True Poker Software
True Poker uses 3D graphics for all of their poker tables. The table-felt is table specific and the scenery changes from table name to table name, but can be made as "always green" in the preferences tab. The felts tend to be very easy on the eyes. The player and dealer avatars are in 3D graphics, each replete with voices and mobility at the table. Avatars cannot be turned off, although their voices can be. Player cards are red-backed but they cannot be set to four color mode. Player notes has a TAG feature where players can tag their opponents in a variety of categories [fish, shark, maniac, etc], including making their own categories. The note function, however, does not have an auto-wrap text feature. There is also no player statistics screen for tracking session play.
The main menu software is difficult to navigate only in the sense that mouse scrolling doesn't work, so the up/down slider must be used to scroll between the various tables. True Poker has players seeing the flop percentages as well as hands per hour, two tools which are important for table selection.
The tournament screens allow players to click open tabs to find out all of the pertinent information on each tournament. There is a drawback that the player tournaments don't have a participants status listing in real time.
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True Poker Traffic
Traffic is very low at True Poker averaging only 2-3000 players at any one time, including their play money players. As True Poker is a relatively new site in the online industry, this is to be expected. As their reputation for fair games and nice computer graphics increases, so too should their player base.
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True Poker Games
True Poker offers a variety of table games and tournaments for their players to participate in.
Holdem continues to be the dominant poker game in the industry. True Poker offers Holdem in it's Fixed Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit forms. NL gets most of the cash game attention ranging from NL20 to NL1000, with most of the traffic centering around the lower stakes games. Pot-limit is offered but rarely trafficked. Fixed limit ranges from $0.10/$0.20 to $15/$30, but once again the bulk of the traffic is in the lower stakes games.
Although Omaha is offered in both it's Hi/Lo and High-only variants, there are few if any players. True Poker does not offer other types of poker games like 7-Card Stud or 5-Card Draw.
Multi-table tournaments [MTTs] and Sit and Gos [SnGs] garner a large share of the True Poker players. MTTs and SnGs of varying buy-ins are offered on a daily basis. SnGs come in heads-up, 6-max, single table and two table formats, while MTTs are offered in freerolls, money-added and direct buy-in with amounts ranging from $0.01 to $100.
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True Poker Promotions
True Poker offers ITH members who download and deposit via the links or banners at ITH a 100% up to $200 initial sign-up bonus. There is no bonus code necessary. This is a 10x bonus meaning that players need to participate in 10 raked hand of $1 or more for each $1 in bonus awarded. Partial and proportional credit is earned for raked hand less than $1. For example, if a hand gets raked for $0.50, each player will get credit for 1/2 of a raked hand. Players have 40 days to earn as much bonus as they can.
Refer A Friend
Referring a friend can earn you $50 and your friend $75. Fill out the form provided and once one of your friends opens a real money account he has 60 days to earn his bonus at $5 per 100 raked hands. You will have 30 days to earn $10 per $100 hands. These bonuses are paid in $5 and $10 increments, respectively. Any unearned bonus will expire after the expiration date.
BONUS: Refer 10 Real Money players to True Poker and receive an additional $100 cash into your account.
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Stability
Licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, True Poker is a stable influence in the online gaming market. The True Poker founders are dedicated to a state-of-the-art, safe, secure pokersite. All monetary transactions are handled by TrueCashier Ltd., and are safe and efficient.
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Security
True Poker is owned by TPCR Development SRL of Costa Rica. Their holding company is TrueCashier Ltd., Mallow, County Cork; Republic of Ireland. True Poker is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. True Poker has partnered with David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth of 2+2 Publishing to provide the intelligence behind their anti-collusion and anti-fraud software. All communication between True Poker and it's players is protected by a 128-bit SSL encryption system.
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True Poker Customer Service
True Poker's customer service is available via email, which is very quick and responsive, 24/7 Onsite Host assistance or by telephone 7 days a week from 10AM - 2AM EST. The telephone customer service is not toll-free, so players should understand this prior to making the long distance telephone call. Responses are very knowledgeable and easy to understand, addressing all question that the player asks. Cashouts to NETeller/FirePay take about 1-2 days, which runs at industry standard.
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Poker Tracker Compatibility
True Poker is incompatible with Poker Tracker at this time. Should this condition change, ITH will update this information.
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Ability to Multitable
The maximum amount of tables that can be played concurrently at True Poker is four [4].
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Multiple Accounts per Household
Players are allowed multiple household accounts, but True Poker disallows players identified as same household players from playing on the same tables concurrently. True Poker also reserves the right to request identification when players from the same household wish to open an account.
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Reload Bonus Frequency
True Poker offers between four and six reloads per year ranging form $100 to $200 with percentages usually in the 40-50% reload range.
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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.
True Poker has a few guaranteed tournaments each week, which almost always grant overlays. True Poker also has a weekly $250 added $1 MTT each Wednesday at 6:30 PM EST and a daily "Penny Roll" which is a free tournament with a $0.01 fee, which has a prize pool of $100. These two tournaments are guaranteed overlay tournaments.
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Maximum Amount of Bonus
The maximum amount of the sign-up bonus is $200.
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Bonuses Cleared During Tournaments
Bonuses at True Poker no longer qualify to clear their initial deposit or reload bonuses.
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Time Allowed to Clear Bonus
Players have 40 days to clear bonuses at True Poker. Players who refer-a-friend have 30 days to clear their bonus, while those players being referred have 60.
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Withdrawal Restrictions
There are no withdrawal restrictions for withdrawals prior to bonus completion. ITH, however, suggests waiting 48 hours before withdrawing following deposit.
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Bonus as a %age of Deposit
100% up to $200.
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Are Bonuses Stackable?
Bonuses at True Poker are not stackable and any current bonuses have to be finished prior to a reload bonus becoming available. True Poker does make exceptions due to refer-a-friend bonuses.
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Bonus to Table or Cleared?
Bonuses are released in $10 increments for all first deposit and reload bonuses. Players getting a refer-a-friend bonus will release in $10 increments, while the referred friend will receive their bonus in $5 increments.
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Can Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?
Players are free to chase bonuses on True Poker and any of the other sites sharing their platform. Players who already have a Third Bullet account may need to use an alternate funding method.
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Bullajami Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating
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Piscivorous Discretionary Poker Room Bonus Rating
True Poker's Inital deposit and reload bonus are somewhat attractive to a bonus chaser on the surface. $200 for 2,000 raked hands that release in $10 increments is decent.
However, digging beneath the surface reveals that it may take up to 8,000 raked hands depending on how much rake is taken on those hands that qualify. The 40-day clearance window is a bit short for clearing a bonsu that is thi sdifficult, but th ebonus releases in $10 increments meaning that players can chase as much as they would like. Players should note that traffic severely affects clearing this bonus, as game consistency is an issue as well as the low 10% fee rakeback for tournaments and SnGs.
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Internet Texas Holdem Free Poker Bonus Gift Offer Items Rating
True 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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