BetOnline Poker Review
BetOnline is known as one of the oldest online betting brands, being one of the top choices for online sports bettors. BetOnline was launched in 1998 and have ever since been a very popular choice as a betting site. Although online sports betting have been their main product since the beginning the brand launched their poker product in 2010 with the ambition to be the number one choice for US Poker Players.
As mentioned BetOnline Poker, is today one of the most popular brands for the US market and is continuously growing. What makes them a popular choice for poker players in the US, is their software, the quick withdrawals and the high level of security.
To get a jump-start at their site, they are offering all new customers a big 100% match bonus up to $1,000, which surely will be useful at the poker tables.
Poker Competition:
Because of their presence in the sports betting segment since 1998, their main customers are sports bettors. However, many of these bettors share the interest for poker and are now also frequent poker players. If you pick your games and tables wisely, the Poker Team is sure that you will do well against your opponents.
The Poker Team experts tried the software for one week and they can testify in that with the right table selection for cash games, Bet Online Poker is an excellent choice to build your bankroll. There are plenty of games on the low- and mid stakes, however the high stakes action is quite slow.
Looking into playing the poker tournaments instead of the cash games, we can see a similar pattern that the competition is quite soft and that the players are mostly quite impatience in the larger tournaments. If you decide to play some of their most popular tournaments, we can highly recommend that you first try to qualify to these tournaments thru the numerous satellite tournaments, which is an inexpensive way to play the large tournaments.
Poker Software:
BetOnline Poker has partnered with one of the best software developers and is offering their poker software on the Chico Poker Network. The software is a good one, not one of the tops in the industry, however it offers some good features such as re-sizing tables, which are great for multi-tabling poker players. Furthermore, it offers quickly access to hand histories and it gives you the opportunity to make notes on your opponents.
The software is available on both PC and Mac with good functionalities on both platforms. With nicely designed software and a lot of useful features, the Poker Team finds the software to be a user-friendly option for both novice and more experienced poker players.
Resize table. You can with easy matters resize the poker tables that you are playing out, so that you can add more tables to your screen or if you simple just want the poker tables that you are playing at to take less space on your screen.
Player notes. You easily keep track of your opponents with making notes directly in the software. This makes it very easy for you to tag the opponents you are playing against over time, so that you know which ones to play and which not to play against.
Buddy list. Although playing poker is mostly about making money, it is also a social game where you can easily make friends. BetOnline poker has thought about that and has a unique feature in the poker software where you can create a buddy list of poker players, which you easily can track when they are playing and also chat with thru the poker software.
Sports betting and Blackjack. If you are a person that likes to do other betting during the time you are waiting to be dealt the right cards, you will be feeling at home with the BetOnline poker software. In the poker software you will be able to place bets on sports as well as playing blackjack and other casino games, without needing the leave the poker table.
Filtering. One very handy feature that the software is offering is their filtering system. With this tool you are able to sort the poker tables all after your own preferences. You can pick which limits you wish to play, which variation of poker you are looking for and much more. This also applies to the poker tournaments offered, where as you can set preference buy-in cost for the tournaments you wish to play as well within which timeframe you wish to play.
[poka_slider_carousel]Games offered.
Hence that BetOnline poker are on a smaller poker network, then there will not be as many poker variations offered as you would see at the top poker networks. However, they do offer the most popular variations and you can find games running at them all on the peak-hours off the network. The games offered are:
* Texas Hold´em
* Omaha
* 5 Card Stud
* 7 Card Stud
* 2-7 Draw
Sit & Go (SnG). Is a very popular form of poker tournaments at BetOnline poker. They can all range from 2 players heads-up or 10 players ring game tournament. The most common variations of poker played is Omaha and Texas Hold´em and you can find SnG´s starting from $1,50.
Freerolls. You can only daily basis play freerolls at BetOnline poker, which can reward you in both cash and also tournament tickets.
MTT´s (Multi Table Tournaments). One of their most popular MTT´s at BetOnline Poker is their $10,000 GTD tournament that runs every Saturday at 7PM ET. In total BetOnline poker offers $250,000 in Guaranteed poker tournaments per month.
