AbsolutePoker Review
Absolutepoker.com for Mac and Linux is now here! Please use the No-download software located at the special "no download" source link we've provided or visit Absolutepoker.com and locate the Mac software button. Absolute poker accepts US players. They have cash games and multi-table tournaments. Sit and Go tournaments were also recently added to the Mac and Linux lobby.
Promotional Codes
Please use CPBONUS at AbsolutePoker for a $500 registration bonus. Enter this in the referral and deposit section when it asks for a bonus code/promotion code.
Absolute Poker Deposit Methods
Absolute poker uses Western Union, Cash Transfer and Moneygram for major US deposit methods. There may be others but these are the more popular ones. Popular payout methods include bank wire and checks.
Overview of Absolute Poker
Absolute Poker is one of the only online poker Mac compatible sites left. Absolute poker is now the last online poker Linux accepted software for US players. Their site/player traffic is slightly above average with their merge with Ultimate Bet. Real hand replay and player avatar aspects are available but the site only offers 9 player Sit and Go tournaments. The bonus is always very high but takes awhile to discharge the full amount because it’s so large.
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Absolute Poker Bonus: $500
The deposit bonus has always been above $100. Not too many sites offer reload bonuses but Absolutepoker.com does. The reload bonuses vary so check your AP newsletter often after you register.
The bonus is released at a decent playing pace but since the bonus is always so much it can take some time to receive the full amount. Because it’s released in $10 increments it really doesn’t matter but any bonus dollar you don’t release in 60 days will expire.
Sit and Go Tournaments
I’m a big advocate of 10 player sit and go tournaments. Absolute Poker only had 9 player increment tournaments similar to FullTilt Poker. This really bugs me.
Buy-ins reach up to $1000 and go down to $.50+.1. If you don’t mind playing 9 player increments then this is a really good site for Sit and Go traffic. Multi-tablers will have no problem finding open seats as there are plenty of open tables across the board and they fill up rather quickly.
Absolute Poker FreeRolls
The freerolls were particularly weak unless you play in the larger events. Meager payouts combined with large entrants made smaller freerolls a waste of time. The prize payouts are not worth it at the lower “Points” buy-in. Save your points to play in larger tournaments such as the $250,000 freeroll. By the time you read this the freeroll will most likely be over but you get the point. They host tournaments like this occasionally. First place gets $50,000. Save your points for future big event freerolls.
Absolutepoker also has Bad Beat jackpots which can get into the hundreds of thousands if you're sitting at the right table and at the right time.
Multi-Table Tournaments
The $100K tournament held on Saturdays is the most frequently played tournament. The entry fee is $200+16 and the event gets a large turnout every week. AbsolutePoker also has a Tournament Leader Board (TLB) for those interested in competing to be the best multi-table player awards. Winners of the TLB play in the “Mark Seif Heads up Shootout” which has a minimum prize pool of $1,000.
Other multi-table tournaments range from low stakes to above $200. The frequency of tournaments wasn’t too bad but it seemed most were either playing in the $100k qualifiers, freerolls, or low stakes multi-table tournaments.
High Stakes
A few pros like Mizrachi and Mark Seif play at AbsolutePoker. The maximum stakes for the NL tables were $25 for the big blind. Nobody was sitting at these tables. The most active high stakes table was the $5/10 NL. Most players were sitting with $1000 or less.
Worst Attribute
Absolute Poker had an incident where one of their ex-upper level management personel got access to certain hacks that allowed him to view hole cards of other players in tournaments. This turned out to be an isolated incident and was a huge scandal but nonetheless it hurt AP's reputation even though full security has since been restored.
Best Attributes
The reload bonuses offered on the weekends was great. Also the big freeroll tournaments like the $250K tournament which was offered when I joined is an attractive option if you are interested in freerolling. They will run promos called "Bad Beat Jackpots" which get into the hundreds of thousands if you're at a bad beat table. This was interesting but I believe you have to pay more rake at those tables in order to win.
BlackJack
BlackJack at AbsolutePoker was added and is viewable through your poker account in the poker lobby. Warning, if you use Epassporte to deposit at Absolutepoker you will not be able to play at the Blackjack tables due to epassporte's terms and agreements that disallow their ewallet to be used for casino games.
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