I live in the US, so after april 2011 I made a decision to go back toward normal life, took some classes, spent time with family, took some class
I'm wondering what my options are if I want to pick up a little HUSNG action in the US on the side, it was my favorite form of poker.
Looking for thoughts on how easy to deposit/cashout, HUSNG traffic(i played 22's to 55's turbos while hypers were starting to get popular), rakeback/vip, not sure what else
there are 4 networks available for Americans:
1. Bovada
2. Revolution ( Lock, Juicy Stakes)
3. Merge ( Carbon)
4. Winning Poker Network ( Black chip Poker, ACR, True Poker)
and then there is Betonline on the Chico Network and a bitcoin site ( Seals with Clubs)
Bovada has the most traffic according to Pokerscout and has only reg speeds and turbos for husngs ( both with 5% rake) and anonymous tables. Revolution has hypers, turbos and reg speeds. the hypers on Revolution match Pokerstars in buyin levels ( 1.50, 3.50, 7, 15,30, 60, 100) for the most part and starting stacks and blinds. Thanks to HUSNG, Merge has changed the formats of hypers to be similiar to Stars 25bb and 2 minute levels and a reduction in rake. Winning Poker Network has hypers, turbos, and reg speeds ( from 2.54 up to 1215) with the same 25 bb and 2 minute levels ( rake ranging from 4.26% to 0.91% after 27% rakeback)
I think the recommendation would be either Winning Poker Network or Merge for Hypers ( WPN is 27% flat rakeback and Merge is VIP program up to 35% rake back depending on volume)
For Turbos Bovada may a good option as the rake is competitive up to the 100's ( their highest buyin is the 210's) and they have a first time deposit that is pretty good but do not have a any significant VIP program.
Now for cashouts. I think from my perusing 2+2 is that Bovada and Winning Poker Network is at the top with Merge next and Revolution dead last ( some cash out are taking longer than 10 weeks)
Traffic. I can't comment as I am not fortunate enough to get past the $7 level, but I would guess bovada would be better for turbos than merge and WPN. Hypers it is hard to say maybe still Merge.
Don't forget to check out the VIP page for HUSNG offering.