Now that Paradise is no longer available in the U.S. ...

SoCalPat · #1 10-26-2006, 01:54 PM

... where's the best place for a Neteller account holder to play 5CD?

2461Badugi · #2 10-26-2006, 02:21 PM

Um. You can still play Paradise for a while if you've got money there. If you'd asked yesterday you could have gotten a week or two in on OnGame, but I think they've shut down deposits from the US now. Today... well, you can play for play money at testpokerstars and email them to tell them to hurry up.

Tom Bayes · #3 10-26-2006, 02:41 PM

Well, they do have 5CD cash games at Planet, along with SNGs and MTTs. Hardly anyone plays cash games. If you do find a game going, it usually will either be something like $0.10/$0.25 or $25 max PL with everyone limping. The SNGs are hard to fill and the MTTs have drawn a small crowd. Planet used to have PL/NL MTTs and SNGs, but they dropped them and all the tournament action is limit.

If some of you start playing some reasonable cash games, I'll sit and help and maybe we can get some of the passives back to playing 5CD. The cash games and MTTs have 8 to a table, which tends to tighten up the game too much. The SNGs are 5 seated.

Oh, and Planet does have some bonuses going for first-time depositers.

Really, though, Americans need Stars to satisfy our unrequited lust for online draw games now that Paradise and Ongame and B2B have forsaken us.

Biggle10 · #4 10-26-2006, 07:49 PM

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Whatever happened to the rumor that they were adding a draw engine?

soneill34 · #5 10-26-2006, 08:15 PM

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Whatever happened to the rumor that they were adding a draw engine?

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Next year at the earliest.

2461Badugi · #6 10-26-2006, 08:56 PM

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Really, though, Americans need Stars to satisfy our unrequited lust for online draw games now that Paradise and Ongame and B2B have forsaken us.

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Whatever happened to the rumor that they were adding a draw engine?

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It's up and running on the test site. Draw High only so far, NL/PL/Limit. I imagine a rollout early next year is likely.

SoCalPat · #7 10-28-2006, 03:32 AM

Yeah, but I had Firepay, and I could only withdraw for a week after the announcement.

MattS · #8 11-08-2006, 07:05 PM

You can play 5 card draw at the microgaming network (prima).
Most of the games are played as no limit.

Murakawa · #9 11-08-2006, 11:42 PM

Prima has 5Card STud, not draw. Sadness.

MattS · #10 11-09-2006, 11:35 AM

Prima has 5 card draw as well as 5 card stud now. You find the 5 card draw tab right under the holdem tab in the lobby. I have played there yesterday.