Part Poker is one of the world’s largest poker sites; they opened their poker room in 2001 right around the time that online poker was first introduced. Since then they’ve seen an amazing growth in players, this has allowed them to offer some of the best promotions, tournaments and cash games with great loyalty rewards and bonuses to match.

Sign Up Bonus

The sign up bonus at Party Poker isn’t the largest in the industry but it’s unique and rewarding. You get a 100% match bonus up to $/€/£100 when you make your first deposit. You will have 60 to clear the bonus, whatever the currency. If you play in dollars you must earn six times the bonus amount in Party Points; Euros: you must earn eight times the bonus amount in Party Points and Sterling: you must earn nine times the bonus amount in Party Points.

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Promotions

Party Poker has the one of the biggest selection of promotions in the world; you’ll find all the promotions are great value for money with massive cash pool prizes up for grabs. There are too many to list here but the biggest one is the weekly $300K Guaranteed Sunday’s where players can battle is out for a share of $300k Guaranteed.

Tournaments

Multi-Table Tournaments and Sit & Go’s are very popular at Party Poker, there are games virtually running every minute. The buy-in’s start from just $1 and go all the way up to $800; you can play these tournaments in regular, shoot out, speed and rebuy. Many satellite qualifiers are available and each month they offer over $100,000 in freerolls.

Game Variety

A super selection of games are offered by Party Poker, they have more then enough game variations to get the regular poker player happy. Check out the list below to see what’s available.

NL Texas Hold’em – Stakes ($2c/$4c to $25/$50)

FL Texas Hold’em – Stakes ($5c/$10c to $250/$500)

PL Texas Hold’em – Stakes ($10c/$25c to $10/$20):

FL Omaha, and Hi-Lo – Stakes ($50c/$1 to $30/$60)

PL Omaha, and Hi-Lo – Stakes ($10c/$0.25 to $25/$50)

7 Card Stud, and Hi-Lo – Stakes ($50c/$1 to $30/$60)

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Traffic

Party Poker is an independent poker room meaning they use there own network, during peak times there’s around 60,000 players online. The traffic is varied so you will find a mix of low to high stakes games. About 3 quarters of these players can be found in the multi-table tournaments while the rest are either playing cash games or Sit & Go’s.

Competition

The competition at Party Poker is varied; in the low to mid stakes games you will find plenty of fish that are very aggressive with flop percentages can reach as high as 100%. As you move up the limits players are much tighter and the games can be allot tougher; you can expect the flop percentages to be around 20% on these limits.

Software

Party Poker’s software is brilliant, the graphics are crisp and we think you’ll find the in game features adequate. The lobby is well designed and easy to navigate and in game play is great. Players can chat, add buddies, take notes, add a custom avatar, change the table layout and all the tables are resizable plus they scale down to a tee.

Loyalty Rewards

Whenever you play cash games or tournaments at Party Poker you are rewarded with PP’s. Whilst playing cash games you receive 2 PP’s for every $1 in rake and for tournaments and Sit & Go’s you get 2 PP’s for every $1 in fees paid. You can use your PP’s to purchase merchandise from the Party Poker Store, get entry to big-money tournaments, gift certificates and cash.

Support

Contacting the Party Poker support team is easy; they have email support as well as telephone chat. Email responses can sometimes be slow but the level of support is great, if you need direct support then toll free telephone chat is the best option available. There’s also a handy FAQ page so you might want to check that out first.

Deposit & Cash out Methods

Deposit: Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, Switch, Solo, Maestro, PayPal, Neteller, Moneybookers, Ukash, Paysafecard, Entropay, Western Union, UseMyBank, Click2Pay, My Citadel Wallet, ClickandBuy, WebMoney, Instant Banking, Bank Transfer and Bank Wire Transfer.

Cash Out: Visa Electron, MasterCard, Switch, Solo, Maestro, PayPal, Neteller, Moneybookers, Bank Transfer, Click2Pay, Entropay and Check.

Poker Heaven is a top online poker room that offers one of the biggest sign up bonuses in the industry. They were founded in 2005 on the IPN/Boss Media Poker Network, since then they have seen a slow but steady increase in their player base which has allowed them to offer some of the best online poker promotions and tournaments.

