Fantabulous Poker Pots

Over the years, massive poker pots have been won by some of the best poker players across the globe. Due to the sheer size of these pots, i refer them to as fantabulous poker pots.  So which is biggest pot among all the fantabulous poker pots? Well, this was played on the 21^st of November 2009 in the heads up Pot Limit Omaha game between a Finnish pro Patrick Antonius and Swedish online poker player Isildur1, whose identity till this day remains a mystery. The gigantic pot saw a total of $1,356,948 and no it isn’t a phone number, it’s the actual size of the pot that was taken down by the Finnish pro. Hence its no surprise that it tops the list of the fantabulous poker pots.

The previous largest poker pot also involved the anonymous Isildur1, but this time around things were a bit different; his opponent was the legendary Phil Ivey who suffered a bad beat at the hands of the tenacious Isildur1. The Swede staying true to his style of play has recorded some of the most fantabulous poker pots in the history of the online game going logger heads with some of the games greatest like Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Ziigmund, etc. Besides the sensational Isildur1, some of the other poker playing greats who have recorded their name in my list of fantabulous poker pots would be Gus Hansen, Brian Townsend, Tom Dwan aka durrrr, etc.

This list below is a testament to Isildur1’s greatness among the Online Poker Gods and cements his name in the list of most fantabulous poker pots of all time.

$1,356,947 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$1,127,955 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Phil Ivey, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$878,959 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$832,940 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$827,960 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Phil Ivey, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$815,975 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Patrik Antonius, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$810,984 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$787,999 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Ziigmund, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$783,985 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$774,910 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$757,998 - Brian Townsend (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$743,933 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$719,908 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Brian Townsend, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$708,988 - Ziigmund (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$694,979 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

The above was my observation of the fantabulous poker pots that have gone down in the annals of poker history. Online poker has been constantly witness to some of the most fantabulous poker pots and the pot sizes will only keep getting bigger as long as players like Isildur1 are around.

 

Online Poker Bonus

Online poker bonus is an integral part of Internet poker. Just a bonus won't make you a winning player, but it can definitely help you along the way. These bonuses are perfect for those who are building a bankroll. The bonus can cover up for mistakes new players commit or just be extra cash on top of the winnings from the game. The most common and popular type of bonus is the sign-up match bonus where a site offers you money for signing up with their site equal to a percentage of the initial deposit.This percentage can be 100 percent or even more with some site promotions. The concept of an online poker bonus has a few pros and cons associated with it.

Pros:                                                                                    1.Financial Benefit
The most obvious upside to an online poker bonus is that it fetches you free money. All you have to do to get it is sign up for the site with the proper code and play on the site, which you would do anyway. If you're a winning player, this increases your expected value. If you are a losing player, it can stop the bleeding and if you're somewhere in between, it can put you over the top.

2. Shopping Around
The online poker bonus is a feature that attracts a player to any site.The online sign-up bonus allows you to test out a new site without investing too much of your own capital. You can play as long as it takes to release the bonus, and if you decide you enjoy playing on that particular site, keep going. If you don't care for it, you can take your bonus money and head elsewhere.
 
3. No Obligation
Collecting a sign-up bonus from one online poker site does not preclude you from collecting another one on a different site. All that is required is that you play the requisite number of hands to clear the bonus into your account. Beyond that, what you do with your online poker time is up to you.

Cons:
1. Clearing Requirements
You will not be able to collect your online poker bonus until you play a certain number of raked hands, usually determined by the size of your bonus. This is a reasonable requirement on the part of the site, however, if you decide you do not like the site right away, you will still be stuck playing on it for awhile in order to clear your bonus. Fortunately, most sites have non-sticky bonuses, which mean that once you meet the requirements you can withdraw all of your bonus money without penalty.

2. Time Requirements
Most sites require you clear your bonus within a given amount of time. If you deplete your bankroll and cannot reload your account in time to play the given number of raked hands, you may lose your bonus. If you play a super tight no limit texas hold’em game, clearing a bonus might take some time.

