Bodog Poker - Online Poker Room Player Review

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Bodog Poker was established in 2003 and operates on Bodog's own proprietary software platform. It is unique and differs from all other poker sites today. Calvin Ayre, ex-CEO and frontrunner of the Bodog brand, is a busy man and in the industry is something of a celebrity. Apart from running a poker room/casino/betting operation, he's also involved in promoting music, martial arts and various charity organizations.

The Bodog Poker lobby is pretty ugly in my opinion, and graphically outdated, with a lot of the features not immediately apparent or simply non-existant. While the software is fairly resource-intensive and slower than many other Poker rooms (it really needs to be improved imho) , support is good and the bonus is easily cleared. That said, there are a hardcore of players here so I'd suggest having a look for yourself.

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Bodog Poker has a different was of presenting cash games. Instead of the usual $2/4 for example, tables are labeled "$10 max", "$25 max" and so on up to $2000 max for both NL/PL HE and Omaha PL. This signifies the maximum buy-in for the table in question. A decent amount of $10-$600 max tables, that's $0.05/0.10 with $3/$6 blinds, run frequently. There are usually a few lower stakes Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo tables running but rarely will you find stud games.

The MTTs area is virtually deserted compared to other poker rooms. A few $1-$30 tournaments run every hour with no real highlights exept maybe the $100K weekly and a few WSOP/WPT qualifier tournaments. SnGs from $2 to $220 run 24/7, a fair amount of each on levels up to $110. Daily $500 or $1000 freerolls and Poker Points tournaments are held, free fun for the newbie or novice.

NB: Bodog's freeroll poker tournaments are now available in an RSS feed that you can use or bookmark on your personal Google or Yahoo pages, access via an RSS reader, or integrate into one of the social networking sites. Click here to access the feed. They are also available via the Poker Tournament Toolbar for IE or Firefox.

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Bodog has a 10% up to $800 sign-up bonus(varies depending on method, deposit $8000 using Neteller for maximum bonus) which is easily cleared at limits $2/4 or above. Accumulate 3 Bodog Points (BPs) for every bonus dollar, 2400 BPs for the $800 Neteller maximum bonus.

Bodog Poker support/customer service is very good. Emails are promptly answered, phone support is available 24/7 and the staff are courteous and knowledgable. Top of the line in this department. There is no doubt that Bodog does have a very good reputation among the player community - a good sign.