bodog Poker

Bodogs poker room is one of the "hottest" rooms today and is rapidly growing. The graphics are good and combined with a very functional lobby which is quick and easy to overview. Bodog has very juicy and loose games for the small stakes player.

The Bodog Poker software is a full feature software. One cool feature is the option to watch a mini view of a specific table while at the same time browsing around in the lobby. Also, during a hand, your cards will be shown (but only to you) even after you folded so that you can see whether or not you'd hit the nuts on the river. The promotions at Bodog are good. Most noticably are their weekly $100,000 guaranteed for $100 buy-in as well as WSOP, and WPT qualifiers.

Ultimate Bet

UltimateBet is one of the world's leading poker rooms and an innovator with many new features in its software combined with a nice and sleek look and feel. The game variation is very good and there are many super high limit games.

Several poker pro endorsers participate in the games. UltimateBet has few weaknesses and is by many regarded as the new leader in terms of overall experience. There is a "buddy program" where a player can keep track on when and where friends and favorite players are at the site. The player can choose among 8 different background environments. Overall, UltimateBet has top-notch software! Traffic at the tournaments is very good at peak hours, where the traffic will reach somewhere between 12,000-15,000.

Carbon Poker

Carbon Poker is one of the newest online poker sites on the internet, but also one of the most promising of the newly released. It is based on the Poker.com skin, and is in fact a reincarnated version

The software is superb, fast and flexible, comes bundled with Blackjack and Backgammon and all the vital functions and filters you can think of when you play at the tables, or when you browse through the lobby. It also features very soft competition and comes with a great variety of games, including rarities like Razz and 5 Card Draw. It is, however, not very competitive today as its traffic rates are far too low to stay in the game with giants like Full Tilt Poker and Titan Poker. Therefore, it lacks a few serious promotions and tournaments.

Poker Stars

 

Poker Stars is the market leader in online poker tournaments as well as in ring game traffic. The poker room is positioned today as the online leader because of its tremendous volume combined with quick and reliable software.

 

The traffic at PokerStars' is the highest in the industry. Poker Stars has a good game variety, with the world's leading heads-up action and great volume in all major games. It boasts top-notch security and always runs fast and smoothly. PokerStars set itself apart as an industry pioneer when it introduced note support on other players, but even more so when it launched playing statistics functions. Poker Stars is the home of the last three World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winners (Chris Moneymaker, 2003, Greg Raymer, 2004, and Joseph Hachem, 2005).

AbsolutePoker.com

AbsolutePoker is clearly aiming to be a serious player in the world of online poker. They have created an overall high-quality poker room, and offer a well-organized and thorough website.

AbsolutePoker is a medium sized poker room where the action concentrates on Texas Hold'em, in particular short handed games. AbsolutePoker allows you to play at three tables simultaneously and this feature runs quite smoothly. The action at the tables is decent, with high 'viewed flop percentages' at the lower stakes tables. Presently, the site is endorsed by poker player Mark Seif who won two (!) 2005 WSOP bracelets. Real money player statistics - Oct, 2006: 1,000-1,750 ring game players during peak hours, 6,500-8,000 tournament players during peak hours.