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True Poker Bonus Code
No Bonus Code Required, Automatic via Link.
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TruePoker.com at a Glance
Overall Rating:
3.418
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How do I get my rake back? |
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Simply clicking through any FTR link. True Poker has an affiliates web page where you can view people's stats that you have signed up, and you can also see your own stats on this same web page. TruePoker will deposit any rakeback you earn into your account automatically. |
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How much of my rake do I get?
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27% |
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Do I still get a sign up bonus along with rakeback? |
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Yes, you will receive a 100% up to $200. |
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Other Benefts:
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Players get 27% plus 5% of players rake that you sing up to the rake back program. This site is great for people that have small monitors like me, I have a 17" LCD, that has a max resolution of 1280 x 1024 and when closing the chat windows on the tables, I fit 4 tables no over lap on my screen. |
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US Players: |
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Software Download Info: |
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True Poker Download |
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Network: |
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TruePoker |
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Current # of Players (Thu Sep 13 2007, 07 PM): |
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2,700 |
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Multi-Tabling: |
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4 |
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Bonus:
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100% Deposit bonus up to $200, Rakeback
No Bonus Code Required, Automatic via Link.
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No Limit Ring Stakes: |
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$.10 - $.20 up to $5 - $10 |
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Limit Ring Stakes: |
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$.10 - $.20 up to $15 - $30 |
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Sit & Go Stakes: |
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$1 + $.25 up to $100 + $7 |
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Player Points: |
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Yes |
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Nuts (Cool): |
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4 tabling is possible on a 1280 x 1024 resolution monitor with no overlap. Accepts US players! You can receive Rakeback and Bonuses through FTR at True Poker. Innovative 3D software at tables and unique lobby setup. One of the easiest bonuses to earn on the net. |
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Beats (Suck): |
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3D software looks nice but can be kind of choppy (although they have improved drastically on this over the years). MTT schedule is very small and the max players for any tournament is 400. Traffic is completely deserted unless playing at peak hours (evenings during ET). Hand history files for True Poker are not compatible with Poker Tracker. |
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| TruePoker.net Review
TruePoker.net is a freeplay website that offers ring, tournaments, and many freerolls to its hundreds of players. They offer the standard Hold'em, Omaha, and Stud, however almost 95% of the players are playing no-limit hold'em. I also didn't see any sit & go or multi-table tournaments being offered while I was connected, but they offer special trips and promotions from time to time. For example, TruePoker.net recently sent a lucky person to Summerslam and gave them spending money/accommodations. Check their website for up to date promotions and freerolls!
Join TruePoker here and check out the free games!
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True Poker Rakeback Review
True Poker offers 27% plus 5% for players you sing up to the program. I don't know many better deals available! Customer service for the rakeback program is swift and a response is given to any questions you have in a reasonable amount of time. Payments are made smoothly into your account no matter how much you have made that month it will be deposited to your account, also a plus (given that some places you have to make over $50 that month for them to make payments).
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True Poker.com Review
is a unique website, mainly because of its software. It has its advantages and disadvantages (more below) but for the most part is pretty fun to play. True Poker is completely 3D and was one of the first sites to use this online. There are quite a few sites now that try to attract people with this now, but True Poker was one of the first. When they launched they decided to go as their own standalone network, and because of this growth was pretty slow. However, they now have a pretty decent player base during peak hours and still accept US players from all locations. Their software has also improved dramatically over time, along with much needed additions (when they launched they didn't even offer tournaments!)
At True Poker, you will find no-limit, pot-limit, and limit hold'em ranging from $.10 - $.20 up to $15 - $30. They also offer Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo but good luck getting a game running. 95% of the players are playing hold'em, and most no-limit. However, if you're looking to get a game going in the morning/afternoon during ET you're better off playing elsewhere. I saw on average 4 active tables during these times, but the number can grow to about 40+ in the evenings. Still would be nice to have tables running 24/7 like other larger sites.
