[Global Poker] Unofficial Discussion Thread

US Wide site... whatever. ACR, BetOnline, Ignition, and Global are the big 4 for most of the US if you dont live in a state where its regulated. And of those 4, Global has the easiest/quickest Deposit/Withdraws especially if you dont want to use crypto.

Is it a Michigan only player pool or do they combine with other states like PA or Delaware or whatever other states have regulated it?

Yea only Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan merged. Probably good traffic at the moment because of the WSOP in Nevada and everyone in town playing online. When that ends it will be back to an online ghost town for them. Regulation takes way too long. Hearing the software in Nevada is garbage as well. Anything run by state or federal governments goes downhill quickly

I just want to be able to change the color of individual tables, not all of them at once.

I do agree with all the tables/backgrounds being dark and gloomy.

yea i have played on WSOP.com in NV and NJ. Can confirm that the software is trash.

Cooler after cooler after cooler. Fk this site

See ya later tonight.

Pokerstars is MI and NJ only so far, but the software is top shelf. I haven't tried playing wsop yet, and probably won't until software fixes.

Newbie questions for Global ( Before I create account):

Can I deposit with bitcoin?

Can I get rakeback and do I need an affiliate?

Can you use HUD's?

What is the rake situation compared to other sites?

How are the games small to mid stakes?

Appreciate any info, good luck everyone!

answers in bold

appreciate it!

If I travel to Philippines can I play global poker while there?

Ya just use a VPN and you should be fine

VPN is against TOS. They have taken at least one player's money and banned him for doing that.

You must reside and play from allowed US states or Canadian provinces.

Sweepstakes postal request mail in - what is the most someone sent in at once and got processed - so basically i could send off 1K " request cards every month " , and get an unlimited BR

This is definitely true, and can definitely work. Just be aware (you might check out some Facebook groups) they they can deactivate (their term for banning) your account without giving you a reason. Many people claim the have done nothing against the rules, but have been banned. Some who were writing in requests, and some who weren't. That said, I know there are people who have sent in about 1K requests a month and been paid and not banned.

There are at least two groups - one is for mailing in requests to different sites, and the other is specifically for people who have been banned or warned from a site. The group about banned people sort of likes it if you have been banned or warned - but I was able to join and when they asked I just said I had friends who had been banned (which was true). I don't know why they care.

They are both private groups, so I don't think you can view them if you are not a member. If you are willing to post your email address here, I can send you invites to them. Otherwise you can search FB for "Online Sweepstakes Envelope Requests" and "VGW Deactivated Players" - and then just ask to join.

it’s very tempting for anyone who does the sweeps mail ins to want to increase their volume by having a family member/roommate sign up. You absolutely cannot have two accounts from the same household etc. and of course Global is gonna aggressively ban people because otherwise they’re giving free money away. They’re already giving free money away via mail ins in the first place!

i really am not big into FB / social media ( cut a lot of it out of my life not long ago , I was just curious what they were all about

I am currently just waiting for my first batch to get credited ( about 75 envelopes sent in ) , and once it does going to fire off 300 ish ( already getting prepared ahead of time - stocked up on all the supplies needed to senf them off in bulk - now im just writing them out daily ( leaving space for the 12 digit request code , that way i can fire off as soon as i get the first batch approved

for someone like me - up n coming player - building my BR - this is a game changer ( wouldnt of never known about it - my friend in my study group mentioned to me - so i looked into it and
couldnt believe this is even a thing - ( I wonder how many ppl that play global regularly dont even know about this ) - i was talking with someone else who been playing global for a little bit n knew of it kinda but didnt realize how it even worked / how much money they have given out for free - ( 50 million in 7 years of being operating ), its so valuable to cash out X from one site n use it to send these postal req. off n build up a BR on Global ( one of the softest sites out there ) - It's like a cheat code lol

i mean with a little bit of work , n little investment - its basically a free way of getting a BR ( any decent player will use whatever 300 - maybe 1K n build it up in no time - Global is super soft small fields , and yeah IMO - wouldnt need to try n " game " the system at all - why would u risk messing things up if ur doing this ( U r right I am sure there are ppl trying to do shady stuff like this ) , but to me makes no sense when u can just get X amount on there - play games u can beat - large sample - n then u have a decent BR - on Global - Keep crushing - n then taking it n splittting up across diff sites ( once u use it n win n build it up obvs ), n yeah I still couldnt believe when i read it - " gave away 50 million " n they only been around 7 years

who needs backing / staking - when u got Postal Request codes n envelops n stamps haha

LFG

My 2c:

The people who are getting banned are likely violating the rules in some capacity. You have to be a special kind of psychopath/autist to write 50+ per day which some people claim to do "legit". Realistically the people doing real high volume like this inevitably get greedy and want to find ways to skirt the rules by using automated writing devices (or fake stamps) i'd guess.

If you are doing it 100% legit I promise you that you probably won't be able to stomach the volume necessary to really draw attention to yourself where they start looking for reasons to ban you.

