Bodog Poker

I have accounts on Bodog, Poker Stars, and Full Tilt. For Ring, I play almost exclusively on Bodog. Interface - Is better than any other poker room, IMO. The tables are laid out well, and the spotlight action is the best. And this might seems like a small thing, but the sounds are very crisp. By comparison, Stars sounds like a bad recording and is very annoying. The only real drawback is that you can only play 4 tables at once. Still, perfect for me. Action - Very nice. It's not hard getting a decent sized pot. Customer Support - No problems whatsoever. Fish - There are pleny around, you just have to wait them out. Bonus - This is where Bodog really shines. You get 110% on your initial deposit, 10% of which is immediately available for play. They also have an awesome up to 100% reload bonus going on now. Basically, every 30 days you can reload, and you have 30 days to earn enough poker points qualify for the bonus. You qualify for $1 in bonus for every 10 points, so $10/100. If you deposit $50 per month, you only need to accumulate 500 points in the next 30 days to get the full bonus. Even at micro stakes ($10NL and $25NL), this is very easy to do. And to top it all off, you can conver points to cash once you reach 500. 100 points = $1. So, you deposit $50, you earn 500 point and get your $50 reload bonus, then convert your 500 points to $5 cash. That's 110% bonus EVERY MONTH. This simply cannot be beat. I have a large balance at Bodog, but I deposit $50 every 30 days anyway.

I joined Bodog with high hopes and thought that Bodog did show some promise through all its features. With the Sportsbook, Casino, and Poker Room, I thought Bodog would be one of the better sites I would play on, just for entertainment value. After playing there a while, my hopes and the promise that Bodog showed would be dashed away slowly at practically every corner. The pluses to this site are that it is very beginner friendly. There are 2 $500 and 1 $1000 guarantee freeroll every day, which is a major lure for players to play on their site. Another big thing is their variation of SnG tables, which I haven't seen on any other poker site I've played at. Bodog offers many heads up sit and go's, tourny token SnG's, your typical 1-table top 3 bubble structure, and even a 1-table top 5 bubble structure at the low limits. Some things that they could improve on would be the amount of promotions they have. They do have some nice promos for your frequent player points, but the only things you can really enter with them are a 30 point $500 guarantee, 100 point players choice tourny, and a 100k satellite qualifier. Also, a nice touch is you can cash in your points for cash. (at 100 points per $1) However, it no where near compares to the amount of promos some top poker sites, such as Full Tilt, offer. The downside to Bodog is the lack of player base and the tables are mega fishtanks. The amount of players per flop at the low to mid limit tables is usually somewhere around 50%, which is just horrible. When I'd play a table, virtually every single time a flush draw/straight draw comes up, you can't get 90% of these players to fold, no matter how much you bet. Though the site boasts a big sportsbook and casino, it turns out you only can use your money in specific sections of Bodog. For example, if you put money into Poker, you only can use it for Poker, you can't use it in the casino or sportsbook. I assume it's the same for anything else for the site. So, I was relegated to using my earnings only for Poker, when I registered for the site thinking I could spend my account money in every section of Bodog. Overall, sleek site with nice freerolls, but the donks really ruined this site for me.

Updated the Bodog review on September 9, 2007.

Updating this review since it has come to our attention that Bodog.com is down! There is some legal dispute about ownership of the domain name!! Apparently, they've moved everything to NewBodog.com - but this situation is very strange and I would be concerned joining this room and playing at this moment...

This is truly the best site I have played on so far. from my initial $20 deposit which I used to test the site, I have cashed out over 2K and still have $500 in the account. Someone said on a review here that KK against AA is "almost impossible", I would challenge him to play live a few times just to see how often that happens. Some of the bad beat stories I have read on here are laugable and are not bad beats at all. If you go in on a 60/40 andyou lose, that is NOT A BAD BEAT. Even going up agaist a 75/25 is not. I dont consider anything less than a 10% chance on the river a bad beat (1 or 2 outer). In the long run if you go up against a flush chaser, you will WIN more than you lose. A lot of the time people hold Aces and try to slow roll them, get caught and then complain that they got "bodogged" - that is not the site being rigged, its the fact that they didnt raise the person who beat them out of the pot. This is also a good site for begginers, as they have begginer SNG's for building up your roll (top 5 spots pay as opposed to 3). Only problem I had was my first check took 5 weeks, but thats fine, they explained why and didnt palm me off with a lame excuse. They have to use a 3rd party, or they wouldnt be able to offer their services to US players.

