Absolute Poker allows US Players 
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| Site Name | Absolute Poker |
| Site URL | http://www.absolutepoker.com |
| Network | Cereus |
| Bonus | 150% up to $500 |
| Bonus Code | FISH500 |
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Absolute Poker Overview
Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet recently merged to create the new Cereus Poker network. The merge increases the traffic for Absolute Poker and allows for more game variety and stakes. Absolute Poker has a very lucrative 150% up to $500 initial deposit bonus with very reasonable clearing conditions. The software is great and if you are into multi-tabling the miniature table view is perfect. The competition at Absolute Poker is slightly above average, but this may come as a plus for some players who hate playing with donkeys.
Absolute Poker Bonus
Absolute Poker Bonus Code: FISH500
Absolute Poker offers a 150% match bonus up to $500 on initial deposits with the use of bonus code “AP500”. This means that you receive a bonus amount equal to 1.5 times the amount of your first deposit, up to a maximum of $500. In order to release your bonus into your real money account you must earn credits by playing in Absolute Poker tournaments and cash games. For every 30 cents you pay in tournament fees you earn 1 credit. So if you play a $10 + $1 tournament you would earn 3.33 credits. In cash games you earn credits based on the amount of hands you play at different levels.
For example you earn 1 credit for every 3 hands you play at the $0.25/$0.50 blind level. Every credit you earn is worth $0.0625 towards clearing your bonus, which is released in increments of $5. Any amount of your bonus that is not cleared after 60 days will be forfeit. If you’re looking for a bigger bonus, check out the latest online poker site reviews for more bonus information
Promotions
- Bad Beat Jackpot – Lose with four eights or better at one of Absolute Poker’s “bad beat” tables and you win the jackpot. 65% of the jackpot goes to the players, with 50% of that going to the loser of the hand, 25% going to the winner of the hand and the remaining 25% is split between every player at the table.
- Absolute Poker College Challenge – Absolute is giving away $40K worth of cash for college poker players to put towards their tuition.
- $200K Guaranteed Sundays – Every Sunday at 5:30pm EST buy-in to the $200K guaranteed event for $215.
- Refer a Friend – $50 for your friend, $75 for you.
Traffic
Absolute Poker averages 2350 cash game players online at a time. That average is 7th among online poker rooms and networks. At Absolute Poker you can find a lot of hold’em action with limits $5/$10 and below having games at all hours. Absolute also offers Omaha, 7 card stud, razz, HOSE and HORSE. The lesser known games usually only have a few running at the lower limits.
Now that Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet have merged to form the Cereus poker network there are more schedule tournaments with bigger prize pools and player fields. Absolute Poker runs tournaments from as little as $1 right up to $1,000. The structure that Absolute Poker uses for most of their tournaments is solid and fast, which benefits action players. There are also many sit and go tournaments at Absolute with buy-ins ranging from $0.50 to $5,000. Even though these higher buy-in sit and go’s are available it is extremely rare to see and games running with buy-ins bigger than $300.
Software and Graphics
Absolute runs very fast and stable software that has sleek graphics and game play. There are two screen sizes that you can choose from; the normal size and the miniature view. Absolute Poker’s software allows multi-tabling of up to 10 tables and the miniature view tables make this very doable. Absolute has also recently added new features to their software including a rabbit cam, new table views and new downloadable table skins.
Competition
The competition at Absolute Poker is slightly above average when compared with other poker rooms of their size. Obviously the lower limits will have less competition than the higher limits, but compared to other poker rooms the lower stake competition at Absolute is better. If you hate playing against fish, even at the low limits, then perhaps Absolute Poker is the room for you.
Support
Absolute Poker offers quick and helpful email support. Although the email support is very good it is always nice to be able to chat with someone instantly, which is why it would be good for Absolute to add either phone support or live chat support in the future.
Deposits & Withdrawals
You can deposit via credit cards (MasterCard, Visa), Neteller, Paysafe Card, Western Union, FPS, ClickandBuy, Click2Pay or Moneybookers.
The minimum deposit is $20 for the majority of deposit methods, but $50 for deposits via credit card. The minimum withdrawal from all methods is $50.
