From Poker Update – This is the first in a weekly series that will recap what is happening at all of the US facing poker sites. This first installment will only look at the major rooms with more being added each week. I will look at withdrawal times, deposits, promotions and traffic to compare the sites, as these are the most important thing for most grinders and even recreational players. I also added banned states at the end of each site explanation so that you can see what site will work best for your purpose and playing enjoyment. If you would like to see any site or feature added, just comment on the article and I will add it for next week’s article.
Good luck at the tables!
Bovada Poker
Withdrawals: Western Union takes about a day to process and get money in your hand depending on what time you request the cash out. Either way, that is some of the fastest times for any US facing site. Checks are pretty good as well taking 7-10 days from requested to in hand. Bovada has had very few problems with bounced checks, but it did happen around the beginning of June. This was rectified pretty quickly and some compensation was given, despite times to receive both checks were shorter than receiving one form most places.
Deposits: Deposits can be done through credit card or Western Union or Money Gram. All of those options seem to work pretty well on Bovada. I would still warn against buying a prepaid card, because it may not work, but if you have one of your own cards, then there isn’t much to worry about from what people have been saying. Western Union is quick and easy and most people report having the money in their account in less than 4 hours from when they sent the money.
