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Overall Rating: 2.65

US Players:

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Bugsys Club

Current # of Players (Wed Jul 9 2008, 12 AM):

1,061

Multi-Tabling:

10

Bonus:

150% Initial Deposit Up to $1,000
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Minimum Deposit Amount:

$18

Minimum Deposit Options:

900 Pay (US only): $18, eWallet Xpress (Us and Canada only): $25, NETeller (Not available to US): $25, VISA: $50, MasterCard: $50, Debit Card: $50, Wire Transfer: $250, BankDraft Cashier Check: $500

No Limit Ring Stakes:

$0.02/$0.05 up to $20/$40

Limit Ring Stakes:

$0.10/ $0.20 up to $20/$40

Sit & Go Stakes:

$0.50 + $0.05 up to $100 + $9

Player Points:

Yes

Nuts (Cool):

Very nice initial deposit bonus offer. A decent variety of deposit and cashout methods are offered. Bugsys Club treats the low stakes players pretty well. Bugsys Bonus Points (BBP) are given out quite frequently. Tournaments end pretty quickly. Lots of bounty tournaments are offered. US players are welcome!

Beats (Suck):

Low traffic at BugsysClub. Hold'em games and tourneys are usually only places where players are. The high stakes community will find very little for themselves here. Bonus is a pretty long grind.


Bugsys Club is the real money gaming partner of a trio of poker websites that include a poker portal, PokerPages, and an online poker school, PokerSchoolOnline. Having been opened in February of 2003, Bugsys Club has been opened for several years now and has never really taken off in terms of traffic.

BugsysClub.com has all the common poker games: Hold'em (limit, pot-limit and no-limit), Omaha, Omaha H/L, 7-Stud, 7-Stud H/L. They have small-to-medium sized multi-table Hold'em tourneys (20-100 player tourneys on average) ranging from $1+$0.10 up to $500+$50 buy-ins and 6, 8 and 10-player sit & gos. Quite a few of these are WSOP and WPT satellites. They also have heads-up tournaments. I was pleasantly surprised with their tournament structures. Unlike most other rooms that start you with $800 or $1000 in chips, BugsysClub gives you $1500 to start in the sit & gos and $10,000 in the MTTs. This pace seems more reasonable (and more realistic), and you don't find anyone taking big gambles right from the get-go.

Bugsys Club's money transfer options include NETeller, Debit Card, eWallet Express, 900 Pay, VISA, MasterCard, 900Pay, wire transfer and BankDraft/Cashier Check. Bugsys Club is a Thawke Secure Site.

Bugsys Club.com Poker Room Lobby
Bugsys Club.com Lobby

Bugsys Club Poker Room Sit & Go Table
Bugsys Club.com Holdem Table



The Bugsys Club interface is unremarkable, but it's not entirely ugly -- the chips are pretty, at least. In 's default setting, the table window is huge. One window for a single table will fill an entire 1024x768 screen! Fortunately, there is an option to "Always use small tables" in the settings. This makes the tables a more manageable size, but doing so makes the cards on the board overlap each other, which I found to be annoying.

One thing about the Bugsys Club interface I can rave about is the session statistics. They're the most detailed stats I've seen. Here's the kind of analysis you can view:

Total Hands: # and % won.
Hands Won: # and % at showdown, # uncontested.
Saw Flop: # and % from BB, SB, other positions.
All % actions are analyzed for each round (PF / F / T / R):
Hands Played / Fold / Check / Check Raise / Call / Bet / Raise / Reraise / All-In / Won.
Stats can be reviewed for different events:
All Events / Ring Games / Tournaments / Specific Tables.

And the stats don't reset when you leave Bugsys Club. The next time you log in to Bugsys Club, all info continues to accumulate from previous sessions until you reset it.


's "Number of Players" sample as seen at the top is misleading. Only a small portion of those 1,500 – 2,000 or so players are actually playing real money at Bugsys Club. The others are at PokerPages' play money tables or at the PokerSchool Online tables (learning how to play with more play money, I presume). That's right. This same Bugsys Club interface is also used for the tables of those other two business partners. I don't know anything about those other rooms, but I can tell you that there is simply not much action at Bugsys Club Poker. In the ring games, the few tables that have any players at all often have waiting lists. At the moment, the BugsysClub.com website seems to promote itself more to the tournament players. The Bugsys Club player traffic is evidence of that. There are more players to be found in the tourneys. Even still, getting a tourney started means waiting a while for enough poker players to show up.


At one time, claimed that an 800 number was coming but that doesn’t seem to have materialized. Live help is advertised along with an operator standing by 24/7 to answer any questions that one might have. Luckily, this feature works but the chat window doesn’t seem to appear unless all other Internet windows are closed. When I tried to open the chat box with other windows open, it just froze up the window it was trying to open in.

