There are a number of different aspects to like about Doyle’s Room but as far as their policy towards US players is concerned, there are mixed results when it is viewed through an objective lens.  Basically speaking, there are US players that you will find in general on Doyle’s Room and there is also a policy of acceptance of US players at Doyle’s Room.

However, there is also a policy of non-conflict with the regulations of the local state jurisdictions and that ends up resolving itself to exclusion of players from Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin.  Players from other states however may play online at Doyle’s Room.

Doyles Room - Poker Software

The overall software of Doyle’s Room can be described as software that would really appeal more to the person that was experienced in their playing of poker.  This is seen in the availability of Badugi, the fact that they allow you to choose a great deal of your own options (as opposed to following the defaults) and the fact that many of the poker games will seat nine where other sites would seat ten.  This requires that you be on your toes more often and is definitely something that the experienced player will enjoy.

Doyles Room - Game Play

As far as game play goes, Doyle’s Room has an excellent selection of games for you to choose from in its ring game format.  Texas Hold ‘Em is of course the most popular and this is available to play for pennies or hundreds of dollars in limit, pot limit and no limit betting structures.  Omaha and Stud are both also featured on Doyle’s Room, with specialty variants like Badugi also available for people that want to learn how to play a new game.  Experienced poker players have likely played many of them before, which is another aspect of the experiential theme that runs through the whole Doyle’s Room operation.

Doyles Room - Tournament Information

Tournaments are widely offered at Doyle’s Room and in fact Doyle’s Room is one of the better tournament websites around.  With starting stacks of 2,000 chips rather than 1,500 and blind structures that allow you to actually play some poker as opposed to catching an ace and taking a race, Doyle’s Room is definitely good with the tournaments.  At the same time however, there are many aggressive European personalities on the website, which make the tournaments more interesting than average.  Finally, if you manage to knock a pro out of a tournament, you actually get paid for it.

Doyles Room- House Rake

The Doyle’s Room rake is actually one of the simpler structures to understand:

When the blinds are less than $0.05/$0.10, the pot is raked at $0.01 per $0.10 up to a maximum rake of $0.10, which occurs when the pot reaches $1.  This is equivalent to a 10% up to $1 rake.

When the blinds are $0.05/$0.10 or larger with two players at the table, the pot is raked at $0.01 per $0.20 with a maximum rake of $1.  If there are more than two players at the table, the pot is raked at the same rate, only the maximum rate increases to $3.  In both of these cases, the pot is being raked at 5%.


Doyles Room- Bonus

The current deposit bonus available at Doyle’s Room is a 110% deposit bonus up to $550.  This can be combined with a number of other promotions such as their vaunted sharp shooter tournaments, where every person that you knock out of the tournament represents a bounty that you are given at the end of the tournament.  Many Doyle’s Room promotions actually revolve around tournaments rather than bonuses, so be sure to check those out if you enjoy playing tournaments.

Doyles Room- Traffic Report

During the peak hours (the evening in North America), Doyle’s Room boasts an online presence of between 8,000 players and 12,000 players.  As the evening becomes the morning, that number shifts down to around 5,000 players, before shooting up again to 8,000 by the time the afternoon rolls around.

Do not play at Doyle’s Room if you are someone that likes a nice and predictable game where people call with draws, raise with premium hands and fold everything else.  At Doyle’s Room, people come to play!  The action is usually extremely aggressive and this room has a reputation as being one of the highest maniac ratio rooms in existence.  This is great for you if you are willing to withstand huge variance in games, because in the end a patient and tight player can actually win a large amount of money here.

Doyles Room- Player Options

Multi-tabling is supported at Doyle’s Room, allowing you to play up to three different games at once.  You can also use their service to chat, pre-select your options before the action is on you, obtain a hand history, take a look at statistics from your current session and take notes on the other players at the table.

Doyles Room- Customer Service

The best place to go for help in Doyle’s Room is the FAQ that they have on their website.  If that doesn’t help you with your problems, you can talk to the floor manager through live chat, check out their e-mail service at support@dbpn.com or phone them for telephone support service.  The numbers are 1-888-762-4192 for North America and (+506) 253-3984 for everywhere else.

Doyles Room- Deposit Options

The following options are available:

1) ePassporte
2) NETeller (non-US)
3) Credit Card (Visa & MasterCard)
4) FirePay (non-US)
5) FPS

Please note that some credit card transactions might be rejected; this is because of the credit card company rather than the unwillingness of the poker room to take the transaction from you.

Doyles Room- Cash Out Policy

Cash outs at Doyle’s Room will be cashed back to the method used to deposit, unless the amount you deposited is exceeded by the amount you wish to cash out.  In that case, you will be able to pick another method for the excess funding.  In the event that your deposit method can not be credited towards a cash out, Doyle’s Room will send you a cheque.