Carbon Poker
Carbon Poker was the first site to emerge on the Merge Gaming network, the network that was created from the player base of Poker.com. The Merge Gaming network allows U.S. players so the growth has been swift and powerful. Carbon Poker is doing everything in its power to attract players including offering some great promotions.
Carbon Poker is offering new comers a $1000 bonus and 200% deposit match incentives to join the network. The young site has already proven itself to be a strong competitor in the online gaming industry. Most of the player base is European. The majority of the players are beginners so the skill level is easy to beat for someone with experience and skill.
Texas Hold Em’ is the most popular tables on the site, but Omaha has been increasing its popularity and showing to be a highly visited game on the site. As of November 2008 the real money stats shown that 500 ring game players and 2000 tournament players were logged on during peak hours.
Carbon Poker has shown some great game diversity as well as reliable and fast software. They have a great MTT leader board program and plenty of live event satellites with smaller fields. There are many different withdrawal and deposit options available for the site, making it easy for anyone to begin playing right away.
New players will experience 14 days of depositor freerolls, $20,000 Sunday tournament guarantee, monthly $50k player point freeroll, and unique player features such as Deal it twice and expose one card.
The loosest and most profitable games tend to be the lower stakes and micro stakes games, but the more unusual games have proven to be lucrative as well. Carbon Poker offer many great games including:
- Texas Hold Em’
- Omaha
- Omaha Hi-Lo
- Seven Card Stud Hi
- Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
- Five Card Draw
- Triple Draw
- Badugi
Texas Hold Em’ and Omaha are the dominating games at the site as their popularity surpasses that of the other offered games. All games are available as heads up, full, or shorthanded and also sit and gos.
The skilled player can have a feast on the inexperience that will surround them at this site and the beginner will get a closer and more personal look in to the online poker world, being able to learn without being eaten alive by the professionals at the larger more established sites.