Absolute Poker Review
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Absolute Poker Overall
Absolute Poker won Gaming Online Magazine's Top New Poker Site award of 2004 as voted by the reader's of this popular industry magazine. This room is middle sized but to put the popularity of the site into prospective, they boast over 17,000 visitors at peak hours which on comparison is pretty good. The site is well organized and presents well with the software being on a stable platform whilst supporting all the top functions that we have come to expect like find a player, excellent player statistics and hand history. Play up to 3 tables at once and with a good number of loose games use the view flop percentages function to search out these games.
Sign up today using our links to receive 150% Bonus up to $500 for a limited time only. The requirements are that for each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.25) you play you will receive 1 point. Every 100 points Absolute will give you $10 up until you receive your full Absolutepoker.com bonus. The maximum initial deposit bonus is $500.
The Bonus Amount will automatically be added to your Pending Bonus account where it will be held and automatically released to your cash account based on the following easy requirements; for each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.50) you play you will receive 1 point, and you will receive 1 point for each $1 of tournament buy-in fee. Please note that the tournament fee is now collected as a 9% of the total of the prize pool and that Pending points will be based on the fee collected rounded up to the closest whole number. For example a $10 tourney will generate $0.90 in fees, and will earn 1 point.
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Absolute Poker Presentation
The presentation of the site is pretty good. The graphics are nothing special but the site has a good feel to it and play is fun. The lobby is well laid out and games are easy to find. With good statistical information on the lobby and good organization you will be pleasantly surprised by the overall look and feel of the site.
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Absolute Poker Software
Absolute Poker software is fast and on the whole very reliable. There is seldom downtime and games are fast without any annoying delays. The software allows you to play up to 3 tables at once and with a good number of loose games use the view flop percentages function to search out these games. In addition you can search games out on the lobby by game type, average pot, view flop percentages, hands played per hour and can take player notes. One feature that the software does not have is the feature to hide full tables which is useful to have less congested results. Another feature that is missing is the value display when you put your cursor on the amount in the pot or the amount bet. The overall pot size is however displayed.
The tables have a good feel to them and there is a good amount of statistical information available to you. The software supports blackjack and games in Holdem in all limits, Omaha, Omaha High Low, and 7 Card Stud High Low in limit only. There are also heads up poker games on offer.
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Exclusive Sign up Bonus
Sign up today using our links to receive 150% Bonus up to $500 for a limited time only. The requirements are that for each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.25) you play you will receive 1 point. Every 100 points Absolute will give you $10 up until you receive your full Absolutepoker.com bonus.
At 100 points $10 will be transferred from your Pending Bonus account to your cash account. Money in your pending account will expire 60 days from the time it was awarded unless it has been transferred to your real money account by meeting the hands played requirements. In addition refer your friends to Absolute Poker through Top15Poker links using our special Bonus Code and receive $75 for each friend AND your friends will receive $50. All you need to do is use click on any of the links on this page and use our links when they register. So all you have to do is INVITE TWO FRIENDS to join you at Absolute Poker and when your friends play 200 raked hands (minimum rake of $0.50) you will qualify for the $5K Refer a Friend Freeroll.
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Absolute Poker Promotions
There are always a number of promotions running at Absolute. Here is a little snapshot of what you can expect playing here:
Deposit Bonus
100% First Time Deposit Bonus - LIMITED TIME ONLY - This exclusive bonus is available to you but isn't going to last long.
The maximum initial deposit bonus is $500. The Bonus Amount will automatically be added to your Pending Bonus account where it will be held and automatically released to your cash account based on the following easy requirements: For each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.50) you play and reach the flop you will receive 1 point. You will also receive 1 point for each $1 of tournament buy-in fee. Please note that the tournament fee is now collected as 9% of the total of the prize pool and that pending points will be based on the fee collected, rounded up to the closest whole number. For example a $10 tourney will generate $0.90 in fees and will earn 1 point.
