Absolute Poker
You've come a long way, baby, or at least the client interface for this online cardroom has... They've recently released a brand new upgrade to their interface which offers three different views of the poker table and they've also released a bunch of features including free money transfers back and forth between Absolute Poker and UltimateBet which means you have more opportunity to play at the best +ev tables using one consolidated bankroll.
Interface wise here's the poker lobby. They have an almost Windows Vista Aero-like interface which is quite pleasing to the eye:
The poker table views are equally pleasing and have the expected crisp controls and hud features (like pot amount). If you play at a jackpot table there's the ever present reminder that if you have extremely horrible luck you might just win a hundred grand or more...
Absolute Poker Client 8.0
This isn't your dad's Absolute Poker... They've recently done a complete revamp of their poker client and it looks extremely good! New features include:
- New cutting-edge graphics
- Faster card dealing
- Three table views to choose from
- New poker room menus and displays
- Resizable tables
- One-click table arrangement and alignment
- Easier to play more than one table at once
- Additional mouse functionalities including the ability to adjust your raise amount using the scroll wheel
Bad Beat Jackpot
If you like to play bad beat jackpot tables, Absolute Poker has them. The requirement is four 8's (or better) beaten. Both players must use both their hole cards and you must be sitting and a bad beat jackpot table (which has an additional drop of 50 cents per raked hand). The most recent winner was KT4389 who walked away with $125,202.57 for losing with his ten high straight flush to a king high straight flush (8s 9s Ts Ks on the board). Everyone dealt into the hand got $20,867.09.
First Time Deposit Bonus
Right now Absolute poker is offering a 100% bonus up to $500. If you play at UltimateBet now this is an excellent second cardroom to expand the number of players you can compete against without stretching your bankroll too far among different online sites.