Carbon Poker review

Carbon Poker began its operations in February 2005 and has defined itself as a site that offers enticing overlays, great guarantees and superb game selection. Carbon Poker is the latest addition to the Merge Gaming Network and benefits from the sturdy, detailed and well designed software client that the Merge Gaming Network features. The Merge Gaming Network has headquarters located in Australia and its game servers are situated in Canada.

Carbon Poker regularly attracts over 2,000 players to their tables. The generous daily, weekly and monthly tournaments help ensure player loyalty and the massive PokerNews bonus also provides great player value. Carbon Poker is currently ranked around 19th overall (as part of Merge Gaming), however the quality of the software combined with excellent promotions will help elevate Carbon Poker in the future. Carbon Poker also welcomes US players, which will help deliver increased traffic from one of the biggest online poker markets in the world.

The limits at the CarbonPoker tables are large and varied, although the focus is clearly on the more popular Texas Holdem and Omaha tables. Limit Texas Holdem starts at $0.10/$0.20 and extends to $50/$100. Pot Limit Texas Holdem begins at a reasonable $0.50/$0.10 and finishes at $25/$50. No Limit Texas Holdem ranges from $0.02/$0.04 to $25/$50. The Omaha tables begin at a low $0.10/$0.50 for No Limit and max out at $25/$50. The less popular games usually begin at a low $0.05/$0.10 and finish at $10/$20.

In general, a 5% rake is taken at the tables at CarbonPoker. Like most other sites, the exact amount taken per hand is dependent on the number of players in the pot, pot size and limit level. CarbonPoker caps the rake taken at all tables at a low $3. The rake is generally taken at $0.01 per $0.20, up to a table max that is dependent on the limit.

The Merge Gaming software, which CarbonPoker is part of, is an incredible piece of poker software. The speed is blisteringly fast, with animation limited to the community cards and emoticons. The use of vector graphics means that full screen play is presented cleanly without slowing down play. Large buttons and check boxes provide quick preset selection to keep the pace of the games even faster. The lobby is packed full of information; on the various games, limits, tournaments and promotions and thankfully all the relevant information is conveniently sorted under tabs and filters can be applied to further narrow players game search.