Overall Review
In 1994, BoDog Entertainment was started, it is located in Antigua which host many entertainment services, and they feature horse betting, sports betting, and casino and poker games. It was started by the founder Calvin Ayre.
BoDog has a multiplayer online poker community that features Texas Hold’ Em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo and 5 Card Stud with many table game variations such as Sit-N-Go and Limit and No Limit. BoDog has comprehensive study guide to help you get started, learn to play, and enhance your skills. There is some sort of learning to be had by new players all the way up to the professional player. BoDog offers interesting poker resources. You can get the BoDog Cheat Sheet that can teach you hand ranking so that you will know if your hand has possibly of winning. The Cheat Sheet also explains your hand selection and knowing what position it should be in and allow you a pretty good chance of taking the pot, Another benefit is the interesting poker terms section that will teach you about the many interesting words you will run across when playing the game.
BoDog knows that you need to learn the game of poker, so they offer the free online component. This is a free application that helps you get the experience you will need before you jump into a real money table. You can check out a few different types of games beforehand. In order to get into the free poker tables at BoDog, you simply download the software and sign up for the free account. Then pick a table and play the free component, the transition will be easy when you are ready to change over to the real money tables.
BoDog offers players tons of games to play and even allows you to play against the top three players on the site for $1,000. There are so many interesting things to do at Bodog Poker you will never want to leave. Try an exciting game, make new friends in the chat room and enjoy the fast paced excitement at Bodog Poker.
Graphics and Software
The software at BoDog Poker is free and easy to download. To play you must open and account by filling out the simple one page registration. The download takes approximately 10 second with a high speed connection. The software runs automatically after you install it, after installation you will be able to open BoDog Poker icon on your desktop. When the software starts choose your player name. You can also personalize your identity at BoDog Poker by adding your player image.
All new accounts are automatically credited with 1000 play chips and are ready for play on the play money tables. To play for real money all you have to do is deposit funds right in the BoDog software. You may access the deposit page from the software by clicking “make a deposit” from the main lobby window.
Traffic
BoDog poker has many visitors playing the games at BoDog Poker. At any given time during the day you will notice anywhere between 3,000 and 7,000 sealed players playing games at BoDog Poker.
Tournaments
BoDog Poker offers many tournaments, in fact, they offer up to 5 million in guaranteed tournaments on a regular basis. They have beginner’s tournaments for those who have never played in regular tournaments to get a successful start in tournament play. There are beginners Sit-N-Go Tournaments available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and they start when 10 players buy-in and sit down at a table. Beginners Scheduled Tournaments are available on certain dates and times. Entrance to these tournaments is $4 + $0.40 and will payout varying numbers of top finishers based on the number of plays that are registered.
Regular Tournaments are great tournaments on the net with $1 to $100 buy-ins at multi-tables. BoDog Poker guaranteed prize Pool Tournaments, Qualifying tournaments, Freerolls, Poker Point Tournaments, are just some of the great tournaments you may want to register for at BoDog Poker. BoDog Poker also qualifies players to big name tournaments such as the World Series Vegas, and BoDog Poker Open, if you think you are good enough to play in one of these tournaments you will need to qualify and win in order to get the ticket to play in one of these tournaments. Registering for the tournaments is easy, once you have downloaded and installed your software, you will need to login with your BoDog account number and password then go to a table and play, when the registration time is completed.
Cash Games
For several of our games, we offer 3 different types, No Limit, Pot Limit, and Fixed Limit. The Fixed Limit games are where both the bet and raise the amounts for each of the rounds, which are listed under the stakes column for that table. For examples, in a $5/$10 Fixed Texas Hold’ Em games. Pot Limit games are where you can’t bet more than the current pot amount plus whenever it takes to call the previous bet. No Limit games have any maximum limits in no-limit poker; the minimum amount must be at least equal to the previous bet.
Support
BoDog has great Toll Free phone support and fast email response. You should be assured BoDog that will answer your questions quickly.
Deposit and Withdrawl Options
To make a deposit you will need to sign into your account and choose a deposit method, click on the “make a deposit” tab and enter the amount. Deposit methods include Instant Check, Credit Cards (to insure the safety of the players BoDog requires an imprint of the credit card and identification be sent to them before they will allow you to deposit money), Wallet Xpress, Click2Pay, Neteller, Moneybookers, and Speedcard. All deposits are processed free of charge.
Withdrawals are equally as easy as deposits, you just sign in to the account. You click on the payout link, and then select the payout method by choosing the appropriate link on the left side of the page. Enter the amount you want to be paid. Click request payout and your pending payout are marked as requested. Payouts are processed each day as first come, first served basis, but may take as many as 24 hours to process.
