Site
Navigation & Interface: 9.3/10
Sign-up and Reload Bonuses: 10/10
Transfer: Ease of deposit/withdrawal: 9.9/10
Fees: Lack of deposit/ credit card fees: 10/10
Odds: Fairness and chance of winning against
the house:9.9/10
Events: Range of events and special bets: 9.8/10
Service:
Questions or concerns met with a quick response: 9.9/10
Trust: Length of company history, strength
of reputation: 9.0/10
Total Score: 96%
What
They Say: AbsolutePoker is the world's fourth
largest online poker destination offering worldwide access
to multi-player online games 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. AbsolutePoker offers friendly customer service which
is always fast, knowledgeable, and professional. Driven by
proprietary software, AbsolutePoker also has the most
comprehensive, interactive online poker room, providing such
features as hand history, stat retrieval, player note taking,
chat, locate a player, six table play, and representative
image selection. Multi-player games offered include: Texas
Hold'em, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card
Stud Hi/Lo, One on One, and Tournaments. Established in 2003,
AbsolutePoker is licensed and regulated in Canada.
AbsolutePoker aims to uphold our Mission Statement: "To
continue to be the best and most trusted."
What
We Say:
Absolute Poker is fairly new to the online poker world, but
in it's short life has made a serious bid for supremacy among
the other top sites. They have created a high-quality
poker room, and their site is ergonomic easy to navigate.
Absolute Poker is a medium sized poker room where the action
concentrates on Texas Hold'em, in particular short handed
games. The software is excellent, offering advanced features
such as find a player, playing statistics, hand history, etc.
Absolute Poker allows you to play at three tables simultaneously.
The action at the tables is decent, with high 'viewed flop
percentages' at the lower stakes tables. Real money player
statistics - May 2006: 2,300-2,500 ring game players
during peak hours, 4,500-4,700 tournament players during peak
hours.
Absolute Poker Software and graphics
Absolute Poker software is quick and reliable but can be a
little annoying at times with so many flashing lights and
sound effects. The lobby is easy and practical, with standard
design and functions and the private tournament option is
a great feature that allows AbsolutePoker players to bring their friends
or co-workers together for a private online tournament.
Absolute Poker Ring game traffic
Absolute Poker traffic has not reached considerable volume.
Currently play is concentrated on low stakes No-Limit
Hold'em ($1-$2 down to 2c-4c games). A majority of the ring
games are 6-handed tables. There are typically 2,000-2,300
real money ring game players during peak hours, out of which
at least 90-95% are in the Hold'em section.
Absolute Poker Tournament traffic
Absolute Poker has tournament traffic of 4,000-4,500 real money
players during peak hours.
Absolute Poker Game variety
Absolute Poker's game variety is fairly standard for the industry.
The games offered are Texas Hold'em (1 on 1, PL, NL, Limit,
and short-handed), Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud, and
Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo. These games range from 6-handed to
10-handed games in No-Limit, Pot-Limit and Limit style. The AbsolutePoker
fixed limit Texas Hold'em games vary from $50/$100 down to
$0.02/$0.04 although most games are concentrated on the micro-limits.
AbsolutePoker's No-Limit games vary from $5/$10 down to $0.25/$0.10.
Almost all of the action is focused on the Texas Hold'em tables.
Absolute Poker Rake
Absolute Poker uses a pretty standard 'no flop, no drop' policy,
meaning that they do not take out any rake from pots where
there was no flop. The rake is at 5% on all types of games
(from all limits and number of players) and stops at a maximum
of $3.
Absolute PokerSoft competition
The Absolute Poker traffic is at its greatest at the micro-limits where the
games vary from fairly loose to plain loose, often with a
'viewed flop percentage' reaching upwards 50% to 60%. This
translates to very action packed, juicy games for the small
stakes player. You can normally find decent Hold'em games
up to the $2-$4 limits and for No-Limit up to $1-$2. At the
full ring games and the middle limits around $2-$4, the games
become much tighter and will average around 30% or less for
the 'viewed flop percentage'.
Absolute Poker Sign up bonus
Absolute Poker offers a 200% sign-up bonus with a maximum
of $200. The bonus is added to a 'Pending Bonus' account, making it easy to track your progress and
where it will be held and automatically released to your cash
account in $10 increments for every 100 points earned (for
each raked hand you play you will receive 1 point, and for
every $1 of tournement buy-in fee, you will receive 1 point.
Absolute Poker Loyalty bonus
Absolute Poker's "Absolute Rewards Loyalty Program"
rewards points for real money play. Points are earned
in two different ways; either through hands played at real
money ring games, or from tournament buy-in fees. Points are
earned as follows: (1) one point is awarded for every hand
played in a real money ring game with a limit of $2/$4 or
lower that has collected at least the minimum rake ($.25);
(2) two points for every hand played in a real money ring
game with a limit of $3/$6 or higher that has collected at
least the minimum rake ($.25); (3) four points for every dollar
in the tournament buy-in fee ($10 $1 tournament would earn
4 points); and, (4) special tournaments that award points
to the winners. In addition, once you have played a minimum
of 500 hands, AbsolutePoker will mail you an 'Absolute Reward
Card' which reportedly gives the holder VIP-treatment at live
tournaments, etc.
Absolute Poker Promotions
In addition to the 'Absolute Rewards Loyalty Program' AbsolutePoker
offers a good referral bonus. Player's receive $50 once their referral registers, deposits a minimum of $25, and plays
in 100 real money raked hands. Aditioanlly, the referrred friend will be credited with
$25. AbsolutePoker also offers many good free rolls, WSOP free rolls,
and re-load bonuses.
Absolute Poker Support
Currently, AbsolutePoker support is only available via email.
Respond time is quick (average 20 minutes), knowledgeable,
and friendly. Additionally, their website FAQ section
is highly informative and covers most important topics.
Absolute Poker Financial & Transactional security
AbsolutePoker may be relatively new to the scene but has
substantial cash reserves and capital investment.
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