WPT Online Review & Bonus

Summary (5.3)

WPT online is a new poker room launched in January 2006. This site offers free entry to WPT satellites for their televised tournaments. The quality of online poker is improving. This site disallows American players.

Ring game (4)

WPT Online has only around five hundred players at any time. Most players are into tournaments and therefore ring game traffic is very low.

Game vareity (4)

WPT Online offers omaha and Omaha Hi/Low Pot-Limit and Limit, Texas Hold’em No-Limit, Pot-Limit and Limit, and seven card stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Low Pot-Limit and Limit games. Game variety needs improvement.

Competition (7)

Most players at WPT Online are average players and flop percentage is around 50%. Therefore, game play offers soft competition. Although the popular misconception is that small and new online poker sites constitute poor quality players, it is not so in reality. Good players can enjoy quality games at WPT Online.

Loyalty (6)

You can earn poker points through your raked hands. You earn one Poker Point for every £0.10 of rake that you contribute. You can earn a maximum of nine points per hand. You can redeem these points for free roll entries, and poker merchandise like DVDs.

Support (6)

WPT Online offers e-mail and telephonic support. The telephone line supports international calls. Responses from the support staff are quick and informative too. You can also mail or fax them for any inquires.

Cash (5)

WPT Online accepts cash through different options of MasterCard, Visa, Visa Delta, electronic payments from NETeller and Switch. Game play is in British pounds.

Software (6)

Wager works provide the software at WPT Online. Servers are stable and solid. Presently, software is able to support the low traffic. It is still unsure if the software can support traffic of more than 10,000 and higher. Graphics are the usual and standard ones with easy navigated buttons. Logins are slow and similar to Java based games. Player statistics feature is average and you do have the option to write notes on each player. However, you cannot assign any graphics to each player. Overall, WPT Online only offers standard software with nothing extra special.

Tournament (4)

More than ninety percent of the tournament games are in the Texas Hold’em No Limit category. Regular games include sit and go tournaments with free entries up to £100, although traffic is yet to pick up. Games normally stop at low buy-in levels of £25.

Rake (4)

WPT online rake is average and you could see developments once the game site develops and grows.

Signup bonus (5)

WPT Online offers a wealthy sign-up bonus to all players. New depositing players also receive this sign-up bonus.

Promotions (5)

WPT Online offers easy entry to WPT tournaments. These tournaments pose high challenge and often an easy entry provides the necessary boost. WPT Online also offers a regular beginner’s roll and various other free rolls. Most promotions are not standard and regular promotions. You therefore, have to check their schedules ahead of your game play to avoid disappointments.

Security (8)

Firewall security system ensures full security of all financial and personal details at WPT Online.