I have played on BODOG for about two years. I have made numerous cashouts through this site. Everything was great until I cashed out 84 days ago. They told me I was to recieve my check within 10 business days, as normal, but that date came and went. I contacted them and they said their third party processor is currently experiencing payout delays. They said they will keep me up to date on the status of my check. Of course, they don't, and I have to contact them regarding this situation. The problem is they don't provide me with any information. All that is said is the third party processor is restricted by the number of checks they can process. They said they have no contact with the processor, so they can't give me any information??!!?? What? They keep giving me the run-a-round regarding my funds. I would DEFINITELY NOT put any money into this site. Has anyone else had these problems? Any ideas of what actions I could take?

I like the way their bonus works, 10% immediately funded into your account to be wagered with!!! You can't immediately withdraw it, but it does become part of your bankroll. Awesome. I'd expect the network to be picking up more players too since they are one of the few US friendly poker rooms. Not to mention the 2006 WSOP Champion is a Bodog guy - Jamie Gold. I've noticed more players online. Software kinda sucks once in a while, it's crashed on me a couple of times. Worth checking out but not sure it's the best room out there...

Bodog offers some loose games but has not nearly enough fixed limit tables. Sometimes not even 1 at the limit you want to play, not even at small stakes. No limit traffic is much better (10+ tables). I've had some problems with not answering my emails. I would play pretty often at this site, but theres is just not enough limit traffic and I am a limit player.

Kinda sucks, IMHO. I've run into some issues with this latest update, so software has room for improvement. I would expect there to be several updates to the software coming soon. But the players and tables are fun, it is pretty fishy and worth checking out. I like having many online poker accounts (although I don't leave money in all of them) but it's convenient when someone is holding a good freeroll or offers a good reload bonus!

I started playing at Bodog a few weeks ago and have liked what i've seen. The interface is slick and has alot of nice features(like picture in picture for multi-tabling) but some people have experienced frequent client crashes. This is common with newly developed software but frustrating nonetheless. The $100 upfront bonus i received was nice and was easily worked off within a week playing 25nl tables. My bonus didn't appear in my account when i first signed up so I called customer support. The guy who answered was helpful and on top of things and I had my bonus within 5 minutes of being on the phone, so i'd so the customer support is pretty good. Cashouts are easy and I had mine processed and in my Firepay account in less than an hour. Hard to beat that. The competition is hard to describe, but i will say that it's fairly easy to make money here. Players for the most part aren't bad and have at least a fair knowledge of the game but they like to GAMBLE. Don't be surprised if you flop a set or some strong hand and raise large/go all in to stop draws and have 3-5 people call. This leads to some big payoffs and also to some ridiculous bad beats. In the end though, if you're putting the money in at the right times you'll come out way ahead here.

Interface is nice. There does seem to be a lot of bad beats but maybe its because of the loose play. I'm still playing there, but it is frustrating when your A,K looses to A rag.I don't know why,but you have to log out and then back in to see your acct updated after a winning or loosing session. Out of 10 I give this place a 7. Like I stated, bad beats and all-I still play there .

I have been playing Bodog for a month now and after only a $100 deposit I now have almost $900. The players are total fish here. I havent tried to withdraw yet and I do not know how well that will go. Tournys have huge shortfalls which makes them a great bargain.

I signed up through pokersourceonline and got a 100% bonus. Wow that sounds great. But, like the review mentions, they make this balance available immediately. The money is removed from your 'bonus account' and deposited in your 'eCash account'. This does not mean you've earned the bonus. I tried to withdraw my initial deposit, they reclaimed the bonus and returned the remainder. The only warning they provide requires you to log-in to their web-site within 48 of placing your withdraw request. Near the top in 10pt font is says '1 new message'. This message was a warning, since I did not read this message I forfeited my bonus. That is their policy.

definetly my favorite poker site right now, and for several reasons. 1. compition is easiest i've ever seen, even easier than the partyskins. 2. Lots of tournament action, and the bonus can be cleared via tournaments. the best thing is the guaranteed tournaments, because there is always a huge shortfall. you're basically getting $20 payouts for a $10 price. I recently played a $7 $2500, it wasn't a very big field and was able to take home $400 for 2nd place. they also have 1-on-1 SNGs which I like, which I think are only offered at stars and UB, and those are also nice. layout is sleek, customer service is good. people complain about a lot of suckouts here, which I have noticed, but I honestly think it is because so many people get their money in with the worst hand that is happens more often. my only complaint is the lack of traffic. If you want to play anything else besides hold 'em, this is not the site for you.

