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Fair Poker

 

 

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Overall: (4)
Bonus: (3.5)  
Promotions: (4)  
Fish: (4)  
Tournaments: (3.5)
Software: (4)
Cashouts: (4.5)
Customer Service: (4.5)

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Overall: 4
Fair Poker is a newer site on the growing iPoker network of online poker rooms. Their main marketing angle is that they treat their clientele well, offer fair policies, and reward players for their business. Overall, this is a decently strong site with a realistic bonus and some special freeroll promotions for regular players. Also, this network is just as popular, if not more so, for fixed-limit ring games which are often scarce on other sites.

Bonus: 3.5 (50% up to $100)
The actual bonus amount that you can get for Fair Poker through our site is decent at 50%, which is good up to $100. However, converting the bonus to cash is somewhat easier to work off than other sites on the network as you’ll only need to play 10 raked hands for each $1 of bonus. This is realistic because any raked hand counts toward your bonus regardless of how large the pot is. Overall, the bonus isn’t enormous but it you can probably earn it within a reasonable amount of sessions.

Promotions: 4
Besides the initial deposit bonus, Fair Poker runs a few other interesting promotions. Occasionally, they run the “Win/Win” promotion, which is actually really cool. If you lose all of your first deposit, they’ll credit back half of it to you. However, consistent winners who double their first deposit will get an extra 25% credited to their accounts. Check the Fair Poker homepage to see if this promotion is currently available since it’s a very unique neat idea. Another promotion is the Sit ‘n Go jackpot offer, which rewards repeat victories in single table tournaments. For example, if you win 6 consecutive of their larger Fort Knox events you’ll receive a $100,000 jackpot. Perhaps the lowest investment at one of these jackpots is through their $2 12-person Dirty Dozen events, which yields a $2,000 prize for winning 4 in a row. Other promotions include their monthly $25,000 guaranteed tournament and numerous freerolls. While they offer daily $200 and $100 events open to everyone, these are largely crapshoots with an enormous number of players. Better freerolls include those with playing requirements such as the daily $300 event, which typically has more attentive players and a smaller number of opponents. Another interesting freeroll is their weekly $500 event, which is open to all players who participate in a satellite tournament over the previous week.

Fish: 4
This network is largely being flooded with new and inexperienced opponents induced by large promotions. What this translates to is a weak player base that I found easily beatable. At a typical medium-stakes no-limit ring game at Fair Poker, about 1/3 of the table usually consists of calling stations willing to pay off your monsters while the rest are either overly aggressive with weak hands or willing to put plenty of money in on thin draws. Overall, I find this to be quite an inexperienced network still lacking a decent number of experienced players to keep them in line.

Tournaments: 3.5
The actual tournament events are run well on the Fair Poker network, but they are still lacking a large amount of traffic. Lower events with $10 or less buy-ins are still fairly popular and often exceed 200-300 players. Larger events and satellites are usually small, which may be an advantage if you’re trying to earn a seat into a larger event and don’t want to battle massive player fields. Sit ‘n Go tournaments are also pretty popular, especially the $2 12-person events and $5 full tables.

Software: 4
The Fair software is basic with a sharp graphic scheme and a full screen capability if you’re playing at higher resolutions. Avatars at the table have a semi-3D feel to them, and you’re able to choose your persona from a handful of choices. The hand history option has a nice graphical interface and the game pace is pretty quick.

Best Features
-Earnable deposit bonus. While it isn’t huge, you don’t have to play as many raked hands as other sites to cash it out.
-Sit ‘n Go jackpots. If you’re a consistent winner at these tourneys, you can win pretty sizeable jackpots.
-Soft tables. The games at this site are largely filled with new players.
-No rake at microlimits. Not that the rake ever gets large at these tables, but it’s a nice little perk.

Cashouts: 4.5
This is a pretty stable network, and I had my cashouts via NETeller within 24 hours.

Customer Service: 4.5
Standard e-mail support is to be expected and of course it is offered with pretty quick response times. However, I give Fair Poker a good score for also offering telephone and live chat support from within the software. I usually prefer the live chat option – I don’t have to pick up the telephone and the operators are usually pretty helpful.

Game Selection: Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha H/L

Limits:   Fixed Limit: .02/.04 - $10/20     No Limit: .02/.04 - $5/10

Tips
As Fair Poker offers a large amount of shorthanded ring games I’d like to give you some quick tips on playing these 6-person tables. First of all, you’ll need to open up your game a bit more if you’re used to full tables. The blinds come around much faster and you should play an aggressive game from late position. Hands I will often raise with include any Ace with a decent kicker, two face cards, or any pocket pair. You also should be more observant as you’ll likely be facing the same few opponents for an extended period of time.

 

 

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