Carbon Poker Review

Enjoy the thrill of LIVE poker games from the comfort of your own home!

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Carbon Poker uses the contributed rakeback method when calculating your rakeback and it’s automatically paid into your Carbon Poker account each and every day. Anyone that plays much poker knows that this can be the difference between being a winning or losing player in the long run. You could compare it to being a propped player.

The site accepts U.S. players, and has Freeroll tournaments that come every 2-3 hours with prizes starting at $50. The best tournaments are the buy-ins, they are small to mid priced with some very good overlays . Because of this they have a fairly decent player volume that continues to grow daily.

Online poker players will find plenty of loose games, and a software that is second to none. The game choice is very good, with plenty of poker variations and casino games.

Carbon Poker is the grandaddy of the entire Merge Gaming Network and is the online poker room that Carolina Gambler recommends the most for those that like to grind away at the small to mid-size stakes.

VIP Program

How the VIP program works
* A five tiered approach, players are assigned a level depending on how many points they earn per month.
* Each level has different rewards and benefits. The higher levels naturally have better rewards.
* Points are earned at the rate of 10 VIP points per $1 of rake.

Rewards
* A new store where players can purchase merchandise, books, dvds, electronics, xboxes, Ipods, holidays ect.
* Use VIP points for tournament entry
* Exchance VIP points for Cash.
* Free & discount withdrawal fees
* Freeroll and Guaranteed tournaments

Software and Graphics

Expose one card :
Whether your laying down your hand to a big bet, or of no one called your bet, if you really want to keep your opponents on their toes, use Carbon Poker ‘expose one card’ feature.

Some poker rooms allow you to show both your hole cards, but at CarbonPoker they go one further and allow you to show either both your cards, or just one.

Rabbit Hunt :
When you have won a poker hand , sometimes a player is left wondering if they should have stayed in the hand against you. If your at your home game or in a card club sometimes a player will ask to see what cards would’ve come if they hadn’t folded, this is called Rabbit Hunting.

While this is frowned upon in casino’s and tournaments, in most informal games it is allowed. At this U.S.friendly poker room if you win a hand unopposed, you can choose to rabbit and see what cards would have come.

Smilies :
Table talk is a huge part of poker, and while you lose some of the animation of a live social experience when simply typing text in a box, at CarbonPoker they are making it their goal to put some of that animation back in.

When typing several words into chat, your words are magically transformed to animated smilies. Type fish and see a shark swim through for a quick meal, or type donkey and see a donkey kicking up his heels in protest.

There are heaps of well known smilies that you see regularly at the table, and the development team is always sneaking in new ones, some of which are still yet to be found!

Player Accolades :
For every major event held at Carbon Poker, they have an accolade that goes in your player box, so if you win a big tournament you get a customized trophy or ribbon to show off your achievements if you want to let others see that you have “won one of the big tourneys”.

Just because you haven’t won a big event it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be rewarded. Also in the player boxes are stars, which are rewards for regular play. So the more you play, the more stars you get, so when you sit down at a table, everyone knows they need to show you some respect.

Latest Software Additions

Poker Game Personalisation - allows players to select from several different graphics for the poker game including:

* table backgrounds
* table floors
* table rails
* card backs
* general user interface tinting

Poker Game Mini Mode – allows players to put the poker game into “mini mode” such that it has a minimal interface and is still legible at small resolutions. This allows multi-tablers the ability to run more tables on the screen at the same time and still have them all visible. The user interface has been simplified when in mini-mode to allow for basic actions and the user can easily switch between normal and mini mode on an individual window basis. Further to this when the table is being used in mini mode, players can manually resize the window and use the mini mode interface in full screen.

Poker Game Grid Mode – has been overhauled to allow players to specify any grid combination with up to 5×5 games. It allows the poker game to be split out into a separate window and/or back into a grid window on an individual window basis.

Tournament Entries and Payouts - tournament entry, addons, rebuys, bounties, and payout schedules have been totally overhauled to include greater flexibility of options. The client has been updated to give players the choice between multiple payment options for tournament entry.

Heads Up Sit’n'Go Rematch - now offer the ability for players to rematch immediately after the end of the game.

Network Diagnostic Tool - brand new tool that is built into the client and is offered to users when they get disconnected or are unable to connect. May provide help in identifying the problem the user is experiencing.

Games Offered

35% Rakeback + 200% bonus with code "CarolinaGambler"

Poker games offered are Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud Hi and Hi-Lo, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, H.O.R.S.E., Razz, Five-Card Stud, Five-Card Draw, A-5 Lowball, 2-7 Lowball and Badugi. Hold’em and Omaha are the dominant games offered in tournament format, with only a few tournaments running in Badugi and Draw Poker.

They have casino games as well with no need to download an added client. Blackjack, Backgammon, Caribbean Stud, Video Poker games and Roulette as side games. All games, both poker and casino can be played for ‘play money’ or ‘real money’.

Pros and Cons

Pros:
1. The room that pays you 35% of your rake back daily !

2. A whooping 200% first time deposit bonus when you download and use code “Carolina Gambler” !

3. U.S. Friendly Poker Room and Casino.

4. The look and feel here is superb to any room I’ve played,and the support team is friendly and fast.

5. Plenty of Buy-ins tournaments with some great overlays and Freeroll tournaments.

6. Plenty of payment methods for everyone .

Cons:
1. It’s tough coming up with anything that is wrong with this room. One thing is that the Aussies and folk from Singapore can not play at CarbonPoker.com due to their laws.

2. Traffic at off peak times are sometimes slow if you want to play for higher stakes. This is improving though as U.S. players are accepted at this poker room, and player numbers are steadily growing.

3. There is generally a short wait for s-n-g’s to fill up , but again, this is getting better as more traffic comes to the site.

Deposit and Withdrawal

The minimum deposit amount is just $25 USD. You can deposit money via Entropay, MoneyBookers, eWalletXpress, NETeller, ECOcard, Fast Checks, 1-Pay, InstaCash, Click2Pay, PINdebit, Wirecard, FoneLinx, iBankG, Citadel and credit card.

You can withdraw money to your MoneyBookers, Click2Pay and Citadel accounts, or request a check.

Support

Support is only a click away with live chat for real money players and email to handle customer queries. The live chat option will provide you with help within a couple minutes.

Editors Note: In order to receive the 35% rakeback and 200% bonus you must download from Carolina Gambler and have a completely new account at the room !