Absolute Poker

• 100% Initial Deposit Bonus up to $500! Enter Code AP500 in the cashier window.
• Sunday is Payday at Absolute Poker - $60,000 Weekly Guaranteed on Sundays at 20.00 ET!
• $150K Weekly every Saturday at 16:30 ET!
• New Registration Freeroll - every Sunday at 15:30 ET, with a prize pool of $1,000 paid over the top 63 places. Players who register a new account at Absolute Poker can enter the next daily New Registration Satellite, which takes place every night at 22:00 ET. The top 200 from each New Registration Satellite qualify for the New Registration Freeroll.
• New Depositors Freeroll - every Sunday at 19:30 ET, and has a prize pool of $3,000 paid over the top 63 places. All players who deposited at Absolute Poker can enter one New Depositors Satellite, which are held daily at 18:30 ET. The top 200 from each New Depositors Satellite qualify for the New Depositors Freeroll.

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All of the most popular games are available including Texas Holdem in limit and no-limit, Omaha, Omaha/8, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud high/low split. The limits range from just .02/.04 at the micro limit tables up to 50/100 on the high limit tables. Play money tables are also available to learn the software or practice your game. Texas Holdem is the most popular game on Absolute with full games at most levels running around the clock. The Omaha and Stud games are often running at a few limits, but they are sporadic. As for tournament action, there is multi-table action with buy-ins ranging from 1.10 up to 109 and single-table tournaments with buy-ins from .60 to 215 running 24 hours a day.

The Absolute Rewards Loyalty Program was created for faithful poker players. Rewards Points (RPs) can be earned in two different ways:

1. Playing at real money ring games: 1 Point for every hand played that has collected at least the minimum rake ($0.50).
2. Tournament buy-in fees:
   • 4 Points for every dollar in tournament buy-in Fees. Note that tournament fees are now collected as a 9% of the total of the prize pool and that Rewards Points will be based on the fee collected rounded up to the closest whole number. For example, a $10 tourney will generate $0.90 in fees, and will earn 4 points.
   • 4 Points for every dollar in tournament buy-in in single table. Sit and Go's ($10 + $1 tournament would earn 4 points) AR Point Tourneys award points to the winners.

The AR Store offers a wide array of authentic Absolute Poker apparel and hot items which you can purchase with your RPs!

The software is available as a free download and is attractive and user-friendly. The lobby allows you to sort the available games by number of players or buy-in. Once seated at a table, all of the buttons required for play are grouped in the lower right-hand part of the screen, bet amounts are clearly displayed in front of each player and the amount in the pot is listed above the table. You can keep notes on your opponents by right clicking on their name and you can chat with the other players using the chat box if you choose to.

Overall, with the availability of free money tables, freerolls, micro limit tables and bonuses available, Absolute Poker is highly recommended trying out.

David [August 27, 2006]
There is a lot of action at peak times. They offer an impressive first deposit bonus and many reloads but it is hard to clear the bonus at lower limits because the pot has to be raked of a minimum of 50 cents to count as a raked hand! One thing I do not like is the irritating sounds when you raise and bet.