Bet365 Poker Software

The bet365 online poker room is powered by the Playtech software used by all of the rooms on the iPoker Network.  Players generally regard the Playtech software as reliable, quick and secure – all good things when it comes to an online poker room. While the Playtech software runs the cash games and the tournaments at bet365 Poker, there are a few unique features online poker players can only find at bet365.  First is bet365’s PokerPal, an impressive set of tools designed to improve your game at the tables (and the growth of your bankroll along with it).  You’ll get an odds calculator.  You’ll get hand strength indicators.  You’ll get detailed information about just how bad that river card was for you – or how bad it was for your opponent.  All of this (and more) comes with PokerPal, which is a free program offered to all players at the bet365 poker room. Another exclusive offering from bet365 Poker: Premium tables, which are special poker tables that can only be seen by bet365 customers.  You can’t access the Premium Tables from any other skin on the iPoker Network, only bet365.  That makes the tables very soft – and, what’s more, bet365 regularly runs special promotions based around Premium Table play. As of the writing of this review, bet365 did lack proper Mac-compatible or mobile options for their poker room (although both are available for the other products in the bet365 lineup, including casino, sports betting and bingo.

Bet365 Poker Promotions

Bet365 offers a VIP scheme that may lack the catchy name (it’s just called the “VIP scheme”) and branding of some other player programs, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t substantial rewards waiting for players who work to maximize the value from the bet365 rewards program.  The VIP scheme at bet365 is tiered, broken into four separate thresholds.  It’s a pretty straightforward program – status is determined every month by the previous month’s play, and there are no weird multipliers or complicating elements.  Depending on your status in the program and how much you play, you could earn up to 50% rakeback from the bet365 VIP scheme. Players who are new to bet365 Poker can take advantage of a welcome bonus that is very competitive for an iPoker room: A 200% bonus on your initial deposit with a bonus ceiling of $1000.  The bonus clears at a rate somewhere around 15%, which is a bit lower than you might find elsewhere, but we believe that rate is offset by the VIP rewards players earn as they clear the bonus.

Bet365 Poker Deposit and Withdrawal Methods

You’ll have a tough time finding an online poker site with a wider set of deposit and payout choices.  Bet365 accommodates players who wish to deposit using debit and credit cards, Skrill, PayPal and over a dozen more.  Bet365 also boasts some of the absolutely lowest deposit and withdrawal minimums of any poker site online.  With tons of choice, more than enough flexibility and a long-standing reputation for banking speed and security, bet365 can rightfully claim to set the industry standard when it comes to player deposits and payouts.

Bet365 Poker Games

All standard games are available at bet365 Poker – Hold’em, Omaha and some stud variants.  You can play for pennies, or you can play for penthouses in the bet365 Poker cash lobby, where thousands of players are betting, raising and folding across thousands of tables at nearly any hour of the day, every day of the year.  The real-money cash game lobby at bet365 Poker is generally ranked as the second to third largest online. Bet365 does provide a fast-fold choice for cash games at the site.  Called Sprint Poker, the game shares the same fast fold pool as other iPoker rooms (each skin can brand their fast-fold game however they like).  Sprint Poker is currently available for low limits (with a gradual expansion into higher limits planned). With very strong lobbies for both Multi-table tournament (MTT) and Sit and Go tournament (SNG) play, bet365 is perhaps second only to PokerStars when it comes to volume and variety of tournaments available.  While the day-to-day tournament schedule at bet365 Poker is impressive and provides hundreds of thousands in total prize pools, players can also take part in even large special tournament events hosted by the iPoker Network, such as the annual iPOPS (iPoker Online Poker Series). Tournaments are available from the freeroll (no buy in required) level to exceptionally high stakes, especially during events like iPOPS.  The average tournament buy in at bet365 Poker hovers around the $20 level.

www.Bet365.com Poker Support

A room that can cite several awards for customer service must be doing something right, and players at large definitely seem to think this is the case with bet365 Poker’s support.  You can contact a site representative around the clock via chat, email or phone.  One great feature of bet365 support is their Call Back service.  You can email them and request that a support representative phone you at the first possible appointment, so you don’t need to waste time waiting on hold for a representative to take your call.