Summary (Rated 8 out of 10)
One of the things that make Smart Live Poker stand out from other sites is their innovative promotions. They have chat games every hour from 4pm to midnight UK time. Anyone playing real money poker in the hour before the question can take part and boost their bankroll with cash. They also offer a loyalty scheme with weekly cash back, cash games bonuses (win extra for winning with 7-2 off in your hand, with 4 suited hole cards in Omaha to name but 2), a tournament of the day promotion, added value $0.01 buy in tournaments with unlimited rebuys for 30 minutes (great fun!) and they can set up private tournaments for players too, which no other OnGame site offers (to our knowledge at least). They offer
a $2,500 sign up bonus, one of the largest available online – you can also deposit $20 but get the full bonus if you earn enough poker points – effectively a 12,500% sign up bonus if you deposit $20 and get the full $2,500 within 60 days!
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Game Selection (Rated 8 out of 10)
As they are on the highly respected OnGame network, they offer all the standard games from $0.02/$0.04 upwards. You can play Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo and 5 Card Draw at No Limit, Pot Limit or Fixed Limit. They run a wide range of tournaments to suit everyone's needs from guaranteed prize pool tournaments to Short-handed or Re-buy tournaments. Some special
tournaments also exist such as the Twitter Tuesdays and Facebook Fridays tournaments which have a $0.01 buy in with added value. The variety of Sit and Go’s is also second to none with Double or Nothing,
Mad All In and Shootout HeadsUp tournaments, as well as satellites to the GSOP and other land based events. They will also set up private tables for you and your friends
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Quality of Players (Rated 0 out of 10)
They have a sportsbook and live casino (broadcast on their own Sky channel – 869) so the poker site does tend to see more than its fair share of fish that come from the other areas to try their luck. Whilst there are some high quality players at the higher stakes, you will find fishes galore from $1/$2 downwards.
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Software (Rated 8 out of 10)
OnGame's newest software upgrades lets you play up to 10 tables with ease, and is much less resource intensive than previous versions.
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Graphics (Rated 7 out of 10)
SmartLive Poker has an easy on the eye table appearance, which is great for multi-tabling sessions.
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Profitability (Rated 7 out of 10)
Since SmartLivePoker shares its player base with a Casino, and is frequently advertised on the UK Sky Network, players on SmartLive tend to be weaker than other OnGame skins. With free daily quizzes that award cash directly to your poker account, and a massive Welcome Bonus - there's a ton of easy money to be made at Smart Live Poker!
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