Stuck in Poker Hell (Choosing a poker site/app)
I'm an American who currently lives in Argentina.
Until recently, I've played on Suprema after learning about it in Brazil, but due to issues with being able to make consistent withdrawals without tax issues for my agent due to me not having a Brazilian bank account, my agent and I decided it would be best for me to just withdrawal my money, and look for another place to play.
Being an American, the obvious spots were ignition and global, but both of these places are region locked for me since I'm in Argentina.
I started thinking of switching to live play, but a combination of high rake (5% uncapped, raked preflop, and in split pots) and the instability of the currency/needing to pay to exchange pesos to dollars after every winning night to avoid currency risk, it doesn't seem like a great option either.
Tldr: what would be my best option to play as an American who is region locked from most sites due to living outside of the US? Poker Bros seems like a possibility, but I don't have to much confidence in the Asian app type games. I'd also ideally like to find a place where I could move up in stakes, as the highest stake holdem games you can find on Suprema consistently are equivalent to roughly 20/40 cent USD. Softness of games, lower rake, and likelihood of being able to cash out, and availability of lower to mid stakes games are my top priorities.
Thanks in advance for your comments
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I agree with a dewd. app poker might be your best shot for poker in a restricted country/state.. clubgg has a bunch of colluding happening since the app does not have the same security measures as pokerbros. at least on high stakes. but clubbgg lets you multitable easier on laptop,which is nice.
FYI You want to make sure you're joining a union or a very trusted club if you do decide to go app. so that there is some trust in where your money is placed. bit myself in the ass a few times...