Sign-up bonuses; Sportsbook Poker
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Sportsbook Poker has a lot to offer to its members. With a bonus of 100% up to $850, it is undoubtedly one of the best bonus-offering poker sites out there.
About Sportsbook
This site was started recently in 2006 but their brand has as many as 13 years of experience in the poker industry. It is a more savvy poker site with a lot of fancy features. Sportsbook Poker accepts registration from US citizens as well as from Canada. The disadvantage is that they don’t accept any other people to register apart from these two countries. This poker site operates under the Cake Network and is licensed in Antigua.
Bonus requirements
The requirement for claiming the bonus is that one must be registered with Sportsbook Poker and deposit some money into their account. For any amount deposit up to $850, Sportsbook Poker will match the figure with a 100% deposit into the player’s account.
Software & Tournaments
Their software is known for being very fast with no hitches and it’s very easy to use. It’s also colourful with a lot of extra features for players to use. Tournaments are very common at Sportsbook Poker and especially $100,000 freerolls are played very frequently. Their freeroll tournaments are used to elevate players to other world poker events and also award them with cash prizes. New players can play at Sportsbook Poker without incurring any financial risk. In other words, they can participate in the freeroll tournaments without paying anything and end up winning real cash. Apart from the cash, they may play in other promotional tournaments which could see those winning spots in world events and ultimately winning very high amounts of money.
Room & Playing Stats
Sportsbook Poker has another very interesting concept: they offer quite a lot of statistics to players as compared to other poker rooms. Sportsbook Poker will keep well documented history of past games and statistics of players and produce them upon demand by the players. Perhaps an interesting concept about Sportsbook Poker is their 13 year history in the field. Their poker site hosts a casino, sportsbook, racebook as well as a card room. They also boast a capacity of more than 1 million members. They try to recruit members to Sportsbook Poker from their other departments and thus most of the players come in as ‘newbies’. This means that the games are relatively soft and thus very attractive to the more experienced players to make easy money. Their poker rooms will hold up to 6,000 players at peak hours. Guaranteed weekly tournaments of $100,000 and $50,000 are available as well as a $250,000 guaranteed monthly tournament.