Poker Share Software
The main menu software at Poker Share is very concise and offers many filters and menus for easy navigation. The menus can be sorted by clicking upon their headers. There are many filters offering each player the ability to optimize their software. The cash game menus list "Players seeing the flop" which is an important tool for table selection. Poker Share also has a buddylist option for finding those friends you might want to play with.
Poker Share tables are green felt with black cards and a "hardwood floor" background, that is both very pleasing to the eyes and eye-friendly. This dual-feature is ever important for players who wish to indulge in long sessions at Poker Share. Players have access to large note-taking boxes, a personal stat menu and can tailor the chatbox as each player sees fit. There is an onboard HH screen where players may review past hands.
The cards at Poker Share are large letter/number, and can be set for four-color mode.
Cashiering and Help screens can be found from the main lobby.
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Poker Share Traffic
Poker Share belongs to the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network and shares it's tables and players with the other members of the network. As such, traffic at Poker Share and MicroGaming is such that players will be able to find cash games and tournaments and SnGs around the clock. Traffic generally is in the 10-20,000 range.
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Poker Share Games
Poker Share offers a variety of poker games to their clientele.
Fixed limits for Holdem is between $0.05/$0.10 and $200/$400. Omaha runs from $0.10/$0.20 to $200/$400. Both 7-Stud and 5-Stud have limits ranging from $0.10/$0.20 through $25/$50. However there is very little traffic at these styles of poker at Poker Share.
NL traffic is generally short-handed with many limits and tables running during peak hours. Buy-ins run the gamut between NL4 and NL20000. There is 10-handed NL available from NL4 to NL100 on most days and times.
Poker Share offers a wide variety of multi-table tournaments for buy-ins ranging from freerolls and Frequent Players Points to $100 buy-ins. These tournaments are presented as freeze-outs, R&As, qualifiers for the WSOP and other bigger tournaments. They also sponsor several 30-player maximum freezeout tournaments, which are their answer to the three-table Sit and Gos [SnGs] of other sites.
Poker Share offers headsup, 5-player and 10-player SnGs ranging in buy-ins from $2 to $10,000. Once again, most of the SnGs at Poker Share tend to be short-handed 5-player events, although 10-player games can be found at the lower buy-ins.
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Poker Share Promotions
Players who sign up and deposit with Poker Share trhough one of ITH's many banners or links are entitled to a first deposit bonus of 1000% up to $10,000.
For every $25 you generate in rake, get $10 back. Bonus is automatically credited to your account. Deposit $1,000 in your first month to get up to $10,000 bonus money. 90 days to clear the bonus.
For example – make five deposits of $100 during your first 30 days with PokerShare and receive up to $5,000 in cash. Turn your $1,000 into $11,000.
Poker Share's bonus is basically a 40% rakeback offer for the life of your bonus, whether it terminates in 90 days or you clear the bonus in total.
Poker Share Shareback
Starting 1st July 2007, Poker Share will be offering players the chance to earn up to 30% ShareBack [rakeback] on their month’s contributions- credited directly to their account as cash.
How it works
Accumulate over 3,000 SharePoints and receive 30% ShareBack.
Players with a balance of at least 3,000 SharePoints at midnight on the 1st of each month will receive a cash payment of 30% of their rake contribution for the previous month.
Accumulate 1,500 to 2,999 SharePoints and receive 25% ShareBack.
Players with a balance of at least 1,500 SharePoints at midnight on the 1st of each month will receive a cash payment of 25% of their rake contribution for the previous month.
Accumulate over 750 to 1,499 SharePoints and receive 20% ShareBack.
Players with a balance of at least 750 SharePoints at midnight on the 1st of each month will receive a cash payment of 20% of their rake contribution for the previous month.
Your SharePoint balance at the end of the month will be the total of the SharePoints you have been awarded in the month, less any SharePoints you have used to register for tournaments.
Example:
During the month of July, Player A accumulates 1,950 SharePoints and uses 250 of these for entry into tournaments. With a remaining SharePoint balance of 1,700 Player A qualifies for 25% ShareBack.
Player A’s total rake contribution during July was $832 so during the first week of August, $208 (25% of $832) will automatically be credited to Player A’s account.
EPT Copenhagen
The EPT Season 4 is dealing the cards once again and Poker Share wants to send you to the EPT Copenhagen Scandinavian Open, a four day event to be held at the Casino Copenhagen in Denmark.
From February 19th to the 23rd, the lucky winners of the EPT Copenhagen qualifier prize packages will participate in this prestigious Texas Hold'em No Limit EPT qualifying tournament while enjoying Europe's oldest kingdom.
Direct buy-in for the February 10th super satellite at 1:00PM EST is $1,450+$0
Satellites as low as $11+$1 are running daily in MTT and SnG types of qualifiers.
Prize packages include tournament buy-in, accomodations, $600 travel and $500 spending money.
$175,000 Sunday Guarantee
Every Sunday at 3:00PM EST, Poker Share hosts their $175,000 Guarantee tournament. Direct buy-in is $60+$5 and players may win their way into the main event for as little as $6+$0.50 playing in one of many daily satellites offered each week.
$50,000 Saturday Extreme Stack
Each Saturday at 2:00PM EST, Poker Share promotes their $50,000 Extreme Stack Freezeout. Direct buy-in to this tournament is $100+$25, with satellites running throughout the week for as little as $10+$1. Players start with 5,000 chips and the blinds increase every 20 minutes.
