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2011-01-22
I would like to continue going over the Everest Poker download, and I will concentrate on their rakeback program. You might notice that their rakeback program is even better than some of the more popular sites out there. When you play real cash games, you earn Summit Points (SP), and the more points you earn, the more benefits you receive. When you reach the top of the VIP ladder, you'll be getting an SP multiplier of 750% as well as $5k every month as a cash reward. This means you will be getting up to 50% rakeback!

You have to enroll yourself in the VIP Summit Club in order to participate. To do this, go to "My Account" and click on the VIP Summit Club button. This is in contrast to the Full Tilt Poker download where you are automatically enrolled in the VIP program.

Here are all the tier levels and what they earn:

Base Camp %u2013 You reach the tier level 1, Base Camp, once you collect 500 or more monthly Summit Points. The first thing you receive is a 250% bonus multiplier for all the SPs you earn. For instance, if you get 100 SPs one day, you actually receive 350, 250 more than before your multiplier. If you have too many SPs and want to actually get something for them, why not trade them in for cash? You can get $50 for 12,500 SPs. If you refer a friend, your bonus increases to $50, and you get to play in a $ 1,000 freeroll every week. Like the VIP program you get when you download PokerStars, you will receive the benefits from this level (and all other Camp levels) for one month.

Camp I %u2013 Earning 3,000 Summit Points in a month will get you into Camp I, the next VIP level. This VIP level increases your SP multiplier to 500%. This time earning 100 SPs would net you a bonus of 500 SPs. You will be able to convert your SPs for up to $250 every month. The amount of SPs for the maximum bonus is 62,500. Camp I also keeps the Base Camp benefits.

Camp II %u2013 Admission into Camp II requires 10k SPs in one month on Everest, one of the softest online poker rooms online. Your bonus SP rate will increase to 600%. If you want increased rewards cash, you can get $750 for 187k SPs. Your other benefits improve even more at this VIP level, and you will be happy to learn that they beat many of the benefits found on US poker sites. Your refer-a-friend bonus increases to $ 100, and you can access priority customer service with in game chat support. Where freerolls are concerned, you get to enter the monthly $ 10k tournament.

Camp III %u2013 Be prepared to earn 20k SPs to get into Camp III. You will earn a bonus of 650% on all Summit Points. When you exchange SPs for cash rewards, you can earn up to $ 1k, which is more than you get every month from a typical Roulette bonus. $ 1k cash will cost you 250k SPs. You will, of course, also keep your benefits from Camp II.

To be continued%u2026
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2011-01-08
The Everest Poker download is a great choice for those new to the game. Today I plan to continue reviewing the site by moving on to its software.

As I already mentioned, the most annoying thing about using Everest in place of free poker no downloads is the large amount of computer resources the program needs. Before you start thinking that the software is useless, though, let me mention some of the positives.

Players have come to expect smooth navigation in online poker rooms, and Everest Poker has acted accordingly. They allow you to either search for the tables you want via their tabbed menu system, or you can use the custom list to show only the exact limits that you would like to play. Once you figure out which method you like best, you should have no problems finding exactly what you need.

Many players agree that the key benefit of being able to play the best online poker is the chance to play multiple tables at once. Like many of the best sites, Everest offers resizable tables, but as a bonus, you can also choose one of 4 resolutions for your tables! You can choose from 640x480, 800x600, 1024x728, and 1280x960. When you consider resizable tables and resolution choices, you have to admit that this download free poker site has jumped ahead of other sites in this aspect.

However, the one thing holding Everest Poker back is the memory hog issue. If they ever want to gain the respect that the Titan Poker download has, they will need to give players the option to reduce the use of graphics while playing. You can turn off the chip and card animations, but this does little to combat the problem.
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2010-12-19
The site of discussion today is similar to Tiger Gaming in that it is mostly for Europeans and Canadians. Everest Poker is filled with mostly inexperienced low stakes players, which is great for those with a solid game looking for an easy profit. If you want to play NL Holdem, the stakes start at $0.10 - $0.10, and you can progress up to the highest stake of $50 - $50. Most players are satisfied with this range of buy-ins, and those that feel otherwise should consider alternate online poker rooms. Oh yeah, and you might wonder why I listed the No Limit stakes the way I did. The NLHE stakes are detailed by stating the same number two times, even though it's just the number of the big blind while the small blind is half the same amount. I thought you should know that before you make the download and spend half your night being confused.

You'll be pleased to know that the Limit stakes are stated quite normally. They start at $0.02 - $0.04 and the highest you can play is $50 - $ 100. As with the No Limit stakes, players hoping to play very high will need to go somewhere else. The range of Sit-n-Go stakes is surprisingly good, however. They can be played for as little as $0.04 + $0.01 and as high as $500 + $30. I already mentioned that if you live in the States, unfortunately it is the same as Tiger Gaming: Everest Poker is not on the US friendly poker sites list. Residents of Russia and China are also not allowed to play on Everest.

The Everest Poker download has expanded considerably since coming into the poker world, and it is Everest's goal to establish themselves as a preferred poker room. Their growth is impressive considering they don't share networks with anyone else; they have their own network called the Everest Network. Where traffic is concerned, the Everest Network has the 6th most players on the Internet today. For someone new to money poker sites, Everest has a lot to offer.