Sign Up Bonus (6.2)

All new players get a fantastic sign up bonus of 100% up to €1,000 when they sign up to Poker Heaven and make their first deposit. The bonus is released in €5 increments for every 150 FPP’s earned and you will have 30 days in which to clear the bonus in full before it expires.

Promotions (8.0)

Great selections of new and ongoing promotions are offered by Poker Heaven. You’ll find many of these promotions have big rewards and that there well worth taking part in. Some of these tournaments include the €30,000 Sit & Go Race Series where players compete for a prize pool of €15,000. Other promotions include the Bad Beat Jackpot and Jackpot Sit & Go’s.

Tournaments (8.6)

If you like playing multi-table tournaments and Sit & Go’s than we think you’ll love the selection that Poker Heaven has to offer. The buy in’s start from as low as €10c and go up to €300, you can find many qualifying satellites to big guarantees, live events an they offer a few daily €100 freerolls which are great for beginners.

Game Variety (5.0)

Poker Heaven has a great variety of games to offer you, take a look at the list below to see what games are available.

NL Texas Hold’em – Stakes: (€2c/€4c to €300/€600)

PL Texas Hold’em – Stakes: (€5c/€10c to €10/€20)

FL Texas Hold’em – Stakes: (€10c/€20c to €1000/€2000)

PL Omaha Hi – Stakes: (€5c/€10c to €300/€600)

FL Omaha Hi – Stakes: (€15c/€30c to €50/€100)

FL 7 Card Stud – Stakes: (€25c/€50c to €30/€60)

PL 5 Card Draw – Stakes: (€12c/€25c to €5/€10)

FL 5 Card Draw – Stakes: (€25c/€50c to €20/€40)

Traffic (7.0)

Poker Heaven is a member of the IPN/Boss Media Poker Network, during peak times you can expect to see as many as 8000 – 12000 players online simultaneously. You will find most of these users playing in the multi table tournaments while the rest of the population is playing cash ring games and Sit & Go’s.

Competition (8.9)

The competition at Poker heaven is considerably weak; since most of the games here are played on the low to mid stakes you’ll find loads of amateurs and newbie’s here just learning to play poker or maybe just to have a bit of fun. If you do mange to find a high stakes game it will most probably be some shark hanging around waiting to take your money.

Software (7.5)

The Poker heaven software is ok, it’s not the best looking software on the market but it’s solid and very stable. The lobby is easy to understand and you will have no problems finding a game. The in game play is good; you have all the usual features like in game chat, table notes and hand history.

Loyalty Rewards (9.0)

Whilst playing cash games and tournaments at Poker Heaven you are rewarded with FPP’s. In cash games you get 1 FPP for every €25c in rake taken and for every €25c in tournament fees you are also awarded with 1 FPP. You can use your FPP’s to get entry to tournaments and there is a rewards store where you can purchase merchandise.

Support (7.8)

Customer support is available either by email or live chat; the email response times are average so you can expect to be wait about 7 hours for a reply. Using live chat from there web site is the quickest & easiest option but they do also have a FAQ page to help you find your answers fast.

Deposit & Cash out Methods (6.0)

Deposit: Credit/Debit Card, Neteller, Neteller Instacash, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, ClickandBuy, Moneta, Paysafecard, Ukash, Bank Transfer, EcoCard, Nordea, Boleto Bancario, eWire, EUTeller.

Cash Out: Credit/Debit Card, Neteller, Moneybookers, Click2Pay and Bank Transfer.

The world rakeback in the dictionary of poker means that you will be able to get some percentage of money back for being present in a particular room with your friends. This is a way where you can make a lot of money as you will get your share of the money that has been played in the poker room with your help. The reason for its popularity is that it has been able to help people in keeping some part of there money safe and playing with a lot of ease. People who have been able to take advantage of this rakeback offer while playing online poker say that they have been able to get peace of mind while playing as they know that they will be able to save at least some money with this even if they loose and when they win the excitement goes double as they know that they will not only get the amount that they have won in the game but also there share from the poker room in the form of rakeback.

