Ladbrokes Poker Review

(Please Note: This site does not accept players from the USA)

Ladbrokes is currently based in the UK based and has been an established gambling company since 1886. However, gambling isn't the only industry you might have heard the name Ladbrokes mentioned in, until 2006 Ladbrokes also owned the well known Hilton Hotel chain. Recently, in February 2006 The Hilton Group sold off their hotel division and renamed their business Ladbrokes, announcing it planned to concentrate on gambling opportunities.

Ladbrokes Poker Key Points,
100% up tp $750 Bonus - Must Use Code BEST750
Traffic is ok, But not as good as our top rooms
Accept paypal as a deposit / withdrawal method
Established and safe gaming company.

Ladbrokes online poker room offers a 100% first deposit bonus to their new players! All you will need to do is earn 30x the amount your first deposit in points to clear your first deposit bonus for up to $750! For example, if your first deposit is $750, you will have 30 days to earn 15,000 points and then Ladbrokes Poker will deposit $750 into your real player account!

You will find the player points program at Ladbrokes online poker room to be very rewarding! You can earn cash back from your player points, to earn this there are 3 different tiers to go by.

You will also have the chance to use your player points to buy in to player point freeroll tournaments. Having to use points to buy in to these freerolls eliminates many of the players who register for as many freerolls as possible, or the ones who go all in every hand from the beginning, although this does not eliminate all of these players, this assures a more serious poker tournament.

Ladbrokes offers the usual variety of internet poker games including;

* Texas Holdem
* Omaha
* Omaha Hi/Lo
* 7 card stud
* 5 card stud

One major difference you will find when browsing the Ladbrokes lobby is that Ladbrokes actually has quite a bit of action going on in the ‘non Texas Holdem' style poker games, especially at the Omaha style tables, often more so than at the Texas Holdem tables.

As the most active poker room in all of Europe, American player ban included, Ladbrokes boasts some of the highest amounts of traffic available online, especially for a European based internet poker site. Ring table traffic seems to be the highest in middle stakes Texas Holdem games.

You will find tournaments available at Ladbrokes around the clock. You will find the common tournaments that are found on the net such as; freerolls, player point freerolls, money added, guaranteed, multi and single table tournaments. However you will also find some very unique tournaments such as their 'Both Ends' tournaments. In these tournaments both the first place and last place players will win 50% of the prize pool.

Ladbrokes definitely has plenty of tournaments on offer, including their famous Ladbrokes Poker Million, which is televised in the later stages, of course you will find plenty of WSOP satellites available, freerolls, guaranteed money games, and added money tournaments Ladbrokes also offers their Poker Cruise every year as well as many other popular and sought after satellite tournaments.

Admittedly the graphics here are not the best, the site has done wonderfully in other areas and it is certainly time for them to direct their attention to this area of the site. The tables are pretty plain, there are no table avatars, so keeping track of your opponent is a little more difficult, as ever poker table looks like the last.

However, if you're looking for clean, clear plain old poker, without graphic distractions, you've found the right place!

As far as actual play, internet poker players have three options available for table size, you won't find this option just anywhere online, whereas many internet poker rooms offer two sizes, three is a rare find.

The buttons for choosing your action in advance are a bit on the small size, and the hand histories are not available within the software, you will need to open these in a regular browser page, this does slow things up a bit, however, on the upside, player notes and player stats are available within Ladbrokes software.

The game play is modeled exactly on the rules of live game play. However, on the down side the pre-select buttons are a little small, and hand history is only available by HTML page (although with the detailed game play window it is not really necessary). It is possible to make player notes, and there is also a player stats section.

The common stats used for making intelligent table choices, such as players to the flop, average pot sizes, chip stack amounts, and player locations are all available from the lobby, which being a bit on the primitive side, is pretty easy to read and navigate.

Ladbrokes has introduced their 'Ladbrokes Europe Offline Tour of Poker' (LEOTP) where you will have the chance to play to win one of their amazing offline Europe tour packages valued at over $9,000! Included in the package is pre-tournament registration, pre-booked accommodation at the team hotel, $1500 for travel and expenses, and of course, team Merchandise! They also offer a prize package worth $18,000 for the Monte Carlo Grand Final!

Deposit Options

* PayPal
* VISA
* MasterCard
* Debit Card
* Switch
* Delta
* Solo
* Wire Transfer
* Cheque

Withdrawal Options

* PayPal
* VISA
* MasterCard
* Debit Cards
* Cheque
* bank wire.

Only Ladbrokes and Betfair Accept PayPal Deposits.

Ladbrokes Poker offers around the clock support for its players in many different forms. You can first check the Self Help section where you will find all of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ). If you are unable to find the answer there, you will have 3 more options available to you. On their support page you will find a list of email addresses so you can choose the correct area of customer service. If you are looking for a more immediate answer, you can also contact support on one of their toll free telephone lines. The Ladbrokes customer support team is fast, friendly and efficient. Even when contacting via email you can generally expect a response within 24 hours.