guess would be definitely because of the rising prices of BTC, as everyone here has pointed out lol. Also don't know what sites you're talking about, your post is very vague.
Trump having significant impact on bitcoin price is nothing more like placebo, nothing has changed so far and I expect that status quo will be preserved for his whole first term.

Abut bitcoin poker sites dropping from the market - it is only because they have poor user base. Mainly because humongous sites like Pokerstars, Full Tilt, 888poker, iPoker and others.
I assume that serious poker players would rather play on PokerStars with thousands of people at any time, than waste time waiting for table to fill on low populated bitcoin poker site.
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?
Maybe they made a good profit and they runned away with the users bitcoin or maybe they losed all their money so they quit .I dont see other reasons to close an webiste
hero member
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?
I have noticed that most of the gamblers on the bitcoin world prefer to play dice or games like that rather than poker, I don't know why that is or even if I’m right in my observations, but if true then that only means there is not a lot of market for casinos specialized on poker.

People who use bitcoins do prefer to play dice and other fast paced games than playing poker. Maybe it is also because gambling at an online poker site is boring and is very slow. There are so few plays you can also do in an online poker game than in a real one. So you can't really truly play poker how it is meant to be played in the real world, if you play it online. I guess that is what's missing.
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I am terrible at Fantasy Football!!!
Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?
I have noticed that most of the gamblers on the bitcoin world prefer to play dice or games like that rather than poker, I don't know why that is or even if I’m right in my observations, but if true then that only means there is not a lot of market for casinos specialized on poker.
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Haven't played bitcoin poker for a while, just when I started looking for my old sites they are both closed, I probably even had some chips in there, bitcoin is rising since Trump entered the scene, why are poker sites suffering?

Is this a joke? Lol Trump has only been elected, he isn't even in office yet Roll Eyes

My guess would be definitely because of the rising prices of BTC, as everyone here has pointed out lol. Also don't know what sites you're talking about, your post is very vague.
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