When it was asked from people who have been playing online poker from a long period of time for there views about the rakeback offer that has been provided by the online poker rooms, they have been showing great response. There has not been a single player who has refused to agree with the fact that it indeed is the best way to safeguard your money and to make more and more profits. A few of them who like spending a lot of time online playing poker and looking for options that will help them make more profits, state than since the time they have found out about the rakeback offer they have stopped to look for any other offer as they have never seen such great results in any other offer. Further adding to this they said that the bonus and all other options do look good but have a lot of conditions attached to them and therefore you cannot be a winner every time as compared to this offer where irrespective of anything you will be able to get your share of percentage as promised without a lot of conditions applied.

Not only these online poker rooms deposit money straight into your account and help you in using this money the next time you play poker with your friends online. The main key to achieve success with this is to invite more and more people to play in the poker room where you have a rakeback deal. The reason for the same is that you get decided percentage of the revenue that the room is able to generate with your help. Since the number of people playing and money played has a direct relation, you will have higher chances of getting more money being deposited in your account when more and more people join the room when you are playing. If you are thinking that there might be a hidden truth about the offer that might upset you later then you are wrong. You have nothing to loose when you start to take part in this activity. The main reason is that the poker room is able to generate more revenue as you will be getting people and they are just helping you in making more money which you can term as commission that you are getting for promoting the same.

This way you will not get only get an opportunity to spend more and more time in the activity that you enjoy the most but at the same time you will be able to earn money as well. Now you will not have to fix time with your friends and wait for the week end to come so that you can get together with your friends and enjoy the game of poker. Going forward all you are required to go is to logon to the internet and get into the poker room you have a rakeback offer with and start to play your favorite game so that you not only enjoy the game but also get an opportunity to win more than what you could have won with your friends, as playing with friends at a club or in your house you will not be able to take advantage of the rakeback.



Full Tilt Poker has its doors open to US players and this adds a different perspective to the game, enabling players to go head-to-head in a global competition.

Full Tilt Poker offers a good variety of cash games, tournaments and sit’n’gos. There is always an active table to satisfy your cravings. Either being from beginner to expert, you will find competitors to suit your stakes and level, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To give you an idea of the extreme level of competition that is also available at Full Tilt Poker, let’s have a look at a promotion that is currently running at Full Tilt.

Team Full Tilt’s latest player, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, is challenging the online poker world.

He has offered to put up a crazy $1.5 million to any opponent’s $500,000, playing heads-up at four tables simultaneously for 50,000 hands.

Once the 50,000 hands have been played, the player who is up – even by as little as one dollar – wins the Challenge. It is as easy as that. If “durrrr” wins, he keeps any money he won during the Challenge and also takes home the challenger’s $500,000. On the other hand, if one of his opponents wins, they keep their winnings and the $1.5 million that “durrrr” has put up.

Of course, this is an extreme case for high stake players and would not suit everyone. I’m still looking for my $500,000 to put up for the competition. In fact, I’m still looking for my $100,000 J.

At lower and reasonable limits the players at Full Tilt Poker tend to be a bit tighter than those playing at most other online poker rooms.

You can find that peak hours at Full Tilt usually occur in the US evening time, around 7 PM.

Full Tilt Poker Software review

The software at Full Tilt Poker is excellent with no discernable bugs or problems and would have to be one of the best on the market. It is available for both MacIntosh and Windows platforms and its current version is 4.25, powered by the OpenSSL Project and Eric Young (who has also written software for Pokerstars), which alone should be a guarantee of quality.

The software has a fresh look, and is very easy to navigate through. Also, it runs smoothly and is quite quick, without using too mch system resources.

Players have the option to choose their avatar, with multiple cartoonish characters available and there is sure to be one that suits your liking.

On top of that, Full Tilt Poker makes it possible to also customize your table theme, your position at the table, the look of the cards and sounds and notifications. It is also very easy to resize your table by simply dragging the window to your desired size, starting from very small, all the way to full-screen. This makes it easy for a player to play as many tables as desired at once.