3. Overconfidence
Resist the temptation to see the bonus chips as house money. The online poker bonus  is real money that belongs to you, and you should treat it with just as much respect as money you earned from your job. Playing recklessly with bonus money because it was so easy to get is just a waste.

In short online poker bonus can be considered as an incentive that is given by a poker room to players.The bonuses come with a code that needs to be entered at the time of depositing, this code is the bonus code. The rate of how fast a bonus will clear is called the clear rate and the expiration time is the time available to the players before the bonus expires. These are some of the terms associated with an online poker bonus.

Action Poker Review

Action Poker is another card room that i was able to review recently . Here are a few excerpts of my action poker review. Action Poker has the basic selection of games available on most online poker sites. In addition this site offers popular Asian Games.

Bonuses and Promotions 10/10
There are a ton of bonuses and promotions so I will briefly list them all in this action poker review. Firstly is the sign-up bonus. If you deposit through Ukash there is a 200% (that's right 200%) bonus up to a massive $1000. This is probably the highest you will find in the area of deposit bonuses on any poker site. Also on offer Get a 200% bonus on your first deposit with Instadebit up to a maximum of $500. The bonus when signing up and depositing with other methods is 100% up to $2,500. This first depositors bonus is again remarkable. Once making your first deposit you get entry into the newbie tournament. This is a $500 newbie freeroll.

Action Poker has a number of promotions currently running. At the time of writing the action poker review, the card room has the following promotions. These will however change so keep this in mind. We will try to keep them updated as they change for this site.

• Win your way to Vancouver winter games through Sit N Go Satellites.
• Gold Diggers Freeroll tournament - With this tournament you use your gold bars that are collected on site to enter, the tournament runs daily, it is a NL Holdem tournament.
• Action Poker has a League of Champions where you can join and play for your chance to win a Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) prize package to one fantastic destination.
• A 10k guaranteed tournament runs weekly - you can satellite your way through for as little as $1+10c or buy direct for $30+$3.
• The 200% bonus up to $1000 by depositing via Ukash is sure to not last as good things never do, so it has been added here also.
• Another great promotion is learn from legends to be a legend. Action offers poker secrets from legendary poker players.
• Action poker offers a 100% reload bonus. It is 100% reload bonuses on MoneyBookers and NETELLER additional deposits.

Other Features 8 / 10
Action Poker has an update news section available to its players at all times. Unlike most sites Action Poker have on offer; games popular in Asia such as Guts Poker, Chinese Poker, Big 2 Poker and Pan (Panguingue), which are not normally found on Western rooms. These were some of the distinct features that amazed me while doing the action poker review.

Deposit Methods 8/10
Action Poker deals in US dollars only, any monies deposited will be automatically converted for you. This poker room has quite a few deposit methods and these cater for the needs of most online gamers. Deposit methods are as follows:

1. Mastercard
2. Visa
3. Click2Pay
4. Instadebit
5. Moneybookers
6. eWalletXpress
7. Ukash
8. EcoCard
9. EntroPay
10. PAYSAFECARD
11. UseMyBank
12. NETELLER
13. Wire Transfer

Customer Service 8/10
Action Poker offers customer service by email and also live chat, 24/7. They do not offer support via telephone. Every query is responded to in a timely manor, big OR small.
Withdrawal Methods 6/ 10
Withdrawing from Action Poker is easy. All moneys withdrawn are converted from US dollars to your local currency. There are a few methods to choose from. In order to make my action poker review simpler, I have listed these methods and approximate time frames to receive your hard earned cash.

1. Withdrawal by Moneybookers (24-48 hours excluding Saturday and Sunday)
2. Withdrawal by eWalletXpress (24-48 hours excluding Saturday and Sunday)
3. Withdrawal by EcoCard (24-48 hours excluding Saturday and Sunday)
4. Withdrawal by NETELLER (24-48 hours excluding Saturday and Sunday)
5. Withdrawal by Wire Transfer (up to 7 business days)

Tournaments and Sit N Go's 6/10
There are satellites through to the weekly 10K guaranteed tournament and also through to the other current site promotions. Free rolls run daily but there are not too many of them.

