Review of Intertops Poker Room

Intertops is a well known brand in the gambling circles not only because of its presence in the field right from 1983 but because it offers some of the best games, bonuses and services. Intertops started as a bookmaker in 1983, took the first online bet in 1996 and began an online poker room in 2003. Intertops Poker caters to poker lovers from almost all countries of the world, including the United States. Licensed in Curacao, Antilles Netherlands and Nicosia, Cyprus, the site draws a robust traffic for Texas Hold’em games during peak hours.

Software

Intertops Poker which operates on the Cake Poker Network has recently modified their software to present the latest version. The lobby and the tables have a shining new look with more features that upgrades your poker experience by a few notches. The software is designed to run smoothly and is user friendly. Some of the useful features of the poker client at Intertops includes an improved game lobby, advanced filtering options, along with resizable tables and options for customization. The chat box allows you to view statistics and general info with the ability to make notes in a separate window. Player statistics tool is also available to help you with the analysis of your game play.

Game Variety

Intertops Online Poker is known for Texas Hold’em, which is the most popular poker variant. There is Limit and No Limit Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud and 5Card Stud. Both cash games and tournaments are available. Tournaments take place daily with weekly tournaments on Sundays. Freeroll tournaments of $1000 and $250 Bounty tournaments are also held. There are not many sit-n-go tournaments but you can participate in satellite tournaments that take place daily. Intertops also has qualifiers for the live poker events. Currently, Intertops has a full schedule of satellite tournaments up to March 18^th 2012 to qualify for the Irish Open 2012 to be held on April 6-9.

Player Traffic and Competition

Intertops offers a casino and a sportsbook apart from a poker room. Often you will find players from the casino and sportsbook trying their hand at poker, which means lots of weak players that you can take advantage of. There is a decent amount of traffic at Intertops especially with the bigger poker sites out of commission since April 2011. Hold’em games are the crowd pullers but competition is soft for micro stakes games.

Bonus and Promotional Offers

A welcome bonus of 110% up to $600 awaits new players on their first deposit at the poker site. The wagering requirements include collection of frequent player points (FPP) to release the bonus into the account. The Gold Chips Bonus allows you to convert your frequent player points into gold chips. 100 FPP will get you one gold chip. 20 gold chips will get you a bonus of $5, 100 chips earn you $25 and 400 gold chips fetch you a bonus of $100. You can also exchange your Gold Chips for free tournament buy-ins if you prefer that.

The Gold Cards Program is a unique promotion at Intertops Poker. Gold cards are released to a player at a cash game table when it reaches a predetermined rake amount. The Gold Cards can be used for buy-in at a Special Gold Card tournament or they can be exchanged at “The Exchange” for cash.

Through the year, Intertops Poker has a packed schedule for qualifiers for poker events held around the world. For the Irish Open 2012 in Dublin, the site is giving away prize packages that include accommodation, airfare and buy-in to the main event. The packages are worth $7000. There are other Guaranteed Tournaments on offer almost daily with huge prizes worth $25,000, Friday Guaranteed Bounty worth $250, Sunday $1K Freezeout tournaments and much more.

Banking and Customer Service

At Intertops, there are plenty of deposit options which include debit and credit cards like VISA, MasterCard, Amex and Diners Club. You can also deposit with the help of Neteller, MoneyBookers, Click2Pay, Instadebit, bank transfer, person-to-person transfer, Eco Card, PaySafe Card and UseMyWallet. You can withdraw winnings with the help of the same methods used for deposits. Additionally you can also opt for check payments.

Customer service at Intertops is of the highest standards. You can contact support staff via toll free number available round the clock. The service is prompt and efficient and is also available through email and live chat. Overall, Intertops Poker is one of the best online poker sites, and we can highly recommend that you pay them a visit.