Bodog Poker - US Player Policy

Players from the United States are welcomed with open arms to the Bodog Poker website and in fact the website itself is one of the few poker websites to actually be based within the United States.  This is very important information for players from the US to take into account, because a site being based within the United States is going to be very unlikely to pull the plug on players from its own country.  For this reason, Bodog Poker is arguably the most secure poker website currently available to players living within the United States.  However, Bodog Poker does exclude players living in Canada from using any of its facilities.

Bodog Poker - Poker Software

The software that is used at Bodog Poker is unique in the sense that it was created specifically for Bodog Poker for people that are employed by the organization.  It is not licensed from another company and that gives Bodog Poker’s software a level of autonomy that is attractive to many players.  When this autonomy is combined with excellent graphics, good playability and an attention to detail that can be seen through frequent updates, the end result is a popular software package and that is exactly what Bodog Poker has.

Bodog Poker - Game Play

There are five major variants played on Bodog Poker: Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha, Omaha/8, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud/8.  These are the big five, although from time to time you will be able to find cash games in other variants as well.  These five are played variously through limit, pot limit and no limit betting structures and the blinds and antes can be as low as a penny or two or can be as high as hundreds of dollars, giving you a lot of options when it comes to picking the exact game that you want.



Bodog Poker - Tournament Information

Tournaments on Bodog Poker follow the same general rules of variant popularity as in the cash games, meaning that the easiest poker tournaments to find on Bodog Poker are Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments.  All of the big five will have scheduled tournaments on Bodog Poker however, with all of them having sit and go tournaments as well that have filling speeds that are greatly different depending on variant, betting structure and limit.  Buy-ins can range from less than a dollar to over a hundred dollars, which makes tournaments very similar to cash games in that respect.



Bodog Poker- House Rake

Regardless of the betting structure, the stakes or the number of players present at the table, Bodog Poker has a universal rake amount of 5% of the pot.  What does differ with these characteristics is when that rake kicks in and the maximum rake amounts.  For example, in smaller limit games the rake is taken at a penny for every twenty cents in the pot up to a maximum of two cents being raked from each hand, while in a high stakes no limit game with a full table the rake would be taken at a dollar per twenty in the pot up to a maximum of three dollars per hand.  Full rake schedule information can be found on the Bodog Poker website.



Bodog Poker- Bonus

The current bonus that is available at Bodog Poker is a 10% signup bonus that you get on the first deposit that you make as well as a 110% signup bonus that is specific to your activities in poker (Bodog has other operations as well).  Additionally, they are currently offering a 100% reload bonus, but this is only going to be around for a limited time according to their executives.



Bodog Poker- Traffic Report

During the peak hours of the evening in the United States, Bodog Poker’s traffic is around 3000 people logged onto their server.  As the night becomes the morning, that traffic dips to a low of around 1500 people before rebounding to 2000 in the afternoon on the way to the next peak period of around 3000.

Bodog Poker- Player Competition

Competition at Bodog Poker is reasonably soft, especially when the game you are playing is low stake no limit Texas Hold ‘Em.  However, the soft competition in some games can also serve to increase the variance swings that you are likely to experience, which
means that you still need to be on your toes when playing at Bodog Poker.

Bodog Poker- Player Options

Bodog Poker allows for multi-tabling, but unlike the other softwar peackages it actually allows you to multi-table in one window, which can either be very good or very annoying depending on who you are.  In addition to that, all normal chat options as well as options on taking notes, getting hand histories and checking session statistics are readily available to the player if they want to take advantage of them.

Bodog Poker- Customer Service

Bodog Poker has three choices that you can follow for customer service, starting with a FAQ document that is quite extensive in nature.  In addition to that however, if you would like further support then you can e-mail them through service@bodoglife.com in order to get additional assistance.  Those wanting one-on-one service in order to resolve the problem in real time can try Bodog Poker’s phone line which can be reached by calling 1-888-263-0000.



Bodog Poker- Deposit Options

1) Instant Check
2) Visa
3) MasterCard
4) eWalletXpress
5) Click2Pay (non-US)
6) NETeller (non-US)
7) Moneybookers (non-US)
8) PaySafeCard (non-US)
9) Speed Card (non-US)



Bodog Poker- Cash Out Policy

It is the stated policy of Bodog Poker to only allow cash outs through the methods that were used to deposit.  This not only allows for easier tracking of the flow of money into and out of the poker website, but it also increases security which is a stated priority of the poker website.  The exceptions to this are deposit methods like eWalletXpress that do not have withdrawal options on the back end and in circumstances where none of the payment options are applicable for a particular person, then Bodog Poker can also pay with a written check.  However, an understanding must be reached with Bodog Poker before the withdrawal is processed if this is the case.