Gnuf Poker Software
Gnuf Poker runs the same MicroGaming [Prima] Poker software as most of the rest of the network. It is very functional and fluid.
The Gnuf Poker tables are a light blue with a silver and dark blue trim. Players are represented as light-grey placards and the background is black. Playr cardbacks are a lighter shade of blue with the Gnuf Poker logo. Players can choose the size of the table they play on from standard to large to mini. There is a 4-color deck option as well as a great note-taking tool with auto-wrapping text and player tags to facilitate quickly recognizing various players around the table. As players fold, their placards change to dark grey. Players may also toggle on an option that highlights opponent placard with colored borders to further enhance their observation of player activity.
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 page to another, but rather only on a per page basis. The cash game menus include hands per hour and average pot size as well as player percentage per flop.
Gnuf 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.
The table software atGnuf Poker flows with very few hang-ups and slowdowns in the action.
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Gnuf Poker Traffic
Gnuf Poker belongs to the highly successful MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network. This network and Gnuf Poker shares their tables and players among each other and this mutual stability lends itself to establishing the MicroGaming Poker Network as one of the largest and well trafficked poker networks on the internet.
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Gnuf Poker Games
There is a large assortment of poker games that players at Gnuf Poker can participate in, including Texas Hold'em, 7 and 5 Card Stud, Omaha and 5-Card Draw.
Texas Hold'em is available in all forms with 10, 6 and 2 seat formats. Fixed Limit runs the gamut of blinds from $0.05/$0.10 to $150/$300 with most traffic at the $2/$4 and lower limits. PL is offered with buy-ins of PL10 to PL20000, and most traffic is centered around PL100 and lower. NL is available in buy-ins ranging from NL10 to NL40000, but traffic is only existent at NL1000 and below.
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. 5-Card Draw is lightly trafficked in the smaller NL and FL buy-ins.
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 Gnuf Poker.
SnGs are offered with buy-ins as low as $0.90/$0.10 up to and including $1000+$50. 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. Gnuf 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.
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Gnuf Poker Promotions
Gnuf Poker has a 100% up to $500 bonus available to all players from ITH who sign up and deposit with them by using one of ITH's banners or links. Players need to use bonus code ITH when signing up with Gnuf Poker. Players will need to earn 17.5 Gnuf Points per $1 bonus dollar.
Gnuf Poker currently belongs to the Free Gift Offer at ITH. Players who open a real money account with Gnuf Poker through one of ITH's links or banners and deposit a minimum of $25 are eligible for the Free Gift Offer. Players will need to accumulate a minimum of 250 Gnuf Points to qualify for the Free Gift Offer.
After satisfying your requirements, simply go into the Free Gift Offer webpage and click on the "Finished the Requirements? Claim Now!" button and fill out the criteria to receive your free gift.
Restrictions: Players who have already opened a play money or real money account at Gnuf Poker are not eligible for this offer. If you already have an account, opening up a new account with a different username does not make you eligible for the free book. This offer is exclusive to www.InternetTexasHoldem.com so you must use one of the links provided on this website. Accounts set up through other websites are not eligible for the free books. Please ensure that you follow the directions provided to ensure that you receive proper credit for the free books.
$175,000 Sunday Guarantee
Every Sunday at 2:00PM EST, Gnuf 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, Gnuf Poker promotes their $50,000 Extreme Stack Freezeout. Direct buy-in to this tournament is $100+$10, 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
Think you're at the top of your game? The 38th edition of the World Series of Poker's main event is set for 29 May - 19 July, 2007, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. With 300 tables, 55 bracelet events and up to 13,000 USD buy-ins, the poker entrepreneurs behind the WSOP are taking the game to the next level. Are you game?
Two WSOP Finals will be held, one at 9:00PM CET on May 24th and one at 3:30AM CET on May 25th. Direct buy-in cost is $1300+$100, but players may satellite in for as little as $9+$1.
Refer A Friend
Refer a friend and reap the benefits. 50 USD for you when your friend signs up and deposits, and another 25 USD for your buddy as well as a 100% first deposit bonus up to 50 USD.
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 Gnuf 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).
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Stability
Gnuf is a limited liability company incorporated in Malta (C39710), and subject to Maltese law, having its offices at Gnuf Limited, 90/91 Psaila Street, Birkirkara, BKR 02, Malta. Gnuf is licensed and regulated in Malta by the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority, licence number LGA/CL3/302/2006.
Gnuf Poker is part of the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network and as such has the built-in security and stability of MicroGaming.
