Lock Poker

Short Description

Lock Poker is a part of the Merge Poker network which guarantees big player traffic and a lot of tournament action. The site has all the most popular games including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Draw as well as a number of other poker variations. User-friendly and very easy to navigate online poker client allows you to enter thousands of cash games, Sit N Go's, tournaments and freerolls in just a click of a button. You may also easily enter all the most popular casino games like Blackjack, Roulette, Video Poker, Backgammon and others. Lock Poker boasts to have a number of cool software features which you will not find in any other poker room, like “Rabbit Hunting” – the option which allows players to take a peek at the next card to have been dealt once the current hand is completed, and “Run it Twice” – an option to deal the turn and river cards twice if there are two all-in players at the table.

Limit and Rake Structure

The site offers games and limits for everyone's taste. The most popular NL Texas Hold'em games start at $0.02/$0.04 and go up to $300/$600. In Limit Hold'em the micro-limit games start from $0.02/$0.04 as well, whereas Pot-Limit games go from $0.05/$0.10 to $25/$50. Omaha is available in it's both variations with stakes at Omaha High starting at $0.02/$0.04 in PL games and going up to $50/$100 in both Pot-Limit and No-Limit games. The highest stakes in Omaha Hi/Lo are $25/$50 at the Limit tables.

The rake taken in Lock Poker games usually sticks to the market average of 5%. Although the numbers can go high at the big-size high-limit tables, because most of the Lock's action takes place at the micro an low-limits, the rake keeps to its minimum.

Lock Poker Popularity

Lock Poker is growing in popularity with the number of players on the site increasing every day. As part of the popular Merge Poker Network, Lock Poker is able to offer big tournaments and promotions which constantly brings new players to the site. The average number revolves around 2,500 people playing hundreds of ring games and tournaments at a time.

Lock Poker has a direct connection with it's online casino gaming section – Lock Casino. The online poker client allows players to enter casino games straight from the poker lobby and visa versa. Such interaction helps players easily switch between casino and poker gaming and increases the number of players at the poker tables coming from Lock Casino.

Lock Poker also has it's own team of poker pros all of which can be found playing at the tables online and challenged by anyone. The list of Lock Poker pros can be found of their website where you can see which of them are playing online at the moment.

Special Lock Poker Features

Next to clean and smooth graphics and room environment Lock Poker offers a number of very nice, useful and exclusive software features. Instant window tiling and stacking helps you organize your multi-tabling in just a press of a button. The quick start option helps you save time – adjust your time settings and get seated immediately. Player tag allows you to mark your opponents and identify them every time you face them at the tables. Players may also customize their trophies and ribbons displayed in the player box by using the accolades option.

While in the lobby, players are entitled to take advantage of a bunch of useful options. When in the ring games section, the box on the right side of the lobby shows all the game info about the selected table, you can also see the table's waiting list, your own games and their status and even follow your friends' performance. The tournament section has all the necessary info as well, plus, the Legend, which is very useful for the beginning players.

Lock Poker Software

The Lock Poker software works fast and the lobby is easy to use and to navigate. All the necessary game options can be found while at the table including player chat, game info, statistics, hand history, window size etc. Although the Lock Poker gaming environment is rather minimalistic, the site features some cool graphics including interactive smiles and emoticons.

At Lock Poker players are able to adjust all kinds of settings – add/edit their contacts, pre-adjust their in-game settings like auto post blinds, auto muck, wait for BB, never deal it twice etc. Changing the window size also has several options including the formation of a window grid of up to 9 windows. Buy in and Rebuy settings can be changed and edited as well.

Support

The customer support service at Lock Poker is fast and helpful. Players can use the 24/7 live chat support, or send an email. The live chat help is the fastest and the most effective way to solve one's problems or get the answer to a question considering Lock Poker and any related issues.