Carbon Poker Review
Carbon Poker operates on the Merge Gaming Network and was one of the first poker rooms to join the network when it expanded in late 2006. The Merge software provides a great platform for players to play poker on with some innovative features and good looking graphics, and unlike most poker sites Carbon Poker accepts US players for real money poker!
Software and Graphics
Carbon Poker's software is regularly updated to add new features to the already strong offering. The lobby is simple to use, utilising tabs to find the type of games you want simply and quickly. The table layout is simple with good graphics, which are resizable without loss of quality, and some neat features. You can upload your own image as an avatar which is displayed by your name, choose whether you want a small or large chatbox, and there's custom chat icons within the chat to show how you feel or point out the donkey! When it comes to the playing features you have the option of showing both or just one of your cards before mucking if you wish, plus you can chase rabbits and see what the rest of the cards would have been. There are lots more features that help to make this a good and fun software to play on.
Traffic
The traffic levels at Carbon Poker are growing steadily thanks to more rooms joining the Merge Network and the fact that they accept US players. Peak time traffic is now over 8000 and even at quieter times of the day there are still over 4000 players online at any one time. There are plenty of fish about too and low level ring games are pretty soft compared to other sites.
Freerolls
Carbon Poker has one of the largest freeroll tournament schedules out of all the poker rooms. They have a monthly $50k freeroll, weekly $10k & $2k freerolls, and a $50 freeroll every 2 hours. They also have $1000 freerolls every weekday for players that have earned 1000 comp points and daily $500 freerolls for new depositing players.
Tournaments
The tournaments aren't the sites strong point as most of the action is at the ring games but there is still a good schedule running with some large prize pools such as their weekly $20k guaranteed tournament.
Ring Games
The ring games is where most of the action is and there's a great choice of games to play with Hold'em, Omaha, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, 5 Card Stud and Draw, Triple Draw and Budagi, which is a Chinese poker variation. Lots of different tables are available with levels ranging from $0.02/$0.04 to $50/$100 though opponents at the top end are rare.
Promotions
Using our Carbon Poker bonus code 100FIRST1K when you deposit gets you a 100% bonus up to $200 plus entry into the new depositors freerolls for 14 days. They regularly have reload bonuses available, details of which can be found here.
Banking
A good range of banking options is offered including; Neteller, Neteller InstaCash, Citadel (US and Canada only), Click2Pay, Credit Card (Visa and Mastercard). You can also get instant withdrawals from your account with some of the banking methods.
Conclusion
Carbon Poker uses one of the best poker software's around and it's a shame it's not better known. Their traffic levels are rising, they have good support, an excellent freeroll schedule and regular promotions. They also accept US players and are definitely a site worth playing at wherever you are from.
