Crazy Poker Software

Crazy Poker has decent, if toned down software. They use a standard green felt table. The background is royal blue-cushion chairs upon a subdued crimson carpet which is easy on the eyes. The purple-backed logo cards can be set to four-color mode, making suit determinations much easier. Players are offered large table, standard table or mini-view table size options. Crazy poker has very good note taking capabilities with automatic text wrap feature and the ability to color code opponents as the player sees fit.

The main menu is well-laid out with a number of filters available to make a player's navigation easier. Cash games and tournaments can be toggled in the left-side filters. However, if there are more than one page of tables for selection, they are laid out in contiguous pages which make it much more difficult to maneuver in and filter. Setting a filter by buy-in, for example, will not alter the entire page layouts from one extreme to another, but rather only on a per page basis. The cash game menus include hands per hour as well as player percentage per flop.

Crazy Poker's software is a bit slow, however. Items requiring refreshing sometimes take a while to do so, especially the tournament leaderboard screens. Like the main menu screens, the tournament position pages are contiguous and very difficult to navigate.

However, more importantly, the table software at Crazy Poker flows with very few hang-ups and slowdowns in the action. Players always know where they are at in the hand as the player cranberry placards darken when players fold or sit out, and a nice optional feature of the red and green placard borders help differentiate between who has done an action and who is still awaiting an action.

Crazy Poker Traffic

Crazy Poker as part of the large Microgaming Poker Network has decent traffic. Ranked within the top 10 in online poker traffic, players will usually be able to find the right cash game and tournament of their liking. Crazy Poker's main traffic across all cash games is both in NL Holdem and in shorthanded 6-max tables.

Crazy Poker Games

Crazy Poker offers Holdem, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-Stud and 5-Stud as well s Multi-table Tournaments [MTTs] and Sit and Gos [SnGs].

Hold'em Poker is the staple of Crazy Poker. Tables are offered in fullring, 6-max, Heads-up and turbo modes. Players will find fixed limit traffic at most limits, especially 6-max tables. Full ring fixed limit is only consistent at limits of $1/$2 and below. Fixed limits run from $0.05/$0.10 to $100/$200. Pot-limit is offered but rarely gets any traffic. NL has buy-ins ranging from NL10 to NL20,000. Play is predominantly 6-max up to the highest buy-ins, although fullring can be found as high as NL100.

Omaha High and Omaha Hi/Lo, though offered in fixed limit and no-limit are most prevalently trafficked on the Pot-limit tables, once again with the majority of play happening on the short-handed tables.

7-Stud and 5-Stud get very little traffic, and usually at the very lowest microlimits.

MTTs get a very decent turnout. Players can find many tournaments and structures to suit their taste. Whether those tastes are guaranteed prizepool tournaments, freerolls, turbo tournaments or qualifiers to bigger events, all can be found at Crazy Poker.

SnGs are offered with buy-ins as low as $0.75/$0.25 up to and including $1000+$100. Players may play 2, 3, 5, 8 or 10 handed. There are also 15-seat [3 tables of 5], 20-seat [2 tables of 10], and 30-seat [3 tables of 10] SnGs. Crazy Poker also offers turbo SnGs, satellite SnGs to the $100K weekly guaranteed tournament and "Rounders" SnGs. These are step tournaments where progressive good showings can land you at the 5th round and the $3,000 first place prize.

Crazy Poker Promotions

Players who sign up with Crazy Poker through one of ITH's banners or links can gain a 100% up to $1000 first deposit bonus from Crazy Poker. There are no bonus codes required. Players will need to earn 30 Player Points for each $1 in bonus and the bonus pays out in $10 increments. Players have 60 days to clear their bonus in full before it expires. Any unclaimed portion of the bonus is forfeit.

Players who register a real-money player account and register at least one valid credit card (Visa or Master Card) are entitled to a free $10 play-free bonus. Players doing so must email support to claim the $10 free.

$175,000 Sunday Guarantee

Every Sunday at 3:00PM EST, Crazy Poker 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, Crazy Poker 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.

World Series of Poker

The 39th annual World Series of Poker is ready to crown its next millionaire, and will again be staged in Las Vegas, Nevada – the home of Poker Tournaments. During the 2007 championship, over 6000 entrants joined the biggest poker tournament in the world, and saw Jerry Yang win a massive $8.25 million. He became one of the proudest WSOP bracelet winners, but with the WSOP 2008 peaking around the corner; we are certain that the next champion will be just as delighted. Who knows, it might even be you.

The 2008 WSOP will consist of more than 50 events, and to give every player a chance to win a seat at the WSOP with a package worth $13,000; Crazy Poker is running online satellites from the 28th of March 2008 until the opening of the 2008 WSOP.

The package will include a $10,000 entry into the main event and $3,000 for traveling and other expenses, so make sure not to miss out on this dream come true opportunity.

Direct buy-in cost is $1300+$100 and Crazy Poker runs two each Saturday, one at 3:00PM EST, the other at 9:30PM EST.