Sit & Go and Multi-Table Tournaments definitely aren't True Poker's strong point. Their SnG's range from $1 + $.25 up to $100 + $7, and their micro stakes rake is insanely high at 25% where as their high staked games are slightly lower than the average at 7%. They offer 10 player, 6 max, and heads up; also games such as winner take all and turbos (just make sure you notice a game is winner take all before you register!) If you like playing SnGs, just plainly stay away. Traffic is very very slim, and mainly around the $10 - $20, and rarely higher than that. MTTs are better than when they initially launched but that isn't saying much since they didn't even have a MTT schedule! They offer various tournaments throughout the day, which buy-ins ranging from $3 + $.5 up to $50 + $5. This is very small compared to other online poker rooms and their largest tournament is their weekly $6,000 guaranteed with a $55 buy-in every Sunday. Another bad thing about their MTTs is they aren't even really MTTs! Most tournaments have a max capacity of only 100 players, and their largest tournaments have a max of 400 players. Some other poker rooms have sit and god that are larger than that!
Deposit Options: Fortunately True Poker offers there players a nice
verity of deposit methods. Here is the list of the options: Neteller,
FirePay, Prepaid ATM, Credit Card, Use My Bank, Bank Draft, and My
Citadel. True Poker limits deposits to $600 pure day $1800 pure week.
Installation Guidelines: All Rakeback is controlled though links and
cookies. So be sure to clear your cookies before following the link
for rakeback. The link is at the bottom of this page as a banner. Once
you have followed the link it will take you to true pokers home page.
Download the software, the link to the download on a circle at the top
right of the page and says Download Now. It's easy to over look the
link and click on a different link. If you accidentally click on a
different link please use the rakeback link again to get back to the
site before downloading, once you leave the home page you will no
longer be tracked by FTR. You must go straight to download after
following the rakeback link. Once you have downloaded the site you
must register a screen name and register your real information to make
a real money deposit. If you have done the steps correctly after
registering you personal information you should receive an e-mail from
True Poker telling you about you rakeback and where to view your
stats.
TruePoker Poker Lobby (Click for Full Size)
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TruePoker Poker Texas Hold'em Table
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True Poker.com Software Interface/Usability
As mentioned earlier,
's software is unique as it offers a complete 3D environment. If you're use to other online poker rooms, switching over to True Poker can be pretty challenging. As you can see from the screen shots, its table layout is kind of awkward and there is no way to change the view. It is always looking at it from the side in your point of view. You can choose between some built in avatars, which basically serve no point as they aren't animated and have their names and chip stacks plastered right over them. Some preferences couldn't be adjusted and I'm not sure why, I tried to enable 4 color deck but it wouldn't let me. You also can not change the deck style, table layout, background or resize tables. However, if you have a smaller monitor you should be able to 4 table without a problem as they are smaller than the standard for most rooms.
The lobby is quite a mess at first glance, but you can get use to it. Instead of having the games built in, it instead has its own tab attached to the lobby (same with the chat window). You can then select which game you want to play based on the tabs. I found a few annoyances with this, for one when you select a tab you can't just scroll through with the mouse wheel; you have to actually use the scroll bar (minor yet frustrating). Also, when you left click on a table, it acts as a right click. Not sure why it does this. Also tournaments don't have their own lobby, you can only left click and select properties to find out some information on it. Some of the stuff listed here even says "see website for details" but doesn't even provide a link.
While playing, you need a decent machine. One tabling isn't very rough, but once you start 4 tabling you will use a lot of ram and cpu. If you have an older computer, I wouldn't even bother at True Poker. The resources used will make it choppy and freeze up for a few seconds. It never crashed for me while playing, but then again I have a decent up to date computer, but did experience some minor glitching. The audio is highly annoying and I bet will be one of the first things you disable, at least the dealer voice! There isn't a low quality version to adjust to if your computer can't handle it, so be warned!
