Cookie Monster: Yup, ACR is a nice site if we could actually play on it. Juicy stakes has 36% RB and open to US players and I think Intertops also has 36% RB. Haven't tried them yet, but I think they're both pretty soft.
Bovada is super soft but no RB. I only play cash games there. The regular tables are good because they're super fish infested and they throw stacks around all day. I just switched back to Zone and I'm starting to crush those games too. Typically the zone/fast fold games are more reg infested, but these games are still soft. I'm getting about 400 hands/hour on zone. Zone is addicting. I think Bovada runs SNG's pretty regularly, but you'd have to check it out yourself. I don't have any recommendations for other SNG sites, sorry.
Yeah these laws are simply about taxation and Adelson trying to prohibit competition into the market place. His "morality stance" and coalition website is sickening. I don't like how some states are arguing against state run online sites because they "don't generate as much revenue as expected". If you want to generate tons of state revenue, online poker alone isn't going to be the magic pill, try legalizing weed or hookers first.
@Cookie Monster (just tagging, quoting, and replying to you in this forum because it seems to be more on the theory and discussion side of things)
Hahaha Yeah you are right about that...and in the end I feel like there exists zero rationale that any person should ever tell another person what they choose to do with their money. If binary options are legal, which is basically just slang for gambling on the stock market on your computer, then there is no reason any free human being shouldn't be able to sit down on their computer on a friday night and fire up a 20 dollar multitable tournament...while he lights up a hookah loaded with Blueberry Kush and his hooker cheers him on in the background.
I've heard about Zone. Damn, I remember when speed poker was first introduced as Rush on full tilt. I could literally glue myself to my chair for several hours at a time and just multitable. Might be worth it to go to Bovada for strictly that reason.
You should really think about using a HUD though if you go to a different site, anyone who is playing with profit without a HUD theoretically should make even more profit with a HUD. The main thing is that it shouldn't be used as a crutch, your instincts and hand selection will still be the biggest factors. The biggest benefit I can see is in multitabling for HUDs; if you are playing 6 tables or more at a time it tremendously helps to narrow down what a opponent made that c-bet with, when all you have to do is start up your HUD when you play to see how often he cbets...esp. when you are trying to focus on 5 or more other calculations from the other tables. That said it's not really a necessity I feel like, just something for an edge. But if you are interested, almost all the HUDs have a 30 day trial, and I'm pretty sure HEM is discounted on PVIP, I could be wrong though.
I know you said you don't use HUDs, but do you happen to know what the Bovada Card Catcher HUD consists of stat wise? Just the basic VPIP, 3bet, AF, etc.? And what is the cost? Regardless you might have sold me on Bovada though, I haven't gotten decent SNG action since the days of Pokerstars/Fullttilt and Zone poker sounds pretty comparable to Rush and Zoom. If you really want a fun game, you need to try Jackpot Poker on ACR!!