While doing the action poker review , i found out that tournaments start at as little as 10c+1c through to $240+$24. The primary tournament focus is Texas Hold'em with not many other game variants available. Sit N Go's also start from 10c+1c but are through to $200+$10. Sit N Go's are available in heads up (2 players).

There are not a massive amount of tournaments available on Action Poker, certainly enough to keep most gamers active though. Sit N Go's run constantly so whilst waiting for the bigger tournaments these are always a secondary option.

Ring Games 6/10
Action Pokers ring game area is the most popular on the site. 2, 6 and 10 seater tables are available in the Texas Holdem variant. NL Texas Holdem is offered for 2 to 10 players per table. The stakes are 5c/10c through to $50/$100. Fixed Limit Texas Holdem is offered for 2 to 10 players per table. The stakes are 5c/10c through to $50/$100.

Omaha Hi and Omaha Hi/Lo is offered in 10 seater tables only with blinds of 5c/10c through to $10/$20. Please note that there is minimal traffic in this area of the site. As per my action poker review Omaha does not seem to be very popular on the site.

7 Card Stud hi and 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo are available in limits from 50c/$1 through to $10/$20. 8 seater tables are available only. Please note that there is minimal traffic in this area of Action Poker.

Software 7/10
The graphics on Action Poker are very simple. The site is very neat and clean and runs extremely well. The software is stable and easy to use. The main lobby separates tournaments from ring games and each poker variant into its own little section and easy to use. As a result of which my action poker review rates the software at a score of 7.

Game Selection 10/10
Action Poker has a basic poker variant game selection available. In addition they have on offers; games popular in Asia such as Guts Poker, Chinese Poker, Big 2 Poker and Pan (Panguingue), which are not normally found on Western rooms. The entire selection includes:

• Fixed Limit Texas Holdem - from 2 to 10 players - stakes are 5c/10c through to $50/$100. Available in tournaments and Sit N go's.
• NL Texas Holdem - from 2 to 10 players - stakes are 5c/10c through to $50/$100. Available in tournaments and Sit N go's.
• Omaha Hi and Omaha Hi/Lo - offered in 10 seater tables only with blinds of 5c/10c through to $10/$20. There is only a small amount of traffic in this area of Action Poker.
• 7 Card Stud hi and 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo - Limits from 50c/$1 through to $10/$20. 8 seater tables available only. Please note that there is minimal traffic in 7 card stud section.
• Guts - available from the minimum stake of 10c through to $10 bets. Available in 10 seater tables.
• Big 2 - 25c bets through to $5 - 4 seat tables available.
• PAN - 25c through to $25. - 7 seat tables available.
• 13 Card - 25c bets through to $10 - 4 seat tables available.

Traffic 7/10
The highlight of the action poker review is the traffic that Action Poker generates. It has around 2000 people minimum playing during non peak and a few hundred tables to join. At peak time the traffic increases. There is always some action for you on this site, regardless of your preference; tournaments or ring games. A traffic meter is displayed in the main lobby.

Overall the action poker review gives me the belief to rate Action Poker as a fast growing card room. A site that is generating ever increasing traffic and has the software to keep the customers content.

Mansion Poker Card Room Review

Over the week end was able to write this Mansion Poker card room review. Mansion Poker is sure to please almost every online gamer.

The highlight of this Mansion Poker card room review is the fact that Mansion Poker has a good 100% first time deposit bonus of up to $500. If you make your first deposit using moneybookers, the deposit bonus increases to $150% up to $500 which makes moneybookers the place to deposit from for Mansion poker.

For every 1000 Mansion Poker Points earned, $10 of your bonus will be released as cash into your Mansion Poker account. It is easy to earn points with 20 points for every single dollar spent on a tournament and points are earned in ring games regardless of whether you play the hand or not, so long as you are dealt cards and rake is taken from the hand.