Simply use Bonus Code AP500 when you sign up to claim the full bonus.
Bad Beat Jackpot
Look for their new ‘Bad Beat Jackpot’ tables and watch the jackpot grow. They collect $0.50 from the pot of each raked hand that is raked .25 or more. The poker jackpot will keep growing until someone hits an unbelievable bad beat.
What constitutes a bad beat? If you lose a hand holding four eights (8888) or a anything better, that’s a bad beat.
Reload Bonuses
Absolute are speeding up the bonus process to help you fill up your account even faster. For a limited time, $5 will be credited to your Absolute Poker account every time you accumulate 20 pending points.
Every month, they run the most lucrative Reload Bonuses for loyal and active players. The value of each bonus ranges from 15% up to 100%.
Refer a Friend to the Site
Tell your friends about Absolute Poker and score $75 for you and $50 for your friend.
Absolute Reward Program
The Absolute Rewards Program is a loyalty program whereby depositing players are awarded points for hands played, and tournament buy-ins.
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Absolute Poker Traffic / Popularity
Absolute Poker is a popular choice of room and has been around for quite a while. The traffic is still not as high as they would like. Player volumes are concentrated in low limit and middle limit Holdem games and at peak hours the site sees somewhere in the region of 3000 real money cash players. There is considerably more traffic involved in the tournaments where peak traffic often reaches up to 7,000 real money players.
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Absolute Fishing / Fish Factor
Absolute poker has a good number of loose games to be found but the loose play is predominantly on the low limit and middle limit games. You will often find view flop percentages up as high as 75% - 85% which is an indication on the number of loose players at the table.
In the middle stakes games you will find some loose players in the middle limit games up to $5 - $10 where view flop percentages are often up in the 50's. The games get a little tighter as the stakes go up which is no surprise. There are some good high stakes action games on site with stakes as high as $150/$300 stakes.
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Absolute Customer Service / Support
Absolute Poker do not have a great selection of ways to contact them. They currently only offer email support but response times are fast and the staff are of good knowledge and are always helpful.
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Complaints on Record
We have had no direct complaints with Absolute Poker and we have recommended a good number of people. We would draw your attention to some recent news about Absolute Poker. Here is an extract from theregister.co.uk:
Absolute Poker is being audited by an Indian gaming commission in Canada following reports of an internal data leak that appears to confirm that an insider with the online poker site used real-time access to a recent tournament to engage in cheating.
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has hired the auditing firm Gaming Associates to investigate Absolute Poker, according to reports here and here. The audit follows the mysterious disclosure of a file showing someone with an Absolute Poker IP address observed a game in which a player by the handle of Potripper had an uncanny knowledge of his opponents' hole cards.
During a contested game, Potripper folded the first two hands. But when the insider, named in this blog as Absolute Poker part-owner Scott Tom, showed up as an observer, Potripper didn't fold a single hand for 20 minutes. The player then folded his hand pre-flop when another contestant had a pair of Kings as hole cards (hole cards are face-down cards known only to the player to whom they are dealt).
Potripper's streak of luck was so amazing that most serious poker players have concluded it could only be the result of cheating.
The disclosure came after Macro, a player who came in second, requested Absolute send him a hand history. What he got was an Excel file that contained a bevy of additional information, including complete hand history for every table in the tournament, every hole card and the IP and email addresses of people observing each game. It's unclear if the disclosure was an accident or the work of a whistleblower.
Representatives from Absolute Poker did not respond to a request for comment by time of writing.
"We have appointed experts to conduct a thorough audit of all circumstances, provide findings and recommendations to the Commission," David Montour, chairman of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission told Gaming Intelligence. As a license holder of the commission, the online poker site is obliged to to adhere to the commission's rules. ®
Further than this, what can we say? We have a number of players who play on Absolute Poker who have never had any problems. Ears to the ground, we will post any further dovelopments.
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