Betfair Poker

With excellent security and a UK license, Betfair is one of the world’s largest Sports exchanges on an independent platform and player base with privately designed software. Since the revamp in2007 you can now play up to 15 tables at a time with the finally added search function to make game play that bit smoother. As with most sites, US players are banned and play is quite loose and relaxed.

Betfair offers a fantastic range of promotions, not least of which is a whopping $1000 (£620) sign up bonus and over £2 million in monthly guarantees in multi table tournaments. This makes Betfair a fantastic site to be playing on and definitely one you want to be a part of. There is also the leader board, where players can earn an amazing $3000 (£1900) extra purely because of their skill and prowess on the tables.

You clear your bonus money in sets of $10 (£7.50) bundles for each 400 Betfair Poker points that you win in ring games and tournaments. A t ring games, you win points based on the entire table’s rake instead of just your own. So this can sometimes make it profitable for you to play a tight game and let the other players spend money in pots that you don’t even take part in so you can steal earn the rake at the end!

Because it is an independent body, Betfair has a pretty slow traffic, meaning there are less players, but there is still a good range of play to be had and at peak hours cash players can add up to about 1000 players. Most of the play is at the lower stake tables, but if you look hard enough you can find the big leagues and play the high stakes. Whilst the graphics are not as spectacular as most other poker sites there is still the usual additions and you can even resize your table for better viewing- not a common feature, but a useful one.

Betfair has built in support for Hold’em, Omaha and…um…Blackjack. And odd combination of games to support, but it clearly works well for them. With poker stakes at $2000 on some days there is a lot of variety depending on how much you want to spend, and every pocket can be catered to. Although not all the popular games are there, there is still a nice little variety for you to be going at and you can make a tidy profit.