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Absolute Poker is currently one of the largest online poker rooms. How did they grow to this size in a mere 4-5 years (the site was established in 2003)? Obviously, by keeping the dialogue open with their customers, listening to their suggestions and by accepting US players after 2006. They also have a whole bunch of very attractive promotions, like the Bad Beat Jackpot which is the fastest growing jackpot of its kind in the poker industry, due to the recent inclusion of turbo Bad Beat tables. AP’s tournament structure is another one of the site’s attractions.
The software AP uses belongs to the Cereus network, and it is only 6.86 MBs big. You can download and install it in a matter of minutes. The software is regularly updated to keep it constantly on the cutting edge of online gaming. Functions such as resizable tables and mini table views have been included in a recent update to facilitate multi-tabling. The lobby itself offers a straightforward way into every tournament or cash table, and it also features a filter which one can use to locate the right table without navigating through the tabs.
Players are able to upload their own pictures to personalize their avatars, they can also customize the table felt and the deck which can be changed to a four-color one. Tournament lobbies feature information on the remaining player numbers, on stack sizes and on prize-distribution: in a word, all you need to know about the tourney you’re playing in.
The blackjack feature used to be a simple perk in the past, as players could use it to play a few hands while waiting for their tournament to start or for their SNG table to fill up. Nowadays though with the addition of tournament blackjack, it too has become a fairly popular attraction.
Add to all that the Absolute Buddy, which is a MSN Messenger like communication and community tool, and you’ll realize why so many players decide this is the room they want to play poker at.
Absolute Poker’s tournament structure is also rather outstanding. Their SNGs run all the time, and the MTTs are scheduled in a way that they will provide action pretty much around the clock.
Their guaranteed prize pool tournaments are true crowd-pleasers. Take the $150,000 Saturday Guaranteed for instance, which draws thousands of participants from all over. The buy-in to this GTD is $530, but you can win your seat for much less through one of the qualifiers which run through the week. The $75,000 Sunday Guaranteed features a buy-in of only $162, so that one is much more accessible, although there are online qualifiers available for this one too.
These MTTs attract excellent traffic, and SNGs feature good traffic too, under the $100 buy-in limit.
As far as cash games go, traffic is decent on medium to low stakes, and it is scarce on high stakes. Besides Holdem, Absolute Poker also offers Omaha, Stud, Razz and H.O.R.S.E. too, although traffic on these more exotic poker variants is lower.
By playing at real money tables at AP, you’ll be earning Status Points, which add up to propel you upwards on the fame ladder. Upon sign-up, you’ll be a Bronze level, but you’ll be able to advance to Silver, Gold, Platinum VIP and Diamond Elite levels. Each of these levels makes it easier to accumulate credits, which you’ll be able to swap for cash, tickets, buy-ins or AP merchandize in the rewards store.
Absolute Poker accepts all major payment solutions (VISA, MasterCard, Moneybookers, Neteller, Click2Pay, Fast Bank Transfer etc.). The AP support is reachable through email, and they have reasonable response times.
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