A note about pokercosmo-long

I posted this about 5-6 months ago.When I first heard about poker cosmo -it was only when I was sent an email from them telling me about their site.At that time I asked myself how the hell did they get my email address?I wasn't alarmed because I have always looked out for new sites.However I did notice that when I downloaded the site it had the exact same icon as true poker.All in all it was a little fishy.To top it off a new site offering a deposit bonus of up to a free possible $500 (depositing 5000)-I guess it was a little too good to be true.I actually almost thought of depositing there.I wonder how many people actually deposited the 5000?There must have been a few becuase they were beginning to get 2-3 steady tables.I would have given them a few more months and I would have taken a samll plunge.I guess good advice for internet poker is to never risk a huge amount in a unproven or a site with not many games.Look at pokerstars -they started out real small with tons of freerolls and nothing but smaller limits.They gradually built up trust and a large player base.So when they had their grand opening promos I felt fairly confident depositing $600 to take full advantage of the bonus.ACR is doing the same thing.They are starting out real small and offering tons of freerolls -establishing a player base and trust.This process has made pokerstars the#2 site online and if ACR continues like this they won't be far behind.Advice to new sites like propoker,sunrise poker,dynamite,palacepokerroom and probably 10 others who are preparing to open -start out small and forget the fly by night giant deposit promos becuase this is one fish who won't get sucked in -and hopefully the rest will take my advice and dont take huge risk on unproven sites.

I never played there because "pokercosmos" is such a stupid name. What the hell was that supposed to mean anyways?

it was PokerCosmo - short for "cosmopolitan", meaning "composed of people from many countries" - almost a perfect name, in fact, had the site worked


the bad news is, like many of the other sites, it wasn't a name you would just look at, like www.Poker.com (http://www.Poker.com), for example - you would have to be advised to look at it by a site like twoplustwo - with a "buyer beware" proviso, of course, because you couldn't expect a site accepting advertising revenue from it to give any sort of recommendation of it - presumably they wouldn't have time, nor, indeed, duty, to make any checks if they had seven or eight advertisers coming from a very specific field of business

I have to agree with BOB L. Many of these sites are probably needing a large cash infusion to carry on doing business. So they offer these large promotions where you get 25-125% of you buy in added to your account as a bonus. Then you have to play a certain number of games wagering 10X or more the amount of the deposit and bonus....ON and On.

I have been playing at DynamitePoker.com for almost 11 months now. I had started with $5 that they gave me as a bonus to help in Beta testing 11 months ago. I play about 4 or 5 freerolls a week and without ever depositing a penny I have cashed twice for over $200 each time. I still have over $200 in my account and I have yet to recieve one of those e-mails telling me that I will get a bonus % if i deposit money with them.

The fact they start their real money side games at $.10/$.20 and goes upto $2/$4 for now...I can play at any spread in between and there isn't too much pressure of loosing a lot of money.

I used to play at Paradise but hate having to email them and wait for a response. At dynamite they have a poker manager online and interactive with the tables..immediate response.

Sorry to ramble on. LOL

I would agree with BobL. If a casino is offering you outrages deposit bonuses. Think twice about it. Play a few freerolls and get used to the software. Get a feel for the people you play with.The games offered.

That is what i did at Dynamite and I have not been disappointed yet.

I true believe is something is too good to be true...It probably is...

Seb