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Absolute.com at a Glance
Overall Rating:
3.317
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US Players: |
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Network: |
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Absolute Poker |
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Current # of Players (Tue Apr 1 2008, 05 PM): |
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17,101 |
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Multi-Tabling: |
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10+ |
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Bonus:
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100% Initial Deposit Up to $500, Plus Entry to the FTR200. - Use Bonus Referral Code: AP500
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Minimum Deposit Amount: |
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$20 |
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Minimum Deposit Options: |
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Click2Pay: $20, ePassporte: $20, Moneybookers: $20, Neteller: $20, BankWire: $50, Delta: $50, Maestro: $50, MasterCard: $50, Solo: $50, Switch: $50, Visa: $50 |
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No Limit Ring Stakes: |
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$.05 - $.10 up to $15 - $30 |
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Limit Ring Stakes: |
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$.02 - $.04 up to $150 - $300 |
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Sit & Go Stakes: |
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$.50 + $.10 up to $5000 + $100 |
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Player Points: |
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Yes |
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Nuts (Cool): |
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Accepts US players! Just recently upgraded their software to include many new features: multiple table views, better graphics, resizeable tables, faster card dealing, and more. Very nice bonus and constantly offers reloads. Very popular room. |
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Beats (Suck): |
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Recently added bad beat jackpots to tables which drastically increases the amount of rake paid (especially for lower limits.) Weekly tournaments smaller than other big named rooms. |
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Absolute Poker.com Review
is a part of its own network, Absolute Poker. This is one of the networks that still allows US customers to play. Absolute has a few other larger rooms that share traffic with it, like VegasPoker247.
Absolute Poker is the host of an average of over 18,000 players daily, and offers a variety of games for ring and tournament play: limit, no-limit, and pot-limit Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, and the rapidly growing Razz. Most of the players are logged in to play low-mid stakes no-limit Hold’em, which has a lot more traffic since the addition of the bad beat jackpot (more on this below). There aren’t many high stakes games usually played at Absolute, but they have an occasional 10/20 table running. There also is usually quite a few Omaha/Stud tables being played as well, mostly low stakes.
The sit & go traffic at Absolute Poker is much like their ring traffic. There are plenty of games being played, most of them in the low-mid buyin range ($10 - $40). They offer all games listed above, but good luck getting anything but Hold’em to run. The most popular games are their regular 9 player Hold’em, with 6 max being a close second. You can also find heads up, all the way up to $5000. Strangely, Absolute doesn’t seem to offer any turbo sngs, they are all just regular 10 minute blinds.
Absolute Poker isn’t really known for their multi-table tournaments, but they are still growing. They offer many daily guaranteed tournaments, and their weekend specials total $220k guaranteed. Some of their more popular MTTs are the $100,000 Pro Bounty every Wednesday, which have bountys on Absolute pro players (buyin is quite large however, $1000 + $50) and anything from their $1000 guaranteed $1 rebuy, to their $17k guaranteed $30 rebuy. Their weekly tournaments are also growing, and they just recently raised the prize pool to a $150,000 on Saturday ($500 + $30) and $70,000 Sunday ($150 + $12). Most sites usually have their largest tournament on a Sunday, which can be good for the weekend players.
While playing for real money tournaments at Absolute Poker, you will earn points for their Absolute Rewards Program. They award points a bit differently than most sites, by pot size and not by rake. For example, “For every 40¢ in the final pot, 0.1 reward points are awarded and distributed among those players that have contributed to the pot. The distribution of points to players is based on their percentage contributions to the pot.” They also award .1 points for every 40¢ in tournament buyins, not including rake. Currently you can use these points for special tournaments or to purchase items in their store. They offer poker books, clothing, and some electronics.
Check out our guidelines about the sign up process at AbsolutePoker.com.
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Absolute Poker.com Software Interface/Usability
I had not spent much time playing at in the past; this is mainly because of their software and interface. I never liked the layout or lobby, just wasn’t good to my eyes. However, just very recently Absolute released Absolute Poker 8.0, which was a major software upgrade. I have since tried playing and am very impressed with the changes.
The lobby is very well organized in tabs with filters for most types of buyins or games. You will find many options at the top, cashier at the bottom right, along with the bad beat jackpot display. Under the tourney tab, joining a tournament opens a new lobby for that specific tournament. You might think this is standard, but until recently Absolute did not have this feature for sit and gos (I found it highly annoying).
