Betfred Poker Review

 

BetFred gives the professional poker player a sophisticated
gaming style in which to relax and play their game. One of the largest poker
sites online it has a great bonus offer of 100% return on your first deposit up
to $600 and an unrivalled variety of games that everyone can enjoy.

Download:

Easy and quick to download. Unfortunately no online play,
download is needed.

 

Bonuses:

BetFred offers a great bonus of 100% return on your first
deposit up $600. It gives you $10 for every 500 points you earn. So for example
if you deposit $400 you must earn (400/10) x 500 points to earn your entire
bonus. This is 20000 points. However you have a 3 month time limit in which to
earn this back so if you’re a novice and don’t plan on playing too often I
recommend only depositing no more than $100.

Players:

BetFred has a huge reputation in the betting world and is
trying to do the same in the poker world. Although yet to attract a large
amount of top celebrity players it has a certain level of sophistication about
the game play which no doubt invites the more experienced and professional
players.

Customer service:

With a huge array of betting games BetFred as a large number
of staff available to answer any query you may have. Great service!

Variety of games:

BetFred gives you a number of gaming types to choose from to
keep everyone entertained, such as Texas
hold’em. Omaha, Omaha
hi/low, and 7 card stud.

Within Texas
hold’em one can choose to play free-rolls, multi-tables, sit n go’s, satellites
or heads up.

Multi-table types: Freezeout, rebuy, turbo.

Sit n go types: BetFred
has a range of sit n go’s that you can play depending on the amount of
opponents you wish to have or the amount of money you wish to play for. There
are 2, 5, 6, 10, or 20 seater games. With 6 player sit n go’s 70% goes to the
winner and 30% to 2nd place. With 10/20 player sit n go’s 50% goes
to the winner, 30% to 2nd and 20% to 3rd.

Free-rolls: There are 3 of these a day to choose from. $50
beginner at 12:00 and 23:20, and $100 at 17:50. These are for players that have signed up within
the last 90 days.

Heads up: Buy-ins range from $1 to $200.

Deposit/withdrawal methods:

BetFred offers a range of deposit and withdrawal methods
allowing you to easily and quickly transfer money.

The following are accepted at BetFred:

  • Neteller
  • Bank
    wire
  • Credit/debit
    card (mastercard, visa, solo/switch, maestro)
  • fedex
  • moneybookers
  • My
    citadel
  • Fast
    bank transfer

What we liked:

The sit n go’s only allows the top 2 or 3 players to win the
cash meaning that the winners will receive a lot more than they would on other
sites which offer more winning places. This is a great reason for the more
advanced players to play at BetFred. Not so good for the beginners though.

What we didn’t like:

Unfortunately with many poker sites one has to wait for
opponents who are clearly taking too long to make decisions. BetFred offers
players a 30 second thinking period! While useful if you are disconnected or in
an expensive hand where thinking time is needed it is more often just a
hindrance.

Score: 8/10