Statistics shown in the lobby to assist table selection are average pot size, percent of players seeing the flop and hands per hour.

Players can also set up default values for their buy-in and rebuy at cash tables. Full Tilt Poker has even added an option within the software to assure responsible gambling: basically, it enables players to ban themselves from playing at Full Tilt Poker for a selective time, from 12 hours up to 180 days.

Full Tilt Poker Extras

Have you got the need for speed? Are you hungry for action and sick of waiting for the next flop?

Then Full Tilt Poker has definitely got the solution for you, with its new game Rush Poker.

Rush Poker was launched in January 2010 and is designed to be an action-packed, fast poker experience, enabling players to set their own pace.

This new game type gives a player the option of “Quick fold” if they are not satisfied with their hand. The Quick Fold option immediatly enables the player to move onto a completely new table with a new hand (which is chosen from a random pool of players). Quick fold is the key to make players able to choose their pace without having to wait for the other players to finish the hand. Rush Poker is a truly fast paced game and is like playing several tables at once from one table. Experience has shown us  that a player could achieve around 250-275 hands per hour per seat. Also having the opportunity to have 8 seats going at once, there will be no lack of action.

The video above is in-game play of Rush Poker.

Full Tilt Poker has on offer a premium sign-up bonus – 100% up to $600 by either visiting Rakerace.com or using the referral code AKADEMIA. Occasionally,  there are additional bonuses offered. Players can also earn Full Tilt Points through real money gameplay which can be exchanged for special tournaments or used in Full Tilt Poker’s online Store to purchase merchandise.

The image above is a preview of the Full Tilt Store

How to unlock the $600 First Deposit Bonus:

Players are eligible for the Full Tilt Poker First Deposit Bonus by acquiring Full Tilt Points (FTPs). 1 Full Tilt Point is unlocks 6c of the pending bonus. The bonus will be automatically credited to the players’ account in lump sums.

Full Tilt  Poker uses the dealt method to calculate FTPs, which means that every player being dealt cards at a cash game table is entitled to Full Tilt Points (equivalent to the total size of the rake). A maximum of 3 points can be collected within each hand dealt. For the players who are committed and do collect three points per hand, the $20 Bonus increments can be earned in around two hours of play at only one table.
Players at tournament tables also have a great opportunity to receive 7 Full Tilt Points for every $1 rake paid.There is no restriction on the number of points a player can receive at tournament tables.

The cash total and bonus cash amounts can be viewed in the Cashier window in the players’ Full Tilt account within the lobby. Players will continue to collect cash until they have received 100% of their Bonus. Full Tilt Poker gives you a time frame of 120 days to earn your First Deposit Bonus.

Full Tilt Poker VIP Program analyzed

Full Tilt Poker, like many of its main competitors, also offers a VIP program that rewards players for their gameplay and loyalty.

Full Tilt Poker has named its loyalty program the Iron Man Challenge and lets players see how tough they really are with some serious rewards on offer.

The core structure of the program is based on a point system, were players receive points simply for playing poker. The Full Tilt Points (FTPs) that a player accumulates over a day-by-day basis, calculate to their monthly totals. Over the course of any month, there are four levels open to reach: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Iron Man. If a player racks up 100 points per day for the first 15 days, they become Bronze; 200 points, they become Silver. If a player collects 200 points every day for the first 20 days of the month, they become Gold, but that’s not all. If you can earn 200+ points every day for 25 days, you will earn the title of Full Tilt Iron Man.

The table above demonstrates the levels that are on offer within Full Tilt Poker’s Iron Man promotion.

Iron Man medals

Iron Man medals are rewards that are received monthly, corresponding to the status obtained that month. During the first month, you can collect the following number of Iron Man medals, according to level you reach.

The table below is a break-down listing of what the status levels are worth in medals in the future. All medals that have been collected are exchangeable for tourney tokens, cash bonuses, or other items available at the Iron Man Challenge Store anytime.

