WalkerPoker.com Overview
is a member of Merge Gaming, one of the top 20 poker networks, so it receives a fair amount of traffic. Plus, as a member of Merge Gaming, they do indeed allow U.S. players!
Walker Poker has a range of stakes from $.02 all the way up to $1040, so every type of player should be able to find something. They have a wonderful array of games to wet your appetite, featuring the ever popular Texas Hold’em (Limit, No-limit, and Pot-limit), Omaha (Limit, Pot-limit, and Hi/Lo), and Stud (7 card, 7 card Hi/Lo, Razz, and 5 card). Less popular games in the “Draw & Other” category include 5 Card Draw, Triple Draw, and Badugi. During the afternoon (EST) the average number of players connected is around 1500. About 99% of them are playing Hold’em. Walker Poker puts a lot of focus in the micro/low stakes tables to make sure you have a limit suitable for your bankroll. We even saw one micro stakes Omaha table running. Most of the players on the site stick to $100nl or lower.
Sit & Go tournaments at Walker Poker have decent traffic with about a quarter of the game listings running at any time (the others are either finished or registering). Finding an S & G game for a small bankroll might pose a problem since these don’t have micro-stakes. The lowest buy-in is at $2.20 and they go up to $1040. Furthermore, depending on the time of day you might have trouble finding people to play with. Nearly half the tables in the room are restricted and there are rarely any tournaments higher than $20 running at all.
Satellite tournaments at Walker Poker look a little disappointing. The entries range between $5.50 and $11. They boast huge numbers of potential players but only offer a few games and as of this review all said “Announced” or “Finished.” Despite having capacities of up to 2000 players, they generally range from 12-70.
Scheduled tournaments have the most traffic by far, with entries ranging from $.06 to $109. With the addition of more guaranteed and freeroll tournaments their base is starting to grow. You will find a fair number of $50 freeroll tournaments (free entry with a $50 prize pool).
Freeroll tournaments at at the time of this writing included:
$50,000 (once a month – entry requires 5000 comp points accumulated in a month);
$10,000 (every Sunday except the last - requires 2500 comp points in 7 days);
$2,000 (every Sunday - requires 1000 comp points in 3 days);
$1,000 (Mon. thru Fri. - requires 1000 comp points in 3 days);
$500 (daily with valid coupon after making initial deposit, must use within seven days);
$50 (every two hours - open to all).
A player earns comp points by playing eligible tournaments and real money ring games. These points can then be used to track eligibility for sign-up bonuses, reload bonuses, and freeroll tournament coupons. Also, they provide eligibility for exclusive offers and a VIP Players club. Earning comp points is relatively simple. They have a long table explaining it all on their website under “Promotions” but essentially the way it breaks down is this: the highest hands in $25/$50 in No-limit Hold’em give you 10 points per hand and this trickles down to 5 points for $1/$2 hands to a low of 1 to 3 points for micro-stakes depending on various conditions. Unfortunately, accumulating these points does not result in a change in status such as VIP levels.
For the time being the player base is a bit on the smaller side due to the fact that the Merge Gaming Network is just over a year old. It will likely attract more players over time. One current gripe, however, is their extremely limited tournament schedule. Hopefully it will increase but if it doesn’t Walker Poker will have a lot of trouble attracting players that prefer tourney contests. Their biggest weekly tournament at the moment is only $20k guaranteed.
Walker Poker's Software Interface/Usability
utilizes the tab system to navigate their poker room, much like many other popular sites. The data change is fluid, with no lag between the tabs while navigating the poker room. It is extremely effective and there is little or no confusion when searching for the games that you want to play.
Walker Poker provides one of the most important features for many a cash game player - the ability to manually resize the tables. You can scale the tables you play to your preferred size without limitation. However, one problem with running multiple games is that after about four tables the software begins to lag a bit. To help alleviate this Walker Poker offers the ability to lower the graphics resolution to increase performance but this sometimes doesn’t fix the problem.
Walker Poker gives some other good options when it comes to multi-tabling. If having multiple windows in front of you is too much clutter, then you can tab your tables within one window. While this may not be the popular choice for many players, it might be right for you.
The tables you will find at Walker Poker range from 9-max full ring, 6-max shorthanded, and heads-up games in Limit, Pot-limit, and No-limit. The tables have player avatars built into the interface as the default but these can be turned off. In the lobby you can select other options through the “Settings” tab including custom window style and Auto-Mucking. The game play options are available at the table. The layout may seem crammed at first but with a maximized window it looked really clear. The software did not appear to have any skins control, so it is either unavailable or inconveniently located. You can create contacts with specific avatars like “Shark” and “Fish” so that you can avoid them or find them. The tempo of play seems about average.