Another good thing found during this Mansion Poker card room review  is that the refer a friend bonus is also good. A $75 bonus for you and a $25 welcome gift for your friend is up for grabs. You will receive your bonus amount as soon as your invited friend makes a successful deposit. Your friends deposit must be $50 or more and they must earn 200 Mansion Poker Points before you receive your bonuses.

Mansion Poker offers happy hours where point earning doubles making all promotions easier to accomplish then a lot of sites. They seem to continually change, but are always offering fabulous promotions and bonuses with extraordinary pays. There really are too many promotional tournaments and challenges to list as part of this Mansion Poker card room review and i will leave it to you to explore further on the mansion poker site.

Deposit Methods 10/10
Mansion Poker offers a massive amount of deposit methods for its customers. With such a huge range everyone is sure to be happy no matter what location they are from in the world.

Tournaments and Sit N Go's 7/10
Mansion Poker offers a massive 1 million dollar guaranteed tournament every month, what's more, you can make your way into this massive prize pool for free. Satellites to the tournament run continually. Download Mansion Poker and search for them in the lobby for your chance to win your way to 1 million dollars cash. They also have on other other guaranteed tournaments including their massive (but not quite as big as 1mil) 20k GTD.
Mansion splits tournaments and Sit N Go's into 2 sections. What i saw during the Mansion Poker card room review is that there Sit N Gos cater for the biggest of online gamers down to the smallest with up to $5000 entries. Private Sit N Gos are available if organized.

Mansion Poker offers tournament satellites, major online qualifiers for live events and a regular tournament schedule also. Tournament buy ins range form the smallest of all being freerolls through to $500 entries.

Tournaments and Sit N Go's run around the clock on Mansion Poker. Depending on your stakes, you shouldn't have much of a wait time to get a game.

Withdrawal Methods 10/ 10
There is no hassle getting your winnings off Mansion Poker. Mansion has just about every part of globe happy with the withdrawal methods they have available at the time of this Mansion Poker card room review .

Traffic 7/10
There is never a shortage of traffic at mansion poker with as many as 20 thousand plus players online at any one time during peak hours. Players are primarily tournament players but you can find thousands in the ring games also.

Customer Service 8/10
Mansion Poker offers a great support system with email, chat and telephone support available 24/7. One bad thing about this Mansion Poker card room review is that it cost money to call Mansion Poker as phone calls are not toll free.

Game Selection 8/10
Mansion poker offers a good selection of the basic poker variants such as:

• NL Texas Holdem
• Pot Limit Texas Holdem
• Limit texas holdem
• Omaha hi
• Omahahi/lo
• 5 Card Stud
• 7 card stud

Unfortunately Mansion Poker doesn't offer games such as H.O.R.S.E in either ring or tournament play due to the unavailability of RAZZ. If RAZZ and H.O.R.S.E unavailable doesn't effect you, mansion may just be the right home for you.

Ring Games 6/ 10
Mansion offers ring games in all of its game selections:

• NL Holdem; 1c/2c through to $200/$400 blinds
• Limit Holdem Games available in 2c/4c through to $300/$600 limit blin
• Pot Limit Holdem 2c/4c through to $50/$100 blinds
• Limit Omaha is available in 2c/4c Blinds through to $50/$100 blinds
• Pot Limit Omaha has blinds to play from 1c/2c through to $100/$200
• Limit Omaha Hi/Lo has stakes from 2c/4c through to $200/$400
• Pot limit Omaha hi/lo available from 1c/2c to $50/$100
• 7 Card Stud you have the option of 5c/10c stakes through to $50/$100
• 5 Card Stud has blinds from 5c/10c through to $100/$200

However during the Mansion Poker card room review i noticed that Mansion Poker is missing some ring games other sites have but if you are not a big fan of them there is no great loss. As with most sites, most of Mansion Pokers traffic is on the lower limit ring games. There are few players in the stud ring games at most times.

Software 7/10
Mansion Poker although in Lime Green is a very attractive site and it looked quite good while doing my Mansion Poker card room review. The graphics are clean and smooth and the lobby is easy to maneuver around. The avatars are all pretty plain, but are human like. The software seems very stable and smooth running. Mansions software is nothing to be excited about other then you can be pretty sure it isn't going to crash on you.