Pretty much the absolute MAXIMUM any person can churn out per hour (code, written, sealed and stamped) is probably ~8-10. You can have pretty bad hand writing and still get credited so realistically you'll make about 4.25-4.3 per envelope. So a reasonable hourly is probably somewhere between 30-40$ which beats grinding low stakes live and most shitty jobs (though if you WFH you can do both like I do).

You can increase your margins/lower costs a bit by using a credit card with good rewards/cash back and shopping for supplies/stamps at costco/sams club (since theyll have their on cashback that will stack with your cc, although sams i believe wont give cashback for stamps). You can basically get envelopes/index costs for around 1-2 cents per, so stamps and time are your biggest limiting factors. I haven't found anyway to get the cost of stamps much lower than face value other than the cashback tips noted. DO NOT risk it buying potentially fake stamps on the cheap.

My only other tip is buy a really comfortable, preferably refillable pen cause most pens only last about 100ish letters.

Also lastly expect the turn around time to be 6-8 weeks from when you mail to went you get credited (drops are about once per week).

thanks for the detailed info , yeah i agree - stamps / time are the most costly - i bought index cards in bulk already ( now looking for the envelopes - will check costo

stamps ( where I am buy in packs of 10 u save a little bit ) so yeah

and as for the time ( since i have to wait up to 8 weeks to get credited ) I am currently writing some out every day 10+ if not more
that way as soon as my first batch gets credited I will procduce a bunch of codes - fill those in , n have everything else already ready

( wont spend a enitre day or 2 writing out 200-300 cards )

n yeah im going to play somewhat higher abi - to make sure i can use all the " sweepscoins " credited , and not have any expire on me
n i know by fall / early winter my BR will be flush ( gloabal - small fields - super soft )

one thing I was wondering - if there was ever a time or possibiltity that say someone sent 400 cards ( as soon as the codes are produced - get to the sending address with days tops
( produce the codes Sunday night - mail off monday morning - they get there by Thursday / Friday the latest )

would there ever be a time where the cannot " process " all of the 400 cards say only 250-300 of them ?

or same example someone sent 800 cards n they only could process 500 n the rest expired

I want to know what the top is where it gets close to not all going thru

and yeah I took about 5 hours ( $60 CDN cost - stamps / cards/ env. ) to send out 50 cards first batch gettting back $250 US ( $340 ish CDN )

so if I do 500 cards - = 50 hours ( 500-600$ CDN depending on bulk deals ) = $3400 CDN return ( thats about $56 / hr ( - the cost of supplies incl ) so yeah I cannot get a job where i make $50 / hr

im going to do this until my BR is flush n im playing the highest BI's on global

I am a decent player / improving everday - n know I can spin it up once i start playing more of these small / soft fields

LFG

? for u - so how many have u sent off - can u give me some info , on when n how - anything i dont know / mention yet

what about when u get credited Sweeeps Coins , n u start winning so uhave some SC credited from this postal , n u have some winings of your own

lets say u won1K , n still have 500 left from global postal if u try n withdrawal - will global say ur only allowed to cash out 1K n not the 500 from postal

I am sure they keep this separate n on their backend , right ?

also r u from Canada - how does the skill testing question work ( it tried to ask them 2x - but the do not really say )

IF ur not - in Canada we have to answer a skill testing question for any sweepstakes prize collection - ( 10+10 -5 = ) simple BS

but if i sent 50 index cards out do i need to answer 50 ?'s lol - n if so or if not - how by phone , email ? im curious how this works

You must go to the Global Poker site, find the rules and follow them to the letter. According to others it is very tedious to write a bunch of words exactly as they describe. They will disqualify any invalid entries without explanation, so there goes your postage. There can't be any copies or automation used.

Lots of discussion on Discord regarding people doing this. If you are desperate and can't work outside the home, it may be worth it.

There are no impossible play thru rules like some other sites. Just 1x for each coin you get. In other words, you can't withdraw free money without gambling it one time.

Certainly there are people getting banned for violating the rules, but many have been banned who have not violated any rules. Some of them were reinstated when they were told the banning was in error - others were reinstated with no explanation despite previously being told it was permanent. Some who were banned wrote a lot of requests, others who were banned wrote NO requests or very few. Some who wrote large volumes of cards have not been banned. This is why I suggested the Facebook group related to those who have been banned. I certainly can't speak to the veracity of the stories in the group, but I can guarantee there are people (friends of mine) who have been banned who did nothing wrong, and wrote very low volume of requests.

As for how many one can write in an hour - just depends on the person and how they write. I'm guess that printing could take at least 50% longer than cursive, but I have never tested that. 10 in an hour, if just powering straight through - is easily doable. I never just power through - I write while I'm playing poker on Global, or while watching baseball (or another sport that has frequent breaks in action). I figure if I'm going to be watching the game anyway, I might as well do something productive with the time.

The 30 day expire time frame is based off the post date (when they get mailed) not absolute time from when they are generated. Just mail them within a week of when they are generated and you'll be fine.