What site should I be playing on?

I play 10NL and have a current BR of 225. I deposited on Fair Poker for their excellent first-time bonus of 150%, but am finding it a little hard to fully clear at these low stakes.

I am not going to leave Fair Poker now, but ideally what would be the best site to play on at these micro stakes?

Fair poker seems decent so far to me with some very bad players and about 15,000 players on at peak hours.

from my own experience, i recommend playing on the pokerroom network (towergaming is the best site on the the PR network and is the site i currently play at. i think they probably have the best bonuses on the net). partypoker is also good.
paradise is very fishy - but i hate the software and will not play there anymore.

definitely do not play at full tilt. i've also heard the pokerstars is very tough.

if you want to sign up to towergaming, you can do so using my blog: pokerlife.wordpress.com. if you do sign up to towergaming using my blog i will provide you with an unofficial rakeback system and give you free money every now and then. nothing official though

my blog is pokerlife(dot)wordpress(dot)com and is also in my signature

Poker Champs - very fishy plus you have a rakeback built into the site

Thanks for the suggestions. Is the iPoker network fishy as well at the low levels?

Should I switch rooms after I clear my bonus?

Originally Posted by RipperJ

Thanks for the suggestions. Is the iPoker network fishy as well at the low levels?

Should I switch rooms after I clear my bonus?

where do you live?
(trust me it matters)

Canada

Originally Posted by RipperJ

Thanks for the suggestions. Is the iPoker network fishy as well at the low levels?

Should I switch rooms after I clear my bonus?

fair poker is listed on the ipoker network.
i've heard good things about vc poker (on ipoker too). they seem to have a good bonus.

Originally Posted by pokerroomace

Originally Posted by RipperJ

Thanks for the suggestions. Is the iPoker network fishy as well at the low levels?

Should I switch rooms after I clear my bonus?

fair poker is listed on the ipoker network.
i've heard good things about vc poker (on ipoker too). they seem to have a good bonus.

Not worth it.
AT 10nl it will take far too long.

3 choices to be honest.

1. Deposit enough to create a $500 bankroll and move to party and empire and do the sign up bonus. Should be +$200 (you need $500 to get the bonus so if you dont have it please dont deposit)

2. This is a link to the homepage of the boss media network.
http://www.ipnpoker.com/?cust_id=Boss

The links to its associated sites are on the right. Have a look through all the sites. You are looking for ones that offer sign up bonuses where you have to play RAKED hands to clear a bonus (NOT a percentage of your rake generated)
These bonuses will ONLY be $50 maybe $150 if you are lucky, but are very much clearable at your stakes.
If you go for the contributed rake bonuses that offer $500 bonus then wave your bonus byebye, you wont generate enough rake for $50, never mind $300.

3. Consider casino whoring untill you reach $500. There are still a couple of casino's worth looking at where you will probably have to deposit your whole br, hope you dont run totally crap and youll have a br at the other end.

4. Have a look at the prima network. Again, most bonuses you wont be able to clear, but there are still bonuses that require you to play raked hands and not generate rake. These will still take a couple k hands (say 6-8) but are worth it for a $200 bonus over that period.
Please, w/e you do, dont go for the biggest bonus you see as most of these are really difficult to clear, and at 10nl you have no chance. You need to be selective with what you do until you get to 50nl where you have a chance of clearing most sign up bonuses.

i forgot, your other option is to just grind it out until you get to $500 and then go to party/empire...

But but but! MAKE SURE you get rakeback where available; it might not be relevant at these stakes but should you become a decent winning player at higher stakes it make a world of difference.

from my own experience i know its very difficult to whore poker sites to build a roll. imo it better to grind out 500 playing 10nl and start whoring with 25nl. it´s not only annoying to clear a bonus at the speed of a snail, but at most sites that offer x% bonus you´ll miss cash depositing $200 or so.

DreamPoker offers 25% up to $50, to clear at 5 raked hands/$ with a rh defined as rake >=.25

at rooms where rakeback is unavailable you might combine your whoring tour with signing up through one of the webs large affiliates. some of them offer additional cash bonuses.

From my experience crypto is worth a look if you're rolled for 25NL and live outside the US. Couple of of sites offer 200$ per month and imo it's easily grindable. You get 30% of rakeback for every crypto site too. Games are fishy. I can grind the $200 bonus in 5 days at 25NL but I play a lot and 8 table.

Seconded re Crypto. I don't know if it's the easiest place to play $25 but it's pretty soft, and the b/rb situation is great (you can get up to $1500 in bonus per month if you play enough )

Originally Posted by biondino

Seconded re Crypto. I don't know if it's the easiest place to play $25 but it's pretty soft, and the b/rb situation is great (you can get up to $1500 in bonus per month if you play enough )

boss and others > crypto

But sure, you need to take a look at crypto at some point to decide if you want to make ahome there.
fwiw biondino, looks like ill be back there to play £100nl while my train wreck 200nl thread continues