Carlos is Back on the Radar

I was happy to find that Carlos Poker found a new home. I was turned off when iPoker Network gave them the boot, as many others were, because it’s always been a reputable operation – and it seems it looked out for the online poker player.
I like the iPoker Network, for the most part. It hosts a number of great online poker rooms. It just seems to me, that from the business end of things, when you kick out two of your most popular rooms because they allow players to withdraw all of their winnings and deposit, you’re going to lose some fans. This was not the official explanation given, it’s just the only conclusion that online poker players have come to.
Carlos Poker was not found to be at fault in any other area. They’ve always offered a great platform in customer service and software, and there’s a good deal of tournaments.
The thing that gets me about iPoker is that it doesn’t allow its poker rooms to offer any rakeback to its users. I suppose it can get away with this because it is home to many Playtech rooms, and Playtech is the best of the best. I guess I just thought, again from a business perspective, that you’d want to offer your customers more incentive than just having some amazing software. Bonuses are all well and good when you first sign up, but to the avid online poker player, that doesn’t last long. It’s all about the rakeback. I like to know when I’m playing online that I’m not going to pay out the wazoo for the amount of tournaments I play.
Now what upsets me about Carlos’ move is that it is now in the Microgaming network, which means poker players like me, who live in the U.S. won’t be able to play. What a bummer, thanks a lot iPoker.
At least there’s a venue out there that will appreciate a good online poker room when they see one.