The e-mail support can be considered pretty reliable as questions sent to support@bugsysclub.com generally yields a quick response. Customer support for Bugsys Club really isn’t too bad for how few people play here.


Since money games are on the same interface as PokerSchool Online, quite a few fish graduate school and want to test their skills on the same software. Quite a few of the ones I found were playing rags, calling aggressive bets with medium pairs, calling down to river with baby pocket pairs, and timid bettors/passives. However, they're not nearly as abundant as other rooms. Likely because there simply aren't many players.

As a matter of fact, since there aren't many tables to find a game, I found myself playing with the same 2 or 3 players nearly every time I sat down to play! And these guys soon figured out that I was a rock and wouldn't give me much action.

The tourneys seem a little tougher. In a $10+1 MTT with 23 players, I placed 5th. The final table was tough. Lots of aggression and check-raising. Most pre-flop all-in showdowns throughout the tourney were with premium hands. Because of the better-than-most tourney structure, it seems that Bugsys does manage to attract more of the avid tourney players.


offers a 150% initial deposit bonus up to $1,000, but earning that bonus is quite an undertaking. In short, you must first collect 100 Bugsys Bonus Points (BPP) for every $10 of bonus money.

Deposit $667 in real money and receive $1,000 in your bonus account. As soon as you earn 100 BBPs then $10 is released automatically from your bonus account to your real money account. You can earn Bugsys Bonus Points in both Ring Games and Tournament play.

You do not need a Promotional Code when registering to receive this initial deposit bonus. Be sure to click through our links and register, you can leave the Promotional Code field blank, and the bonus will be automatically added to your account!

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Overall Rating: 2.65




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 “bugsysclub” by cashout, 29 Mar 2008

Interface:  1/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  1/5   Fish:  1/5   Bonus:  1/5

ive played at 20 to 25 different sites,this is the worst site of all that i have played.



 “Bugsy's Club” by Klynn, 10 Jul 2007

Interface:  3/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  3/5

I have played at Bugsy's Club for over two years and it needs to be acknowledged that there is absolutely nothing random about Bugsy's Club. They used to even admit that they "overcorrected" for the "nonrandom" lack of high cards. In real terms, what this means is that calling with Ace trash off-suit at Bugsy's Club will win much more often than it statistically should. I won't even go into the statistical anomalies regarding completely disconnected straights, unsuited flushes, and the percentage of times dominated hands end up winning. It's genuinely absurd! Avoid this site at all costs!



 “Bugsy Rocks” by TaylorAber, 06 Dec 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  4/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  2/5   Bonus:  3/5

I have been playing at Bugsy Club for almost 2 years now. I started playing in freerolls and have accumulated over $100 in real money without depositing a penny. The main reason I play here is the interface. Simply the best on the net. The buttons are in a logical place, chat and results are easy to read and are viewable in the same window. The main problem with this site tends to be the quality of play. I think the majority of the players with real money in their accounts won it through freerolls and built up a bankroll. Therefore these players tend to have a higher knowledge of the game than most other sites. I play here to gain table experience and have learned a lot from this site. This is the place to play if you are trying to gain experience, but not to win big money.



 “It has it's good points” by AussieGlenn, 19 Oct 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  2/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  1/5

Good: The tournament structure and frequency is fantastic here, I think the best on the net. Live help is excellent, again among the best. Good software and interface. Good hand histories/stats. Bad: Lag! It is terrible. Very hard to fill a sng, even at small stakes. Extremely hard to clear your bonus. Not a place to make money, but very good to play quality tournaments. If they increased their bonuses, they would get more players through bonus whoring, which would eventually increase their customer base enough to get some serious advertising happening. Then they could buy some decent bandwidth to support more users.



 “Awful bonus system...” by NONE, 06 Oct 2005

Interface:  4/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  1/5   Fish:  1/5   Bonus:  1/5

It takes forever to clear the bonus here. You only earn bonus points when the rake reaches its max. This of course does not happen in NL games unless people go all-in. So most of the hands will yield no bonus points. I've played over a thousand hands and I'm not even half-way through clearing a measly $15 bonus. The fish factor is low. You see a few loose players, but they're pretty loose aggressive so unless you want to straight up gamble, this is not the site to make money. The poker room action is awful. I spend most of my time waiting to get in a game. The only redeeming value is that the interface is pretty clean and easy to understand. The tables are attractive and the buttons/chat are in logical spots and unobtrusive. Plus this site offers both Windows and Mac software.