The tables are vastly improved in the new software release. You can chose between three different views instead of just the standard top overview. While you’re sitting at a table, you will notice a lot of new features you can adjust. The most popular and best is the ability to resize tables. With multi-tabling being such a large part of online poker, the demand for the big rooms to offer this is a must. This is a great addition and really enhances your play. (And on that note they increased the number of tables you can play at once to over 10). Some other new features are preferred seating, and improved HH function; which can be displayed instantly and also saved to your computer.
The old features that are still unique to Absolute are definitely worth mentioning. They offer hotkeys to bet, raise, fold, etc; which is a neat feature most sites do not offer. They also offer that dang rabbit cam which can drive you crazy (rabbit cam shows you what the turn or river card would have been when you fold.) The custom avatars at the tables are also still a nice touch.
The graphics look a lot crisper and play feels smoother. They changed the way cards are dealt, and play is much faster now. There is no longer waiting 5-6 seconds before every gets their cards. They also now offer a one click sort arrangement for your tables. You can tile or cascade tables easily on your monitor. They also improved that pesky scroll bet, and you can now use your mouse wheel to higher or lower it.
One other recent addition is the bad beat jackpot tables. There are mixed emotions about this, but most people do not like them. The reason is because it greatly increases the amount of rake you pay, up to $.50 more per hand. There has been a lot of discussion and estimation, and it has been shown to have a huge impact on your winrate. Also, almost 95% of tables offered are bad beat format from $.25 - $.50 up to $3 - $6, so avoiding them is near impossible. On the flipside, it is a huge fish attractor. The fish love the idea of being able to win a mass amount of money on a bad beat, and do not worry about rake one bit. And who can blame them? It’s hard to ignore such a large jackpot (which as of August 25, 2007 stands at $570,000+!), which they claim is the largest jackpot offered anywhere.
Overall made some great recent upgrades so if in the past you stayed away, give it another shot.
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AbsolutePoker.com Poker Room Action
has always hovered around being a medium-large room, but since has started continuously growing. It would definitely be placed in the top 5 most popular and well known rooms today, and can get as many as 25,000 players connected during peak hours. Of these players, most are in the $50 - $200 category, with high stakes pretty much deserted. This site is very well populated for mid-stakes Hold’em. Of course most of this has to do with the new upgrades and bad beat jackpots, and with plans to keep upgrading their software I would not think they would be slowing down at all.
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Absolute Poker.com Customer and Technical Support
If there is one thing Absolute can improve, it is their support. In my experience, I’ve always faced very long response times on all my e-mails, even if they include just easy questions. I had sent them a few e-mails with questions on their new software, and some even went unanswered! The ones that did receive a reply took over 48 hours. This is just much too long with how far online poker has come today. Currently the only offer e-mail as a mean of communication, and would be nice to see a live chat or phone number in the future:
Support@absolutepoker.com
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Absolute Poker's Ease of Game, Ease of Making Money, Fish Rating
The pond has just been filled at . I already mentioned some things about the bad beat jackpot above, but if there is one good thing it is doing, it’s attracting fish. Not only is it attracting fish, but it is making fish play worse, and there is no better combination. The reason this is, is because they are more willing to play more speculative hands in order to maybe hit that huge jackpot. I don’t really know the odds of actually hitting this (very rare) and personally only know of 2 people hitting it in my experience, but if it gives you a chance to win a huge amount of money and bring it bad players, it might not be that bad.
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Absolute Poker Referral/Promotional Code and Bonuses
offers a 100% first time deposit bonus up to $500. In order to get this, make sure you sign up through the links on this page and use bonus code AP500 when depositing. Earning this bonus is now easier than before, and it use to be a long grind. However, from the Absolute website:
NEW - BONUS STRUCTURE CHANGE! EARN REAL MONEY FASTER!
For each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.50) you play and reach the flop you will receive 1 point. You will also receive 1 point for each $1 of tournament buy-in fee. At 20 points, $5 will be transferred from your Pending Bonus account to your cash account. Money in your pending account will expire 60 days from the time it was awarded unless it has been transferred to your real money account by meeting the hands played requirements. You can view your point total and bonus amounts at the Cashier. You will continue to earn points until you have received 100% of your bonus money. This offer is only valid for new users who have not previously made a deposit. You are only allowed one active real money account. If more than one real money account is detected you risk both player accounts being blacklisted from ever playing at Absolute Poker again.
In the past it was 100 raked hands for $10, so this should make it clear over twice as fast!
Absolute also always offers reload bonuses to its loyal players. These vary from time to time, but it is one of the best sites for giving out free money. Always check the Absolute Poker website for details on reloads.
