Bonuses and Promotions
Absolute Poker offers a generous sign up bonus, and they follow it up with a steady stream of redeposit offers. Bonuses are also "stackable", so you can have bonus money in your account, and add to it when another deposit bonus is offered.
Points are awarded based on rake. Currently you can use these points for special tournaments or to purchase items in their store. They offer poker books, clothing, and some electronics. For each raked hand (minimum rake of $0.50) you play and reach the flop you will receive 1 point. You will also receive 1 point for each $1 of tournament buy-in fee, rounded up to the closest whole number.
This bonus is released in increments of $10. Everytime you reach 75 player points, $10 will be transferred from your Pending Bonus account to your cash account. You have 60 days to clear the full bonus amount. You can check your point total and bonus amounts anytime at the Cashier.
Tournaments
Absolute Poker offers plenty of tournament action, including events where players will compete for prizes like a trip to the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic, or an "Absolute Dream Package" (a tournament entry package worth $125,000).
Besides these major events, the room hosts a weekly series of Guaranteed money tournaments that includes a $150,000 Guarantee.
They offer plenty of daily guaranteed tournaments, and freerolls, and their weekend specials total $220k guaranteed. Some of their more popular MTTs are the $100,000 Pro Bounty every Wednesday, which have bounty's on Absolute pro players. Their weekly tournaments are also growing, and they just recently upped the prize pool to a $150,000 Guaranteed Game Saturday and $70,000 Guaranteed Game on Sunday.
Software
Right now, they have both a downloadable, and a Mac-Comaptible "Instant Play" version. You can play at 10+ tables at once, and the tables are resizeable. You can also access options like a 4 color deck, rabbit cam, instant hand histories and video replays. A rather unique feature of Absolute Poker is that players can being buy into the No Limit cash tables for 200 Big Blinds instead of 100 like at many other online poker rooms. Players can upload their own picture to use as an avatar at the tables. Real-time stats are available at the table, and custom skins can be added to the tables to create your own look. They provide a good deal of information, such as flop percentage, hands per hour, and average pot in the lobby.
Player Numbers and Skill
The number of active players online average over 17,000
Deposit and Withdrawal Options
Minimum Deposit Amount: $20
Minimum Deposit Options: Click2Pay: $20, ePassporte: $20, Moneybookers: $20, Neteller: $20, BankWire: $50, Delta: $50, Maestro: $50, MasterCard: $50, Solo: $50, Switch: $50, Visa: $50
Games and Stakes
No Limit Ring Stakes: $.05 - $.10 up to $15 - $30
Limit Ring Stakes: $.02 - $.04 up to $150 - $300
MTT and Sit & Go Stakes: $.50 + $.10 up to $1000 + $30
Games include limit, no-limit, and pot-limit Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, and Razz. They also offer mixed games such as HORSE and HOSE. You can also play blackjack at Absolute. Most of the players are logged in to play low-mid stakes no-limit Hold’em, which has a lot more traffic since the addition of the bad beat jackpot. There aren’t many high stakes games usually played at Absolute Poker, but they have an occasional 10/20 table running.
Most SNG's are played in the $10 - $40 range. They offer all games listed above. You can also find heads up, all the way up to $1000.