The 3D aspect can be kind of fun, but to be honest it is very hard to 4 table with this. It is hard to keep track of the action, even though they add features like players "glow" when it is on them. However, I prefer the standard 2D flat tables you find at most rooms today. Some other poker rooms today (suck as PKR) have 3D tables but run much better software, making it easier to play. The 3D can attract more fish who just want to have fun, but since it is hard to play more tables not sure how much this makes up for it.
You also can NOT save hand histories onto your computer, you need to request them manually. This is highly annoying and should be standard for all rooms today. These files are also not compatible with Poker Tracker, so using HUDs or PT to track your progress is out of the question.
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TruePoker.com Poker Room Action
Action at the low levels I have experienced is great. At the 1/2 LHE game I think almost too good, it gets to the point where you have absolutely no add befit from the fish tat your table the more there is the more you get to gamble. As I moved up to 2/4 I didn't see much improvement at all in the players from the 1/2 game. When I was in 3/6 I found a gold mine of a table.
Overall Truepoker.com has ok action, it's still a bit of a small site but I
think it has plenty of potential. A few questions I asked my self were
as follows:
How quickly do the Sit and Gos fill up? Unfortunately, I think it
depends on the time of day that you plan to play the SnGs, at 1am EST
there are few SnGs running and they are all 10+1. Given the size of
the site SnGs would fill up slower then stars or party by I'd say
around 2 to 5x depending.
Number of full NL tables throughout the day? Given the site is small,
the action during the day is slim you'd have to be willing to play
many levels what ever game is running basically during the day. Action
is a bit dry during the day. Make sure you play during evenings to get the most action, which isn't much. You're luck to have 1500 players connected at any one time.
Number of full Limit tables throughout the day? Limit tables are very
hard to find full ones running during the day. If you do find one it
is probably a bit on the rocky side, however there are a couple
horrible players that play during the day. The games here during the
day are like party less people and bit tighter.
Is there action outside of Hold'em? They only offer Omaha H/L and
Omaha. Both of these don't have as many tables running as holdem does.
For some reason True Poker decided not to offer 7cs/ 7cs H/L or 5cd.
The Omaha HI doesn't have action at all and if it did I think it would
be like one table of PL25… However, you might find other games running
but it's unlikely. The Omaha H/L at least has 2 tables of PL25 going
currently, so I think you can find more action here than just Omaha
HI. However I wouldn't depend on Omaha games running, be prepared to
play holdem.
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True Poker.com Customer and Technical Support
Outside of rakeback, I haven't had any experience with the True Poker Customer or Technical support because I never need to. That says a lot, if I don't have to complain to costumer service or Technical support about something then it rates decently high in my books, less I have to mess with them the better in my opinion. I have talked to the rakeback technical support and they were extremely helpful and responded relatively quickly given it was a weekend. I e-mailed them and got a response back quickly on a Monday. You can also call a Host at anytime at the tables or lobby, which is helpful. E-mails are usually answered fairly quickly:
E-mail: support@truepoker.com
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TruePoker's Ease of Game, Ease of Making Money, Fish Rating
It is easy to make money with the players I saw at 1/2 to 3/6 but variance is high. If you can play for the long run then your pay offs can be huge. The average player here plays poorly to absolutely horrible. There are some sharks but the way I saw these tables they stuck out like a sore thumb! The whole 3D software does attract more fish, so you will find some very odd plays throughout all limits. I was railing their highest stake game offer, $5 - $10 nl, and was considering taking a shot because the players were so bad! If you are a good player you should be able to just crush the tables here. My Fish rating on a 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the best, is a 4.
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TruePoker.com Bonuses and Promotions
Besides the rakeback offered (described above), offers a 100% to $200 initial deposit bonus! Unfortunately I have yet to see them do any reloads. However with 27% of your rake and 5% of players you sign up to rakeback programs rake you can well make up for reloads. If you sign up 10 players you are getting a combined 50% rakeback PLUS your own 27% for a total of 77% rakeback(50% from friends and 27% of your own)! This is quite the deal, so get your friends going too!
