William Hill Review
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Overview
William Hill is one of the largest bookmakers in the U.K. Their online poker room is a skin on the large iPoker Network. William Hill offers one of the best first-time deposit bonuses of any online poker room.
Bonus
First time depositors receive a 200% bonus up to £1250. The bonus will be displayed as dollars on the software lobby. This is a great first-time deposit bonus that is among the best in the industry.
The bonus is released in $5 increments for every 350 WH Points earned. This amounts to around a 43% refund on tournament entry fees. Players have 60 days to clear any remaining bonus money.
Promotions
William Hill could stand to improve a bit in the promotions department. For how large of a brand they are, they really don't entice players as much as they could/should with interesting promotions.
Tournaments
There are a ton of tournaments with guaranteed prize pools at William Hill. Their largest tournament is a Sunday $200,000 event with a buy-in of $200+$15. All told, the iPoker Network guarantees some $16 million in tournament prize pools every month.
A strong selection of sit-n-gos are available, including jackpot tournaments that award big payouts to players who win a certain number of tournaments in a row. For example, there is a $25,000 jackpot to anyone who wins 6 consecutive $20+$3.50 6-max tournaments. Notice that the increased entry fee for these jackpot sit-n-gos render them a bad investment for players of nearly every skill ability.
Software
The iPoker software has it's share of annoying bugs but overall isn't terrible. Multi-table tournament lobbies seem to have quite a few bugs when it comes to keeping stats like 'Players Remaining' updated.
Will Hill is translated into six languages and has a nice color theme.
Competition Level
In general, the competition is slightly easier here than at most sites. The William Hill sportsbook leads a lot of punters to the poker tables for a few hands. The higher-limit games do get pretty tough, but that's pretty much industry standard.
Customer Service
William Hill offers 24/7 customer support through a variety of mediums. An exhaustive FAQ page may already answer your question. If not, they are reachable by email, toll free phone, and fax.
Ring Games Offered
Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha hi-lo, 7-card stud, 7-card stud hi-lo, 5-card stud
Fixed Limits: $.02-$.04 to $300-$600
NL & PL Blinds: $.01-$.02 to $100-$200
Tournaments Offered
Hold'em (fixed-limit, PL and NL), Omaha PL, Omaha Hi-Lo (fixed-limit and PL), 7 Card Stud
Heads-Up: $1 to $1,000
Single-Table: $1 to $200
Multi-Table: $2 to $200
Minimum Deposit
$20
