IGotPoker review

Gambling911.com's Bones McCoy takes a stab at IGotPoker.com.  His review of IGotPoker appears below.

 

Installing the software, setting up my account, and depositing money was fast and simple.  I did notice something very familiar; I was recently on this site.  It turns out I Got Poker shares its technology and player base with other network partners such as Doyles Room, Victor Chandler (online sports book) and Golden Palace (online casino).  Thanks to their clientele the competition is relatively soft.   

When you make your deposit either via Visa, MasterCard, Western Union, Bankwire or Firepay, they automatically reward you with a 25% cash bonus up to $100.  If you use NETELLER to make your deposit, they add an extra 10% bonus, giving you a 35% Cash Bonus for NETELLER.  Clearing this bonus can be quite tedious though, since it is dependant on “action points”.  These action points are calculated according to how much of the rake you paid whether or not you are in the showdown.  For every cent in rake that you pay, you get one action point.  For instance, if three people go to showdown and the total rake is $.15, then your "contribution to the rake" is $.05, giving you 5 player points.  To receive a $100. bonus you would need 10,000 action points. 

Even though I Got Poker is relatively small compared to other sites, it has a dedicated player base with about 5 - 6,000 players at peak hours.  With the vast majority of them being tournament players.  For only operating 16 months it has been growing at an incredible rate due to its impeccable customer service support, smooth software, and its financial security.

They offer all types of Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha games, though the range of its tables   caters to newer players.  The smaller stakes tables vastly outnumber the larger stakes tables, and the larger stakes tables are rarely, if ever fully occupied.  No Limit Ring Stakes are $.02/.04 - $10/20.  Limit Ring Stakes are $.02/.04 - $150/300.  They are loaded with 6 person max tables as well.  The rake is standard with a 5% take.  On limit tables up to $1/$2 there is a $1 max rake, and on all other tables there is a $3 max rake.  Seven-Card Stud High and Hi-Lo are soon to be added.

When it comes to tournaments they are simply loaded with them.  They really cater to the tournament lover.  Their multi-table tournaments (MTT) run every 15 minutes, sometimes 2 or 3 different types at the same time, ranging from free rolls up to $10,000 guaranteed prize pools.  Some have rebuys and some are turbos.  Sometimes you will see all three combined.  Just like their MTT’s their single-table tournament’s (STT) are remarkable.  Buy-in amounts start at $.10 and go up to $1,000.  For each buy-in amount they have heads-up matches (speed and turbo), 9 seat (speed and turbo), and 6 seat (speed and turbo) STT’s and for all three Texas Hold ‘Em games; no limit, limit, and pot limit.   I Got Poker also offers plenty of Omaha and Omaha H/L STT’s.    

The main lobby is very clean cut and aesthetically pleasing.  They feature a buddy list function, private tables, and live floor managers.  Unfortunately, it doesn't provide that all important statistic for finding soft ring games, the percentage of players seeing the flop per hand, but it does provide an average pot statistic. 

As far as the tables themselves go, they too are very pretty to look at.  The avatars are not distracting, and can be customized by each player.  Taking notes is fairly straightforward and can be done by right-clicking on a player and then writing the notes.  Unfortunately, there is no special designation on the players' avatars to signify that you have notes on them.  In order to access these notes, you have to manually check every player at the table for notes that you may or may not have recorded earlier.

Pertaining to gameplay, everything is as you would expect. The interface is very clean and makes for faster gameplay, as the cards are dealt out almost immediately at the conclusion of the previous hand. The only buttons available to tell the computer what to do in advance of your turn are check, check/fold, and fold; there are no auto-raise or auto-call buttons.  Once it is your turn, you have the standard buttons of call, raise, or fold.  What's unique about I Got Poker interface, is the raise button.  You can raise in increments of 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x the BB, or you can type it in yourself.

I Got Poker is growing rapidly and will become one of the leading on-line poker rooms.  Players are very satisfied with the quality of games and services, that's why there are more and more players everyday.  Come see for yourself.