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Bodog Poker Review
Bodog Poker is a relatively new site, launched in 2004. It easy to use software shows a wide variety of tournaments and games. Bodog's success in the sports betting area has shown through in the success of its poker room.
The use of commercial advertising is well done. Also, knowing that Bodog Poker originated from Bodog Sports Betting and this company has a good reputation is helpful when determining which poker rooms to play in.
Bodog Poker Room Information
| Name | Bodog Poker |
| Website | www.bodog.com |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| In business since | 1995 |
| Software size | 3.5MB |
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7.6 out of 10I enjoy playing at Bodog Poker and think it has one of the cleanest looking poker rooms online. No background clutter, no cards overtop of players names, and it's easy to see why people enjoy playing.
I like the fact that you can still see your cards after you fold, even though they have a replay hand feature, although it's not the easiest to navigate, you don't have to try and remember what cards you had or waste time looking at hand history. I've also used Bodog sports betting and it is one of my favorites.
9 out of 10In January of 2006 Bodog launched it's new software called Bodog 2.0. This new upgrade adds options to customize your gaming experience. It allows players to take notes on their opponents during play and shows more usable statistics in the lobby.
Bodog's software always seats you in the center and now allows play at 3 tables simultaneously. Bodog Pokers software is smooth and easy to read. The layout and color scheme are clean and uncluttered. Even with all the sounds of the poker room, clicking chips and card shuffling, there is no problem with lag. The hand history function is a bit harder to use than most other poker rooms.
In the lobby you can find all relevant information you need. However during tournament play you are unable to see your ranking, only the largest, smallest and average chip stack amounts are shown. I also really like the fact that you can watch up to 3 games on your main screen and switch back and forth between them..
6 out of 10Bodog Poker is the best bonus giver for those players with large bankrolls. They offer an unlimited 10% bonus with 10% reload bonus as well. For those lower stakes players, the bonus is average but nothing to write home about.
6 out of 10Earning Bodog Poker Points, which are earned by playing in tournaments, ring tables and any other table with a rake, clears bonuses at Bodog Poker. These points can also be used later on for tournament buy ins. Bodog offers a number of guaranteed prize pool tournament. They have a weekly $100,000 tournament in which normally only players contribute about 75% of the prize pool.
7 out of 10The players you will find at Bodog are generally a mix of very experienced players and new players. I can usually find a table at any limit with decent players. I do like the fact that there are Pro Players that endorse Bodog like Josh Arieh and Evelyn Ng, who occasionally show up at tables to play.
8 out of 10The tournaments at Bodog are great for players who like to see the value of their buy-ins/ The majority of tournaments have a guaranteed prize pool which is rarely fully covered by player buy-in, meaning less people in the tournament and a better chance of finishing in the money.
Bodog Poker offers limit, pot limit, and no-limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 5-card stud and 7-card stud. Ring games have a blind structure between .05/. 10 and $30/$60. The majority of the tables are for 9 or 10 players but the do have quite a few heads up and 6-player tables.
7 out of 10Much of the traffic to Bodog Poker comes through their sports book and their casino. Bodog airs commercials in the US with poker pros Josh Arieh and David Williams as spokespersons. The tournaments at Bodog bring quite a bit of traffic to the site, especially the guaranteed tournaments.
Most of the tournaments have between 50 and 400 players. The $100,000 guaranteed usually has around 700 players, including many top online players. The ring tables generally are close to or at capacity. Bodog opens up more ring games on the weekends, which is very nice, making waiting lists almost nonexistent.
5 out of 10Ring table traffic at Bodog hasn't quite reached large amounts yet and typically the largest amount of the ring table traffic is at the lower stakes No Limit Holdem. That traffic accounts for about 2500 players logged into Bodog's poker room. The tournament traffic is about double that of the ring table traffic.
8 out of 10The customer support at Bodog Poker is very good and easy to access. The email address and toll-free phone number for support are at the top of the page in the poker room, visible at any time whether you are in the lobby or in a game.
8 out of 10Being backed by a top-notch sports book and casino, Bodog's online poker room earns the top score in this category..
10 out of 10Bodog Poker offers a variety of banking options for deposit and withdraws. Those include FirePay, Neteller, Central Coin, myCitadel, eWalletXpress, Credit cards and bank wires.
Bodog currently holds 100% of player deposits and winnings for all members in an account with Europe's largest private bank, and all payouts are made through the Royal Bank of Scotland in the UK.