Celeb Poker Software
Celeb Poker's software was created by Boss Media AB. The table software is impressive, with the table using a blue-felt, blue chairs and blue carpet. The graphic look and feel is very fluid and easy to manipulate. Players are represented by circular placards, where the player's nickname and present chipstack can be found. Move the mouse cursor over each placard and the player's location is revealed. On the top of the placard is the icon for the note function which uses the wrap-around text function, Players who sit out or fold are easy to identify, as such actions are clearly visible on their placards. Celeb Poker has recently added a four-color deck option and individual in-game statistics. Players can see their results and statistics at the click of a mouse. Players have access to Hand History files, but unfortunately, these are not compatible with Poker Tracker at this time.
The main menu software screens are very well laid-out with many filters allowing players to quickly and effortlessly find the right table, limit, or tournament to suit their needs. Players can further filter their information to reflect their own time zones, which is a great feature found in very few other online platforms.
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Celeb Poker Traffic
Celeb Poker is part of the Boss Poker Network and shares tables and players with the other members of the network. Celeb Poker averages from the mid-4000 to mid-6000 players during the week with slightly inflated numbers on the weekend.
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Celeb Poker Games
Celeb Poker offers a variety of cash games and tournaments. Cash games are available in fullring and 5-max versions.
Hold'em is the industry standard, and is highly trafficked at Celeb Poker. Stakes in fixed limit run from $0.05/$0.10 to $500/$1000. However, most traffic can be found on the $5/$10 tables or lower. NL/PL has games as low as NL/PL10 and as high as NL/PL5000, with most of the traffic at NL400 and lower.
Omaha has decent traffic in both limit and pot-limit tables at the lower limits, and in both High and Hi/Lo versions.
7-Stud and 5-Card Draw have decent traffic also at the lower limits with a number of tables at each limit being played.
Multi-Table tournaments have many different venues to choose from. Freerolls, satellite qualifiers, guaranteed prize pools [some with good overlays], or big-ticket buy-ins. Players can find the right tournament at Celeb Poker.
Sit and Gos range from $5+$0.25 headsup tournaments to 5-max $10,000+$500 matches. SnGs are all headsup, 5-max or single 10-seat version with no multi-table SnGs being offered.
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Celeb Poker Promotions
Players who sign up and deposit with Celeb Poker through one of ITH's banners or links are entitled to a 200% up to 500 initial deposit bonus. No bonus code required. For every $50 generated in rake, Celeb Poker will move $10 in bonus into the player's real money account. Players have 90 days to clear their bonus.
500 Instant Bonus - Money Bookers
Receive an impressive 500 instant bonus exclusively at Moneybookers. With no release rate, you get all your bonus, all at once. Please click on the link below to receive this offer.
The instant bonus will be credited into your account within 48 hours, when you make your first deposit, Celeb Poker will match it up to a maximum of 500.
The bonus is for ALL new depositors who make their first deposit from 6th February 2008 00:00 GMT until 6th February 2009 00:00 GMT .
In order to withdraw, you must rake ten times your deposit amount, Please contact info@celebpoker.com to get your withdrawal limits remove & claim your bonus.
$100,000 Guaranteed Weekly Poker Tournament
You can now be in the money every single week, with Celeb Poker's weekly $100,000 guaranteed tournament that will be held every Sunday. The tournament itself will be a $100+$9 tournament and will be at 7:00PM GMT.
Daily single table and multi-table satellites with buy-ins as low as $5+$0.50 are running daily.
World Series of Poker
This is the biggest poker tournament in the world, where the best players meet to see who will be crowned the World Champion.
During the coming weeks you can win a package for a Las Vegas Holiday during the WSOP main event 2008, being held at The Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from the 13th May to the 17th July 2008.
Celeb Poker is offering a 10,000 package for travel, accommodation & spending money.
You can win one of these seats via the satellites running over the next twelve weeks which give entry into the 500+30 online finals on Sunday May 18th.
3 and 7 satellites will be running every day. Winners of the daily satellites will win entry into the weekly 53+5 final to compete for a 500+30 seat in the next online finals at 6:30PM GMT on Sunday May 18th.
Poker League 2008
The new Celeb Poker League is the Biggest Poker League Online with free membership to all CelebPoker Players. Celeb Poker is fully committed to making their Poker League more competitive, challenging, and fun, for players at all levels with massive added cash rewards in selected weekly guaranteed tournaments.
Play in 28 selected weekly MTT tournaments, 4 games a day 7 days a week at Celeb Poker and you will accrue points that go towards the monthly league table; finish in the top 20 and win great cash prizes......but wait thats not all
Celeb Poker players only will receive double points in all league games.
Cash Bonus Games Weekly Schedule:
4,000 Rebuy, Monday 11:00AM GMT: Win this and earn double your 1st place cash.
25,000 Daily Guaranteed, Wednesday 8:00PM GMT: Win this and Celeb Poker will give you a 2000 Bonus
25,000 Daily Guaranteed, Thursday 8:00PM GMT: Get placed in the top 5 and Celeb Poker will give you a free entry into the Sunday 8:00PM GMT 100,000 Guaranteed Tournament.
6,000 Re-buy. Saturday 2:30PM GMT: Win this and earn double your first place cash.
100,000 Weekly, Sunday 8:00PM GMT: Finish in the top 5 and Celeb Poker will give you an Extra 1,000 Bonus.
VIP Bonuses and Freerolls
Celeb Poker is rewarding their player's loyalty and fidelity with cash Monthly Gross Rake (MGR) bonuses and VIP freeroll tournaments.
All you need to do to qualify for these freeroll tournaments is to rake over $2500 per month. If you qualify you will be automatically notified by email and added to Celeb Poker's MGR Freeroll on the first of the following month. Prizepools range from $5,000 to $10,000.
