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Empire Poker, a sister site to Party Poker, is a member of the highest traffic poker network in the world. During peak hours they commonly have over 10,000 real money tournament players. If you include play-money players and ring games, the total number of players reaches to over 70,000 at times. Empire Poker has many decent promotions on offer, like Tell-A-Friend, guaranteed prize-pool tournaments, a VIP Club and daily and monthly cash free rolls. There are many juicy games at Empire Poker with lots of loose action. However, they can be hard to find as no statistics are giving for these games, with just the average pot size in the ring games displayed. Generally it is a good idea to watch a game for a couple minutes to determine how loose everyone is playing before joining in. There are lots of multi-table tournaments on the schedule too. The Hold'em and Seven Card Stud tables are usually always packed around the clock. If you are a new player or want some practice, play live with other players for free to learn the rules of the games, before wagering your money.
Empire Poker's leading edge software, from iGlobalMedia, is overall very good. Empire poker has experienced phenomenal growth since launching. They made a number of upgrades to the software in 2003 and 2004, plus have added servers and bandwidth to secure reliability for 50,000 plus simultaneous players. From a practical standpoint, the playability is very good and you can play up to 3 tables simultaneously. Although, little information about the games is presented, such as the view flop percentages, and the number of hands per hour rate, they do provide the average pot size of the last 20 hands. The personal playing statistics function is basic and works well, including a player notes capability.
The Empire Poker/Party Poker network became the world's largest in ring game traffic in early 2003. Traffic has increased even more recently with the latest numbers in May 2005 reaching 20,000 ring game players during peak hours.
During peak times, the traffic for real money tournament players reaches between 11,000 and 13,000 players. Unlike the other games on the Empire Poker site, the multi-table tournament games are not shared with Party Poker.
Game variety at Empire poker is good due to the leading volume of players in all games hosted; Hold'em, Omaha and both High and Hi-Lo 7-Card Stud.
The rake at Empire Poker is more attractive in the higher limit games, whereas the lower limit games are charged at a higher percentage. In the lower limit games the rake runs as high as 10% in $0.50/$1.00 games, when the pot reaches $5 the rake is 50 cents. The same holds true for tournaments, where a 20% fee is charged in $5 games and 8% fee in $100 games.
The competition is not as tough as at some of the other top poker rooms. There are tens of thousand of players at a time on this site however, many of these players are beginners or casual players. There are some seasoned professionals. Overall the games here are easier than many of the other sites.
The sign-up bonus at Empire Poker is 20% deposit match bonus up to $100. Play 500 hands (where you just get dealt cards), within 30 days of deposit to get $100 (equals 5 raked pots per dollar).
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Info - info@EmpirePoker.com
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Marketing - marketing@EmpirePoker.com
Support Options Available - Live Chat
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