Holdem Poker Review
Holdem Poker is one of the many sites that are part of the Sweden-based Ongame group. This particular site has a rather high number of patrons. One of its attractions is that it allows for free gaming using play money at selected tables, but you are very welcome to give the real money games a go at any time.
Free sites present a good launch pad for beginning players who would like some extensive practice before plunging into real money play. Of course, if every single person sitting at the free play tables is a beginner, it doesn't exactly help in giving one a sense of how to mingle with pros, or at least a mixed population of pros and amateurs. Still, it's all about confidence, building up the guts to actually stake a small percentage of one's hard-fought income.
However, a lot of players sit at HoldemPoker for the money to be made. This includes sharks who frequent the higher limit tables. Games are rather soft around the lower levels and no-limit games, however. There are certainly better sites out there for soft play, but HoldemPoker is still a good place to visit, if only for the generous lower-stakes tournaments.
If we're going to look at the graphics and the software, let's start with the site design. The HoldemPoker site itself is neat and well-presented, with a refreshing color scheme working around the gradations of the color blue. Within the software, you can expect a lineup of well-rendered 3D characters to choose from as player avatars. HoldemPoker places great importance in its appearance, and it all works!
Games currently offered are: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, 7-Card stud and 5-Card draw. The Ongame network is one of the biggest gaming networks in the world, which means we could expect maximum security regarding deposits and cash-outs.
If the extensive on-site FAQ does not answer your questions, you could make use of the web-based help request form. Response time is rather quick, though there have been reports that the representatives mostly refer to the FAQ anyway. Also, one has to wonder what will happen should some questions fail to go through. Perhaps the site administrators wish to minimize on spam? Still, email is a more widely-used and generally reliable way to ask for information over the web. Hopefully the site eventually offers other support methods.
Holdem Poker Bonus Code
HoldemPoker is offering a 20% deposit matching bonus on all 1st deposits, up to $100.
There are two other standard promotions: a referral program and the Royal Money bonus. The first gives you a $20 "Friend Bonus" when the friend you have referred to the site earns his first $100. You can introduce up to 10 friends every 7 days, which lets you earn up to $200 a week in Friends Bonuses. The Royal Money bonus is given out only in ring games, when you get a royal flush with at least one of your hole cards. You instantly receive a bonus 100x small blind or limit, up to $5000.
Creating your online poker account at Holdem Poker is a quick and easy process and you can be playing poker on the internet in just a few minutes.
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