With many tournaments, including satellites to major poker events around the world, Betfair Poker is a popular destination for poker enthusiasts.
Betfair Poker was established in 2004 and is operated by the Sporting Exchange Ltd., the largest sporting exchange in the world. It is licensed for gaming in the UK, Australia, Malta, Italy, Austria and Germany. It is an independent site since moving off the Cryptologic Network. Betfair Poker was the primary sponsor of the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE).
The Betfair Poker software is privately developed and it underwent a major refurbishment in 2007 and since then it offers many new and improved features and functions. Players are able to analyze their hand histories and even replay hands. There is a good player buddy program and you can take player notes and view table statistics such as hands played per hour, average pot size and viewed-flop percentage. You can play up to fifteen tables simultaneously by using their good mini-view table function. Players are able to customize the software which adds to the general ease of navigation around the site and the comfort of play. The software is dependable and functional with good playability.
Betfair Poker offers Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha hi-lo, seven card stud and seven card stud hi-lo. These games are available in no limit, pot limit and fixed limit games. Most of the traffic at the site is centered around the Texas hold'em games, however the Omaha games tends to see good levels of player traffic as well. Many players are attracted to Betfair Poker through their sports exchange so there are plenty of loose and juicy games. However, in the higher stakes games, you tend to find more aggressive and experienced Scandinavian players. This makes the site appeal to seasoned poker players, as well as those who are new to the game.
Betfair Poker hosts a good variety of tournaments, including sit and go tournaments, multi table tournaments, freeroll tournament, guaranteed prize pool tournaments and satellite tournaments. They host satellites to many major poker events such as the WSOP, WSOPE, EPT and Aussie Millions. They offer weekly guaranteed prize events, but not many with very low buy-ins. Betfair Poker hosts many freeroll events with up to 30 freerolls on their schedule at any one time. These include twice daily freerolls with $100 prize money guaranteed per event and a $1,000 new player's freeroll.
If you have any queries when playing at Betfair Poker you can access the FAQ section on their website. This may answer some of your more general enquiries. If you do not find the answer to your question in the FAQ section, you can contact their customer service support who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They can be contacted via telephone, email or fax.
Players can make deposits into their Betfair Poker account via a number of safe and convenient methods. These include Delta, Solo, Maestro, PayPal, Moneybookers, VISA, Master Card, ClickandBuy, bank transfer and checks.