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Bodog Poker Overview Bodog is one of the most experienced and trusted names in online gaming. They started all the way back in 1994 offering sports betting on the internet, which still remains its core business. They were one of the first sites to offer real money online poker and thus have been doing it for a long time. If you prefer other forms of gambling such as casino, sports betting, and betting on horse racing, you’ll enjoy the convenience of being able to do it all right from the same account. If you just like to play poker, you’ll particularly enjoy playing against an assortment of players whose main game is something other than poker, and who also like to gamble it up so to speak and are also accustomed to losing without having it bother them.

Bodog Poker Is One Of The Only Successful Stand Alone Poker Rooms Around With all the new poker rooms springing up all the time, most of which have a very small player base, a lot of players wonder whether or not they are going to last. A few here and there actually even go under, and while players generally do get their money back, it’s still great to know that you’re with a poker site that’s been around for years and also doesn’t rely on a poker network to survive. Only a very few poker sites have ever been able to start from scratch and build up their own player base, and also rival some of the biggest networks out there. So this is definitely a benefit, and one that Bodog Poker’s players enjoy. Once again, they have been around several years before online poker even started, so they are likely to be around for a long time to come as well.

Bodog Poker Accepts Players From All Countries Including The USA Several years ago, most poker sites stopped taking players from the United States. Recently, as most of us are aware, the U.S. government went after several of the poker sites still offering play to its residents, all of whom have since exited the market and no longer accept players from the USA. So now it’s even more difficult for Americans to find a good place to play online. There are still some choices, but especially given what’s happened lately, do you really want to go with a very small poker site and in particular one that hasn’t been around that long? Personally, I’d take the proven and established poker sites every time, and Bodog really stands alone in this regard among the poker sites that are left standing. So it doesn’t matter where you are from, Bodog Poker is ready to extend a warm welcome to you.


Bodog Poker Has A Good Amount Of Action And Traffic Bodog Poker has always had a good amount of traffic. I do need to tell you though that most players overestimate how much traffic you need at a poker site to make it worthwhile to have an account there. For instance I have accounts at several poker sites which don’t have a lot of action at all at the stakes I like to play, but at the same time there are some real juicy games that I don’t want to miss out on. Bodog Poker has much more traffic than these sites though and while it’s not the busiest to be honest, there’s a good amount, and lately it’s really grown as well with many now orphaned Americans who have been booted out of Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Absolute Poker coming over to Bodog to play now. Already, Bodog is quickly moving up the ranks in terms of the list of the poker rooms with the most traffic.. I expect them to grow even more, but it isn’t even necessary to be honest with you.

Bodog Poker Offers Generous Sign Up Bonuses And Rewards It used to be that you could only get a 10% bonus on your first deposit. Other poker sites would generally offer 100%. Now, they still have that 10%, which by the way is up front money and not bonus money you free up later, but they also give you the 100% bonus as well, and will double your money not just up to the usual $600, they let you go up to an extra $1,100 in total. The 100% part of it is also fairly easy to free up compared to a lot of other offers at other poker sites. So overall, Bodog’s initial deposit bonus deal is an excellent one, although when bonus offers are concerned, you don’t really want to compare one with another, why not go after them all? In terms of rewards, they have a good program, pretty much everyone offers frequent player points, but Bodog goes one up and doubles them for you if you hit 2000 or more. They also feature an assortment of ongoing promotions including ways to earn a seat at the WSOP for as little as $1.


Bodog Poker’s Software I judge poker software primarily on its functionality and ease of use, and Bodog’s is one of the fastest out there, which is important. No one wants to sit and wait for slow software, when we play poker we want to play. If you like a customized avatar, Bodog is one of the few poker sites which let you do it. I prefer sites which offer this mostly because it helps me remember players. There are several other customization options as well. Overall the software at Bodog is very good, although somewhat unique.

Bodog Poker Customer Support and Integrity You’d expect that with an online gaming company that’s been around as long as Bodog has, they would have figured out how to get the customer service end of the business right, and at Bodog you won’t be disappointed. There’s a reason they’ve been around for 17 years and have been one of the top companies in the business for all this time as well. Their support has in fact won awards for their top notch service. They are managed by the Kahnawake Indians, the same folks who run the commission which regulates online poker in general, so you can be assured you’ll be treated with complete fairness and integrity.


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