InterPoker Review

Updated December 4, 2004

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Overview
Interpoker is home of the worst rake, worst cashout policies, and some of the worst software on the Internet. I have consistently downgraded this site due to problems with their cashout and rake policies. Their high rake and their "Pin" policies are inexecusable in light of the much better practices of other online poker rooms.

Software
The graphics of InterPoker are kind of weird. They are a little too colorful. However, they have grealy improved their software lately. The graphics are much sharper than they used to be. There have been issues where the software was buggy in the past.

Rake
Most sites rake structures are nearly identical, so there is no need to comment on them in the reviews. However, Intercasino (and all of the other companies that use the Cryptologic software, such as Will Hill) has a horrible rake structure. First, they do not give players a break when it is shorthanded. For example, at a $15-$30 game that is heads up or 3-handed, almost all sites will only take $1 max out of the pot. Intercasino does not give players a break for shorthand and continues to take up to $3. Furthermore, Intercasino surreptitiously taxes players who play games in euros or pounds. The rake structure is still the same but the rake is also in euros/pounds. If you play a game in pounds, a $3 rake becomes a £3 rake! This means you are needlessly paying an extra $2.50 in rake. If you do decide to play at this site, I recommend that you only play in dollars and you only play games with 6 players or more. That way you do not needlessly bleed money away in rake.

Cashouts
It takes about 2 business days for this place to process your cashout through neteller. A major downside is you are forced to wait for them to mail you your pin, and this takes about a week. What bothers me about this place is that if you lose your pin, you are forced to wait for them to mail it again to the address they have for you on file. If for whatever reason you moved locations since the last time you received your pin, you'll be in a bothersome situation trying to get your money out. This situation happened to me. I had about $1500 in my Interpoker account when I moved addresses. I lost my pin while I was moving. I had to have them resend the pin to my old address several times until the person in my old place received it. Why on earth they could not just send me my money to the Neteller account I deposited from is beyond me!

Bonuses
Their bonuses are good. They have a 100% match up to $100. You need to play raked hands equal to 5X the bonus amount in order to cash out the bonus. They have a nice bad beat jackpot too, and if you hit a royal flush using both of your pocket cards, they'll give you $500. Also, they give you a bonus of up to $90 to play with in ther casino. However, you must wager that extra money 25 times before cashing it out, so fat chance you'll ever be seeing much of it.

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

Competition
There are a lot of Europeans who play this site, and they tend to play more aggressively. This makes some of their play more solid, but many are maniacs.

Customer Service
Intercasino is one of the largest casinos as well, so they have an extensive customer service team. However, the customer service people are often not knowledgeable about poker, and they stick to a rigid set of rules that are often inane.

Ring Games offered
Texas Holdem, Omaha hi-lo, Omaha, 7-stud

Ring Games stakes
Fixed Limit: $1-2, $2-4, $3-6, $5-10, $10-20, $20-40, $30-60, $50-100, $100-200 (all are popular even $100-200).
Pot Limit/No Limit: Blinds $.50-$1 to $5-$10

Tournaments offered
Single Table and Multi-Table Holdem (not very popular)

Tournaments buy-ins
$10, $30, $50, $100

Please note: InterPoker offers game in dollars, euros, and pounds. So these values reflect the types of stakes in all three currencies.

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