Bet 365 Poker

Bet 365 Poker Summary

The Bet 365 group was established in 2001 and originally offered a sports book, casino and poker room although since then there has been a number of additions including a bingo hall and financial betting section. The BET365 poker room runs on the increasingly popular iPoker network which prides itself on having bug free software and a huge selection of cash games and tournaments running 24 hours a day. In general the games are fairly soft, especially when compared to “poker only” sites such as PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker. This is because the iPoker client is usually an addition to a casino or online sports betting site, which means their is a lot of players that are new to online poker.

Bet 365 Poker Games

Bet365 offers sit and go tournaments, multi table tournaments and cash games. Thanks to the good traffic levels at Bet365 you can expect sit and go tournaments to fill up within a few seconds at peak hours and a few minutes during less busy periods. Although you should note high stakes games will take slightly longer. Multi Table tournaments are starting around the clock, although the larger tournaments tend to take place during weekends and evenings in the week. You can visit Bet365 for a full online tournament schedule.

Bet365 cash games are very popular, 6 max tends to be slightly more popular although full ring 9 handed tables are also active. The game of choice at Bet365 tends to be No Limit Holdem, although limit and Pot Limit Holdem games as well as Omaha can be found in the lobby. Cash games at Bet365 centre around small to mid stakes games and limits below $2/4 is where most players can be found. There are also higher stakes games up to $10/$20 although action can be few and far between at off-peak hours.

Bet 365 Poker Software

All poker sites on the iPoker network use the same software. Although the software is far being from the most attractive it is functional and hasn’t got any unbearably terribly annoying features. The software makes multi-tabling easy which is a big plus for me and will be for other players who choose to play more then one table at a time. The lobby can be a little annoying to use, but this is a small price to pay for playing at one of the weakest online poker sites. Poker is all about winning money right? And their are very few online poker sites where winning money is easier than at Bet 365.

Bet 365 Traffic

As a member of the iPoker network Bet 365 shares traffic with a number of other online poker sites. All of the small amount of traffic that each member site brings, such as BET 365, adds up to a player base who compete against each other around the clock. On a typical UK night you can expect around 20,000 players connected to the iPoker network. Many of these players are taking part in the Sit and Go or Multi Table tournaments on offer although the cash games are also very popular. As a side point, and what I believe is a great feature you can choose to play cash games in a selection of currencies including,  Pound sterling (£), American Dollars ($) and Euro’s (€).

Bet 365 Poker Bonuses

BET 365 Poker offer a great 100% to $500 bonus which is credited to all new depositing poker players. To release this bonus you will need to earn “merit points” which are accumulated by participating in either cash games or tournaments on the BET365 poker client. For each pot that you contribute to in cash games you can earn up to 11 points, and for tournaments each $1 in tournament fee’s will give you 15 points. For each 1000 points you earn you will release $10 of your new player bonus.

In addition to the welcome bonus you will also earn rewards through BET365′s very own “vip” scheme which rewards players for their loyalty to BET365. In my opinion this is the best online poker loyalty scheme available. I’m sure if you play at BET 365 for an extended period you will discover this also.

Bet 365 Payments (Bet 365 Deposits And Bet365 Withdrawals)

Bet365 offers a number of deposit and withdrawal methods. If you feel more comfortable using e-wallets you will be pleased to know Bet365 accepts various e-wallets including; paypal, neteller, ukash, click2pay and moneybookers. Cashout times are excellent, and if you deposit by e-wallet subsequent e-wallet withdrawals are usually processed in less then 24 hours.