Tower Gaming.com Overview
is part of the OnGame network and is one of the more popular choices among their skins. This is because of the extremely generous deposit bonuses and very good player points bonuses (which end up being better than the rakeback) they offer. Unfortunately, the OnGame network does not allow US players and Tower Gaming is no exception. OnGame is based in Gibraltar and TowerGaming has a Class 2 Maltese Gaming License. So you can rest assured that your money is as safe there as it is at any other reputable online poker room.
Payment options are sufficient for the non-US player, who will be familiar with NETELLER, Click2Pay, Webmoney and Moneybookers. The ePassporte is not supported, but this is understandable considering that ePassporte is mainly a US payment processor.
hosts a variety of games that will keep the online poker player satisfied. They offer Texas Hold'em (Fixed, Pot, and No-limit), Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, and 5 Card Draw. They have Limit, Pot-limit, and No-limit cash games as well as tournaments and Sit & Goes based on those various betting structures.
Tower offers a variety of very nice tournaments. Right now they have freerolls starting hourly. These only offer a pot of $15 or $20 but not many players enter them, so a skilled player could win a few in one day! All-in-all, they give away $37,000 per month in freerolls. They also have popular Turbos starting at $1+$.20 and high-stakes tournament events going up to $1,000+$40 - all with players registering.
Their Sit & Gos are equally well done. They have a nice feature where you can choose between Full Table, Shorthanded, Heads Up, Qualifiers, and Specials. Popular Turbos start with a buy-in of $1+$.20 and go all the way up to $30 + $3. Thanks to the very nice Sit & Go variations, there loads of tournaments running at any one time. Even off peak there are over 1000 people spread out over the various SNGs.
Players are rewarded with Player Points. These can be used in exchange for tickets into tournaments and, even better, for cash bonuses. The more points you accumulate, the higher you climb in Tower's VIP Club and the better the bonus you can exchange. Player points are calculated based on the amount of rake taken. The rate of conversion is 0.1 points for $0.10 of rake contributed by the table. The rake is deal-calculated, which means that the rake is split evenly among everyone who put money into the pot.
For example, if $1 was raked from a hand involving 4 players, then they would all receive 1 point, even though on average they all contributed $0.25 each. The maximum amount of rake that can be taken from a hand is $3, so the maximum amount of player points you can get from a single hand is 3. The points round down, so if the pot was raked $0.19, you will get 0.1 points and not 0.2. For tournaments, 5 points are awarded per $1 in tournament fees and they are received at the end of the tournament. As with most casinos, this system gives you more reward for greater risk. In a larger hand that gets a $3 rake you receive 3 points. Whereas this could take 20 or 30 hands in the small stakes.
Climbing the VIP ladder isn't the only thing you can do with accumulated points. Tower also gives out $90,000 per month in point races. Plus, challenges that were once exclusive to higher VIP levels are now open to anyone. Those challenges include the daily High Hand Challenge, the daily Players Points Challenge, and the monthly $5,000 Hand Challenge.
Another exciting change at Tower is the increased frequency of the ever-popular Tower Hours. They now take place each week. Tower deems their Tower Hour "the most profitable hour in online poker!" They run a selection of promotions and the schedule for the upcoming week can be seen on the Tower Poker website. For example, there is a Flush promotion which gives you the chance to win 5, 50, or 100 times the big blind if you catch an Ace-High, Straight, or Royal flush.
TowerPoker Software Interface/Usability
The first thing you'll notice about the software is its looks. They have obviously spent a large amount of time coming up with a client that is easy on the eye. It also seems pretty functional, with table lists and betting buttons working as you'd expect. One issue was the software's reaction time. When you're cycling through lists or trying to sort tables the program can be a little slow to respond.
If you need to top-up your stack at TowerPoker, it's a pretty simple process to reload. There is a button on the bottom left of the table view which you can click to bring up the reloading menu. Unfortunately you have to sit out to perform this process, so there's the possibility that you might miss a few hands. Also, if your account is empty and you need to redeposit, then you'll need to leave the table and enter the Cashier.
Tower's software is arranged quite nicely. With their note taking system, you can assign different colors to different opponents. The "auto post" and "wait for BB" options are tucked away in the usual place at the bottom right of the table view. You also have the option to resize tables to any size you like, which assists in multi-tabling if you have a small monitor.
Another cool feature is that they have a lightweight client written in Java which allows people to instantly play any time where the full software program isn't installed. And since it is written in Java, you can play on a Mac or Linux box.
Tower Gaming.com Poker Room Action
Being part of the OnGame network, the action is very good for Limit and No-limit Hold'em games up to the mid-stakes. The high-stakes games do not run very often. There are plenty of Omaha games up to the $1 - $2 level but very few games to be found above that. This is probably due do the fact that does not accept US players, which limits its player base.
Tower Poker's Ease of Game, Ease of Making Money, Fish Rating
The players at are, on average, very poor compared to a lot of other sites. Despite Tower Poker’s clean and (frankly) beautiful graphics, they will never be able to compensate for the lack of US Players. The big sites that still accept US customers are likely to attract most of the quality players.
Tower Gaming.com Bonus Codes and Promotions
By signing up through FTR, you will be given access to an exclusive bonus of 200% up to $700. It is important that you use the links on this page when signing up because this bonus is for FTR members only!
$700 Exclusive FTR Bonus:
200% of your initial deposit, up to $700 free
Released in $25 installments – 33 Days to clear
Clears at 8 Player Points per $1
This bonus offer also includes: Access to over $37,000 in weekly & monthly Freerolls and access to the exclusive Players Club Rewards Programme!
In order to take advantage of this bonus, create your account and then visit the ‘Make a Deposit’ section at TowerGaming. You should choose the selection of FTRTOWER for 200% up to $700! (see above screen shot) If you do not see this on the list, make sure you select ‘Other’ and then type in the TowerGaming Bonus Code FTRTOWER in the box. This will ensure you are receiving the max $700 bonus!
Tower Gaming has a very nice Monthly Hand challenge as well. The top 20 players on the site who play the most raked hands at $.25-$.50 or above will split $5,000 amongst each other. Another Great Deal! Tower Poker has a lot of other bonuses such as Daily Player Points Challenge, Tower of Freerolls, Quads Bonuses, Tower Hours, and a nice RAF (Refer a Friend) bonus. Be sure to check all these out and much more!
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Tower Gaming.com Customer and Technical Support
The support experience with was a mixed one. On the one hand they have an interesting email setup where you do not have to look for their email address. You simply hit the support button in the Lobby and it takes you directly to a message box that you just send through their website. They respond later to the email address you provide. Unfortunately, we sent them a lot of questions and quite a long time later they had not responded. Some sites pride themselves on very prompt responses, others do not. This room is an “other.”
While they claim to have a Live Support option the button was disabled, thus leaving only the email option. We did not notice a list of support telephone numbers in any obvious place either.
Although their Live Chat is non-functional and their email slow to respond, they do have the right idea when it comes to FAQs. TowerGaming provides one of the most comprehensive and well laid out FAQs we have ever seen on a poker site. You'll likely find that most of your problems can be solved without needing to use the email or live chat.
E-mail: support@towergaming.com
tower by mrickett on 23 Apr 2009
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