I PLAY AT BODOG ALL THE TIME... I SPEND MY TIME PLAYING THERE AND FULL TILT AND I HAVE GOT TO SAY THAT BODOG GIVES ME MORE OF A CHALLENGE THAN ALL THE OTHER SITES I HAVE TRIED. THE POKER BASE IS EXCELLENT.... IT DOESN'T LAG LIKE MOST OF THE SITES IVE DOWNLOADED. AS FOR BAD BEATS, I'VE EXPERIENCED SO MANY, BUT IT DRAMATICALLY DECRESED AFTER PLAYING FOR AWHILE. EACH SITE HAS DIFFERENT THINGS, BODOG JUST HELPS YOU BECOME A BETTER PLAYER! AFTER PLAYING AT BODOG I INCREASED MY BANKROLL BY 32%!

I play at BODOG all the time. I share my time between BODOG, PP and Fulltilt. the amount of bad beats I have taken and continue to take on BODOG is incredible. Some times it seems almost mathematically impossible. I had a run where 4 out of 10 times I held kings some body else held aces. That is almost impossible. Outside of that the reload Bonus is great and the players are the worst I have seen anywhere. The customer support team is excellent. Be prepared to fill out a lot of paper work when cashing out. So as I say I like the site but the Bad beats are staggering.

Bodog is a legitimate poker site, but still lacking in players and traffic. They are growing but does not offer the action and player base that I prefer. I like to shop tables and multi-table so Bodog isn't the best room for me. Everything else is pretty good, I'll try back in a few months.

My first night I won over $120 at .50/1 tables, and a lot of it was from poorly executed plays by players who bet a lot of middle pairs hard or when they are two or three pair strengths back from what is showing on the board. No need for fancy lures here boys. Just straight up poker will win you some cash and fatten up that bankroll. Bodog is CASHTASTIC!

If you like action, this is the site for you. However, the number of bad beats and cold deck situations is amazing so if you want anything like poker reality, avoid the site. Very low probability situations happen every few hands. I have played several other sites, including Party, and nothing compares to Bodog in that regard. I have played bodog for 2-3 months because I like the reload bonuses and I haven't noticed any correlation between cashouts and bad luck and I think that ould be almost impossible to program anyway. The sort of good news is that the draws out affect everyone equally but the sheer number of them means that chasers do not do as badly as on other sites. What makes me most suspicious is that they will not allow downloading of hand histories in the same way as other sites so there is no way to analyse a large number of hands as you can as on Party, PokerStars, etc. Although I have made reasonable money from Bodog, its because I have adopted a defensive style that assumes major draw outs and bad beats happen a lot more often than normal. I try to avoid the inevitable drawouts, or at least lessen their impact, and make more money when I hit one of the regular monster hands. When I clear my current bonus though I am going to change sites as the situation has reached ridiculous proportions in recent weeks. I find myself typing 'amazing' at least ten times per day and that is only for hands in which I am involved. As I said at the start, if your interest in poker is fun and action and you aren't too bothered about making lots of money, this site will be fine. Those with tilty tendencies stay away for the good of your health

doesn't get much better than this...You actually get REAL CARDS..not software generated hands to make the site more money

Ok, first of all, IT'S NOT RIGGED! Their interface looked kinda ugly at first, but I got use to it, the pre-action action buttons were g00t too. Past midnight it does take awhile for SNG and ring games to fill up. Their MTTs have HUGE overlays (10k guranteed for $8.50...), but unfortunately I could not make a final table :(. Their techincal/customer support was superb, and I appreciated the fact it was not outsourced, hell, there was humour present in my emails from customer service. Bodog is a total fish pond, I soundly beat the 50NL ring game and SNGs (5, 10, 20, and 30). Bodog offered me a 100% deposit bonus up to $100 because I had opened an account nearly 6 months ago and had not deposited, after clearing that I deposited to take full advantage of the 20% reload bonus. I found the bonuses relatively easy to clear. You receive your bonus money immediately, but must accumulate 3 Bodog points for every bonus dollar to cash out. Here is Bodog's link regarding the collection of Bodog points (which can redeemed to enter special tournaments) http://bodog.com/poker/poker-points.jsp

