Winner Poker Review
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Games
Texas Hold'em (No Limit, Pot Limit, Limit), Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Five Card Stud, H.O.R.S.E.
Deposit Options
American Express, Bank Transfer, Western Union
Supported Software
Holdem Manager Pro, Omaha Manager Pro, Poker Tracker 3, PT 3 Omaha, Table Scanner
Mac OSX client available?
No. But there is a browser client (flash based), so you can play through your web browser.
Network: iPoker Network
Winner.com offers casino games, poker and bingo. As a result of that, the competition at their online poker tables is bound to be lighter than usual since poker attracts lots of casino gamblers and bingo players.
Winner.com uses Playtech (iPoker) software and obviously draws player traffic from the iPoker network. Being the world’s largest independent poker network and hosting sites like Titan Poker, Chili Poker and Mansion Poker, the iPoker network can certainly deliver when it comes to player traffic. Promotions like the ECOOP and generously prize-pooled monthly guarantees keep the new player flow alive.
Sign-Up Bonus
Winner Poker offers players a 250% match bonus on their first deposits, up to a maximum of $2000. Only new players are entitled to receive this bonus. The sign up bonus has to be redeemed through real money play. Players will earn poker points by taking part in raked hands (even if they happen to fold), depending on the amount of rake. For the maximum of $5 taken in rake, players will earn 14 points. Tournament fees are rewarded with 20 poker points per dollar. For every 1,000 poker points earned, players will release $10 of their bonus. The bonus is transferred to players’ real money accounts $10 at a time. If you possess a bonus code, you’ll be required to use it during registration.
The Winner Poker sign-up bonus (coupon) is valid for 3 months.
Limits and Rake
On Winner.com you can play all poker games in following currencies: USD, GBP and EUR. The lowest No-Limit tables start at $0.01/$0.02. The highest table limits go up to $100/$200. Fixed-Limit tables start at $0.04/$0.08 and go up to $300/$600.
Generally the rake is set to 5%. On fixed-limit games (up to $1/$2) the rake cap is set to $1. Higher games are capped at $3. The super high stakes are capped at $5. There is a "no flop, no drop" policy for hands where no flop was dealt.
Player Traffic
The traffic is really impressive. In average there are over 6.000 players simultaneously on the cash tables. At least another 6.000 players are playing in tournament and sit’n’goes! During the peak times the total number of cash players crosses 10.000.
Playability
As said above, Winner Poker uses the iPoker software most seasoned online poker players know like the back of their hands. Being the battle tested veteran that it is, the iPoker software is obviously highly functional.A 4-color deck can be used and the table felt can be customized as well. Other than that, the cards are easily readable and the software remains stable, even when all 16 tables meant to aid multi-tablers are open.
The lobby can be navigated easily and useful statistics are readily available. In addition to your usual flops viewed percentage, average pot size etc. there are other – much more useful – stats features as well. The graphical hand history is one such addition, and you will find yourself backtracking on it even if you’re not particularly keen on analyzing past hands.
Customer service
Striving to set new standards in online poker, Winner Poker prides itself on the excellent 24/7 support it offers its players. Their support system is indeed top notch. Live support is reachable directly from the user interface, and the staff is more than knowledgeable. They’ll efficiently sort out your issues regardless of their nature. The existence of the outstanding live chat support feature makes all other support channels look obsolete, but nonetheless, Winner Poker offers email, Fax and telephone support as well.
In addition to an international toll free number, there’s a Canadian and a UK number available as well.