The Fishiest Poker Site For US Players

November 15, 2011 by  
Filed under Build Your Bankroll

I’ve been reading a lot of forum threads recently about easy/soft poker rooms that still accept US players.  The consensus seems to be that BetOnline.com is by far the fishiest poker room online.  As with many online poker rooms that stem off from a busy sportsbook there are a lot of players on the site who are only there to get their gambling fix, while waiting for some better action to bet on at the sportsbook.  The poker players at Bet Online are almost all newbies and you won’t find many professionals simply because the site is still relatively unknown to online poker players and the limits aren’t high enough.

Why Is BetOnline Fisher than Other Poker Rooms Associated with Sportsbooks

The reason that Bet Online is fishy, while the sportsbooks associated with other top bookies like Bookmaker.eu, Sports Interaction, Bet365 or 5Dimes.com are not as easy is because Bet Online set up their own online poker network.  This means that all of the players sitting at your table online are from Bet Online.  This is in contrast to many other sportsbooks, where the poker rooms are on a large network such as the iPoker network, where there are many high quality poker players already playing.  At Bet Online it’s almost all fish who are new to poker and are trying it out because they are already signed up at Bet Online.

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BetOnline.com

BetOnline has grown tremendously over the past year and is now known as one of the best places for American sports bettors and poker players.  BetOnline is one of only a few gambling sites that have remained available to the US public and this has allowed the poker room to reach a size where there are many games to choose from and a decent variety of cash game stakes.  Bet Online is a great site, with a solid reputation, where you should feel comfortable playing poker and having money online.

Bet Online Poker Bonus

BetOnline rewards loyalty in their bonus structure rather than just trying to find new players.  Every single deposit you make at BetOnline.com over the course of your online poker playing at the site will receive a 25% matching bonus.  There is a minimum deposit of $50 to qualify for this promotion and it is important to note that credit card deposits only qualify for a 15% bonus.  The maximum bonus per deposit is $900 and there is a 6-time rollover requirement with each bonus.  This means that you must wager the deposit 6 times in order to be able to cash out the bonus.  On top of this matching percentage you also receive 200 promo bucks for every $50 that you deposit.  These promo bucks can then be used to enter any of BetOnline.com’s guaranteed tournaments!

Read a full BetOnline review at SportsBetListings.com.

Bookmaker.eu Giving Away $65K in November Rake Race

November 2, 2011 by  
Filed under Poker Promotions

$65,000 is a lot of dough to be forking over for a rake race, but Bookmaker is doing just that.  Earn Bookmaker frequent player points from November 1st to 30th, finish in the top 275 and you will have some extra cash in your Bookmaker.eu poker account.

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Prizes

As mentioned before the top 275 point earners will receive a cash prize that will be paid directly into their Bookmaker account within 5 days after November is complete.  Here is a breakdown of the prizes:

  • 1st: $10,000
  • 2nd: $5,000
  • 3rd: $2750
  • 4th: $2,250
  • 5th: $2,000
  • 6th to 13th: between $1k and $2k
  • 14th to 113th: between $100 and $1k
  • 114th to 150th: $75
  • 275th to 150th: $50

To give you an idea of how many points it’s going to take to win the $10,000 grand prize last years winner (the prize was only $5k last month) had just under 15,000 points at months end. The 275th place finisher had 492, which goes to show it doesn’t take a ton of points to cash in this rake race.

points race at Bookmaker.eu

Earnings Points

Every $0.01 that you generate in rake earns you 1 point. So if you generate $1 you earn 100 points. This shows that you could generate just $150 in rake and win the grand prize, but this months prizes are bigger so I expect that to be unlikely.

Earning Bonus Points in Tournaments

This month there are also a few tournaments that you can join to earn some bonus points. Any $4k nightly tournament earns you 50 points, the $7.5k Saturday tourney earns you 75 points, the $15k Sunday tourney earns you 150 points and any satellite into an online super series event earns you 15 bonus points. These bonus points may be crucial when it comes to winning a prize in this rake race.

Conclusion

Bookmaker is primarily known for their sportsbook, but this promotion shows that they are also taking their online poker room very seriously and providing a lot of value for players.  If you don’t yet have a Bookmaker.eu account sign up for one entering Bookmaker.eu bonus code BMBONUS when registering your new account.  This bonus code will ensure that you receive the best possible bonus at Bookmaker.eu.  Bookmaker is one of the biggest, best and most trustworthy gambling companies online so you should feel safe having an account with them.