Absolute Poker Review

Updated August 26, 2006

Overall 75 Ease of Competition 73 Customer Service 78 Software 68

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Overview
Absolute Poker is a mid-sized poker site. Absolute Poker is one of the more generous poker rooms, offering an impressive 100% deposit bonus up to $750. Another plus is that they allow people to buy-in for 200 big blinds at no-limit games, instead of the typical 100 big blinds. However, Absolute's software is fairly mediocre. While the games are fast, the graphics of the lobby and games are less than stellar. A plus for their software though is that they have many design skins to choose from, so it is easy to customize their fairly mediocre software.

Bonuses
Absolute Poker has a very nice deposit bonus. It is 100% up to $750. The bonus code is AP750. You must play 100 raked hands for every $10 of the bonus, so it will take you a quite awhile to work it off (each raked hand must have a rake of $0.50 or more). If you play multiple tables, it will work off fairly quickly.

Cashouts
They are very quick about cashouts. On their website, they say you should receive your money within 72 hours. However, I generally get mine within 24 hours.

Game Information
They provide a good deal of information, such as flop percentage, hands per hour, and average pot.

Competition
The games at Absolute Poker tend to be harder than at most sites. This is especially the case with the middle-stakes games and higher.

Customer Service
Virtually all of the customer service is done via email. Sometimes I have gotten quicker responses than others.

Ring Games offered
Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha hi-lo, 7-stud, 7-stud hi-lo

Ring Game stakes
Limit: $.02-$.04, up to $150-$300.
Pot Limit/No Limit: $.10-$.25 up to $10-$25

Tournaments offered
Single and Multi-Table: Hold'em, 7-Stud, Omaha, Omaha hi-lo

Tournaments buy-ins
Single and Multi-Table: $.50 up to $100

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