Summary
Betfair Poker is owned and operated by the largest sporting exchange in the world, The Sporting Exchange Ltd. It is licensed and regulated by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority. It is not part of a poker network, but rather operates independently. Betfair Poker does not accept US players and has become one of the largest online poker rooms in Europe. It is a medium sized poker room.
Betfair offers a good game selection and excellent tournaments including over seventy guaranteed prize tournaments every single day. The software is functional and reliable and customer service is helpful. All-in-all, Betfair Poker is a worthwhile poker room to try out.
Software
Betfair Poker software has been privately developed. It was updated in 2007 to offer many additional features. The graphics are clear and bright. It offers excellent playability and innovative functions that make it exciting to play at. The software has an excellent mini view function allowing players to play at up to fifteen tables simultaneously. Players can access player notes, statistics functions, a player buddy program and hand histories and they have the ability to replay hands. The lobby features statistics such as viewed-flop percentages, average pot size and hands played per hour.
Traffic
Betfair Poker is considered middle of the range in terms of size. It sees approximately 1,200 ring game players and a further 4,000 tournament players at any time during peak hours. The majority of games can be found at low to medium stake levels in limit and no limit Texas Hold'em. Betfair Poker sees a constant influx of sports exchange customers and this leads to many loose games.
Available Games and Stakes
Betfair Poker offers a variety of games, including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo. These are available in no limit, fixed limit and pot limit games.
Betfair Poker offers an excellent variety of tournaments, including freerolls, sit and go's, guaranteed prize pool tournaments and satellites to major live poker events. They feature $20,000 in guaranteed prizes every day. Betfair also offers the unique "Threedom Pass Tournament" which allows players the opportunity to win free buy-ins to live poker tournaments for three years.
Stakes for games vary from $0.10/$0.20 to $250/$500 in fixed limit games and $0.05/$0.10 to $250/$500 in no limit and pot limit blinds. High roller games are available with table limits as high as $1,000/$2,000.
Support and Money Payment Options
If you have any queries when playing at Betfair Poker, they recommend that you try to find your answer in the FAQ section of their website. If you are unable to find the answer to your problem you can contact the Betfair customer service team via email, telephone or instant live chat. Customer service personnel are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist customers.
There are a number of safe and convenient payment methods available for players who wish to make deposits into their Betfair account. These include VISA, Master Card, Maestro, Delta, Solo, PayPal, Moneybookers, ClickandBuy, bank transfer and check.