Betfair Poker

Shrnutí (Hodnocení 7 z 10)

Betfair is a medium-sized poker room as it is a relatively new poker site, especially considering that they use their very own stand-alone client. Betfair was launched in the year 2000 and has since become the world's largest internet betting exchange but they have only offered poker in their lineup of games since 2004. At first Betfair’s poker offering was part of the Cryptologic network, but in 2006 they left Cryptologic to start their own stand-alone poker room. While their software client is lacking, their very soft competition combined with friendly, fast and multilingual customer support makes Betfair a place worth visiting.

Výběr her (Hodnocení 6 z 10)

Betfair no longer allows residents from the United States to play on their site, but they still have a respectable amount of players throughout the day. Their limit games provide tables with stakes ranging from $0.10/$0.20 to $250/$500, and no-limit and pot-limit from $0.05/0.10 to $250/500. Most of the games running at Betfair are no-limit or limit Hold'em. There are a few Omaha tables open, but the action in those are somewhat limited for small and medium-stakes players. People who are looking to play Omaha H/L or 7-Card Stud might want to pass on Betfair as they do not spread these games. For medium to high limit players, this site offers a great selection of scheduled tournaments. Betfair's most popular daily tournament is a no-limit Hold'em $100 buy-in event with a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool. On Sunday there's an even a bigger tournament, the buy-in being $250 with a $35,000 guaranteed prize pool. Unfortunately, Betfair doesn't offer as many tournaments for players with a small bankroll and their tournaments tend to have a relatively large buy-in. With that in mind, this is not such a great site for those hoping to find low buy-in tournaments with large fields. It goes without saying that most of the tournaments are restricted to Hold'em, though there are a few Omaha tournaments in there to occasionally mix things up. Betfair hosts a good number of satellites to various live events such as the World Series of Poker and the World Series of Poker Europe, and it’s also possible to make your way into these by playing in Sit'n'Go satellites. Betfair also has plenty of normal Sit'n'Go tournaments running throughout the day and these would be well suited to low-rollers as well.

Kvalita hráčů (Hodnocení 7 z 10)

Skutečně nízká úroveň hráčů patří mezi nejlepší věci, které herna Betfair nabízí. Jelikož u této společnosti sází mnoho lidí, kteří si často vyzkouší i poker, naleznete na nízkých limitech spoustu fishek. Velmi překvapující je však to, že hodně fishek zde naleznete i na vyšších limitech. Tito hráči pochopitelně poutají pozornost žraloků, takže si dávejte pozor, protože by to mohlo skončit tím, že vás budou nazývat donkey!

Software (Hodnocení 5 z 10)

Unfortunately, there is one big setback for Betfair and that is the quality of their software. The basics are all in place, but there are a few things that don’t work as well as they should and this is why their client is below average compared to others in the poker business. The lobby looks a tad on the cheap side and there is only one menu available for browsing all of their games, so taking a look through the currently running games might seem a little hard at first. There is one great thing about Betfair's client, and that is the possibility to resize tables. This is very useful, especially when playing multible tables at the same time. Overall, Betfair's software is well below average but once you get to know it, you can definately use it without having too many problems.

Grafika (Hodnocení 6 z 10)

Grafika herny Betfair je vcelku stadardní a modré motivy jsou příjemné. Lobby působí trochu těžkopádně a vypadá na dnešní poměry poněkud zastarale, ale to by vás nemělo příliš rozptylovat. Grafika stolů je velmi čistá a pěkná. Snadno rozpoznáte, kde se u stolu odehrává akce, aniž byste museli oči namáhat. V herně Betfair nenaleznete žádné avatary nebo jiné extra vizuální prvky, celkově však vypadá grafika celkem dobře.

Profitabilita (Hodnocení 8 z 10)

Betfair nabízí parádní bonus k prvnímu vkladu až do výše $1000. Pokud tedy hledáte hernu, v níž byste rádi hráli pravidelně, toto je místo pro vás. Obrovský bonus v kombinaci s podprůměrnou úrovní hráčů na nízkých i vyšších limitech činí Betfair hernou, která si jistě vaši pozornost zaslouží.