Betfair Poker is particular popular with UK and European players. Owned by the The Sporting Exchange – online bet trading platform, Betfair Poker provides poker players with a very good online poker experience.

On top of a great sign up and rakeback bonus Betfair Poker provide lots of opportunities for good poker players to make a lot of money from the loose players crossing over from the other Betfair Casino and Sports Bet products. Rakeback players should not overlook this independent online poker room as a serious bankroll building site.

Best Features

• Up to 15 tables for multi-table play
• $80k Sunday Guaranteed
• $10 max fee on all tourneys
• $4 million in tournament prize pools every month
• Presenting sponsor of World Series of Poker Europe with most satellites online

Betfair Poker Loyalty Program

Betfair Poker has a strong loyalty points program and a special “Threedom Pass,” where players can win amazing live tournament packages.Betfair Points are collected for Cash Games that is raked at a rate of 1 point for every 0.05 (or $0.10) raked. Tournament fees also award Betfair Points at a rate of 10 points per $1 in fees. Betfair Points can be used in a number of ways including reducing your commission amounts on Betfair Exchange Sports Book wagers.

Tournaments

Betfair Poker sponsors the WSOPE so expect lots of corresponding packages. Betfair has some unique tournament competitions as well as regular freerolls, guarantees and special completion there is something for most online poker players.
Regular highlights include:

• Weekly $80K Guaranteed every Sunday at 19:05 (UK)
• Daily 20K Guaranteed Daily at 19:45 (UK)
• WSOPE Freerolls and satellites
• Aussie Millions
• Greek Poker Tour

Software

The software is created for the serious player, and Betfair is the best client on the net for those who play at many tables simultaneously allowing up to 15 tables at one time. Game play is fast and smooth as the software went through a major update in early 2007 with improved graphics and new search functions. Betfair’s software also supports note taking and has info about flop percentages, average pot size, and hands dealt per hour. Betfair has also added free “poker buddy” software for analyzing and browsing hand histories.

Games Available

Betfair Poker offers:

• Texas Hold’em
• Omaha Hi
• Omaha Hi-Lo

Competition

Betfair poker attracts online poker players at all levels. At the micro and lower limits the play is loose with many casino and sports bet players making the transition into online poker.

Traffic

Traffic at Betfair Poker, like most independent poker rooms, is significantly lower than the likes of Full Tilt and Poker stars however Betfair is continuing to grow. Recent traffic figures (April 2009)* show real money ring game players as:

• 24 Hour Peak : 1065
• 7 Day Average: 480

Support

The Betfair Poker support is available in both phone and e-mail response and the Web site FAQ gives players quick access to common questions.

• pokerinfo@betfair.com
• UK : 0870 9080 120 (free)
• From other countries: +44 207 074 7272

Deposit

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Moneybookers
• Delta
• Solo/Maestro
• ClickandBuy
• Neteller
• Bank transfer and check.

Withdrawal

• Debit/Credit card
• Neteller
• MoneyBookers
• Bank transfer and check.

*Data sourced from Poker Scout