Bodog Poker

Short Description

Bodog Poker, as well as some other top online poker rooms, is a part of a larger online gambling site, which includes sports and horse betting, online casino and, of course, the poker room. In fact, Bodog is a global brand under which various businesses and companies have been and are marked, including a media company, a TV channel, a record label and several online gaming sites. Bodog is one of the world's leading online poker room's with the average of 4,000 players at a time and almost 10,000 at the peak hours. This is by no doubt the achievement of Bodog being a U.S. friendly poker room. And, yes, also because Bodog is so cool. They have all the poker games: FL, PL and NL Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 5-card Stud, 7-card Stud and 7-card Stud Hi/Lo. The variety of tournaments is also quite high and includes single and multi table S&G's as well as variety of scheduled tournaments. So Bodog has everything you need, plus it has the best-looking design. It's just good for you to play poker at Bodog.

Limit and Rake Structure

The limits at Bodog Poker vary from the lowest $0.05/$0.10 in NL Texas Hold'em as well as in most of the other games, with $30/$60 being the top limit. Interesting thing about stakes at Bodog is that the players may actually see the stakes of the table that they're about to enter only at the one's with the fixed limit. While the NL and PL games are distinguished by the maximum buy-in for the table. For example if the stakes column at the lobby says $100 max it means that the actual stakes at the table are $0.50/$1.00. So you just need to divide the figure in the column from 100 and you know what the BB's are.

The rake structure at Bodog Poker depends on the stakes and on the type of the game. At the FL tables the rake is 5% up to maximum of $0.10 for the $0.05/$0.10 stakes, $0.50 maximum for $0.25/$0.50 stake games, maximum of $1.50 for the $0.50/$1 and $1/$2 tables, and maximum of $3 for $2/$4 and more. For NL and PL games, the rake is the same 5% up to $0.10 maximum for $0.05/$0.10 games, but the maximum of $1.50 already applies for the $0.10/$0.25 stakes, the max of $2 for the $0.25/$0.50 games and the maximum of $3 for $0.50/$1 and above.

Bodog Poker Popularity

The Bodog Poker room traffic reports show that it is much more popular in the United States than it is in the rest of the world. The peak hour at Bodog is when the U.S. poker players are the most active and the traffic significantly decreases when the American part of the market is less busy. Bodog usually keeps to the 24 hour average of 4,000 players which makes it one of the most popular online poker rooms in the world. The biggest part of the action may be found at the low-limit NL Texas Hold'em tables, but since Bodog offers a rather high variety of poker games, Omaha and Stud usually also have some full tables.

Special Bodog Features

As it was mentioned for several times already the best Bodog's featured is that it just cool. And by cool we mean the tables that the players get to play at. There is nothing unnecessary, no player or table graphics, no changing environment. Bodog have left only the cards and the table which at the same time serves as a background and the environment for the game. This minimalistic style makes Bodog unique among its competitors. Although the default and actually very good looking table color is red, the players are free to change it if they prefer some other shade. There is also the possibility to choose the “picture in picture” option in case of playing multiple tables, so that all the tables would be seen in one window. Of course, the player may also choose to see the tables in separate windows. Another very nice feature at Bodog is the poker training video section hosted by the Bodog pro team members Jean Robert Bellande and Evelyn Ng, OnlinePoker10 especially like the ones with Evelyn.

Software

The Bodog's minimalistic style is present everywhere so both the website and the software is user-friendly and easy to navigate, as there are only the things you need and no additional crap. The lobby is nice and clear with almost no chance of getting lost among the games, tournaments or the tables, as everything is in its place. Not possible to get confused in the preferences section either, as the player is only offered to choose between the options that might actually have the influence on the game. Although some confusion might be caused by the stakes graph of the NL and PL games while navigating in the lobby, the high maths of dividing the number from 100 should not be so hard for a poker player.

Support

The Bodog Poker support service is available both by email and by phone 24/7, moreover the support via telephone is available in 20 different countries in 20 languages including English in North America, 10 languages in 10 different European countries, 7 in Asia, and separate support lines for Australia and New Zealand. This kinda proves the importance of customer support at Bodog and the quality of service.