bwin Poker is one of Europe's oldest and most popular bookmakers and through the acquisition of the Ongame network in 2005 also became Europe's largest poker network.

bwin has long been known for great software and design, and a recent software upgrade in July 2009 has added even more great features. Improvements include direct seating from the lobby, resizable tables and a downloadable Mac client, putting bwin up near the or near the top of the industry as far as client software and design goes.

bwin Poker also offers great statistical analysis of your game and an open database of the hands played at the site for further analysis. The site used to focus heavily on six-handed tables, but that has changed lately and all types of tables are now available and well visited. Also on the table now with the growth of the bwin network are way more promotions, high-value guaranteed tournaments, more satellites to live tournaments and a massive player base.

bwin Poker has a solid variety of games, with Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and Five-Card Draw. Games are available in all the common limits and table sizes, with full, shorthanded and heads-up tables all options.

Poker players seem to have noticed as bwin Poker now counts itself as one of the top traffic generators in the poker industry.

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Bonus Code and Promotions (8)

All players who sign up through a Pokerlistings link are eligible for an exclusive $100.00 bonus.

Exclusive bwin Poker bonus code for PokerListings.com players: No code required; bonus is automatically activated by signing up via PokerListings link.

Bonus Clearing:Bonuses at bwin are cleared at 8 poker points for each bonus dollar. Example: You need 240 poker points for a bonus worth $30. Clearing time for the full bonus is 60 days. Once you've collected the poker points, your bonus is automatically credited to your account.

Loyalty Program/Promotions

bwin Poker's loyalty program is calledb'insideand splits player points into Market and Status points. Status Points are credited to your account whenever you play for real-money stakes and determine your status at b'inside. More points equal more status, which equals more advantages. Status Points are valid for three months.

Market Points are credited to your account whenever you play for real-money stakes and can also be collected through promotions. Market Points are valid for 12 months and can be exchanged at "the Market" for gadgets, merch, etc.

Status points are earned at a rate of 100 points per USD $1 in both cash games and tournaments. Market points are earned depending on Status - 100 points per $1 at "Green" status up to 300 points per $1 at "Yellow" status.

Exclusive Offers for PokerListings players:

$2,000 Monthly freerollsFor first-time depositors and existing players who earn 50 pts between March 19 and June 16. Dates: April 18, May 23, June 20 at 19:00 GMT

>Sign up through a PokerListings link and receive a flat $500 bonus deposit match

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Tournaments and Freerolls (8)

bwin Poker offers a massive amount of tournaments throughout the day - most of which are busy and fast.

Play at any level is decent, with the major satellites and tournaments in particular filled with tough opponents at the later stages. bwin Poker also runs small- and medium-sized guaranteed tournaments daily.

The weekly $25,000 and $50,000 tournaments draw a huge number of players, as do the many qualifiers to big live and online poker events like the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. The biggest guaranteed tournaments are the $40,000, $50,000 and $75,000 events that run all week.

bwin Poker also runs three freeroll qualifier tournaments a day, each with the top 250 finishers receiving a seat in the end of month $100,000 freeroll which awards $100,000 in cash and prizes to the top 400 finishers. The $100,000 freeroll runs on the last Saturday of every month. There are also occasionally freerolls with larger prize pools as part of bigger promotions or as invitational tournaments.

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Software and Graphics (8)

bwin Poker offers software that is sleek, simple and easy-to-use. A new client introduced in June 2009 has also added a bunch of great new features including resizable tables, a real-time tournament lobby and sit-and-go queues

bwin Poker supports play at 12 tables simultaneously and the multi-table experience is very good, thanks in part to the clutter-free software. bwin Poker has also introduced a new downloadable Mac client with no reduction of features from the Windows version. An added bonus is a mobile poker client.

The bwin Poker software offers very clean and crisp graphics - something that has become a trademark of any Ongame software. Avatars are good looking and don't distract from the game play. The four-color decks are also very nicely designed and the felt is a sleek black.

Unique features include all-in stats during a hand, action hot keys and real-money mobile poker. Perhaps the best feature is the unique Session Browser, which lets you see everything about the session you just played. Definitely top marks and not a stretch to say bwin has one the best designs in the industry.

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Soft Competition (7)

Games are very soft at the lowest levels of Limit and No-limit Hold'em, while the high-stakes games definitely provide stiffer competition.

The Ongame network is somewhat of a favorite for the really talented European high stakes pros, making the highest stakes games very hard to beat. Still, you can at times find $5/$10 No-Limit Hold'em tables with a viewed-flop percentage of 35-40%. Overall, many Hold'em games have a viewed-flop percentage in the 40-50% range.

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Support (9)

Customer support at bwin Poker is fast, friendly and offers good quality. Options are e-mail and phone.

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Deposit Withdrawal Options (9)

Deposit options:Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, Diners Club, Neteller, Moneybookers, Bank Transfer, ClickandBuy, Click2Pay, Paypal, Freebet Card and Western Union.

Withdrawal options:Visa, Neteller, Moneybookers, Bank Transfer, Western Union and check.

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