 “Current Bugsy's player” by thirteen, 22 Sep 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  2/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  3/5

The bugsy's interface is very attractive and easy to use. Of the few sites I've tried I think it rates as one of the best. The poker room traffic is low and there are not to many fish. The fish that are here are playing with only a few bucks won at a freeroll or acquired by cashing in bugsy bonus points (BPP). The bonuses are tough to unlock if you play small(micro) stakes because its based on raked hands and the rake only kicks in when the pot reaches a dollar or more. Contrary to what the initial review says, I have received points toward my bonus from playing sit n' go's. The biggest benefit of bugsy's is that is actually has a downloadable Mac client. In fact most of the people playing on the site are mac users. It's pretty much either this or pokerroom if you want to play on your mac and I think bugsys' software is better.



 “Good Interface - Little Action” by dwarfman, 05 Jun 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  2/5   Bonus:  1/5

This was the first site I played at, and I still feel it has the best interface around, if a little big, but that won't matter to those with higher resolution monitors. The only problem is that it is pretty unpopular, and therefore there is very little action. SnGs start up pretty rarely, and there are very few ring games to choose from, usually only about 5 full tables. The freerolls and BBP system is very good though, a great incentive to haul the fish in. Very good support also, the Live Help feature is fantastic, they are always very helpful. Bonuses are very rare though, which I feel could be why this room gets little action.



 “HORRIBLE” by mikey, 08 May 2005

Interface:  1/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  1/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  1/5

In the FIRST DAY at playing on this site i flopped 2 boats..Count em 2 boats!!! Only to get beat both times by a higher boat!!! Odds are somewhere in the hundred thousands...Purely horrible... Will gladly spend my money at Pokerstars!!!



 “play at some other sensible place” by poker;lover, 28 Mar 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  1/5   Bonus:  3/5

PLay your money at some other sensible place ...... here miracle happens for players playomg with crap cards... Disappointed ......sent them few emails to check their shuffling program ...but no replies ////



 “Favorable Bugsys Review” by Vermont, 22 Mar 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  5/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  5/5   Bonus:  3/5

I've been playing at BugSys for a few months now, and have had a real positive experience. Great freeroll games if you're into that sort of thing. I play mainly 10 person sit & gos, which I turn a tidy profit at. Their support has been awesome whenever I've needed to use it (once.) Interfact is excellent.



 “Worst bad beats” by BUGSYS, 04 Mar 2005

Interface:  2/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  2/5   Bonus:  4/5

This is one of the site where you will see worst bad beats. I lost major major pot ....with four of a kind 2 times at this site.....Please use your money at a sensible place ...



 “Good Action - Bad Beats” by munchpug, 07 Feb 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  5/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  1/5   Bonus:  2/5

I'm disheartened because Bugsys has the best interface out of all software I've used and there's never a shortage of games. The BBP bonus points are a plus, but they are hard to accumulate a worthwile amount and they attract many fish. It could be all the fish, but bad beats come hard and often (Qs against Ks, Ks against As, As beat by straight/flush draws on the river) and many people question the randomness of the cards. It's an attractive poker room, but the play is so all over the place it's hard to keep a bankroll.



 “Bugsy's Club Freerolls” by indianacanada, 21 Jan 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  2/5   Bonus:  4/5

The best thing about Bugsy's is the freerolls. You can earn bonus points which can be turned into cash if you collect enough. The freerolls are sometimes easy, depending on the time of day. You can even play ring games with your bonus points to try and earn more. The interface is good with good stats and opponent comment space. The ring games do tend to be tough and the player base is low. There seems to be above average action and frequent bad beats some nights. Live 24/7 support is great, live help in a chat box can be accessed easily. But its the freerolls that keep me playing here.



 “Bugsy's Dud” by Xianti, 12 Jan 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  1/5

Great place if you like tourneys and don't mind waiting... and waiting for a game to start. There really isn't much action at Bugsys -- definitely not for the ring gamers. And the bonus system is ridiculous. Don't even bother bonus whoring here.



 “BugsysClub” by ChezJ, 11 Jan 2005

Interface:  4/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  2/5   Bonus:  1/5

I agree with ttanaka, the bonuses are IMPOSSIBLE to clear. It's taking me weeks to unlock a measly $10. It does not help that there are almost no fixed limit HE ring games, just NL and tourneys tourneys tourneys. I did try one tourney and easily took 2nd so the players aren't that great. The multitable freerolls are pretty fun, but otherwise this is not where you want to be if you like low limit HE. I will say, the interface is pleasant, and it runs on Macs, which is probably the only reason I'm there. But again, the deposit bonuses are unlockable, and the BugsysBonusClub point system is similarly meaningless.



 “Bugsys Club Review” by ttanaka, 11 Jan 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  2/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  2/5

Pretty weak overall. Ring action is poor and bonus is very difficult to earn. I guess the redeeming feature is the decent tournament action - this is where you can take the lunch money from the students of PokerSchoolOnline and PokerPages!

 



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