BugsysClub

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 ////

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!