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Carbon Poker might be the best online poker room out there. That is saying a lot, but it’s true. No other poker room combines the best poker software with top bonus offers and reliable technical support like Carbon Poker does. The abundance of fish in the waters of Carbon Poker aren’t... | Ratings
 Software: 9  Players: 8 Payout: 8 Tournys: 9 |
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Match: 100% Max: $600 Other Information
Active Players: 500 |
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| Overall: 8.5/10 |
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PDC Poker is a very very good online poker room. The new owners are determined to spend as much money as is required to compete with the big boys - like offering $5000 in freeroll goodness every day!
Their relatively late entry to the market means that they have an up to... | Ratings
 Software: 10  Players: 7 Payout: 8 Tournys: 9 |
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Match: 100% Max: $600 Other Information
Active Players: 500 |
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| Overall: 8.5/10 |
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Play with the pros! Full Tilt Poker is taking a shot at the big time. So far they've been doing almost everything right, and are now one of the top three sites in terms of active players.
They've got the big name endorsements. More than that, people like Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Howard... | Ratings
Software: 10 Players: 8 Payout: 8 Tournys: 7 |
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Match: 100% Max: $600 Other Information
Active Players: 3500 |
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| Overall: 8.2/10 |
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Stars has recently claimed the title of most popular online poker room, with nearly double its closest competators at any one time. PokerStars is also home of the 2003-2005 World Series of Poker champions: Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, and most recently Joe Hachem.
Why is Stars growing faster than the average?
Well, they've... | Ratings
Software: 8 Players: 8 Payout: 8 Tournys: 9 |
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Match: 100% Max: $50 Other Information
Active Players: 8000 |
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| Overall: 8.2/10 |
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The online home of Phil Hellmuth!! - The world champion of 1989 (and of exclamtion marks, see his book) plays at Ultimate Bet.
Ultimate Bet is a part of the second tier of poker rooms (that's what I call the five or six top rooms that aren't Party poker). This is... | Ratings
Software: 8 Players: 9 Payout: 8 Tournys: 8 |
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Match: 111% Max: $1100 Other Information
Active Players: 1600 |
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| Overall: 8.2/10 |
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This is a financially secure (although fairly small) cardroom with reliable software. vipPoker comes from vipSports, a large online sportsbook.
Cashouts from this organisation are processed "as quickly as possible". I'm yet to work out what this really means. I've had a couple of quick cashouts, and a couple of really slow... | Ratings
Software: 8 Players: 8 Payout: 7 Tournys: 8 |
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Match: 100% Max: $101 Other Information
Active Players: 1625 |
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| Overall: 7.8/10 |
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This is the poker wing of Casino On Net (one of the big boys of the online casino world). This is mostly a good thing, because it provides a steady flow of gamblers who just want to play that holdem thing with the money they won at blackjack.
Trust me though, there... | Ratings
Software: 7 Players: 8 Payout: 8 Tournys: 7 |
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Match: 100% Max: $400 Other Information
Active Players: 1100 |
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| Overall: 7.5/10 |
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Playtech, makers of one the the big two casino packages are moving into the poker market with the Ipoker network. Noble Poker is run by one of the Internet's largest casino groups, so they are here to stay, and know what they are doing.
Playtech have put together a remarkably bug free... | Ratings
Software: 7 Players: 8 Payout: 8 Tournys: 7 |
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Match: 50% Max: $100 Other Information
Active Players: 1575 |
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| Overall: 7.5/10 |
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The greatest Texas Holdem player ever, Doyle Brunson, has finally jumped on the internet bandwagon and opened his own poker site. Doyle's room is part of the Tribeca Poker Network. Tribeca provides poker software to online casinos and sportsbooks, but Doyle's seems to be its most popular skin.
The Doyle's room players... | Ratings
Software: 7 Players: 7 Payout: 8 Tournys: 7 |
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Match: 110% Max: $550 Other Information
Active Players: 1250 |
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| Overall: 7.2/10 |
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Forget the Carribean - Sun Poker has shortened it's name. This tournament-focussed brand is a part of the Wagerlogic network. Crypto, as bonus hunters affectionately call them, provide software to a number of online casinos and sportsbooks - EACH of which will offer you a monthly bonus!
Because Crypto provides the software... | Ratings
Software: 8 Players: 7 Payout: 7 Tournys: 7 |
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Match: 100% Max: $500 Other Information
Active Players: 1175 |
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| Overall: 7.2/10 |
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William Hill, a large British bookmaker, has a poker room that is a part of the Wagerlogic network. Crypto, as bonus hunters affectionately call them, provide software to a number of online casinos and sportsbooks - EACH of which will offer you a monthly bonus!
Because Crypto provides the software for casinos... | Ratings
Software: 7 Players: 7 Payout: 8 Tournys: 7 |
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Match: 0% Max: $250 Other Information
Active Players: 1175 |
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| Overall: 7.2/10 |
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Cricket world rocked again by new Pakistan fix claims
PAKISTAN AND ENGLAND -- In yet another tabloid sting, the Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed was recorded saying some of his team-mates fixed "almost every match", Channel 4 News reported. [Read More]
Legal Internet gambling may help big casino firms, hurt small ones
Although major U.S. casino companies see a potential gold mine in legalizing Internet gambling, some operators of small, neighborhood casinos in Nevada — which make up most of the properties in the world’s largest concentration of gambling halls — see problems. [Read More]
Coping with a layoff: Stay positive
It can be frustrating applying for countless jobs. Turn off the sense of urgency and expand your time horizon, Leahy said. “This may be hard to do for some, but giving it more time reduces your present frustration.” [Read More]
Online gambling strictly illegal
IF you spend your time at home trying to make quick buck on your computer playing online poker, blackjack, slots or betting on sports anywhere in South Africa, you’re doing so illegally. [Read More]
Gaming grants reduced in BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada -- Charities are disappointed with the much reduced provincial gaming grants being doled out, the North Shore news reported. Many charities are seeing a great deal less money than previously, the North Shore news reported. [Read More]
Five contenders for last Missouri license
MISSOURI -- Five applications are competing for Missouri's last gaming license, The St Louis Business Journal reported. The license became available with the closing down of the President Casino by Pinnacle Entertainment, according to the report. [Read More]
UK: Racing and gambling row may require government intervention
LONDON, England -- The deadline for agreement on the racing levy is October 31, 2010, but whether agreement will be reached remains to be seen, The Telegraph reported. [Read More]
Italy: Consolidation on the cards?
ITALY -- Snai, Italy's largest betting store chain, has received a takeover offer from Sisal, which could spell consolidation for the country's gambling market, The Financial Times reported. [Read More]
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