Mansion offers a filter system that can be very handy, it can be reset unlike a lot of others leaving you stranded with an annoying lobby mess. Mansion sends newsletters to its customers on a regular basis so you are sure to know what's hot at any given time. They have a comprehensive section for club M where everything is finely detailed. There are really not too many extra features but the site itself is practical and simple to use which is what counts.

Overall while doing this Mansion Poker card room review i would say Mansion poker is known for weaker players, a moderate amount of traffic, but with unique software, large deposit bonuses and the cash-added tournaments. Unfortunately U.S. Players are Not Allowed.

Poker Room Reviews

There seems to be a all sorts of poker room reviews floating online. With new online poker room opening every day. Some rooms fade away as quick as they hit the online gaming arena where as others grow into the largest online poker rooms. Every individual has their own unique definition on what makes a great poker room. Reading authentic poker room review could change your definition on what makes a great poker room as you may not know everything available on each site.

Comparing poker rooms in the form of authentic poker reviews is a huge help for online poker players. By doing an in-depth review on every aspect of a room points things out that ordinarily we wouldn't know. Let's face it, we can't know everything about each and every poker room without poker room reviews as we simply don't play on them all.

There are many poker room reviews on the internet. Some reviews available are less then useful as they are compiled by the poker rooms themselves as a means of advertising and also convincing you to their site. Many poker room reviews on small sites are biased and designed to sign you up to the particular room that the site wants you to play on. Usually when this is the case you find just 1 poker room or even 2 or 3 from the same network. Looking for a non biased and unique poker room review such as the ones on www.funandpoker.com are few and far between. The reviews include sites from a number of networks and include the largest online poker reviews. We can be assured that reviews like these are authentic and non biased due to one particular thing: The reviews are scored into sections and calculated into an overall score for the room. The second thing that would indicate a non biased and authentic poker room review would be the fact that the reviews are on a large number of sites, all from different networks as mentioned above.

So just how are these online poker reviews done so they are precise, unique and most importantly authentic? Well, let me tell you it isn't as easy as it looks. A person completing a non biased and authentic poker room review must analyse every aspect of the room from the download page to the speed of the game.

There are certain sections of a poker room which must be looked at very carefully, understood and fine detailed in an authentic poker room review. Doing this on the largest online poker rooms can be a daunting task due to the content in them. It is no easy task to complete, this can be assured.

The reviews on funandpoker.com show just what effort must be done to complete the reviews fairly and properly for optimum results for customers. The poker software must be downloaded, played on and have every section reviewed. These sections include:

1. Bonuses and Promotions

2. Traffic Levels

3. Available Games, Tournaments, Ring Games and the stakes and sizes they are available in.

4. The software performance, graphics and features.

5. Deposit and payment methods

6. Additional or extra features the site may offer that others don't.

This task as mentioned above is a massive task and takes many many hours, it is again not easy and takes a great online poker player with good knowledge of online gaming technology, poker sites and networks to complete. Although this can be attempted by anyone with the credentials they are going to have to have a load of knowledge of many online poker rooms and not just the largest online poker rooms to complete it.

Authentic poker reviews are very necessary to ensure that new online rooms are stacked up against the older and larger sites. Just because they are brand new doesn't mean they don't have an equal amount of winning probability, fun and enjoyment.

Check out authentic poker room reviews (make sure they have the indicated non biased factors) and make sure that you are getting the very best from your room in comparison with the others that are scored. Who knows? You may see a great new feature or find the benefits of changing rooms essential to your game and, without reading the reviews you would never have known.

Carbon Poker Review

Writing this Carbon Poker review has been a tough task but finally it  is ready for me to post. Carbon Poker is a growing poker room with very detailed and stylish games. The site features a decent amount of traffic with country specific tournaments and promotions.

Bonuses and Promotions 9/10
Carbon poker offers a 100% sign-up bonus up to $600.00. As with all signup bonuses there are terms and conditions associated with it, such as increments being released as a certain amount of points are accumulated.