Crazy Poker has satellites running daily for as little as $9+$1.

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 Crazy Poker 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).

Loyalty Rewards

What are Crazy Credits?
Crazy Credits are the Loyalty Points you earn simply by playing online at Crazy Poker. The more you play, the more you earn, enabling you to climb the Crazy Credits structure. Crazy Credits translate into cash and can be used in a number of ways, including being used to Buy-in at Crazy Poker tournaments, or simply to fund your Crazy Poker Account.

How are Crazy Credits earned?
You will earn 1 Crazy Credit for every 10 raked hands in which you contribute (i.e. bet) to the pot (therefore to the rake). played on all ring games with stakes no lower than $0.25/$0.50.

Level One [1-150 raked hands]: Each 10 Crazy Credits is worth $1.00.

Level Two [151-300 raked hands]: Each 10 Crazy Credits is worth $1.50.

Level Three [301-600 raked hands]: Each 10 Crazy Credits is worth $2.00.

Level Four [601-1000 raked hands]: Each 10 Crazy Credits is worth $2.50.

Level Five [1001+ raked hands]: Each 10 Crazy Credits is worth $3.00.

Players will also receive an extra $0.10 per Crazy Credit for each two friends that they refer during any calendar month.

Stability

Crazy Poker is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and is operated by the Vegas Partner Lounge which has run online casinos for the past few years. As part of the ever-growing MicroGaming Poker Network and with cashouts and banking running through their secure servers, Crazy Poker is a safe and stable poker environment. Microgaming has been in business since 1994 offering secure gaming solutions.

Security

Crazy Poker utilizes Microgaming's software which employs a 128-bit SSL digital encryption program. This not only affords Crazy Poker a secure platform but utilizing the MicroGaming Poker software, allows it's security team to thwart and identify instances of collusion. As each player's cards are sent solely to each player, third party hackers cannot compromise this information by attempting to hack into the client software. Crazy Poker uses Microgaming's random number generator affording Crazy poker a truly random shuffle.

Crazy Poker Customer Service

Crazy Poker utilizes three forms of customer service. Players have their choice of toll-free telephone support, 24/7 live on-site support via the poker client software and email support. All three modes of customer support is very helpful, with responses being adequate via email [7-8 hour turnaround], precise and easy to understand. Crazy Poker's customer service also goes out of their way to ensure that any problems are solved promptly. Cashout speed is decent for NETeller and FirePay, but somewhat below industry norms for other payout methods.

Poker Tracker Compatibility

Crazy Poker is ring-game compatible with Poker Tracker. Crazy Poker uses auto-imported hand histories.

Ability to Multitable

Players at Crazy Poker are allowed to play as many as ten [10] tables concurrently.

Multiple Accounts per Household

Crazy Poker allows a maximum of one account per household, citing it’s affiliations with the stance set forth by the Microgaming network.

Reload Bonus Frequency

Crazy Poker does not currently offer reload bonuses. However, an email to customer service has elicited a response that this might change in the future. ITH will update this information as it becomes available.

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.

Crazy Poker offers many guaranteed prizepool tournaments on a daily basis, and some of these guaranteed prizepool tournaments do not fill up, so there is a tendency of some of it's guaranteed tournaments to offer overlays.

Maximum Amount of Bonus

Maximum amount of bonus is $1000, plus up to $10 free for Credit Card purchases.

Bonuses Cleared During Tournaments

Players earn 10 Player Points for each $1 of MTT or SnG fees paid. This is equivalent to 33% rakeback of fees paid.

Time Allowed to Clear Bonus

Players have 60 days from date of initial deposit to clear their bonus.

Withdrawal Restrictions

Players are unable to withdraw deposit money until they have successfully cleared 100 raked hands.

Bonus as a %age of Deposit

Bonus is 100% up to $1000. Players also receive a flatbase $10 free bonus when registering a credit card.

Are Bonuses Stackable?

An email to Crazy Poker confirms that bonuses are not stackable at this time.

Bonus to Table or Cleared?

The bonus at Crazy Poker pays out in $50 increments until either paid in full or expiration. Players need to email Crazy Poker customer service to claim each $10 increment.

Can Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?

Players are free to have accounts and chase bonuses at all Prima Poker network sites.

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Piscivorous Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating

Crazy Poker's bonus review has improved markedly in certain aspects since my original review in September of 2006. They moved from a 5x bonus of $40 to a harder to clear but much more lucrative 100% up to $1000 bonus. They continue to give a $10 free bonus when players register a credit card. Although the bonus is no longer a 5x raked hand bonus [it has been replaced with basically a 12x bonus], it now has the added benefit of being clearable through MTT and SnG play at a 33% rakeback rate. Downsides include the 60 day clearance window, the necessity of emailing customer service as each $50 increment clears and the unfortunate lack of reloads. Players also should be aware that they need to satisfy a 100 raked hand requirement before withdrawing from Crazy Poker.

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Crazy 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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