Life after the DoJ

After the bullshit of April 15th with the U.S. Department of Justice (poker black friday) and our cousins now being unable to play over the pond, it obviously has repercussions on myself . Some good and some not so good. Overall on the forums it looks like the fields are softer but that is a trade off with losing all the American fish and lower guarantee's.

U.B. is now (99%) off my schedule. It's a minor tragedy really as I enjoy playing the small fields and I must confess the level of play was below that of other sites but it has to be done. At this moment in time they have put a cap on withdrawals of $250 a week, which is piss poor in my opinion and speaks volumes about the overall situation this company is in. i.e. It cannot honour all of the client funds which are on deposit should everyone try to cash out. It's a massive shame as there are many overlays everyday and when looking at the entrants you don't see like 75% of the regs as the U.S. guys have been banned from playing, so obviously the fields will be a lot weaker. Struggle to see the point in shipping a 10k tourny and it then taking a year to get your winnings. What I might end up doing is when I do see a $15 or $25 tourny with an overlay, I will deposit just enough to play that respective tourny. If I cash, then I'll withdraw as much as I can in whatever time frame. There's no incentive whatsoever of building a roll up on U.B. for the time being but the overlays are hard to ignore. I'll keep an eye the developments of U.B. and change my schedule should any good news transpire.

I'll start grinding next Monday which is the 2nd of May. I've made a tentative schedule, which will start at 0900 and I'll finish loading at 1530. This is by no means set in stone and will change as time goes by. At the moment the average buy in is $16 giving me around 220 buy ins. I'll give this a trial run with the possibility of adding some party tournies to the list in the near future.