Bad Beat Jackpot
Four of a Kind or better is beaten. The loser of the hand receives 50% of the progressive bad beat jackpot, the winner gets 25%, and the remaining 25% is split among the other players in the hand. Both of the winning and losing hands must use both hole cards to qualify.
Magic Hand
From time to time Poker Share management picks a hand number at random in advance and declares it a Magic Hand and establishes what the prizes will be. When that magic hand is dealt, the winner of the hand wins the main prize and all other players in the game each get a second bonus amount. (If you sit out you don't qualify!)
The Magic Hand bonus of $500 will be awarded every 1,000,000 hands dealt (approximately every 2 days).
Three people must receive cards in the hand
Must be a real money table
Must be a ring game table (Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 5 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud)
Winner of the hand will get $250
All other players that received cards will have $250 divided equally amongst them.
There will also be a special prize for every 10,000,000 hands dealt of $1000 (a single $500 bonus plus $500 divided equally among the participating players).
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Poker Share Stability
Poker Share is operated by Playit Ownit Limited and is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission through it's parent company, GamShare Limited. Both are located in Gibraltar. Poker Share shares the stability of the clients and tables of the MicroGaming Poker Network. Poker Share utilizes the services of ProcCyber Services which provides Poker Share with industry leading payment processing.
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Poker Share Security
Poker Share uses a 128-bit encryption process through Thawte Security to ensure that player information remains confidential. They also use a state-of-the-art random number generator to ensure random shuffling. Poker Share disallows multiple accounts from the same ISP on the same tables and also runs anti-collusion software to ensure game fairness. No player information is ever shared with third parties. Poker Share is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.
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Poker Share Customer Service
Poker Share has email only customer service. However, they reply swiftly and answer emails correctly with any information you may be seeking. Poker Share also has an only FAQ that will offer information on most everything that would be of interest to an online player.
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Poker Tracker Compatibility with Poker Share
Poker Share in compatible with Poker Tracker for all Holdem, Omaha and Stud cash games. Tournaments are incompatible at this time.
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Ability to Multitable at Poker Share
Players may play on up to 4 tables simultaneously at Poker Share. However, players wishing to increase this limit may contact Poker Share customer service who will evaluate each player on a case by case basis and increase their maximum tables accordingly.
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Multiple Poker Share Accounts per Household
Players from the same household may have an account at Poker Share. However, players using the same IP address are not allowed to play on the same tables as another member using this same IP address. This is a stop-gap feature to protect the Poker Share members from the risk of collusion or of being accused of collusion.
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Poker Share Reload Bonus Frequency
Poker Share has not issued a reload bonus in the limited time that ITH has been evaluating them. If this should change in the future, ITH will keep this space updated.
Poker Share, however, has a very rich Cash Gift department, whereas players may cash in player points for cash directly into their accounts. Redeeming Frequent Player Points [FPPs] for cash can be done for as little as $100 to as much as $2500 per redemption.
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Poker Share Tournaments with Overlays
A tournament overlay is the result of guaranteed prize money that is not offset by the participant's buy-ins. As such, all freerolls always offer an overlay.
Poker Share's Guaranteed tournaments tend to grant occasional overlays. This is a very attractive feature of Poker Share.
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Maximum Amount of Poker Share Bonus
$10,000
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Bonuses Cleared During Poker Share Tournaments
Bonuses at Poker Share can onlu be cleared by participating in cash game where the player earns raked hand credits for each hand of stakes of $0.25/$0.50 or higher and the pot gets raked at least $0.25.
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Time Allowed to Clear Poker Share Bonus
Bonus expires 90 days from initial deposit.
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Poker Share Withdrawal Restrictions
Withdrawals can be made prior to clearing a bonus, but Poker Shares and ITH suggests waiting 48 hours after your deposit before requesting a cashout.
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Bonus as a %age of Poker Share Deposit
1000% up to $10,00.
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Are Poker Share Bonuses Stackable?
Bonuses are not stackable at Poker Share. Should this information change in the future, ITH will update this review.
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Poker Share Bonus to Table or Cleared?
Players will release their bonus in $10 increments each time they have accumulated rake of $25. Players will receive their bonus Monday through Friday.
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Can Poker Share Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?
Players are free to chase as many MicroGaming bonuses as they wish as long as sub-divisions within MicroGaming allow their bonuses to be chased.
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Bullajami Discretionary Poker Share Bonus Rating
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Piscivorous Discretionary Poker Share Bonus Rating
Poker Share has a large bonus compared to most MicroGaming sites, with a year to clear it. Unfortunately, you will need this expiration window, because Poker Share requires players to earn 20 hands raked at $0.25 or more for each dollar of bonus to be awarded. Players cannot use tournament or SnG play to help earn this bonus either. Poker Share's VIP Program is decent which means that players will earn credits towards tournaments and in their to-be-launched online store in the future.
For players looking for a quick bonus score, Poker Share should be towards the bottom of the MicroGaming list of sites to play at. For those who have large bankrolls, depositing $300 for the maximum bonus and clearing it at your leisure seems like a prudent and far-reaching bonus goal worth the slow earn rate.
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Internet Texas Holdem Free Poker Bonus Gift Offer Items Rating
Poker Share is not currently on the Free Gift Offer program. Should this condition change in the future, ITH will update this information.
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