The bonus is one of the best in terms of how it is earned. Simply play real money cash tables and you will earn $10 of the bonus for every 100 raked hands you play. So in just 2000 raked hands, you will earn an extra $200; plus any rakeback during this period! This can be earned in just a few days, depending on the stakes and how many tables you play. The action isn't as great on other sites, but you have 40 days to earn it which is plenty of time.
Click here to join !
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Why FTR Recommends THIS Rakeback Program
FTR has done a great deal of research on the subject of
rakeback programs. We have seen other sites offer it and then take it away,
this is one reason we have been very careful with this type of
project. Even if FTR comes crashing down next week, you will still get your rake
back every month.
We also did not want to get involved in a shady rakeback program that is prohibited by the poker room.
For example, Party Poker DOES NOT ALLOW RAKEBACKS, whether on their site or one of their "skins". These skins
include Party Poker, Empire Poker, PokerNow, Eurobet, and Intertops Poker. None of these poker rooms
can offer their players any rake back.
We don't want to offer something only to take it back:
We have also learned from an inside source that IGM
will be auditing all other Party skins. Their goal is
to completely eliminate the possibility of anyone
offering or receiving rake back on Party and/or Party
skins. This will likely occur very shortly and
without any notice...
Instead of developing a program on our own as a third party, we have
been working directly with True Poker to setup a comprehensive rakeback program.
The beauty of this partnership is that our players get
the rakebacks directly from True Poker, there is no need to rely on
FlopTurnRiver.com as a third party to make calculations.
Players have logins to a console on a TruePoker server where they
can check stats and see how much rake they have generated.
You also can ADD to your rakeback amount! This is a great opportunity for you to get 5% of the rakes from people who sign up under you!
TruePoker Rakeback Structure
27% to player
5% to player's children
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TruePoker.com Rakeback Letter
True Poker sends out a welcome letter similar to the one below when players sign-up through the links on this page.
Hello [Poker Player],
Welcome to the Multi-Level affiliate marketing program on True Poker. You
now have a chance to earn back 27% of the rake* you contribute to the site.
You also will have a chance TO EARN 5% of the rake* from people you sign up.
To check the stats on your personal rakeback (rake that you earn from
playing on True Poker) simply go to this link.
[Link Provided]
[Login Details are discussed here]
You can check your stats for the current month. Previous months are
available on the left hand side.
Date - is the date (server time) that you played the hands.
Play Hands - is the play money hands you played.
Real Hands - is the real money hands you played
Raked Hands - is the raked hands you played.
Rake - is the rake share attributed to your playing those hands.
Promos - is promotional money directly attributed to your account at
TruePoker.
Tour. - is the entry fees you paid to enter into tournaments.
Net - is the net rake that you paid that day (used in your calculation for
commission)
Comm. - the commission that you are due for that day's play.
You will be paid your commission via your True Poker account on the 1st and
15th of every month (please allow 24 hours for processing your commission).
You also are entitled to 5% of the rake from the new players** you sign up.
To sign up a player, simply send a player an email with this link:
[Link Provided]
The player clicks on the link and downloads the True Poker software and
opens an account they will also receive 27% of their rake* back and you will
receive 5% of their rake* as well.
You can login to check the stats of your players by going to this link.
[Link Provided]
[Login Details are here]
Click on where it says websource, there you will see FTR-Poker Player, you
can then narrow the scope of your search with the date. If you select the
radio button "DATE" you will see all your users play buy date for the time
in question. If you select the radio button "Source" you will see all your
players play over the time you selected by the individual player.
*the net rake back is first measured by the rake attributed to a player
signed up under this program, for each raked hand dealt in, plus the entry
fees only of the tournaments that they play. Promotional expenses then are
deducted to determine the net rake.
**Only players new to TruePoker may participate in this program.
Click here to join
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TruePoker.com User Reviews
Overall Rating:
3.418
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“True Poker Rakeback Review” by PokerFanatic, 12 Oct 2005
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