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Summary (7.38)
Betfair Poker is founded by the
worlds largest sports betting exchange who happens to also offer poker, casino
and skill games. The poker room first launched in 2004 and was part of the
CryptoLogic Network. Betfair spent many years developing proprietary software
and finally launched their independent poker room in October of 2006. Their site
is known for a great sign up bonus ($600 regardless of deposit size) and their
very soft games.
Software and graphics (9)
The Betfair software was custom
developed, it is not part of any network and does not share players with any
other sites. The software is top of the line with great functionality and
playability. The designers opted to pay great attention to details without going
overboard with all kinds of bells and whistles. Simply put the software simply
has every feature you expect it to have right where you expect it to be.
Ring game traffic (6.5)
Good with 1700+ players during
European Peak hours.
Tournament traffic (6)
Decent with 4,000+ players during
European peak hours.
Game variety (6)
Betfair offers the standard poker
games and has traffic highly condensed to Texas Holdem.
Rake (5)
The rake policy is the industry
standard five percent with a three dollar maximum.
Soft competition (8)
Betfair has a large number of casino
and sport book clients who find their way into the poker room even through they
have limited poker experience. These less experienced clients mixed in with the
large number of novice clients attracted by the company's large
television media campaigns make for some very juicy games.
Sign up bonus (8)
The Betfair bonus is $600 regardless
of deposit size. The bonus is released $10 at a time for each 400 Betfair points
earned. This is equivalent to 25% rakeback.
Register
today here!
Loyalty bonus (6)
Betfiar has lots offers freerolls as
well as a loyalty rewards system.
Promotions (6)
Betfair runs quite a few including
qualifiers to international tournaments, freerolls, loyalty points and much
more.
Support (9)
Great customer support is available
through phone and email. Email support generally responds in a matter of minutes
with good accurate responses.
Financial security (10)
Top Score! The parent company is the
largest and most successful sports betting exchange in the world.
Deposit & withdrawal options (8)
NETeller, MoneyBookers, bank transfer,
PayPal, Credit card, and checks.
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