| Carbon Poker is one of the best poker sites accepting players from the United States. With excellent software and a lot of promotions Carbon Poker is very popular among poker players of all types, from low stakers to high rollers. |
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Bonus: |
100% up to $600 |
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US Players: |
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Established: |
2007 |
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Country: |
Kahnawake (Canada) |
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Network: |
Merge Gaming |
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Website: |
www.carbonpoker.com |
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Summary Poker.com was launched in 2005 but in 2007 was reintroduced and changed its name into Carbon Poker. Part of Merge Gaming Network, one of the fastest growing networks in the online gaming industry, Carbon Poker is rapidly expanding. Licensed by Kahnawake Gaming Commission, from Quebec, Canada, Carbon Poker accepts United States players.
Promotions and bonuses
Carbon Poker offers an Initial Deposit Bonus of 100% up to maximum $600. New depositors will also receive entries for 14 days into the $500 New Depositing Players Freerolls. The minimum deposit is $10 and the bonus is paid in $5 increments. In order to convert the bonus into cash, the player must earn 50 VIP Points for every $1 of bonus. |
The VIP Program of Carbon Poker offers a wide range of benefits, VIP Points bringing you special cash bonuses, or just cash money in their exchange. With VIP Points you can buy your entrance to all Guaranteed tournaments, Satellites, Bounties Sit &Go's and depending on your VIP level you will be eligible for special VIP Freerolls.
At the VIP Store all players can use their earned VIP Points to purchase everything from books and Ipods to exotic vacations. Depending on The VIP Tier they earned, players have banking fees discounts for withdraws and the higher levels have free of charge withdraws.
The Refer-A-Friend program of Carbon Poker rewards every player that refers a friend with an instant $25 bonus plus a free entry to a $50 Heads Up Sit & Go match against his friend. This reward is available for every player referred that makes a deposit.
Scoring a Royal Flush on a Texas Holdem ring game at Carbon Poker and you will receive a special bonus of 100 x the big blind, maximum $1,000 cash. To be eligible for this bonus you must win the hand/pot using your pocket cards and to convert this bonus into cash you must earn 30 VIP Points for $1 bonus.
Carbon Poker has also two special promotions: Bad Beat Jackpot and Caribbean Stud Jackpot. Both are progressive jackpots, the Bad Beat Jackpot frequently reaching over $300,000. |
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| Game client
The Carbon Poker software is constantly improving being self developed. The game looks very good thanks to the Vector Graphics that offers a clear crisp game play on all screen resolutions. The software features include table statistics like average pot, players per flop and hands per hour, player notes, and chance to win percentage display when all-in. While playing, smilies and emoticons are available making the game more fun.
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| The software supports multi table playing, the player having the opportunity to choose between having a new window for every table or use a 2x2 grid layout. The game even support playing tournaments, freerolls and even casino games simultaneously. |
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| Cash Games Carbon Poker has the largest number of games offered online among poker rooms. Texas Holdem, Omaha, HORSE, Razz, 5 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, Badugi are just the most popular poker games that you can find at Carbon Poker. Besides these games, Carbon Poker also offers several casino type games like Caribbean Stud, Blackjack, Roulette and Video Poker.
The stakes range from as low as $0.01/$0.02 going all the way up to $100/$200. As you probably expect the traffic and action tend to stay around lower stakes. The traffic reaches around 2,000 players during peak hours and the players are mostly fishes, the game being loose.
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| Tournaments Carbon Poker offers a wide range of tournaments including: Guaranteeds, Freerolls, Sit & Go’s, Bounty, Shootout, Satellites and even Ladies Only Tournaments. At Carbon Poker you can find Sit & Go’s and scheduled tournaments for Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, 5 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, Triple Draw and even Badugi. Every week Carbon Poker holds $50,000 Sunday Guaranteed, its biggest Prize pool regular tournament. The buy in is $109 but the players can enter the tournament using VIP Points or through smaller satellite tournaments.
The list of scheduled tournaments at Carbon Poker is very long, including Exclusive VIP Freerolls Saturdays and Sundays, daily $500 Freerolls for new depositing players and $50 Freerolls every 4 hours.
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| More Info Carbon Poker has special Satellites tournaments for live seats at major live poker tournaments like World Series of Poker, Asia Pacific Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour and Aussie Millions. Carbon Poker pays much attention to the players and to their suggestions to improve their software. To do that, Carbon has built a special relation with its clients thru its own forum, blog and even Twitter feeds.
A very special host is working full time communicating with players on the forum and blog: Tina - The Carbon Poker Queen of Hearts. Tina is an Australian top model working as an online player host, and travels with Carbon Poker team at live poker events to ensure that all Carbon Poker players have a good time.
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