Poker Time Software
Poker Time shares the software of MicroGaming [Prima]. Poker Time's table is a standard green felt with a two-tone rail. Cardbacks are a bluish-white with the red Poker Time logo on the back. Players are represented by blue placards on red overstuffed chairs and the background is a ivory colored floor.
Players have a number of options including 4-color deck and various table sizes to choose from. There is a good statistics screen, auto-wrap note function and player "tagging" function available to the player to make playing at Poker Time more fun and profitable.
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.
Poker Time'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 at Poker Time flows with very few hang-ups and slowdowns in the action. Players always know where they are at in the hand as the player 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.
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Poker Time Traffic
As part of the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network, Poker Time has substantial traffic averaging between 12-18,000 players online on a daily basis and somewhat higher on the weekends. Players will find many cash games, SnGs and multi-table tournaments to choose from, most hours of the day.
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Poker Time Games
Players at Poker Time have a large variety of poker they 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 is 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 avaiable 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 Poker Time.
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. Poker Time 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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Poker Time Promotions
Any player who signs up at Poker Time for a real money account by using one of ITH's banners or links is eligible to receive up to $125 in bonuses. No bonus code required.
Bonus 1: Get up to $25 free upfront
Make your first deposit and Poker Time will give you 25% of the amount you deposited as a bonus upfront. Best of all, there are no raked hand requirements. You can claim this free cash immediately and play with it straightaway. As you play, you’ll automatically earn Poker Points. To cash out your bonus, all you have to do is earn Poker Points equal to 1X its value. You have 3 (Three) days from date of registration to claim this bonus.
Bonus 2: 100% Match up to $100
In addition to an Upfront Bonus, Poker Time will also match the amount you deposit with 100% and give you a second bonus of up to $100 free This free money will be paid out in $10 increments for every 10 Poker Points earned. A player has 30 days from date of first purchase to clear this bonus.
$150,000 Sunday Guarantee
Every Sunday at 2:00PM EST, Poker Time hosts their $150,000 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.
ECOSTT
How many times have you been knocked-out early in a live poker tournament? Increase your chances of success. Take part in the European Championships of STTs from March 20th - 22nd, 2009 in historic Tallinn, Estonia.
If you get knocked out early in Round 1 of the European Championships of STTs(ECOSTT), you still have another 3 STT Rounds to accumulate points. The highest points' scorers over 4 Rounds will take part in a grand final of 18 players with a prize pool of €120,000.
Come and take part in this 3 day event which takes some of the luck out of the game and will reward consistently good play and skill.
A €4,000 package is available to this outstanding Championship includes:
• Entry into the NL Hold'em €2,200 buy-in ECOSTT event
• €550 buy-in to a NL Hold'em side event
• Entry into a live Blackjack Tournament
• Three nights' accommodation at the Reval Park Hotel & Casino in the historic city of Tallinn
• €800 towards travel & spending money
• Welcome party and Tournament organisation by ECOSTT's Events Team
ECOSTT Tallinn Finals take place on January 25th and March 1st, 2009 at 8:00PM GMT. Direct buy-in is €650+€65. Players can satellite in for as little as €8+€0.80 in daily satellites.
Sit & Go Rush
Poker Time's new Sit ’n Go Rush is so exhilarating, you’ll feel like you’ve just seen a sexy streaker make a mad-dash past the poker table wearing nothing but her birthday suit. This jaw-dropping promotion features double jackpots and gives you the chance to ride your winning streak all the way to $25,000.
Here’s how it works:
Play in as many of Poker Time's fast-paced Sit ’n Go Rush tournaments as possible.
Rank first and/or second in five consecutive tournaments and you’ll win a Flash Jackpot of up to $500.
Win five tournaments in a row, and you’ll score a Full Monty Jackpot of up to $25,000
Check out the table below for prize details.
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.
Refer A Friend
Refer a friend and you will get $25 per friend credited to your Poker account. In order to earn your $25 dollars, the following is required:
1. You must have a Real Money Player account to which the $25 will be credited.
2. You will receive your $25 once your friend has made a Real Money Deposit of a minimum of $20.
3.Your friend has played a minimum of 250 raked hands at tables with limits no lower than $0.25/$0.50. This needs to be done within 30 days of the referral.
