[Club WPT Gold] Unofficial Thread

When you did your cash out how long did it take funds to hit your bank account?

Cashout requested 2/11 , hit bank 2/14.

I did another withdrawal on 3/1 which still hasn't posted to my bank yet. Maybe they're more busy now that its open to the public.

I've tried to piece together information how this site works from reading here, their website, and a couple YouTube videos. Here is what I concluded. Anything wrong or need to be added?

-Sign up using some sort of referral code (not sure which is the best at this point)

-Deposit using a debit card

-Purchase either gold coins (worthless play money, though you can some how win sweeps coins playing in gold coin games) or purchase sweeps coins (is $1 to $1?). Sweeps coins are used in "real money" cash games and tournaments.

-Web based client with crappy software.

-Cannot multi-table.

-Can transfer your sweeps coins to real dollars (again, $1 to $1?) then cash out. Cash outs take about 3 days.

-If you convert sweep coins to real dollars in total of over $600, regardless of win/loss, you will be issued a 1099-Misc. Then obviously figure out your own tax situation from there.

-Games seem good. Best option for those who do not have a regulated real money site to play on. Also, likely to grow given the attention its been getting lately.

Did none of you play on Global Poker??? Same business model. This sweeps thing has been around for a while now. I'm starting to realize Global had no reach at all lol

ClubWPT Gold has an entire untapped market, now wonder the traffic is so good so early

This is the closest current players will ever get to the pre black Friday days. I kind of wish they would just leave it at 1 tabling. Maybe that is the solution for online poker?

Their WPT global pool has a downloadable client, not sure why they didn’t just use that software

I have never played on on Global Poker. Of course know about it, but never really investigated it. I guess I assumed the player pool was very small. I believe the WPT brand carries more weight. Also between their giant free roll in December and big name ambassadors, they are making a bigger marketing push. This likely has more potential.

Of course, being a skeptic, I feel like there may be a catch. Or else why hasn't this been done on a larger scale sooner? Maybe the cost to run is too high.

Sweepstakes model online gambling is being done on a larger scale. A site like Stake.us for example is a massive online casino, much bigger than ClubWPT Gold, that uses the sweepstakes model.

The company that owns Global Poker also owns several other online Sweepstakes casinos, such as Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots.

Am i ******ed, or are players from ontario not ellgibale for SC games?

I do not see an option to switch to the SC lobby (it doesn't exist for me?).

I can only "buy gold chips". How do I purchase SC chips?

this site is so confusing and i dont understand why its not simple to use like global. No idea how to even view the SC games, all i see is play money

Seen on twitter it hasn’t launched for Canada yet for SC games. They are still in testing…..phase 2. I mean they don’t even have PLO yet or multi table. This isn’t the full launch

You cannot buy Sweeps Coins - but you get them free when you buy Gold Coins (for 19.99 you get 20 SC in addition to the 203,000 worthless GC). You can switch to SC games by clicking at the very top in the middle. There is a little thing that shows your GC balance and your SC balance (which might be 0) Click on the right side and it will be SC.

You can get a tiny amount of SC free, once a day by clicking on Add Coins (top right) then Daily Login Rewards on the left.

as the poster above you mentioned I dont think SC games are available to Canadians. There is no option to switch to SC games in my client

If you find the place to buy Gold Coins and are not told that you get Free SC, then I'd guess you are right and it currently is unavailable for Canadians. I'd guess that will change, but I don't have any info about that. Meanwhile, though that is a disadvantage, on the positive side, you get to live in Canada.

Why not just port the WPT software? the current is the worst.

It doesn’t make any sense does it?

Now I log in and it says Nevada players arent allowed! sweet bro No more global, iggy/bovada and now wpt wtf !

Haven't heard anything about this yet. Just checked their terms and Nevada isn't listed as an excluded state yet

I guess I'm just the unluckiest person in the world because every site I've played on in the last 15 years I've ran about 1 buy in under ev for every 1k hands I play

Games seem incredible yet I just lose and lose. Guess I'm just a massive fish

1 table variance sucks

Nevada Gaming Control Board has been pursuing unregulated sites with C&Ds

Are they planning on offering cash games other than NL?

I only asked about PLO and multi table, all they would tell me was the very near future. I also did my first withdrawal on Thursday via debit card (same way I deposited) and just received the money in my bank

Is there an app for mobile?

PLO is missing big time.

Other things that are missing:
Player note.
Color tagging.
Sit out next BB.
Wait for BB when joining a table.
Run it twice.