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Absolute.com User Reviews
Overall Rating:
3.317
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 “First time at Absolute” by cardsman1992, 04 Nov 2006 |
Interface:  Action:  Support: Fish: Bonus:  |
I signed up with Absolute to get the
$750 bonus, plus take advantage of a
rakeback offer. It was also one of the
rooms that will accept US customers
after the UIGEA was signed. Absolute
doesn't seem to get quite as much
traffic as Stars does now. Playing $100
FR, there are only 5 or 6 tables running
at any time. There is usually a good
selection of 6 max tables, though. I
play mostly FR, but having to play 6 max
has been a good addition for me. The
players are a mix of rocks and fish, and
it seems slightly looser than the Ongame
network, where I played most of my
poker. The bonus clears at one point
per hand raked at .50 or more, so at
$100 it clears reasonably fast. I
understand the reloads are plentiful and
you get rakeback while clearing bonuses.
Support was prompt in response to my
email, so I was pleased there as well.
I think the software is much faster than
Ongame as well. The only trouble I had
with it was figuring out how to stay on
the waiting list once I sat at a table,
but I have that squared away now too. If
there were more traffic here, I would
consider playing here more once my bonus
clears. As is, the best incentive to
play here is the rakeback. |
| “FAR from my favorite” by larryflew, 22 Apr 2006 |
Interface:  Action: Support: Fish: Bonus:  |
All of my remarks are as they purtain to
single tqable tourneys or sit and goes
as that is primarily what I play.
Summary - will not go back if and when
my initial deposit runs out. So far
Doylesroom and Ultimate bet are the ones
I like the best overall.
the good: site has disconnect
protection, stats are easy to see and
use, intant replay of last hand, use
your own picture of anything as an
avatar.
The bad: No player profiles or
information, bet slider is a PITA as you
have to backspace over it to place bet,
No $ labels once you are at the singlt
table tourney tables-for those playing 2
tables that can be a pain in the behind
not knowing which is a $10 table and
which is a $1. Play feels slow and
bulky, tables are dark and cards are
small, tables are way to "busy" do not
need to see drink tables extra chairs
etc, if disconnected and you reconnect
you have to find the table you were on
as the site does not take you to it,
chat is a pain to use, does not show
your folded cards, no blind timers so
you have no idea how much time is left
before they go up, low stakes STT have
HIGH rakes like 40 cents on $2 table -
double what most sites are. NEVER clear
their bonus structure, charge a fee
withdraw by check, |
| “Take A LOOK” by CorkyHoldem, 28 Feb 2006 |
Interface: Action: Support: Fish: Bonus: |
Absolute Poker is the BEST, well maybe
not the best but close to it.
If you havent been there recently DO IT,
they have made lots of software upgrades
and the player base is GROWING, The guys
at AP really are sweet
To start off, Support is amazing-Dont
know what the guy below me is whining
about, support is very helpful and WILL
get your problems solved, also AP has
their own forum where the PRM Richard is
really cool and makes sure you get taken
care of if you have problems.
AP listens, The guys at the forum all
give ideas on improvements to the sites
and they actually have done almost
everything that we have asked them to do
to change the site.
Small and Friendly, you will know all of
the regulars by the first week of play
(including me stop in some time and say
hi) plus there is still plenty of
players to get games going (15,000
during the peak nowadays)
Check out AP it really is a blast |
| “Good overall, but...” by metaxy6, 13 Jan 2006 |
Interface: Action: Support: Fish: Bonus: |
AP is a decent site. I've been playing
there awhile - I even recognize most of
the players in the screenshot!!
The interface is nice, functions are
good, the games are good enough at peak
times.
The new bonus req.s make clearing bonus
there more than moderatley difficult.
But there's reloads every single
weekend. If you want to play with
bonuses, then plan for the weekend
reloads. If your BR is tied up on other
sites, or you just don't have $ readily
available in Neteller, you've got to
withdraw your AP money by Thursday to
get it and re-deposit during re-loads.
You get a lot of player (ARP) points
that you can use to enter tourneys, but
the tourneys have pretty measly payouts.
Better off saving them and using them
for fewer bigger tourneys.
One thing that really bugs me is the
ring game lobby. This is not user
friendly at all, as the tables are not
organized by stakes and they are
constantly shifting as they refresh.
So, you might be looking down the list
and find a game w/55% flop rate that you
want to check out. Then BAM, it's gone
because everything just shifted and now
you've got to hunt it down all over
again. If you like to be careful about
selecting your game, this might start to
drive you nuts.
