[Chico Network] BetOnline, Tiger, etc.: Unofficial Discussion Thread

looks like the leaderboard program switched again, since it's lumped the entire pool together instead of dividing by stake it seems awfully hard for anyone who plays 50 or less to place now

what PLOhMyGod said. i wanted to share a hand history yesterday and OBS and the built-in Windows Snipping Tool didn't grab sheet. I ended up putting my DSL on a tripod to record it 🤣

BOL has great software otherwise, but why they wont let us even share hand histories is beyond me. i get this probably helps people from screen sharing and colluding with others or getting help from someone, but at least let us be able to share hand histories somehow 😭

does anyone have a clue how the PLO Weekly leaderboard is supposed to work? the description I'm seeing is clearly for NLHE, PLO appears to have an entirely different scoring system

You need a "capture card", its something that you connect between your PC and your screen, it captures "video" and you connect it via USB and can use it as a source in OBS. I have elgato HD60X. These cards cost like 100-150$ for the basic ones.

But keep in mind, in the room TOS its forbidden to share your screen, so in theory you could get banned for streaming - clearly they dont want free marketing 😃 Did people get banned for streaming, is it a rule that is enforced? I dont know (probably not...). You need to calculate risk/reward for yourself

Regarding streams, you need a special permission from the corresponding poker rooms. Poker coaches and streamers can get it. When this thread was official, there was Chris from BetOnline who could escalate your request and grant you streaming permission. Now the only way is probably the online tech support but good luck explaining to them what you actually want

Is it new that they charge for Litecoin withdrawals? They never charged anything before, and 2 weeks ago they started charging for Litecoin withdrawal. Litecoin is practically free.

Yeah, they've started it recently. Pretty much the same fees for any crypto, they're based on the amount of $ you withdraw. So LTC, TRX, USDT, and BTC withdrawals cost the same. Kinda suxx 🤐

Yeah, that’s new. I haven’t seen that yet. What was the %?

how many bots are on chico network? And what u think about this site? thx

I only played a couple hundred MTT on here over the past year, maybe I suck / ran bad but thought games were not great. The small fields seemed pretty tough & potentially bot/collusion infested. Large field tournies still seemed fairly soft tho.

thanks for feedback, I play CG, so if somebody could provide next feedback I would appreciate

I think there are a few bots and quite obvious card sharing going on, still enough whales punting to be profitable, ish.

If you don't have rakeback, it's probably not worth playing here.

I have played them all since 2007 and this site is very weired. I tested TG, betonline and sportsbetting.
Here is what happened.

I play mainly mtts, spins, HU sngs.

I am a former Pokerstrategy Spin Legends Gold member. So you can assume that I crush and have my sims next to me while playing. I have the perfect GTO play for any situation, while playing a HU sng.

- Insane upswing with my first deposit. I hit everything and quadruple my bankroll within a week or so mainly by playing mtts and Windfalls.
- The sunrun stops and I get totally destroyed by the same insane coolers, suckouts, setups and I cash out to save some winnings. (Nothing inbetween, just hardcore up/down)
- Loosing 15 HU turbo sngs, in a row by getting insane suckouts is the normal after the sunrun.

... People that play solid throughout the HU sng, suddenly start playing against their tendencies and call your 10 bb reraise jam with 75o and make 2 pair on the river vs your AJo that makes a TP on the flop etc.

- Constant software issues
- Game crashes while I am in a headsup of a Spin (Windfall), or SNG or final table of a tournament. The crash always happens when I have a strong hand that I might play for stacks with.
- After the crash I usually have to readjust everything in the settings. Which takes a long time and is stressfull and tilting.
- Sometimes I even have to readjust the settings just by login out and back in, even when there was no crash.
- Often when in a headsup, after the crash my login data is also gone, which takes more time to get back to the table. So the headsup is basically lost, as my opponent will autoraise me, and when I come back, I am left with 3-4 bb at best. This happened mainly on sportsbetting.
- My first deposit bonus on sportsbetting was not activated, after I came from betonline. The customer support didn't want to give me the first deposit bonus, when I switched between skins.
They said this WELCOME Bonus is just for north Americans. They showed my some website, that is clearly not for Europeans, and I had to argue with them to get the deposit bonus, which already shows that they are not sincere and dishonest by nature.

... although I believe the bonus is pretty irrelevant. One has to play very high to clear that fast. And if not I doubt that people will be able to clear it while on these extreme ups and downs, because they will either quit, go on insane tilt and lose even faster, or keep pumping money into the ecosystem, and basically make some change in the longrun or go breakeven or slightly loose.

But I am sure, there is some sunrunner or fake player that will tell me what a fish I am and make some samplesize statement ^^ go ahead fish.

Right now while I am writing, the software logged out automatically and all settings are fked again.

EDIT: One more thing I have noticed is that when a HU sng starts the software will have me on sitout on the first hand and I will lose my sb every time.
This is seriously some hardcore sh!@*

1%

Casual RTA admission goes crazy

Having screenshots of preflop charts at hand is not regarded as RTA.
RTA means using solver programs live while playing and be able to have them analysing preflop, flop, turn and river.
Which means not really playing yourself.

To update my posting above: I am not playing on this network anymore.

I had a similar experience playing at BetOnline years ago. Good to know it wasn't just me. Thanks for the post, now I know for sure not to go back there.

client won't work for me today. anyone else?

It's working for me.

thanks—was definitely an issue with my laptop, all fixed now

Hello, Chico poker blocked me with confiscation of funds. I fully admitted my guilt, it was because they allow registration on different platforms and I first registered on behalf of my partner on Tiger, then you disabled his invite bonuses, then he said I could create an account on Sportsbetting and get bonuses again Then he was disabled and he registered me on BetOnline. When he got his bonuses disabled too, my partner said I could register an account for a friend and it's normal that everyone does that and there would be no problem with it. My fault for not being convinced of the truth of those words, but I always used only one account, if I created a new account it never went to the old one again. I have always played fair, I have never had any warnings, I am willing to cooperate in any way, but the site managers do not make any contact. I understand that in fact I violated the rules of the platform, but do you think that this violation is a ban with confiscation of funds? If anyone has any ideas how to reach the management of chico with requests to reconsider my issue - I will be glad

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

Yes this violation is definitely worth a ban with confiscation of funds. How many more accounts do u want to create?

I realize that I broke the rules and admitted fault. At the moment I thought that if a person has the right to create 3 different accounts in his own name, it's ok to create a fourth one for the sake of rakeback from an affiliate on a friend. But the game itself from my side has always been fair, I do not really understand the confiscation of my funds in whose favor, if no one in fact suffered from unfair play because of my actions. I agree that I'm wrong, but it's a shame that bots are not blocked and continue to play, and my offense was equated to them

APR50: Deposit $50+ and get $25 locked
APR200: Deposit $100+ and get $100 locked
ARP500: Deposit $500+ and get $250 locked

has anyone used these yet? It looks like multiple typos. Is that supposed to be APR500 or does ARP500 work?