Rake
For every $0,10 you rake at BetOnline poker you will collect 1 POP point. With these POP´s you will be able to buy-in to different tournaments on the site for free. In generally speaking in regards to the rake, BetOnline poker has an average cost per raked hand for the players comparing to other US poker networks. Full rake contribution is set as follows:
Heads-Up Tables (only applies to 1-on-1 tables, not heads up play at tables that seat more players)
| Stakes/Limit | Rake per Pot | Max Rake |
| All | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $0.50 |
Fixed Limit (FL)
Stakes up to and including $1.00/$2.00
| Stakes | Rake per Pot | Max Rake |
| $0.05/$0.10 | $0.01 for each $0.20 in Pot | $0.10 |
| $0.10/$0.25 | $0.01 for each $0.20 in Pot | $0.20 |
| $0.25/$0.50 | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $0.40 |
| $0.50/$1.00 | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $0.50 |
| $1.00/$2.00 | $0.25 for each $5.00 in Pot | $1.00 |
Stakes higher than $1.00/$2.00, up to and including $30.00/$60.00
| Number of Players | $20 Pot | $40 Pot | $70 Pot | Max Rake |
| 2-3 | $0.50 | $0.50 | – | $1.00 |
| 4-5 | $1.00 | $1.00 | – | $2.00 |
| 6+ | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
Pot Limit (PL) and No Limit (NL)
Stakes up to and including $0.10/$0.25
| Number of Players | Rake per Pot | Max Rake |
| 2 | $0.01 for each $0.20 in the pot | $0.50 |
| 3-4 | $0.01 for each $0.20 in the pot | $1.00 |
| 5+ | $0.01 for each $0.20 in the pot | $2.00 |
Stakes higher than $0.10/$0.25, up to and including $10.00/$20.00
| Number of Players | Rake per Pot | Max Rake |
| 2 | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $0.50 |
| 3 | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $1.00 |
| 4-5 | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $2.00 |
| 6+ | $0.05 for each $1.00 in Pot | $3.00 |
Customer Support:
A good support is necessary to be seen as a top online poker site today. BetOnline Poker truly understands the importance of it and offers a great customer support. What the Poker Team considers excellent service is; correct, quick and efficient answers, which you all receive directly from the Poker Software by clicking the Live Support. The Poker Team did test the support during the week of testing and the Poker Team is happy to confirm that support is both quick and efficient.
Their customer support can be reached 24/7 thru phone, e-mail and live-support. So if you have any urgent inquiries we can highly recommend that you use their live-support or give them a call, which will give you an answer within seconds.
[upsdowns]Poker Promotions:
BetOnline Poker offers all their new customer a juicy 200% match bonus up to $2,000 on their first deposit. Minimum deposit for this bonus is $50 and maximum deposit is $1,000, which would give you a hefty $2,000 pending poker bonus on your account. The first bonus that will be released would be 10% of your 200% bonus, and will require that you rake a total of 30.3% of your deposited amount. You can follow this process easily in your account details in the software, but we can inform that 3,03 POP (their player points) is the equivalent of $1 in rake. Thus, if you deposited $100, then the first bonus you will receive is $10 after you accomplished 303 POP´s.
Next bonus that will be released is 20% of the 200% bonus, thus the bonus is released in higher amounts the more you play.
Other than that you are offering massive poker promotions every single month. Some of the examples are as follows:
$50,000 Sit ´n Go leaderboard – this is a very popular promotion at BetOnline poker where you can be well rewarded for playing their sit ´n go tournaments. For every sit n go tournament you place in, you will receive points, which will rank you on their leaderboard.
4 of a kind´s challenge – if you would manage to get a 4 of a kind at a cash game table, then you have won $40 is cash. Just make sure that you e-mail their support when you got it the same day, and their support will credit your account.
Freeroll Fridays – is a very popular tournament that is totally free to enter, but awards the top 100 finishers a free tournament token to their “Step 1 sit ´n go”-tournament where you can qualify yourself to their $25,000 GTD tournament on Saturdays.
Security:
BetOnline takes the security of the transactions and their customer information very seriously and are working on daily basis to assure that all your information as well as transactions is kept safe. The operation of BetOnline is run from Panama, which is considered to be a solid financial and legal location.
Conclusion:
If you are a poker player located in the US, your options for playing poker online are quite slim. However, there are a few top options out there. The Poker Team can assure you that BetOnline Poker is one of the absolute best options for US Poker Players. BetOnline Poker offers you nicely designed and user-friendly software were you easily could navigate to your favorite game of choice. Their poker bonus, which you receive for every deposit you make, is one of the poker industries best poker bonuses.
BetOnline Poker also offers top of the line customer support and they are today one of the quickest and most secure processors of deposits and withdrawals for US Customers.