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Poker Time Stability
All Fortune Lounge poker rooms, of which Poker Time is a part, operate on software developed by Prima Poker, a subsidiary of Microgaming Systems, an established and respected supplier of gaming software.
Independent auditors perform ongoing reviews of all payout percentages and review the card shuffling embedded in the software.
All software is guaranteed virus-free when acquired from our website or CDs.
MictoGaming is a very stable and strong gaming network which shares players and tables among all of their poker sites.
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Poker Time Security
Poker Time is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. This commission subjects all applicants (including the poker room's key staff) to a National Fraud Center background check, and reviews the software and control systems to ensure fairness, accuracy and reliability. All transactions are protected by 128-bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) digital encryption technology, and facilitated by credible electronic cash merchants.
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Poker Time Customer Service
Customer Service at Poker Time is through email and toll free telephone. Email generally takes 24 hours for reply. ITH suggests toll-free telephone for a player's most urgent information. Those emails in the past have been both concise nad easily read, but a lot of marketing materials accompany the emails. Players will find that cashout speeds to NETeller and FirePay [both Non-American accounts] are decent.
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Poker Tracker Compatibility with Poker Time
Poker Time is compatible with Poker Tracker only in regard to their Texas Holdem, Omaha and Stud Cash Games. Tournament hands are incompatible at this time. Should this change in the future, ITH will update this information.
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Ability to Multitable at Poker Time
Player may play on up to ten [10] tables simultaneously at Poker Time.
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Multiple Poker Time Accounts per Household
Only one person, per household may have an account at Poker Time. Players found in violation are subject to having their accounts closed and any assets frozen.
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Poker Time Reload Bonus Frequency
Poker Time, like most MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network site, don't offer many reloads during the tear. Those that do get offered are usually user-specific reloads.
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Poker Time 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.
Poker Time has a large variety of guaranteed tournaments available to their players, and some of these tournaments, especially the Wednesday Madness [aka Mid-week Madness] guaranteed tournaments do not fill up. Therefore, despite the large number of players the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network has, there is a tendency for some tournaments to offer overlays.
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Maximum Amount of Poker Time Bonus
$100
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Bonuses Cleared During Poker Time Tournaments
Players can earn 2.5 Poker Points for every $1.00 in tournament or SnG fees paid. This is equivalent to 25% rakeback.
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Time Allowed to Clear Poker Time Bonus
Players have 30 days from each deposit to clear their initial deposit bonus in its entirety.
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Poker Time 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 Poker Time Deposit
100%
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Are Poker Time Bonuses Stackable?
Bonuses are stackable at Poker Time. Players must clear each bonus in succession.
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Poker Time Bonus to Table or Cleared?
Poker Time bonuses are released in $10 increments every tim eplayers earn 10 Poker Points.
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Can Poker Time Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?
Players can freely chase bonuses on MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network sites, as long as sub-division restrictions do not apply.
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Piscivorous Discretionary Poker Time Bonus Rating
Initially, I wasn't too fond of the idea of Poker Time taking over the poker room operations of Royal Vegas, River Belle and The Gaming Club, two of which I have had accounts with in the past. Looking at it from the bonus chasing perspective, losing three 5x initial deposit bonuses plus reloads couldn't be good for the bonus chaser scene. Initial deposits aside, the reload aspect of these sites were never great in the first place. I managed $165 in two years between my two acquired sites. Granted any bonus can be good, but the bigger sites allow for more bonuses on a yearly basis.
Clearing bonuses at Poker Time is a bit more difficult. Gone are the days where a 5x bonus is the norm. Now players must work harder to clear one. Players will get 36% rakeback in MTTs and SnGs, but even that is below industry standards of 50% rakeback.
The conglomerating however may, in the future, allow Poker Time to offer consistent bonuses and bigger and better promotions than any individual sites could.
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Internet Texas Holdem Free Poker Bonus Gift Offer Items Rating
Poker Time 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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