Chan Poker Review
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Chan Poker Room
The poker room provides players with the largest available poker bonus from a reputable room along with daily guaranteed tournaments for beginners and high stake players alike. This room does not allow US players.
They do, however offer a spectacular no-download option of the software for players who want to play right in their browsers
The Chan Poker bonus is a 100% match up to $1000 which is significantly larger than most rooms offer. The Chan bonus is cleared at a rate of 7 points for every $1 given in bonus money. You will receive your bonus in increments of $10.
Players can also find a poker school which is written by Johnny Chan himself. This section on the Chan website divulges into the fundamentals of poker with basic strategy articles.
The Chan Poker Players
The competition is still somewhat loose with a viewed flop percentage of 45% – 55% in the majority of the low limit games. Players should pay attention to the tables before deciding to sit and play since the room still attracts some skilled players in the higher limits.
The ring games are available in your standard variety with Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, Stud and Stud Hi Lo, each with their set limits.
The Action at Chan Poker
The poker room offers stakes available for all skill levels with micro tables starting at $0.10/$0.20 for beginners to the $50/$100 no limit tables for the more advanced. Players will find a steady stream of traffic throughout the day, largely in part to the company’s attachment to the OnGame Network.
You will be able to find a qualifier to most of the big events that Chan offers either in guaranteed tournaments or for satellite to live events. Chan Poker takes a fixed rake of 5% with a maximum of $3 from each pot.
Chan Poker provides a wide assortment of multi table tournaments and Sit N Go’s with freezeouts, re-buys and guaranteed games scheduled throughout the day. You will find buy-ins starting as small as $1 and can climb as high as $1000 for the $50,000 GP. All of the tournaments provided by Chan Poker are supported in the same variations offered in cash games. Sit and Gos see a decent amount of traffic with very little wait time for a game to begin.
The Network of Chan Poker
The software is provided by the OnGame Network which has been in the industry since the poker boom dating back to the late 90’s.
OnGame provides software platform to over 20 different online rooms which is why you will see a striking resemblance between this room and Poker Room or Hollywood poker since they are all using the same skin. The tables are nicely design with 3 dimensional graphics.
You will find that the options are very basic and limited with no actual stats available. The only statistics Chan Poker offers are lobby stats which can be found by clicking each room individual.
These stats will then be displayed in the game info box and will provide you with viewed flop percentage, average pot size and chip stacks of your opponents.
Multi tabling is available with up to four tables in play simultaneously expect there is no resizing tool so you will be limited to the full screen mode. You can also use the in lobby and table lobby chat box to interact with other players.
Chan Poker Support and Deposit Options
Support is available daily with only email offered at this time. Players will receive a response usually within 20 – 30 minutes. I have never had to wait any longer than this and the team is very efficient.
Deposit methods include; Neteller, MasterCard, Visa, FirePay, PrePaid, 900Pay, Moneybookers, Delta, Switch, Courier’s Check and Normal Check
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