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Bodog Poker


Bodog Poker


Average user rating  3.58 / 5
US-friendly poker rooms   US Players Welcome!
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Bodog Poker Highlights

  • 110% Initial Deposit Bonus up to $500, 10% can be immediately wagered, Entry to the FTR333 -- Automatic bonus with our links!
  • NUTS: Bodog has a very stylish and unique interface, and positive track record with software updates. You can upload a custom avatar and share an account with a renowned sportsbook.
  • BEATS: Legal issues have dogged Bodog for the last couple of years. The player base does not compare to the largest rooms. Table variety is not the greatest.
  • Accepts US players
  • Mac friendly software


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Network Bodog Poker
Number Of Players 1,135 (Sat, 07 Nov 2009, 10:18am EST)
Multi-Tabling 4
Resizable Tables No
Minimum Deposit $20
Deposit Minimums CLICK2PAY: $20, Maestro: $20, MasterCard: $20, Moneybookers: $20, NETELLER: $20, paysafecard: $20, Visa: $20
Withdrawal Minimums CLICK2PAY: $20, Maestro: $20, Moneybookers: $20, NETELLER: $20, Visa: $20
No-Limit Ring Stakes $.05 - $.10 up to $10 - $20
Limit Ring Stakes $.05 - $.10 up to $30 - $60
Sit & Go Stakes $1 + $.20 up to $220 + $15
Player Points Yes

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On July 13th, 2007 a lawsuit caused the domain name Bodog.com to no longer DNS to the poker/casino/sportsbook mega site. The company immediately launched the temporary address NewBodog.com as an intermediary step, and later moved to BodogLife.com. As of April 2009, the case has been settled and www.Bodog.com now links to the gambling site, just as it did before the lawsuit.

To read the story of Bodog's transitions, read our BodogLife.com page!

Whatever sport is your passion has it covered, from NFL Football to the March Madness of NCAA Basketball and everything in-between. Plus you can enjoy a full Las Vegas style casino experience with over 75 games, easily downloadable at the click of a button. You can also play in Bodog's exciting and growing multi-player poker community. Opened in September 2004, the card room features Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Omaha High Low, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud High Low, and 5 Card Stud.

Of the games offered at Bodog, most people play low stakes No-limit Hold'em ($200nl and below), with more playing full ring as opposed to shorthanded. They also offer heads-up cash tables for both Limit and No Limit Hold'em. Omaha is moderately popular and there are usually 10 or so active tables off-peak. The same can not be said for Stud however and you're lucky to find one or two tables for 7 Card/5 Card.

Sit and Go tournaments at BodogPoker are quite popular and generate just as much traffic as their ring games. There are usually 30-50 running at a time, mostly below $10. There are some running at higher stakes, but most of the action is concentrated towards the lower limits. They offer regular, turbo, super turbo, shorthanded, and Heads-up S&Gs. Strangely, their S&G tables have 10 player seats whereas their full ring cash tables only offer 9. One thing to note is some tournaments have differing payouts and blind structures. For example, their beginner tournaments pay 5 places rather than 3, 30% for 1st down to 10% for 5th. Experienced players would consider these a waste of time since the max you can win is less than 3x your buy-in (including entry fee) but it would reduce your variance a lot, which could be good for a beginner. One negative thing is Sit & Goes do not use their own tournament lobbies, a minor annoyance.

The Bodog Poker Room features daily tournaments with a monthly guaranteed prize pool of more than $1.8 million, as well as a $100,000 guaranteed ($100 + $9 buy-in) tournament each Sunday. Daily guarantees include: $1000 ($2 rebuy), $2000 ($15 + $1 freeze-out), $5000 ($30 + $3 freeze-out), $8,000 ($50 + $5 freeze-out), $10,000 ($100 + $9), and $15,000 ($55 + $5 freeze-out). Bodog Poker also offers guaranteed seats to the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker, including the WSOP Europe. You can also find many freeroll tournaments, including $500 and $1000 daily freerolls. Some of these require points to buy into, but most have no restrictions and can have fields as large as 5000.

While playing at , you will earn ‘Bodog Poker Points.’ These points can be used for a few different things, including earning bonuses and special tournaments. You will earn points for playing a raked hand in cash games (1 point max), 3 points for every $1 in tournament fees, and even points for playing at cash tables! Earning points is explained in detail below in the Bonuses section.

Bodog is a well-established company and brand, dating back to the emergence of the Bodog Sportsbook in 1994. In 1999 the Bodog Casino was born, offering 4 casino-style games, which by 2004 had grown to over 50. And finally, in September 2004 the Bodog Poker Room was introduced. So, even though the Poker Room is relatively new, Bodog have been around for a long time. Bodog's Sportsbook is considered to be an industry leader, with their sports content and expertise translated into mainstream media attention. Major organizations such as ESPN, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, CBS, and VH1 are just a few of the media outlets that have turned to Bodog for betting information and commentary.

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Overall Rating:  Average user rating   3.58 / 5


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Last Updated on 07 November 2009
Poker Room Review bad in-good out by MarkColorado on 29 Oct 2009
Interface:  4/5    Action:  3/5    Fish:  5/5    Bonuses:  2/5    Support:  5/5   
I've been on Bodog to some extent for years. One of the best things about it right now is the one free check a month withdrawal. So, while other sites may be charging as much as $40.00 for a check or some other problem with cashing out, Bodog still has their cash outs fairly simple. The play is fair to spectacular at times, with the later being a sports betting-action-junky gambling at your table I guess. I have made the largest session wins by #Bb in my recent history here at about 150 to 200 Bb gain. One thing that worries me is that some people can probably grab data off of the site into hold em manager using hand grabber, but, I do not. So, I limit my poker play to once a week, more or less, since I'm at a disadvange to players with data up and running. There is a very small Stud and stud8 community too and this is the only site that I have ever played Stud5 at, if that's more than a weird sberation. Support is probably the best in the industry.
Poker Room Review Great for Low Limits and Bonuses by kb coolman on 19 Nov 2008
Interface:  5/5    Action:  4/5    Fish:  4/5    Bonuses:  5/5    Support:  3/5   
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.
Poker Room Review Nice place, but hopes dashed by fishes by Cloud on 17 Dec 2007
Interface:  5/5    Action:  3/5    Fish:  1/5    Bonuses:  3/5    Support:  4/5   
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.
 

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