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The first offer at Betfair I should mention is their first time deposit bonus. This is based on the number of points generated from cash play within the first 60 days, and gives the chance of an excellent bonus.

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Great bonuses are also in place for friend referrals, with $100 being paid to the referring player, and $50 to the new player joining Betfair. Both these offers can provide helpful bankroll boosts when you need them most. Qualifiers to the WSOP can be found on most sites during the spring and early summer, although with the Series already well underway, packages are beginning to disappear from poker rooms.

Also at Betfair Poker are latest news sections, along with points on strategy for the beginner and intermediate players. For those who play large scale tournaments, you will find a great offer currently running at Betfair. The maximum fee for any tournament is $10, and so if you play poker for big stakes and enjoy MTT’s, you will save yourself lots of money. Leaderboards also run each month, with great cash prizes being available those who can reach the top.

Guaranteed tournaments and cash games at all the levels you would expect are ever present, with a team of helpful staff on hand 24/7 if you need help with anything. Overall you can say that Betfair have a lot to offer players, no matter what your level.

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Ladbrokes as a company, has been an institution in terms of betting for a long time. The origins of the company in fact go back to 1886, but as we know, online betting and poker is a much more recent development.

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Ladbrokes have reached out to this area of betting with seemingly no problems at all, offering customers a great place to play online poker.  As far as I can tell, poker players have responded well to the introduction of Ladbrokes poker room, and continue to do so. There are plenty of great promotions, all the usual games you would hope for from an online poker room, as well as bonuses and a dedicated team to help players with problems.

I suppose Ladbrokes have become an institution in terms of betting generally, although I feel they have yet to prove that accolade extends to online poker. Having said that, they do seem to be working hard and listening to their customers, which is always a positive.

Ladbrokes have spent decades working to provide a service to customers and I certainly feel it shows. They have recently brought in changes that show they are not afraid to try new things if they feel they will be an asset to the poker room. Overall, Ladbrokes have always been an institution in the general area in which they work. With continued dedication, there is no reason why they shouldn’t become so in their online poker capacity.

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In terms of the promotional first time deposit bonus, the amount deposited is matched by Sky Poker, up to an amount of £500. The bonus itself is released as points are earned for online play, and a 100% amount is very reasonable. It would be nice to see the upper limit extended beyond £500, but all in all, it is a good offer.

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Currently running, is a promotion whereby extra cash is rewarded to players who earn lots of points by playing onsite, rewarding the loyalty of their players. Also to be found at Sky Poker, is the opportunity to sit down and play poker against the TV channels own presenters. This gives you a chance to show the experts how it’s done, and provides extra entertainment when it comes to playing the tournament.

There are many different tournament types at Sky Poker including bounties with the chance of bonus cash, but as for inventive and new promotions on a regular basis, I think Sky Poker could do better.

It is not that the promotions in place are not good, because many of the offers onsite are, but there is not a lot of variance and imagination there in my opinion. You can find a very good refer a friend bonus here at Sky though, with £50 being paid to the referring player, and £25 going to the new player. This helps to provide a welcome boost to new players starting out, and gives regular poker players the chance to pick up some regular bonus cash.

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The experience of playing online poker at PKR is in my opinion, far better than any other site I have played on. The novelty of doing chip tricks and speaking through your character at the table eventually wears off, but there is a serious function to this too.

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One of these important points is that with the visual set up at PKR, you can see when an opponent checks their hole cards. This can be useful for deciphering the hand you may be up against. If a suited diamond flop falls for instance, you will often find that players might check to see if one of their red cards is the suit that they believe it to be.

I personally find that all the players on the forums seem extremely friendly, and in relation to the forums, you will sometimes find special tournaments or leagues running.
The most important point with PKR is that when you play poker here, you feel so much more involved, with the personal aspect of having unique players around the table.

Well, I say unique, but I recently saw a group of players who were obviously friends, all wearing yellow tops, with red hair and beards. They were all doing synchronised dancing whilst they sat in their chairs, which aside from being funny to watch, is something you just won’t see anywhere else.
I know such things as these are of no real concern to those who play serious poker, but there are many aspects that the more dedicated player will appreciate at PKR too.

The support staff are helpful and swift to answer any problems. There are satellites to major events on the PKR tournament schedule, and all the usual cash games and large prize pool MTT’s can be found here too.
Overall, a very enjoyable site at which to play your online poker.

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Advertising has become an important issue with poker rooms now it seems. In my own country there were never really any poker room advertisements on television, but that has now changed. I have seen several advertisements for poker rooms in recent months, including Party Poker.

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You could cite the fact that the economy of many countries is in decline as possible reasonings for the need to advertise more, but I feel that the more important issue is the number of poker rooms that have now opened online.

I suppose the business of running an online poker room must be a very profitable one, as so many have opened in the past few years, but they are in danger of flooding the market entirely I feel. This does explain the advertising though, and my guess would be that it is probably effective too. This is especially the case for sites which are visually very good such as PKR, but Party Poker can also attract many more players through advertisements in my opinion.

Party poker is one of the oldest poker rooms around and has had a very large following for a number of years.
I cannot say for certain, but it is my impression that this has begun to change more recently, perhaps for the reasons I stated above. There are perhaps other issues though. Party Poker seemed to take quite some time to move with the times when other poker room updated their sites with exciting new tournament types and promotions in my opinion. It is good to see them moving quickly to advertise on television now.

If Party Poker are seeing a fall in players, then they certainly have the experience to turn things around, and advertising the great poker room they offer, could be the best way forward.

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