Yet another cool feature on Walker Poker is the ability to show one card after a hand, which can really mess with an opponent’s head. Walker Poker is also one of the few poker rooms that lets you rabbit hunt (which lets you see what cards would have come if the hand doesn’t go to the river).
Hand histories are not instantly available at the table. If you want to review them, they have to be requested from the lobby. However, you will find that this HH section is very detailed, right down to showing the chats. As no transfer option was found, it seems as though you will have to copy the screen in order to save the information on your computer.
Walker Poker.com Poker Room Action
With the Merge Gaming Network having only just celebrated it first birthday, the action isn’t huge yet. Merge Gaming is near the bottom of the known networks in their player base but they will likely grow in time. As for now, however, there are issues with the action on . Their cash games seem fine, not extremely populated but getting there. However, their tournaments are still very thin at this point with the highest weekly guarantee being only $20k, not enough to satisfy tournament players carrying a larger bankroll.
With an average 2500 users connected one would think there would be some nice action at Walker Poker but there simply is not. While their lobby said 2200 players were connected, there were just over 20 ring tables of Hold’em active. Most of these were $50 and below, with no one on the $50/$100 tables. If you like playing stakes lower than $.5 - $1 you will always be able to find a game for your level. However, if you enjoy the higher stakes look elsewhere.
Walker Poker's Ease of Game, Ease of Making Money, Fish Rating
is filled with loose games, to say the least. Even upwards of $2/$4 No-limit it’s not surprising at all to see an ‘average players to the flop %’ of 40% plus, a reliable indicator of fish present. Despite the fact that the games aren’t always full and the bigger limits aren’t always running, there’s a great deal of money to be made.
Walker Poker.com Bonus Coupon Codes and Promotions
See our Walker Poker Bonus page for details on clearing your bonus.
offers a robust first time deposit bonus which is much larger than most rooms today. Moreover, exclusive to FTR, this bonus is even BETTER! By clicking on the links on this page to sign up, you will receive a 100% bonus up to $1000 bonus on your first deposit! Make sure you remember to use the Walker Poker bonus code FTR1000 when creating your account!
Your bonus goes into a pending account that is released 10 dollars at a time for every 5000 ‘Comp Points’ you earn. Comp Points are Walker Poker’s form of player points. There is a rule that goes with it, however. You cannot withdraw while you still have some of your bonus pending, or you will lose the additional bonus amount remaining at the time. Besides that, when you make your initial deposit you gain an entry to any $1000 freeroll you want to join (one time only) and you gain entry to a $500 New Depositor freeroll (valid for two weeks). Walker Poker goes out of their way to ensure you have a great chance of building up your bankroll. And remember, this $1000 bonus is in addition to the 30% rakeback you will be receiving. So not only will you be collecting the bonus dollars, you will also be getting 30% of your rake back!
Not a new member? Walker Poker offers a 50% redeposit bonus, up to $200!
Walker Poker also offers monthly freerolls to those who attain a certain amount of Comp Points: $1,000 freerolls to those who gained 1000 comp points or more within 72 hours of the freeroll; $2000 freerolls for those who gained 1000 comp points or more within 72 hours of the freeroll; $10,000 freerolls for those who gained 2500 comp points or more within 159 hours of the freeroll; and lastly a $50,000 monthly freeroll for those who have gained 5,000 comp points or more in that calendar month.
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Walker Poker Rakeback Review
and FTR have setup quite the deal for its members. By signing up through FTR, you will receive 30% rakeback and a 100% up to $1000 deposit bonus! Just one or the other would be an awesome bonus, but you get BOTH through FlopTurnRiver! You have to be registering a new account only at WalkerPoker. People who already have an account are not eligible. In order to receive the deposit bonus with the rakeback, make sure you use the WalkerPoker Coupon Code FTR1000!
Walker Poker Rakeback Calculations
Tournament Rake Calculations:
Unfortunately, no rakeback is given for any tournament fees. Rakeback is only available by playing cash games.
Ring Game Rake Calculations:
Rakeback is based on contribution to the pot. Once a player contributed to the pot, he participated in the rake and gets rakeback based on the amount.
WalkerPoker.com Customer and Technical Support
offers various ways for you to get in touch with them for anything you need. If you go onto their website you can send a message for Walker Poker support or general info. Or you can send an e-mail to one of these two e-mail addresses:
support@walkerpoker.com
contact@walkerpoker.com
And if that’s not sufficient you can even call them: +1-(309) 418-2909
Ranking by givememyleg on 25 Jul 2008
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