I've been playing Bodog for a while and I'm happy with everything except for the actual cards. The deposit/withdrawl system is great, Sit 'n Go's are cheap, game pace is fast and the interface is nice. Those are the pros. Now on to the cons. When you win a game, you money doesn't show up immediately in your account. Sometimes you have have to log out then log back in to see your new amount. Here's the big con: the cards. I have never; and I mean never seen so many hands made on the river. Every poker site has it's quirks, but this is absoutely rediculous. Bodog claims to use the most updated randmizing software, but their claim is pure bogus. Beware when playing this site, because unless your holding a royal flush, no good hand is safe. I know I sound like someone on tilt who just took a couple bad beats. However, I've experience this since day one and have been on the winning side of bad beats almost as much as the losing side. Bottom line: it shouldn't be like this. It takes the skill out of the game and rewards players who call anything on low percentage hands. My advice...play Bodog at your own risk.

I played at PokerRoom for play money for a couple of months. When I went to the hassle of trying to deposit, I encountered problems and gave up. A buddy recommended Bodog. The deposit/withdrawal system is the easiest that I've ever seen. You can transfer directly to and from your checking account (with a lag of a couple of days) without having to go through NetTeller or other pay systems. Also, the software is extremely sleek. The avatars are very helpful. The design isn't tacky like a lot of other sites. And, the action is fast. I tried PartyPoker recently...and I was extremely annoyed by how sluggish and tacky everything was. Some people have complained of getting "Bodogged"...but I have a feeling that these are people that can't handle bad beats. It's a part of poker...and with more hands online, you'll see more odd hands. I've made quite a bit of money playing on the site, so I don't quite understand where these people are coming from. The only complaint that I have is that there's not quite the variety of games that a lot of the other sites offer. The NLHE usually has at least a few active tables at each level, but some of the LimitHE/Omaha/Stud levels can be pretty uninhabited.

After regularly playing NL hold'em on BoDog for about 3 months i have to say it seems a little off. Never have i seen such drastic waves of good then bad runs. You will be up $100 one day with some rediculous hands. Flush after straight, pocket pairs and sets on the flop. Then the next day it seems like u loose that $100 with shitty cards and river bullshit. Its fun though. I am now a poker addict but im probally gonna change sites.

BoDog gives you their BONUS INSTANTLY (10%), and they are the ONLY poker room that has a full-fledged sportsbook with it, since its actually an excellend sportsbook with a newer but very good poker room. Action is plenty at all levels, with both SNG (Sit-n-Go) and Single Table Tourney, and Scheduled Tourneys. It is linked officially to both WSOP and WPT, with tourneys that can get you seats at each! Plenty of fish at all levels, and I have done quite well myself. Freerolls EVERYDAY, that do not require a deposit nor require any kind of special points, they are FREErolls with real cash payouts. Bonus is great and instant, plenty of fish, and the site is safe and enjoyable.

Interface/Usability: very easy to use and software is lightning fast. Action: spotty but there is always a game to jump in. .25/.50 NL and .50/1 NL games are always running. Support: some of the best in the business. very fast. Games/Fish: When Bodog opened its poker room I was one of the first to deposit. Low limit games were scary. Fish everywhere and you just didn't know what the other player had until the cards were turned up. I made 3K in less than a month. Those days are now over. They are loose but not as insane as it was at opening day. Higher limits are tight like UB or Stars. SNG and multi table tourneys are VERY VERY tight. Bonus: at first they were easy to clear but now it is quite tough. Not worth playing for a bonus now. I am a BoDog regular and I play at least three times a week for about an hour. I always do two tables. Play has tightened and I do not win as much money. But I still show a profit here. I play 2/4 NL most of the time.

The Bodog Interface looks pretty good. The avatars are a nice touch(they can be hidden if you do not like them). The Action is weak at the time of this writing. The technical support is good. I called the 888 number and received prompt, professional help. The game was tough for me. It could have been just a short term thing but it seemed like there were not as many fish as I had hoped there would be. The bonus was immediate for me. I saw the 10% bonus immediately after making the deposit. I know 10% is not that much but having the money show up right away without having to play x number of raked hands was a nice change.