Carbon Poker offers an additional sign-up bonus for their new players. When you sign up you qualify for 30 days in the new player freerolls, best of all there is no deposit necessary to play these freerolls. If you are a newly depositing customer you will earn free entry into the new depositor freeroll for 14 days.

Carbons VIP program is one of the many other bonuses on offer. The VIP program offers loyal customers a number of bonuses where points can be used including access to the VIP store with exclusive Carbon merchandise, tournament buy-ins and best of all you can exchange points for cash.

Carbon Poker has a leader board promotion for their Sit N Go players. Basically leader board points are awarded to each player based upon their placings in any Sit N Go tournament. There are over $10,000 in cash prizes to be won each month and an extra $2,000 for the Streaker Leader board. 

Carbon Poker also has a leader board promotion for their multi table tournament players Basically  you accumulate leader board points for every multi table tournament played throughout each full month. The top 100 places receive entry into a Leader  Board Grand Final with a major live seat package for the first place winner.

Carbon Poker has a refer a friend program. The more people you refer to carbon the more you earn. You will earn $25 for yourself for each friend referred, plus you and your referred friend will gain free entry for the $2,500.00 refer a friend freeroll. As with all referral programs conditions apply. Your friend must deposit and have accumulated 250 points.

The royal flush promotion is pretty unique. If you are lucky enough to get a royal flush (must include both hole cards) on any real money Texas Holdem ring game and you will receive a bonus of 100 x the big blind. Lastly Carbon Poker has a Bad Beat Jackpot with huge money involved if you are lucky enough to be bad beaten the right way.

Game Selection 10/10 

Carbon poker offers almost all poker variants that the online giants have on their sites. These variants include the following:

• No Limit Texas Holdem - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 blinds with 2 to 9 seats available.
• Pot Limit Texas Holdem – 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 blinds with 2 to 9 seats available. 
• Limit Texas Holdem - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 blinds with 2 to 9 seats available. 
• Omaha - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 limits with 2 to 9 seats available. 
• Omaha Hi-Lo - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 limits with 2 to 9 seats available. 
• 7 Card Stud – Pot Limit, 2c/5c/25c through to $2/$4/$25 stakes. Limit, 10c/20cthrough to $25/$50 stakes. Both Pot Limit and Limit are available in 8 seats only. 
• 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo - Pot Limit, 2c/5c/25c through to $2/$4/$25 stakes. Limit, 10c/20cthrough to $25/$50 stakes. Both Pot Limit and Limit are available in 8 seats only. 
• 5 Card Stud - Pot Limit, 1c/2c/10c through to $1/$2/$10 stakes. Limit, 10c/20cthrough to $10/$20 stakes. Both Pot Limit and Limit are available in 8 seats only. 
• 5 Card Draw – 5c/10c through to $10/$20 stakes with 5 seat tables available. 
• Triple - 5c/10c through to $10/$20 stakes with 5 seat tables available. 
• Badugi  - 2c/4c through to $10/$20 stakes with 5 seat tables available 
• HORSE, HOSE, HO, SHOE, RASH and HAR have limits of 10c/25c through to $50/$100. There are 2 to 9 seats available.

Most of the above games are available to play in tournaments. Check the list of tournaments on Carbon Poker once joining on a regular basis to see what is coming up. All games are available as ring games.

Tournaments and Sit N Go's 7/10
Carbon Poker offer freerolls to the total value of $500 daily. Every 4 hours a $50 freeroll runs for all Carbon Poker players. Carbon Poker also offers freerolls for people who have accumulated enough points. The point based buy-in freerolls include the following tournaments:

    * $1,000 Daily Freeroll
    * $2,000 Saturday Freeroll
    * $10,000 Sunday Freeroll
    * $50,000 Monthly Freeroll

You can find  guaranteed tournaments on Carbon Poker at any time. There are multiple buy-ins,  to suit every online poker enthusiasts, guaranteed tournaments included re-buy, add-on and deep stack.

