| Carbon Poker | | TOTAL SITE RATING: |   7.125 | | Ease Of Competition: | 7.75 | | Bonus/Promotions: | 7.5 | | Software Package: | 7 | | Rake/Cashouts/Cust.Service: | 6.25 |
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Carbon Poker Review
Overview
Carbon Poker is one of the fastest growing poker sites on the net today and one of the larger sites on the Merge Network. With the easy competition of the Merge network, and the It is also fortunate that Poker Host has seemed to improve with each move. Carbon Poker is offering excellent promotions, quick withdrawals and great software. Residing on the increasingly popular Merge Gaming network also allows them to accommodate U.S. players – powering the fast growth.
Ease of Competition
The competition on Carbon Poker is very soft. One of the main draws of the Merge network is the loose players that populate the tables- primarily due to the sportsbook customer base that populate the tables. This network is one of the only US poker rooms that still features a flop percentage consistently over 50% at every table. This indicates a loose-passive playing style, meaning that you'll often run into several calling stations and maniacs at each table. There are very few, if any, professional players on this site and it has low traffic at mid/high stakes.
Bonuses and Promotions
One of the biggest selling points that Carbon Poker has had over competing skins on their various networks is the bonus size. New depositors receive a 100% bonus, which is good up to $600. You only need to be at the table to collect points toward the bonus. Carbon Poker releases the bonus after every 10% of the total bonus amount has been worked off. As it takes 100 points to earn $1 of bonus money most middle-stakes and above players can earn about $2 of bonus per hour per table. Finally, Poker Host offers an extra 100% bonus for casino games and a 100x big blind bonus for hitting a Royal Flush. Sit and Gos have low wait-times up to the $10 level with one of the most popular variations being the Double-Up which awards half the table prizes of twice the buy-in.
Rake Back
Poker Host offers AllOnlinePokerSites referrals an excellent rakeback offer of 35%. This money is paid monthly directly into your poker account. Rake is how poker rooms make their money. That is the money that the poker rooms deduct from every pot. The average rake is 5% with a cap at $3. There is also rake on tournaments, where the large portion of the buy in goes to the prize pool. The poker rooms make their money from the rake they take from the game- and we are talking about a lot of money. To get this spectacular offer, simply use our Carbon Poker Link to the homepage. Rakeback is a refund to the players. Poker players receive a percentage of the rake they pay to the poker room. If you receive 35% rakeback, and rake $1000 in one month, you will get $350 back. The more you rake, the more you get back. That is basically what rakeback is about.
Rake Calculation Method: Table (Tournament fees included)
Bonuses Deducted: Yes
Poker Software
Carbon Poker offers the master Merge Network software, with some nice upgrades. The software offers a quick game speed and is one of the more unique table experiences online. You can go click here to download Carbon Poker. While the overhead view and table graphics are familiar there are a number of unique qualities to the room that include trophies, stars and ribbons next to a player's name to denote experience or tournament wins, a Deal it Twice option (love this if your playing cash) rabbit-hunting, animated smilies, and average winning percentages displayed for all-in situations. I also like the spotlight system that makes it easy to tell who the action is on. The lobby is also organized, with a game type filter, and subsections for different limits and pot statistics on each table. You will appreciate the graphical hand history system.
Rake/Cashouts/Customer Support
The rake is standard in the industry at 5%, up to $3.
Deposit/Cash Outs Offered: Visa, Mastercard, Money Transfer, Neteller, Instacash, Firepay, Nexum Financial, Internet Cash Card (ICC), ACHNow, Check / Cheque
PokerHost offers customer service via e-mail, telephone (yes, you can call them) and live chat support, all of which is quite responsive and very knowledgeable. The one negative we found is that cashouts are just too slow (10-21 days), and we do not like the $15 check charge.
Games Offered
Texas Holdem, Omaha, 7 Card Stud
Traffic and Stakes Offered
Average Traffic: 900-1100
Fixed Limit Stakes: $ 0.10/$0.20 to $10/$20
Pot Limit/No Limit Blinds Stakes: $0.02-$0.04 up to $5-$10
Types Offered: Single Table Sit-N-Go and and Multi-Table Texas Holdem
Tournament Buy-Ins: From $1 to $100
Multi-Table Tournaments at PokerNordica are primarily low stakes, much like their Sit & Go traffic. Most of the buy-ins are in the $1 - $20 range, and they offer many small guaranteed tournaments ranging from $200 ($2 + $.20) up to $3000 ($23 + $2) daily.
Minimum Deposit: $25
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