Bodog was originally a sportbook site before they ventured into online poker.

Hence, the site has many members whose strength is in sports and NOT poker – this means more fish for you and me!

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Graphics and Software

Bodog’s software is pretty average. While you can have a custom image, there is not much you can do about the backgrounds.

Plus this is not the place for multi tablers as they only support a max of 3, I suppose that means more fish though!

On the upside, the stats are up to par.

Deposit Options

Mastercard, Visa, Wire Transfer, Neteller, Firepay, MyCitadel, eChecks, Bank Draft, Check, EWallet Express, and Central Coin.

Game Variety

The games here are a little limited compared to some other sites. It probably makes sense due to the high amount of noobs on the site.

You can get Texas Holdem, Omaha (Hi, Hi-Lo), Seven Card Stud (Hi, Hi-Lo) and Five Card Stud.

On the flip side, there are quite a few guaranteed money tournaments.

Traffic

Because Bodog has been around for some time with a loyal customer base, it is one of the top 15 poker rooms so has some decent traffic.

Most of it is ploying NL Holdem games.

Strength of Competition

The best thing about Bodog is the amount of fish here. Many of the sportsbook players try their chances at poker so you’ll find very weak and loose competition here, especially on the low to mid stake tables.

Support

Better than a lot of the big rooms in that they offer phone support as well as email, both reputed to be very good.

Poker Stars is the current world no.1 largest poker room. It all happened when the US laws changed and many players left Party to go to Poker Stars.

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Graphics and Software

The software is pretty decent. Due to the high traffic this site gets, it is a very stable and secure platform and offers most functions you can expect such as good stat tracking and hand history. The lobby is also very functional in terms of stats and filters.

Multi player and resizable windows are standard. You can also have your own custom player and background images.

Deposit Options

Neteller, eChecks, Firepay, Central Coin, Diners Club International, Mastercard, Visa, Maestro (UK), Western Union, Wire Transfer, E-Check, Bank Draft, Check, ePassporte, Neteller, Click-2-Pay, UseMyBank and Money Bookers.

Game Variety

Poker Stars offers a wide variety of the standard games plus some of the rarer ones. You can find everything from 1 cent microstakes all the way up to high stake tables.

Games include: Texas Holdem, Omaha (Hi, Hi-Lo), Seven Card Stud (Hi, Hi-Lo), Draw, Razz, Horse, Hose, Five Card Draw and 2-7 Triple Draw.

There are a ton of tournaments too as Poker Stars is the founder of the European Poker Tour, has more satellites to WSOP than any other room and is also home to the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).

Traffic

Not much needed to be said here. It’s the largest site on the internet and that’s not just US traffic, many European players come here as well.

Strength of Competition

The competition at high stakes is very good but due to the size of the place, there are still many fish to be had on the lower tables.

Frequent Player Incentives

Points can be redeemed for entry into satellites and freerolls or for merchandise.

Support

24/7 email only support (no live chat), albeit pretty good.

Carbon Poker is a great site due to it’s high bonus, many daily freerolls and there being plenty of fish available to take money from.

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Graphics and Software

The graphics for Carbon are pretty basic but they look very clean. They are vector based which means that the edges always look clear and precise.

There is the usual basic stats and tracking available, plus multi table support up to 8.

Some neat features are present such as “expose one card” and others.

Deposit Options

Carbon accepts VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Citadel (US and Canada), InstaCash, Fonelinx and Click2Play.

Game Variety

Carbon has a nice range of games including some rarer ones like Badugi and Razz.

Here is the full list: Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud (Hi, Hi-Lo), Omaha (Hi, Hi-Lo), Five Card (Stud and Draw), Triple Draw, Badugi and Razz.

Like most sites it has many freerolls and a few satellites too.

Traffic

As Carbon is a growing site, the traffic is fairly average but expected to rise. Most of it is playing NL Texas Holdem but if you catch the peak times then there are quite a few Omaha players too.

It’s currently the fastest growing US traffic site.

Strength of Competition

The good thing is that the players here are pretty weak. Carbon has done big promotions to newbies to poker in the US so you’ll find mainly lower limit players here and mostly fish!

Frequent Player Incentives

These are pretty average. You can redeem points from cash games toward freerolls.

Support

Pretty good – email and live chat.

Full Tilt is one of the most popular poker rooms around, currently it is the 2nd largest in the world.

Set up in 2004 it has always been endorsed by pros such as Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer who actually play here too!

As the pros play here, you can expect to find the biggest pots around which is true – in fact you can find the whole range from micro limit pots all the way up to the massive ones.

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Graphics and Software

Full Tilt’s software is pretty slick, functional and good to look at. As much of the big money and high stakes are played here as well then the platform is also very stable and reliable.

For instance, you can select from many different cartoon avatars and there are a lot of funny ones too. Like many other rooms, you can also choose from up to seven different backgrounds.

In functional terms, this software is great. There are good stats and player notes, you can resize tables easily, you can set various default values and customize the lobby. Plus it is easy to do multi table play here.

Full Tilt also have a Mac software download option too.

Deposit Options

The usual options are available including VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Check, FirePay, epassporte, Click2pay, Paysafecard and Moneybookers

Game Variety

Full Tilt has a higher than average game variety including lesser known games such as razz and HORSE.

Tables played include NL Holdem, fixed/pot limit Holdem, Omaha (Hi, NL, PL, Hi/Lo), 7 Card Stud (Hi, Hi/Lo), Razz poker and HORSE.

There are also a wide variety of tournaments including guaranteed dollar prizes, sit n go, freerolls and satellites. Plus these tournaments are not just limited to Holdem either.

Traffic

As Full Tilt is the 2nd biggest site around, there is plenty of traffic here and it is easy to get a game. Plus, you can count on a decent crowd even for non Holdem games.

Strength of Competition

This is not particularly a fish bowl. At the high stakes there are many good and fairly tight players. Further down on the low tables, there are some fish but not as many as you might find at Carbon or Party.

Frequent Player Incentives

You can redeem Full Tilt Points for merchandise and tournaments entry.

Support

Email only but pretty good considering that they are a busy site.