Carbon Poker

Although Carbon Poker opened their doors in February of 2005, they have just recently become well known as a poker room that offers enticing overlays, great guaranteed online poker tournaments and superb game selection with plenty of action. Carbon Poker is the one of the latest additions to the Merge Gaming Network and benefits from being a member of one of the fastest growing poker networks in the industry. Their policy of accepting players from all over the world, including the United States, almost guarantees their success. Also, by targeting low to mid stakes poker players, word has spread fast that the poker room at Carbon Poker is a great place to play if you want lots of action and loose players.

First impression
One of the reasons that Carbon Poker makes a great first impression is their doors are wide open to poker players from the United States. This is one of the many perks that Carbon Poker enjoys by being a member of the Merge Gaming Network. Although a relatively new player in the online poker field, Carbon Poker, along with the other poker rooms on the Merge Network, is rapidly gaining ground and growing at a very rapid pace. 

From the first time you visit Carbon Poker you will be impressed by the colorful design, easy navigation and the huge volume of information available on the welcome page. Here you will easily see just how huge the Bad Beat Jackpots are (usually well over $300,000) and information for special mega promotions like the occasional $100,000 Freeroll event.

The software is smooth, easy, and quick to install. Once installation is complete, poker players are taken directly to the lobby where they will find a wide variety of free play tables, cash game tables and tournaments clearly displayed and easy to navigate. Carbon Poker has attractive graphics which are all powered by a very user-friendly interface, clearly showing that this poker room is all about just one thing - playing poker online.

Promotions
Poker players won't have to hunt and search to find all of the great promotions that Carbon Poker offers because they are clearly displayed both on the welcome page and in the lobby. The great deals start with a sign-up bonus where players will get 150% bonus up to $750 just for becoming a member of Carbon Poker here on Neverwin Poker. Then you will be eligible for the fantastic new player welcome bonus of 14 days worth of entries into the $500 Freerolls for New Depositing Players only! Build your new bankroll from nothing when you play in these great Freerolls for your share of $7,000!

Of course you want to tell your buddy's about Carbon Poker and when you do, you will earn $25 for yourself, plus you and your referred friend will gain free entry into the $2,500 Refer-A-Friend Freeroll!

Carbon Poker also runs monthly cash races where leader board prizes can soar to $500,000 for Multi-Table and Sit n Go tournament players. And for poker players who like to play for a big score, the progressive Bad Beat Jackpot tables are running around the clock with average prize pools running at $400,000. Plus while you're sitting in a cash game, you can play for the Royal Flush promotion which is a feature of all Texas Holdem cash ring games. Score a Royal Flush and you will receive a cash bonus of 100x the big blind!

The VIP Program at Carbon Poker is one of the most exciting and rewarding poker loyalty programs around. Membership is automatic for poker players because they will earn points by playing in any cash game or cash buy-in tournament. Points can then be redeemed for exclusive merchandise, tournament entries and even cash - to boost your bankroll balance so you can play more.

Games and Limits
Carbon Poker has a great game lineup, and even though the focus is on the most popular poker game online, Texas Holdem, many other varieties can also be found. Poker games offered are: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, 5 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, Ace to 5 Lowball, Deuce to 7 Lowball, Razz, Badugi and H.O.R.S.E. In addition to the games in the poker room, casino style games on tap include Caribbean Stud, Blackjack, Roulette and Video Poker. And for beginner poker players, the free play money Texas Holdem tables are running 24/7.

The poker table limits at Carbon Poker start at Limit stakes of $0.10/$0.20 and go up to $50/$100. Pot Limit games begin at $0.05/$0.10 and go up to $25/$50. No-Limit game limits start at micro stakes of $0.02/$0.04 and go up to $25/$50. For other game varieties, the stakes start at $0.05/$0.10 and go up to $10/$20.

Tournaments
Carbon Poker offers everything from daily Freerolls to guaranteed prize pool events, Sit n Gos, Bounty tournaments and satellite qualifiers to live land-based events such as the World Series Of Poker. Freeroll tournaments with a $50 prize pool run every couple of hours, then once a week, there are $2,000 and $10,000 Freeroll tournaments and once a month a massive $50,000 Freeroll is held. Every Sunday, there is a $50,000 Guaranteed tournament, and you can win your seat via several satellite qualifiers available all week long starting at just a couple of dollars. And depending on what time of year it is, Carbon Poker regularly hosts satellite events where players can win a seat to major land-based tournaments like the WSOP, the Aussie Millions, the Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) and many more.

And just for the ladies, Carbon Poker hosts several Ladies Only guaranteed prize pool poker tournaments every week. These events are especially designed to give female players an excellent chance to win money and enjoy a competitive game of poker while socializing with their peers.

Player traffic
Since Carbon Poker is a member of the large Merge Gaming Network, player traffic is increasing daily and currently over 7,000 players can be found at the tables during peak ET hours. Other big pluses that draw in new players are the vast casino gaming area and the fact that players from the USA are welcome.

Rake
In keeping with the industry standard, the rake at Carbon Poker averages 5% with the exact amount taken per hand calculated - depending on the number of players in the pot, pot size and limit level. The rake is generally $0.01 per $0.20, with a maximum of $3 per pot on all tables. Carbon Poker also has the popular and player friendly ‘No Flop No Drop’ policy whereby no rake is taken if the hand ends before the flop is seen.

Support
The fastest way to contact the knowledgeable support team at Carbon Poker is through the Live Chat feature which is available 24/7 and is on hand for all players in cash games. Players can also receive fast, accurate and courteous responses via e-mail, where response time is usually 30 minutes or less. The answers to many common questions can be found with a few clicks of the mouse in Carbon Poker's extensive FAQ section.

Security
Security and integrity is one of Carbon Poker's top priorities, therefore they are fully licensed and use secure Thawte SSL technology and a trusted site seal, which helps to guarantee that every players' personal information is safe and protected at all times.

Carbon Poker runs the Merge Gaming software that uses superior vector graphics which guarantees that even when multi-tabling, everything is clean and crisp with no distortion whatsoever even in large screen mode. The games move quickly, with speed being helped along by large buttons and check boxes that provide quick preset selection options to keep the pace of the games even faster. When looking for a game in the Carbon Poker lobby, all information on the various games, table limits, and tournaments is conveniently displayed and sorted under tabs and filters that can be applied to further narrow and speed up your game search. Carbon Poker's exceptional software platform provides poker players with every feature and option they could possibly need or want, and some that they may have never seen before. One unique option is the ability to totally customize your own table by selecting colors and themes for everything from the surrounding environment to deck colors, rail colors, carpet colors and even the color of the felt on the table. Another rarely seen option is the ability to ‘Rabbit Hunt’ where a player can choose to see which cards would have been put on the board even though the hand has ended. Be advised however, if you decide to go Rabbit Hunting, the penalty is that both of your hole cards will be exposed to everyone at the table. All of the other standard features are also available at Carbon Poker including: player chat, hand histories, statistics and note taking which is called Player Tagging. Other cool and handy options that are available for poker players are: set your options and start playing with one click, win virtual trophies and ribbons, tag players as fish, sharks and buddies, and the option to activate animated donkeys, fish and emoticons to liven up the game.