Absolute Poker Room

Absolute Poker is the home of the fastest growing and most exciting Bad Beat Jackpot in online poker, especially with the recent addition of Turbo Bad Beat tables. Constantly innovative, updating it software to providing the best in poker action that will appeal to every player whatever their skill level Absolute Poker is a market leader in online poker.

Absolute Poker also offers a wide range of friendly and rewarding tournaments, alongside exciting and innovative promotions to suit players of all abilities.

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WEBSITE www.absolutepoker.com
ACCEPTING U.S. PLAYERS? Yes
ESTABLISHED 2003
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Costa Rica
NETWORK: CEREUS
SIZE OF DOWNLOAD: 6.86 MB
SIZE ON COMPUTER 19.9 MB

Poker Software

The Absolute Poker software was recently upgraded and now supports cutting edge graphics, faster dealing, table view options, resizable tables, and many other great new features.

The site also allows players to upload personal graphics to create their own personalized avatar. This makes Absolute Poker one of the most customizable poker sites out there. There is also a ‘no download' version for Mac and PC users.

Other tweakable options on the tables include: enable hot keys, four-color decks, display bet amount, and turn off sound effects. The tables include a standard set of pre-selected action checkboxes.

The main lobby on Absolute Poker is easy to navigate. The cash games are separated into tabs by poker variant and then further separated by limit-type (fixed-, pot-, and no-limit) or high/eight-or-better variants. Tournaments are split into sit-and-go and “tourneys” (meaning scheduled tournaments). The lobby also has a concise filter system which can be selected by all games, limits, show and buy-in.

The specific tournament lobbies at Absolute Poker are extremely helpful and easy to use. The lobbies list the current rank and chip count of every single player in the tournament - a feature that even some of the largest poker sites don't have (many sites show simply the top 30 or 100 players' chip stacks and rankings).

The lobby displays a wealth of other information, including: blind structure, payout structure, biggest/smallest/average stack, time until next break, time until next blind level (and what it will be), and total/current number of players.

Poker Tournaments

Absolute Poker has good sit-and-go traffic for buy-ins $100 and lower, plus the ever popular Turbo Sit and Gos. Multi-table sit-and-gos are often running for buy-ins $10 and lower.

Cash Games

There are not usually a lot of high-stakes hold'em games running, but the mid- to low-limit games usually have plenty of tables to choose from (mainly six-handed tables: players at Absolute Poker seem to prefer shorthanded play). The number of populated cash games tables for the other offered variants (Omaha, stud, razz and H.O.R.S.E.) are relatively low (especially for razz), and virtually nonexistent in the higher-limits of these games.

Fame

Absolute Poker's loyalty program, rewards online poker players with elite benefits that get more exclusive as players become more famous. There are five levels to the FAME program - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum VIP and Diamond Elite. Each time an Absolute Poker player participates in a real-money game, they`ll earn STATUS Points. The number of STATUS Points earned in a one-month period defines a player's FAME STATUS level and determines the benefits they are eligible to receive.

New Absolute Rewards Store

Absolute Poker's store has some great benefits for our FAME program including the ability to buy gas with CREDITS, merchandise, tickets to special events, the ability to create private tournaments,1-2-1 customer support, a 10% discount on merchandise, the ability to exchange CREDITS for cash and a 9% interest bearing account.

Absolute Buddy

Absolute Buddy is a convenient, complementary feature that allows online poker players to discover where their favorite players are seated and connect with them instantly. Absolute Buddy is integrated into the Absolute Poker software. Computer users familiar with instant messaging applications like Windows Live Messenger, Google Chat and AIM will find the interface of Absolute Buddy familiar and incredibly easy to use. Registered users can add their favorite poker players to Absolute Buddy and instantly discover when they`re online and where they`re seated.

Blackjack

Blackjack is a great feature in Absolute Poker's lobby, allowing players to hit a game of Blackjack whilst waiting to play or as a standalone.

The recent introduction of Tournament Blackjack will thrill both poker players and die hard blackjack players. In Tournament Blackjack, a player will still play each hand against the dealer but this is why it differs from traditional Blackjack: * The players will be trying to accumulate the largest amount of chips as they play. * The player with the least amount of chips after hands 8, 16 and 25 will be eliminated. * To add more excitement to the game we have added a Secret Bet feature. Each player is allowed one Secret Bet per round, this entitles you to bet a certain amount of chips, this will be hidden from the other players which brings an element of bluffing not found in other versions of Blackjack.

Cashier

PAYMENT OPTIONS: Visa, Mastercard, Moneybookers, Fast Bank Transfer, ClickandBuy, Click2Pay, Paysafe, UKash and Neteller (for European customers), UK debit cards.

Auditor

Kahnawake Gaming Commission, Technical Testing System

Rake Explanation

Rake info is shown for specific limits, designated as “micro,” “low,” “medium,” and “high.” Those specific limits are as follows:

NO-LIMIT
Micro – $0.05-$0.10; low – $0.25-$0.50; medium – $2-$4; high – $100-$200
LIMIT
Micro – $0.05-$0.10; low – $1-$2; medium – $8-$16; high – $100-$200
NO-LIMIT LIMIT
MICRO $0.05/$1 - Max $3 N/A LOW $0.05/$1 - Max $3 $0.25/$5 - Max $2 MEDIUM $0.05/$1 - Max $3 N/A HIGH N/A N/A

Poker Game Variety

Hold'em (limit, no-limit, pot-limit, six-handed, turbo)
Omaha (high, eight-or-better)
Stud (seven-card high, seven-card eight-or-better)
Razz
H.O.R.S.E
STAKES: $0.02-$0.04 up to $150-$300

Support

EMAIL support@AbsolutePoker.com (Respond in one and a half hours for general inquiries, based on test e-mail)
PHONE N/A
Live Chat: Yes

Why Absolute Poker?

Over two million online poker players call Absolute Poker home, and it's easy to see why. With our great deposit bonuses, fast-moving poker games, poker tournaments with huge prizes, massive bad beat jackpots, improved player security, and superior customer service, we’re determined to make every player's online poker experience the best it can be. The new Cereus Poker Network means that you're sure to find a game you enjoy at the stakes you want. From freeroll tournaments to massive high-stakes tournaments where the winners walk away with a fortune, Absolute Poker has the online poker game for you.

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Absolute Poker's FAME

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