No site is perfect, however, this site included. One downside is that only Holdem and Omaha are offered. This is strange considering that most online sites have the option to play at least Stud. Also, if you do not own a computer on the newer side, the program eats up more memory than a Full Tilt download. Everything considered, though, you'll find many more positives than negatives on Everest Poker.
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2010-11-27
It is unfortunate that Tiger Gaming is not among the US poker sites available today, but they are still a great choice for those in Canada or in Europe. They recently updated their software recently to include many great features. They still have the clean look, but now they also have more of the functions that are really just necessary in today's world of online poker.

When playing at Tiger Gaming tables, you can now view hand histories instantly. They also added some key multi-tabling features: resizable tables and the ability to play up to 30 at once (rather than just 4). Furthermore, if you like stats but don't use a HUD, you can even view some basic stats at your tables.

When you are at the table and the action hasn't reached you yet, you have the option to use advance action commands. I noticed that unlike many other online poker rooms, the No Limit games do not have two common advance action options: "call any" and "raise any". This is actually a good thing since these buttons can be very dangerous in No Limit when they are clicked by accident.

Tiger Gaming's chat interface has the option of showing dealer chat, player chat, both, or neither. And like the best rooms such as the Titanpoker download, you can also choose to play with a four color deck which helps multi-tabling by making it quicker to see different suits.

When you are at the tables and you make a bet, you have to press the "bet other" button to bet greater than the minimum. You will then get a pop up with the option to adjust your bet size accordingly. While it sounds like an annoying extra step, it's actually not bad, although the fact that it is set to automatically bet the pot will irk a few people. A decent player will know that this is can be both a bad or a good thing. In some casinos for USA players (where there is no bet pot button), a guy might bet three or four dollars into a ten dollar pot, but the same players would just bet the pot at Tiger because it is so convenient. This is bad if you are in the hand and needs odds for drawing to a flush or straight. There are times, however, when pot sized bets are not optimal, and this is when it's beneficial to you.

Another deviation from some of the top Texas Holdem sites is that players are able to take money off the table at any time by simply leaving the table, and then they can sit down at the same table with less money immediately afterwards. This is known as "rat holing", and it angers many serious poker players.

Tiger also has different maximums and minimums at their cash game tables. Tiger has 40-50BB minimums at their tables, which is much higher than the typical 10-20BB minimums. Since most serious players wish short stackers would play a Roulette bonus instead of poker, these minimums are sure to make many people happy.

I hope this review of the Tiger Gaming interface has helped you decide whether to play there. Even if you don't think Tiger is one of the best sites online for poker, it's at least superior to playing with free bet sportsbooks. Thanks for reading and see you next month!
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2010-11-12
Thanks for coming to my new site! I'm a huge fan of online poker, and I will be updating this blog on a regular basis with poker articles. For my first entry, I%u2019d like to introduce Tiger Gaming, one of the sites on Action Poker. Note: this site is not open to American players.

Tiger Gaming features a clean looking site that is easy on the eyes. Similar to the PokerStars bonus code, there is a large deposit bonus, and it is not too hard to earn. You should find the customer support quite accommodating when you have a problem. What makes Tiger Gaming unique from other sites is that it has a number of special games that you will not find on any other site. These include the 'poker' game of Guts (very loosely called poker), the classic card game Big 2, as well as Chinese Poker and Pan. You won't find Internet slots here, but the other games are so fun that you won%u2019t want to waste your time with casino games anymore.

You will, of course, also find poker at this site. Tiger Gaming has tables of Limit and No-limit Texas Hold'Em, Omaha and extremely low traffic 7 Card Stud tables.

Tiger Gaming has recently been advertising aggressively in Canada, telling consumers to try online poker in commercials on various TV networks. It looks like they thought that Canada is a good place to recruit players to money poker sites. Because of this, many of the players on the site are Canadian, and they don%u2019t have lot of experience at the game.

Traffic can be bad at times, especially if you play mid or high stakes. However, if you%u2019ve just gotten into download free poker sites and you want to start small, you should be able to find plenty of action from 2 to 25NL. It is common for there to be between three and six NL25 tables open and between four and eight NL5 tables. If you want to play 50NL, it'll be a little bit trickier. You will usually only find one table, maybe two if it's your lucky day. Those looking for 100NL will be even more disappointed. It is a rare day when there is a 100NL table available. I have never seen the NL1000 table populated in my time at the site, so if you want stakes that high, you should download Full Tilt Poker.

I will just go ahead and tell you that the traffic for the other games is pretty awful. 7 Card Stud is offered but it never runs. Omaha is not quite as bad. At most you will find one or two tables filled, usually 20PLO. If you enjoy these non-Hold'em games, it might be better to download PokerStars instead. If we're talking about the unique games (like Big 2), you'll almost for sure find them running during peak hours. Because Tiger is the only place that offers them, the player base is more reliable. My favorite game, Guts, usually can be seen at 2-3 tables at a time, with min bets between $0.10 and $0.50.

If you want to play low stakes on Tiger Gaming, the traffic and games are not bad. If you're new to poker, I would recommend that you increase your bankroll at Tiger and then you can go for a Bwin Poker download when you want to play higher stakes.

Thanks for reading! Come back in two weeks for another article.
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