Alternatively there is a FREE cash bonus up to $250 for those high raking players who rake over $1500; paid directly in to your player account.
Players will receive $50 into their account once they have paid over $1,500 in rake. At $2,500, the bonus increases to $100, and at $5,000 it increases to $250 in bonus.
MGR Free Tournament Tickets
Celeb Poker's special MGR bonus has now been extended with tickets to the most prestigious cash tournaments for those players who rake between $500 & $1500 for 2 consecutive months.
Rake a minimum of $500:
1 Free ticket to the $8000 guaranteed worth $30+3 & 1 Free ticket to the Celeb $1000 Freeroll Final.
Rake a minimum of $750:
1 Free ticket to the $25k guaranteed worth $40+3 & 1 free entry to the Celeb $1000 Freeroll Final.
Rake a minimum of $1000:
1 Free ticket to the $25k guaranteed worth $40+3 & 1 Free entry to the Celeb $250 Freeroll, plus $20 credited to the players account.
Rake a minimum of $1500:
1 Free ticket to the $25k guaranteed worth $40+3, 1 Free entry to the $8000 guaranteed worth $30+3, $20 credited to the players account, and 1 Free entry to the Celeb $250 Freeroll.
Refer A Friend
Celeb Poker will credit 500 for every friend you refer to them and theres no limit to how many people you can pass their way. All you have to do is fill they provide.
1. Enter your friend's name and e-mail address in the form provided online, and please make sure you submit your Celebpoker.com nickname (this is the screen name you use in the software).
2. Once the details have been submitted, your friend(s) will receive an e-mail providing a download link for our software, inviting them to sign up.
3. The amount of money you receive will be based on how much your friends rake during their first 30 days playing at CelebPoker. The unique, 3-tier, payment scheme means you will be credited 100, 275 or 500 into your account at the end of the 30-day period, dependent on the referred player raking 150, 500 or 1,000, respectively.
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Stability
Celeb Poker belongs to the Boss Media Network of online gaming sites. Boss Media AB has been in the online gaming industry since 1997 and is a publicly traded company on the Stockholm Exchange. Boss Media is licensed by Curacao, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, Antigua, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar. The Boss Media Network is in the top ten with regards to number of online players. Cashouts speed can sometimes be quite slow.
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Security
Celeb Poker is protected by a 128-bit SSLv3/TLSv1 encryption algorithm which is the current highest implementation standard in secure socket communications. Celeb Poker uses TST of Australia as it's independent test firm for it's RNG. Celeb Poker uses WebDollar, which is certified by RSA BSAFE, to handle all of it's cashiering functions.
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Celeb Poker Customer Service
Celeb Poker has many avenues for getting questions answered. They have an online live chat feature that put players in an order prompt and usually responds within 5-6 minutes. Players may also email them. Average response time is 1-4 hours. Players may also call them toll-free and have their questions answered specifically. Cashout speed, however can be poor with FirePay and NETeller taking sometimes as long as 4-7 days.
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Poker Tracker Compatibility
Celeb Poker is completely incompatible with Poker Tracker. This information shall be changed if this information changes in the future.
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Ability to Multitable
Celeb Poker allows players to play on a staggering 100 tables at once.
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Multiple Accounts per Household
Multiple household accounts are not allowed at Celeb Poker. Players found in violation to this can have their accounts closed and their winnings confiscated.
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Reload Bonus Frequency
Celeb Poker offers infrequent bonuses. The last reload bonus was in January 2006, and had terms comparable to that of their initial sign-up bonus.
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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.
Most of Celeb Poker's tournaments which are guaranteed do not offer overlays. However, sometimes the $25,000 weekly and $100,000 monthly tournaments do offer overlays.
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Maximum Amount of Bonus
The maximum amount of the deposit bonus at Celeb Poker is 500. Players must deposit at least $20 to earn this bonus.
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Bonuses Cleared During Tournaments
Bonuses cannot be cleared playing tournaments, SnGs and satellites at Celeb Poker.
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Time Allowed to Clear Bonus
Bonuses at Celeb Poker expire 90 days after deposit.
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Withdrawal Restrictions
The only restriction on withdrawing at Celeb Poker is that substantial amounts may require the use of your PIN number. Also, ITH suggests that players wait 48 hours before requesting a withdrawal.
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Bonus as a %age of Deposit
The deposit bonus at Celeb Poker is 200% of the amount deposited up to 500.
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Are Bonuses Stackable?
Bonuses are stackable at Celeb Poker.
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Bonus to Table or Cleared?
Bonuses at Celeb Poker need to be earned before they can be used. For every $50 in rake contributed by the player, Celeb Poker will release $10 of the bonus into the player's real money account. This works out to be a 20% rake back deal for the life of the bonus.
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Can Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?
Players may have accounts at a maximum of four [4] Boss Media pokersites, and are allowed to chase bonuses at each one they have an account with.
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Bullajami Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating
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Piscivorous Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating
Celeb Poker is the first Boss Media poker site that I reviewed for ITH. I fell in love with the software despite being unable to play there due to my American citizenship.
There are at least three drawbacks to the bonuses at Celeb Poker. First of all, any bonus that cannot be cleared in SnG or MTT play has got a strike against it. Second, the bonus is essentially just 20% rakeback for the duration of the bonus. Finally, there has been infrequent reloading. The last reload was January 2006 that I am aware of. Perhaps they have offered individual-based reloads?
There is enough right about their bonus, however to make up for the shortcomings. A year to clear, payable in $10 increments and the fact that it is as large as it is [$500], makes this a very attractive bonus if the player is willing to put in the time on the cash tables.
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Internet Texas Holdem Free Poker Bonus Gift Offer Items Rating
Celeb Poker 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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