Watch on the image above to view how consistency
in maintaining a status is rewarding over time

Participants of the Iron Man Challenge receive monthly freeroll tokens (according to their Iron Man status). There are four freerolls available: $10K Bronze freeroll, $15K Silver freeroll, $20K Gold freeroll and $30K Iron Man freeroll.

For more information concerning the Iron Man Challenge, please visit this link to see Rakerace.com’s full Iron Man challenge review.

Full Tilt Poker Rakeback/Cashback review

27% rakeback details:

Players that are already existing users at Full Tilt Poker and do not have a rakeback deal can find it very difficult to secure one. For the players who are seeking a rakeback deal and having luck, Rakerace.com might be able to provide a solution for this problem. Simply sending us an email to our Customer Support at info@rakerace.com, our friendly team will do our best to negotiate with Full Tilt Poker on your behalf.

In order for new players to obtain rakeback, it is important to register to Full Tilt Poker through Rakerace.com. All the step-by-step instructions are within the site and it is essential that a player uses the referral code AKADEMIA upon registration.  Please notw, that players must make a deposit within the time limit of 60 days following their registration.

http://www.rakerace.com/poker-rooms/full-tilt-poker/

Click on the link above and follow the instructions to secure your 27% rakeback deal at Full Tilt Poker.

Rakerace.com is offering all participants a guaranteed 27% rakeback, withdrawable when hitting the minimum of $50. Payments have a monthly time limit. The balance will be rolled over to the next month for participants who don’t obtain the $50 minimum withdrawal.

Players will receive their rakeback money by the middle of each month at the latest. This payment will be credited to the players’ Full Tilt account.

The rakeback is calculated through the dealt method. Equal portions of the rake will be paid to players being dealt cards. Tournaments also provide rakeback.

All bonuses will be deducted from the Monthly Gross Rake.

What effect does the Iron Man Challenge have on rakeback?

In order to answer this question we must first look at how Full Tilt Poker calculates the players’ Monthly Net Rake. Net rake is the amount after all the deductions have been made from the Monthly Gross Rake (MGR).  These deductions include cash bonuses, allocated costs of freerolls you take part in, Full Tilt Poker Store purchases, Ironman Store purchases (for example if you buy an Iron Man cash bonus) etc. Also the myth of using Iron Man medals to buy cash bonuses does not affect your rakeback amount is not true. All medals used to buy bonuses or other items (except for the purchase of $26 and $75 tokens) within the Iron Man Store count towards the deduction of your gross rake. A good example of this is listed below.

Within this guide, Rakerace.com will be having a look at Full Tilt Poker, where it began and what this poker room has on offer for new and loyal players.

Full Tilt Poker room review

Introduction

Full Tilt Poker made its debut  online in June 2004 with many poker professionals involved, including Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, and Chris Ferguson, just to name a few. It is the second largest online poker room in the world.

Full Tilt offers both cash games and freeroll, satellite, sit-n-go, and multi-table tournaments which are available throughout the whole day and often see the presence of Full Tilt poker pros at the tables. The site offers the following poker variations (in limit, pot-limit, and no-limit): Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha hi/lo, Razz, Stud, Stud hi/lo and mixed games such as HORSE.

Full Tilt Poker has a professional team, its motto being ’Learn, Chat and Play with the Pros’.

Full Tilt’s team consists of 14 noted professionals who play on the site on a regular basis.

Full Tilt Poker welcomes US players and has a very strong customer base.

Full Tilt Poker is a large-sized, independent room. With around 44,000 players online, players can enjoy the action of 21,000 active tables on most days.

Full Tilt Poker supports the following thirteen payment methods as listed in the table below:

All the most popular payment methods (such as Neteller, Visa, MasterCard or MoneyBookers) are supported at Full Tilt Poker.

Player can start playing at Full Tilt Poker with a minimum deposit of only $10, one exception being the check option, which requires a minimum deposit of $250.

The currency that is used at Full Tilt Poker is US dollars.

Full Tilt Poker offers a nice incentive for new players to deposit money with a 100% up to $600 First Deposit Bonus.

By registering to Full Tilt Poker via Rakerace.com, players will also be able to secure a 27% rakeback deal.