Sportsbook poker

SportsBook Poker Site Short Description
Since opening their doors in 1996, Sportsbook.com has been a leader in the online gaming industry and in both 2005 and 2006 was named the "Best US Sports Book" by eGaming Review.
SportsBook is well known for setting records, from largest turnover, the most active users, and highest number of bets made at the rate of fifteen bets per second.  And when it comes to fame, SportsBook has been showcased on CBS’s 60 Minutes, CNN, ESPN and even written about in the Wall Street Journal.
 
One of the biggest advantages of SportsBook Poker for Americans is that they only accept US players and deposits can be made easily and directly through the poker room’s cashier using Visa and MasterCard. Plus the minimum deposit is only $20 and they cater to the small to mid stakes players, both of which make their poker room a big hit with beginners.
 
Tournament players will also love SportsBook poker with a tournament running every 20 minutes. The daily guaranteed poker tournaments offer guaranteed prize pools ranging between $1,000 and $30,000 with $5-$30 buy-ins which are very popular and attract more than 500 players. And if you want a really big tournament, at least once a month SportsBook Poker hosts a special $250,000.00 guaranteed event. One of the most popular events offered at SportsBook Poker is their ‘Freeroll into Millions’ satellite series where players can get a free shot at winning big money.

Limit and Rake Structure
SportsBook offer games of Texas Hold’em in Limit, No-Limit and Pot-Limit stakes. Omaha, Omaha Hi\Lo, and Seven Card Stud are offered in Fixed Limit. Stakes for Limit tables start at $0.04/$0.08 up to $100/$200 and No Limit Texas Holdem tables start at $0.0 2/$0.04 and go up to $50/$100.

The rake at SportsBook Poker is the usual 5% which is in line with other poker rooms, with a $1 cap on limit games below $2/$4 and a $3 cap for $2/$4 and above. The rake in No Limit games is $0.05 per dollar and capped at $1 for up to 3 players, $2 for 4-5 players and $3 for 6 or more players.

SportsBook Poker Popularity
SportsBook Poker is on the Cake Poker network, meaning they get a huge amount of traffic both in the poker room and in the sports betting, horse racing, Blackjack, and casino game rooms.
The Cake Poker network has grown at an incredible pace since their launch and is currently climbing closer to being in the top ten positions when it comes to player traffic. During peak hours there are always cash games available at most limits and the tournaments are very well attended. And since Sportsbook Poker recruits players from their casino and sports book, this guarantees there are plenty of inexperienced players at the poker tables, making the games loose, passive and profitable. There are always plenty of players and many tables running, which make the poker room a great place to earn easy money. Beginners will feel comfortable at SportsBook Poker as they will be surrounded by other players who are at the same skill level.
 
Special SportsBook Features
Players at SportsBook Poker enjoy the benefits of the player loyalty program where points are awarded in the form of Gold Chips. These are earned by playing in cash buy-in games or tournaments and can be redeemed for free seats in special freerolls. SportsBook Poker also gives out Gold Cards at random, which represent a card in a standard playing deck. If you match the daily Card that is drawn with a Gold Card you have in your account, it can be redeemed for free cash. New players can build a bankroll for free by taking advantage of the Welcome New Depositor $500.00 Freeroll that takes place each Wednesday 10 PM ET.

SportsBook Poker offers all of the standard online poker room features and options that players have come to expect while playing poker online. These include player notes, chat, statistics, buddy list, hand histories, avatars, and the ability to see which table positions are occupied before joining a table. For players who like to play several tables at once, multi-tabling is supported for up to four tables at once. Although this is a low number by today’s standards, all four tables run quickly and smoothly allowing players to play fast and not annoy other players because they are playing too slow. However if you like to watch several tables and ‘railbird,’ you can view an unlimited number of tables at the same time.

For players looking to win seats to major live land based events, SportsBook Poker offers a wide variety of satellite qualifiers where you could invest just a few dollars to win your way to the Irish Open, Aussie Millions, and many more live tournaments.

Support
SportsBook Poker has an excellent and very knowledgeable support staff which can be reached 24/7 via Live Chat, email, or toll free telephone numbers. All email enquiries are guaranteed a one to two hour response time. Unlike many poker sites, the Live Chat is also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a quick connect time of less than a minute. There is also an extensive help section providing answers to common questions ranging from depositing to game rules.

Security
Security is taken very seriously at SportsBook Poker; therefore all communications between the client program running on your computer and the SportsBook server are encrypted using the accepted industry standard 256-bit TwoFish encryption algorithm. This is the same method of encryption security used at the world’s leading financial institutions and known to be the best available to insure both privacy and integrity of game play.

Load times are brief, animations crisp, and there is very little lag time.