Online Poker Room Blacklist

[Bawse]

I decided to create a list of poker sites that you should avoid playing. If you feel any online poker rooms should be added to the list(or removed). Please let me know in the comments!

• ACRPoker/AmericasCardroom: I personally refuse to play 1 more hand at ACR. I have played 1000+ MTT's on ACR, and I also worked with them for years promoting their brand. They do not care about their players, or their promoters. If you don't add value to them, expect to be treated like an outsider. Poker sites should be represented with integrity, and I believe ACR has many red flags which is why they should be avoided.
• OddsPoker: Accusations of misappropriating players’ funds have been directed at OddsPoker in the past. Despite operating under its Antigua license, this doesn’t guarantee a safe gaming experience.
• CarbonPoker: While it once held a prominent position among US-focused platforms, this Merge network subsidiary has shown inconsistent records in paying out players. In addition, affiliates were duly informed of the site’s closure in June 2015.
• BadgerStatePoker: Small poker room using Poker Mavens. Owner(Johnny Flores) has been involved with chip dumping, and convicted of sexual assault on a minor.

 

[padrespatty]

Every site has had complaints about policies and procedures. I would say about 90% of those complaints are from freerollers that want to withdraw without fulfilling criteria.

 

[mreleganza]

Oddspoker seems to no longer exist. I have been a "victim" of Carbon's slow pay before, but they did pay in the end. Caveat: Now they are preventing me from requesting a withdrawal because:

"
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
Please note back in 2021 we sent you an email about a mismatch between the physical address you provided us and the IP address your computer registered in our system. Therefore, we would like to know the reason for this discrepancy; probably you traveled to a different country.
As a security precaution, your account has been restricted pending your reply."

I responded,

"
Hi,

I was in the United States the entirety of 2021, as is my address, and so the only reason I can think of is that I inadvertently left a VPN on, which I required for my work at that time."

No response so far. I'm wondering if I should lie and say, "Oh yeah! I was out of the country in 2021!" since she seemed to be leading me towards that answer.