OVERVIEW
Absolute Poker uses their own software ,it's a respectable poker room and it has 20.000 players (Cash and Tournaments) logged at peak times. It's one of the few poker rooms that accept United States players and it has a strong selection of games and tournaments competing for prizes as huge as $150.000 and $60.000 guaranteed events every Sunday.
They merged with UltimateBet in August 2008 to form the Cereus poker network. One of the best aspects of Absolute Poker is the sign-up bonus and all the reload bonuses that they offer to you every month.
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SOFTWARE
The software is fast and functional. The lobby is very well presented with every info that any poker player must need, you can sort the tables by name,% players to flop, players at the table, average pot size, hands per hour,....
The lobby design can be changed with many skins to choose from. The full ring tables has 9 seats instead of the usual 10 seat ones. They have smooth and clean graphics. At No Limit (NL) tables you can enter with 200 big blinds, instead of the typical 100 big blinds of the rest of the poker rooms.
You can upload any image what you want to use it as an avatar at the tables. Some of the options that you have at the tables are player notes (very useful to categorize your regular opponents), replay utility to know the action of every hand,resize the tables so you can play at many tables without any problem (Maximum 10) and don't need to switch between windows to keep in the action, 4 colour deck (great when you are multitabling) and rabbit cam.
They have implemented a non-downloadable version for all MAC users or players who do not want to download the software.
The games tend to be harder that the average, especially from mid-stakes to high stakes. The best place to start are Fixed Limit $1/$2 tables, the skill level of the players is not that good, and you can clear your bonus easily.
WHY JOIN ABSOLUTE POKER?
- Win prizes with Bonus Street Promotion
- Nice Sign-Up Bonus up to $500
- 6-7 Reload Bonuses every month
- Many Tables at all time
- Bad Beat Jackpot (around $300.000)
- Very Good Software
- Huge Selection of Payment Options
- Buddy Search