In case this is a concern for anyone -
I'll just add that I've never had any
problem with a payout - they're not the
very fastest, but you'll have it in
48-72 hours every time. Also, the
bonuses clear automatically in $10
increments - no emailing support to
claim the bonus or any of that stuff. |
| “Absolute...” by JJDylan, 08 Mar 2005 |
Interface: Action: Support: Fish: Bonus: |
Interface - I really like absolutes
software/interface, it looks nice and
works great, ive never had any issues
with dissconects or anything of that
nature, and the player avatars make it
really easy to remember people youve
played before.
Action - One of the downsides of
Absolute is that there are a limited
number of tables, but ive never had to
wait more than 5 minutes to get into the
game i wanted, so it isnt a big deal for
me.
Ease of Game - the players at absolute
are TIGHT. even the .5/1 games i was
playing were super tight, but upon
further inspection, they play very
tight/passive so just crank up the
agression and there is plenty of money
to be made.
Bonus - I signed up and got 35% on my
initial bonus, and it wasnt hard at all
to clear, plus the cashier window lets
you know exactly how far you have to go
to clear the next part of your bonus
(they release $10 for every 100 raked
hands of .25) Overall ive had a great
experience at Absolute, and the tight
games are actually a nice change of pace
from the loose party games ive become
used to. |
| “Absolute Poker Review” by ttanaka, 07 Jan 2005 |
Interface: Action: Support: Fish: Bonus: |
Hey guys, I kinda like this site. I
played in the NL ring games over there,
and I was surprised how soft the games
were. It's not maniac-style,
super-loose and throwing money away, but
more like a tight passive game. At
first I thought the game might be tough,
since everyone was playing pretty tight,
not seeing too many flops. But then I
noticed they would fold to most bets.
And they would fold to re-raises.
Obviously, this is when you turn up the
aggression a notch and win every hand
you play. It was a nice, easy game,
IMHO, and I think I'll play at Absolute
for a while longer. Especially cuz that
bonus is so large and will take a while
to earn. Definitely worth checking out,
though, at least if you're interested
in the no limit ring game. |
| “The bonus is the thing...” by koolmoe, 04 Oct 2004 |
Interface: Action: Support: Fish: Bonus: |
Interface:
The interface is not too bad. The
animation and sound is not
objectionable, and the chat feature is
easy to use. I like that player
comments appear beside their avatars in
a ballon (sort of like comic strips), so
you don't have to follow a box with
action and chat intermingled. The
standard auto-play buttons are there,
and you can set an option for the tables
to pop up when action is required. I
really like that the lobby shows the %
pf players seeing the flop for each
table. I prefer this stat to average
pot size for table selection. That
said, there usually aren't a whole lot
of options for different tables for a
given limit.
There are some things that I don't
like.
First, there is no option to not show
uncalled hands automatically. This
means whenever you win an uncontested
pot, you have to click a button or wait
to not show your hand. This causes
unecessary delays.
Second, I don't like that the login
screen has no option to remember just
your login name. It either remembers
your login name AND password or
neither.
Third, I don't like the combination
slider-bar and text-edit box used on the
no-limit table. On almost every other
site, the text in the text box comes up
selected so that you may type in (and
automatically replace) the initial
amount that appears in the box. The
slider is hard to use to get a specific
amount, and typing takes time since you
typically have to backspace and type
rather than just type.
Finally, when a player takes action, the
avatar changes to the word (Call, Raise,
etc.). At least one player (and perhaps
more than one) who plays regularly on
the site uses "Raise" as his avatar,
presumably to angle shoot and get others
to fold their hands. If you multitable,
this avatar can be confusing.
Action:
At first I wasn't really happy with the
site because there were not always low
limit games available. Through time, I
found that if I am willing to vary my
play (some limit, some no-limit), it's
pretty easy to find a good game.
I particularly like that the NL tables
have relatively high max buy-ins
compared to other sites.
Technical/Customer Support:
I have never used this.
Ease of Game:
Absolute falls somewhere in the middle
in terms of players seeing the flop at
the lower limits. Typically, 3-4
players will see the flop at the $1/$2
to $3/$6 games. I find that a lot of
the players are reasonably tight and
pretty easy to read.
Bonus:
I signed up with Absolute specifically
to collect the 35% bonus - up to $210.
What is particularly good about this
bonus is that you collect it in $10
increments. If you fail to play the
required number of hands before the
bonus expires, you still collect a
portion of the bonus, unlike other sites
that are all-or-nothing. Lately
Absolute has been offering a lot of 15%
reload bonuses, which is rare compared
to most sites.
Absolute also offers Absolute Points
that you can use to buy into freerolls
and WSOP subqualifiers. |
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