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Wed, 2008-09-24 04:57
Excellent bonuses, poker tournaments and VIP scheme
Absolute Poker
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Deposit Bonus:
150% up to $500
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US Accepted |
Hit hard by the Black Friday indictments, Absolute Poker and UB have had their funds blocked in various offshore accounts by the DoJ. Due to that fact, combined with the general lack of reliability of the two Cereus sites, we no longer recommend that you deposit and play at Absolute Poker and UB. We can no longer guarantee the safety of player deposits headed their way.
If you’re interested in playing on similar caliber sites, we recommend Bodog and bwin poker.
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Joining an online poker room shouldn’t be just about the software, the game selection and the sign-up bonuses. Sure, those factors are important too, but the action you’ll be able to take part in is what makes or breaks the deal at the end of the day.
Absolute Poker has state of the art software, and yes, the game selection is excellent too. You’ll get a rather generous first deposit bonus upon signing up, but the most important and most attractive thing about the site is the
tournament system it features.
Yes sir, in case you’re new to poker and online poker, tournaments are “where it’s at” – as they say. Just check out any of the more popular online poker operations and you’ll see tournament tables are where the majority of traffic is focused. There are several reasons for that: tournaments offer an altogether more exciting format to compete in: there is a beginning and an end to your efforts, while the continuous grind at the cash tables can get to people over the long-run.
In order to play in Absolute Poker’s MTTs all you need to do is download their software and join one of the numerous freerolls they run throughout the day.
Weekends are when you’ll get the best chance to cut yourself a nice share of some pretty mind-boggling guaranteed prize-pools. Over Saturday and Sunday, there are more than $200,000 provided by Absolute Poker in guaranteed prize-pools.
Play in their $150,000 guaranteed on Saturdays, and you’ll give yourself the chance to change your life forever. Buy in directly for only $500+$30, or if you find the buy-in is too steep for you, use one of the online qualifiers to win your seat. The Sunday $75,000 guaranteed is another way to get your bankroll going. The buy-in for this tourney is only $150+$12, well within reach even if you struggle along on a meager roll. Still, seats can be won through online qualifiers if you feel you have the skill and you want to save some money.
Absolute Poker’s VIP system is their way of rewarding loyal customers. By playing at AP’s real money tables, you’ll earn a steady trickle of status points. Upon sign-up, you’ll be included automatically in the Bronze VIP category. Your status point earning potential will be basic, but as you advance through the levels (Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond) the easier you’ll find it to generate status points.
While most online poker rooms only offer bonuses for their first depositors, Absolute Poker takes the scheme one step further and rewards its loyal customers with a reload bonus 6 or 7 times each month. If you are an active Absolute Poker player, and you do intend to re-deposit, keep your eyes on AP’s promotions page. The value of these
reload bonuses can be anything between a 15%-100% match on your deposits.
Many poker rooms run
tournament leader board promotions, but AP’s is beyond doubt among one of the most generous ones. The tournament leader boards promotion rewards those who perform best in their MTTs and STTs. Different buy-in levels are rewarded separately, thus giving everyone the chance to make a significant addition to their bankrolls though this scheme.
MTT and SNG leader boards are also kept separately. There are weekly, monthly and even yearly leader boards to reward players over different – shorter or longer – periods of time.
Besides the actual guaranteed prize-pool tournaments, top poker rooms also offer their players the possibility to win seats in prestigious live events. Take Ultimate Bet’s Satellite to the Sun promotion for instance, which sends players to the Aruba Poker Classic (a $4 million prize-pool set of live events) for as little as $1.
