Sportsbook Poker Review
SportsBook Poker was created in 1997 and has become one of the favorite poker rooms for USA poker players. One of the reasons for this is the poker room has the highest success rates for deposits. If you're having trouble depositing at another poker site, try sportsbook.com poker and your deposit will be successful. The poker room moved from the Cake network to the Merge network in April 2010. A few of sportsbook.com biggest features include the best player rewards program in the industry, incredibly soft table games and lightening fast software.
Sportsbook Poker Bonus
BONUS CODE: FIRST100PK for a 100% bonus to $650
SportsBook Poker is currently offering a very competitive sign up bonus for new players. On your first deposit you will receive 100% match up to $650 in addition to a tournament ticket for the New Player $500 freeroll. The match bonus does require that you clear it based on the number of points accumulated in real money games. The poker room will deposit your bonus into your player account in increments of $10 for every 166 points you earn. Points are awarded during regular game play at a rate of 1 point for every $1 in rake and 7 FPPs for every dollar in tournament fee paid.
Sportsbook Poker Competition
The poker room has quickly built a reputation for some of the softest games available online. These games start at the micro stakes and continue as high as $5/$10 FL. The average viewed flop percentage can peak in the mid 40's. Low limit cash games are typically in the 52%- 55% range.
Sportsbook.com Poker Software
The software was created and developed by the Merge Gaming network, which has some new innovative features like the "rabbit hunt" feature. If you win the hand early, the rabbit hunt feature will show you what the flop, turn and/or river cards would have been. SportsBook Poker provides lightening fast speed, excellent graphics and stability. Players will have all the available options and features centrally located in the main lobby. Statistics are available and provide the standard information such as % of players seeing a flop, and average pot size among others. We mentioned previously that the room supports a tournament monitor. This tool provides you with current information of each upcoming tournament as well as the number of players, prize pool and buy-in. It's a great little addition to keep track of any upcoming overlays. All of the information you will need while playing a game is located in the note taking box including game stats, your own stats and note taking. Multi-tabling is available, with up to four games in play at once. A few other features include, pre-set betting options, four color decks, preferred seating and the ability to change your username once every 7 days.
Sportsbook Poker Game Variety
SportsBook Poker is a poker room that accepts USA customers and because of this they have been able to see significant growth over the last year. The poker room, which is now supporting over 6,000 poker players, provides the standard game selection consisting of Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo and even Badugi. The main focus is on Texas Holdem NL and PL variations. SportsBook.com Poker offers stakes starting at $0.05/$0.10 and increasing to $100/$200 with each of the levels active during peak hours. Rake is taken at the industry standard of 5% capped at $3 per hand.
Sportsbook Loyalty Program
This is one area that they have literally blown their competitors out of the water. SportsBook.com Poker provides players with Gold Cards which are distributed in the ring games. The Gold Cards hold cash value and if you are able to collect a complete set, you can redeem them for $52,000. Gold Cards are distributed based on the RNG and done so randomly which means anyone can win at any time and they are available at all stakes. The Gold Chips is similar to most player rewards programs in that they are earned based on the number of frequent player points earned. These can be used for tournaments or the online store.
SportsBook.com Poker Cashier
SportsBook Poker accepts all Visa or MasterCard for player deposits. Unlike other USA rooms where most US players have difficulty in having their transactions approved, SportsBook has been able to work around this. The poker room has the highest acceptance rate of USA credit cards in the industry.
Withdrawals are available through check only and will be sent by regular USPS. Processing time is estimated to be 24-48 from the time your request is made. There have been no reported incidents thus far from players unable to withdrawal from this room.
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