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Security
Gnuf is licensed and regulated in Malta by the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority, license number LGA/CL3/302/2006 and subject to the demands and regulations on Security by the licensing authority. Gnuf and the Microgaming Poker Network strive to provide the most secure and trustworthy gaming environment on the Internet.
All personal information such as your cards, your personal details, your credit card number, your password and everything else that is sent back and forth from your computer to Gnuf Poker is protected by the Thawte SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates. SSL is the ruling standard used by e-commerce and bank businesses on the Internet.
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Gnuf Poker Customer Service
Gnuf Poker email customer service is hit and miss. Of three emails sent to their customer service, only one was answered. It was, however, concise and directly answered the questions asked. Gnuf Poker has no live chat function, but does have toll-free telephone numbers. According to various sources, Gnuf Poker has industry standard payouts, although none are instantaneous. Gnuf Poker suggests that they have a 24-hour hold on payouts prior to processing.
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Poker Tracker Compatibility
Gnuf Poker is compatible with Poker Tracker in all Holdem, Omaha and Stud Cash games, but is not compatible with Omaha nor Stud tournaments or SnGs. Should this change in the future, ITH will update this information.
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Ability to Multitable
Players may play on 5 tables simultaneously at Gnuf Poker.
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Multiple Accounts per Household
Gnuf Poker allows multiple household accounts. Players will not be able to play together on the same cash games nor SnGs, but may play together in Multi-table tournaments. Gnuf Poker reserves the right to limit bonuses to one account per household.
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Reload Bonus Frequency
MicroGaming [Prima] Poker sites don't usually make general reload bonuses available to everyone. When a reload bonus is made available it is usually aimed at specific players who have played there in the past. Any changes to the frequency of reloads will be updated by ITH in the future.
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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 and FPP freerolls always offer an overlay.
Players at Gnuf Poker share their SnG and Multi table tournaments with other members of the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network. Becasue of this high volume of traffic, players will generally only receive overlays on any freerolls and small guaranteed tournaments running in the off-hours of the early morning.
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Maximum Amount of Bonus
$500
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Bonuses Cleared During Tournaments
Bonuses can be cleared playing tournaments, SnGs and satellites. Players receive 11 GPs for every $1 in tournament fees. This equates to a 63% rakeback when playing tournaments and SnGs.
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Time Allowed to Clear Bonus
There is no expiration date on this bonus. Players have as much time as necessary to clear it.
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Withdrawal Restrictions
Withdrawals can be made prior to clearing a bonus, but ITH suggests waiting 48 hours after your deposit before requesting a cashout.
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Bonus as a %age of Deposit
100%
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Are Bonuses Stackable?
Bonuses are not stackable at Gnuf Poker. Should this change ITH will update this information
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Bonus to Table or Cleared?
The full amount of the bonus must be cleared prior to having access to the bonus money.
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Can Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?
Players are free to chase bonuses on most MicroGaming [Prima] Poker platforms that do not impose restrictions within sub-divisions.
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Bullajami Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating
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Piscivorous Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating
Gnuf Poker is a different brand of MicroGaming poker site. While most MicroGaming [Prima] sites will require 5-7x raked/dealt hands be accrued for each $1 in bonus, Gnuf Poker has gone to a points system that will ensure that they get plenty of rake from each player as they pursue their bonus. As stated in their bonus overview, I perceive this as still a decent for $1/$2 or higher at a reasonably good table, but micro-limit grinders will find this bonus excruciatingly hard to clear and may wish to venture elsewhere for their bonuses until they can play higher at Gnuf Poker.
As a departure from most MicroGaming sites, Gnuf Poker allows their players to pursue their bonus on SnG and tournament tables and their bonus accrues at a 36% rakeback scheme for those players wishing to choose this avenue of clearance.
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Internet Texas Holdem Free Poker Bonus Gift Offer Items Rating
Gnuf Poker currently belongs to the Free Gift Offer at ITH. Players who open a real money account with Gnuf Poker through one of ITH's links or banners and deposit a minimum of $25 are eligible for the Free Gift Offer. Players will need to accumulate a minimum of 100 Gnuf Points to qualify for the Free Gift Offer.
After satisfying your requirements, simply go into the Free Gift Offer webpage and click on the "Finished the Requirements? Claim Now!" button and fill out the criteria to receive your free gift.
Restrictions: Players who have already opened a play money or real money account at Gnuf Poker are not eligible for this offer. If you already have an account, opening up a new account with a different username does not make you eligible for the free book. This offer is exclusive to www.InternetTexasHoldem.com so you must use one of the links provided on this website. Accounts set up through other websites are not eligible for the free books. Please ensure that you follow the directions provided to ensure that you receive proper credit for the free books.
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