Carbon Poker also offers shoot out, satellite and bounty tournaments for all bankroll sizes. The satellites available on Carbon mean you can gain entry to some of the worlds biggest live events including the WSOP and Aussie Millions for as little as $2.

Tournaments are available to players with entry fees of 6c through to $550. Poker points can also be used to enter some tournaments. Sit N Go's can be played on Carbon from 60c through to $415.

Ring Games 9/10
Although carbon has a load of ring games, they cater for low to medium stakes. High stakes such as $500/$1000 will not be found on this site. All in all their ring game selection and limits are brilliant and suit most players. No Limit Texas Holdem - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 blinds with 2 to 9 seats availabe

• Pot Limit Texas Holdem – 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 blinds with 2 to 9 seats available 
• Limit Texas Holdem - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 blinds with 2 to 9 seats available. 
• Omaha - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 limits with 2 to 9 seats available. 
• Omaha Hi-Lo - 2c/ 4c through to $50/$100 limits with 2 to 9 seats available 
• 7 Card Stud – Pot Limit, 2c/5c/25c through to $2/$4/$25 stakes. Limit, 10c/20cthrough to $25/$50 stakes. Both Pot Limit and Limit are available in 8 seats only. 
• 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo - Pot Limit, 2c/5c/25c through to $2/$4/$25 stakes. Limit, 10c/20cthrough to $25/$50 stakes. Both Pot Limit and Limit are available in 8 seats only. 
• 5 Card Stud - Pot Limit, 1c/2c/10c through to $1/$2/$10 stakes. Limit, 10c/20cthrough to $10/$20 stakes. Both Pot Limit and Limit are available in 8 seats only. 
• 5 Card Draw – 5c/10c through to $10/$20 stakes with 5 seat tables available 
• Triple - 5c/10c through to $10/$20 stakes with 5 seat tables available 
• Badugi  - 2c/4c through to $10/$20 stakes with 5 seat tables available 
• HORSE, HOSE, HO, SHOE, RASH and HAR have limits of 10c/25c through to $50/$100. There are 2 to 9 seats available.

Traffic 7/10
Carbon poker generally has 1000 to 2000+ people online at any given time. As with most sites traffic is the highest at peak times. Carbon poker is US friendly adding to the ever increasing drive of traffic to the poker room.

Customer Service 8/10
Carbon Poker offers support 24/7 through means of email and live chat. Most email responses are completed within 48 hours and live chat responses are instant. One interesting fact that i noticed while doing the Carbon poker review is the fact that it does not offer telephone support.

Software 7/10

Carbon poker is a smooth running poker site with bright and clean graphics. Carbon Pokers lobby is divided up making it very easy to find the games that you want. There is also a filter that helps you find exactly what  you are looking for.

The tables are neat and look quit sophisticated. There are no avators (just a small picture box) but this makes little difference to the above board look of Carbon Poker. The table sounds are realistic.

Carbon gives you the latest news when logging in. In addition to this Carbon has a blog site and community section. In this section are all of the poker rules and how to play as well as poker videos and information on poker pros. Carbon has great emoticon s for expressions.

Deposit Methods 8/10
Carbon Poker offers deposit methods to suit most online gamers, these include Visa , Mastercard,eCheck,  Neteller, Click2Pay, 1-Pay, Moneybookers, EcoCard, eWalletExpress, PIC-Club, ClickandBuy and Entropay

Withdrawal Methods 6/10
The minimum withdrawal amount on carbon poker is $25. Withdrawal methods are few but suit most clientele and include:
   1. Check
   2. eWalletXpress
   3. Pic Club
   4. Click2Pay

Other Features 6/10
Carbon Poker has a brilliant emoticon setup to express your feelings whilst at the table. They are cute, lively and large emotes. In addition Carbon provides all the little extra things such as news, blogs and a community section as mentioned above.

Carbon has a brilliant selection of mixed games, it has a lobby containing easy deposit buttons and other buttons to things such as admin, settings and history. One of the best other features is the player counter showing exactly who you are up against at any given time. Overall for this carbon poker review i give carbon poker a rating of 7.7/10.