Originally known as Bovada, Bodog, and several others, Ignition was the outcome of rebranding efforts in 2016. Ignition has catered to the US market since its inception, quickly becoming the most popular poker site in the US. They accept players from 45 US states (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Nevada being the exceptions). Ignition uses artificial intelligence to detect players from prohibited states who are using a VPN to bypass the site’s restrictions. If you live in one of these states, I would suggest reviewing Global Poker’s breakdown of alternative sites, here (embedded link). Ignition is also one of the few centralized, online poker sites that accepts players from Australia.
Ignition is the only site in the US market that offers ‘fast fold’ poker. Another nice feature is that all players on Ignition are anonymous, making data acquired from HUDs essentially useless.
Any reads a player discerns will have no value once they leave that specific table. As a general rule, the larger the poker site, the better the players. And while this holds true with ignition it has long retained a reputation for having softer games than other mainstream alternatives.
The easiest way to make deposits and withdrawals on Ignition is with bitcoin. If you are determined to play on Ignition, I would suggest taking 15 minutes to get familiar with how bitcoin works, if you have not already. They allow players to make deposits with credit/debit cards but I’ve often found such methods unreliable. Many US banks have a default security feature which blocks any international transactions. Often players that want to deposit using such means need to call their bank and get them to allow international transactions for 24 hours.
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