About CD Poker: A highly developed and pleasing gaming experience is what you will find when playing at CD Poker. You can be sure you’ll feel like you’re in a real-life poker game with animated 3D avatars and the option to view tables in top view or through your seat point of view known as side view. With cash games, tournaments and Sit n’ Go’s to be found 24 hours a day, the action is always hot, the competition is soft and you can play several tables at once.

Their poker room is clean with navigation ease through menu-tabs in the lobby. The tabs allow you to quickly choose the game of your choice and if you are new to poker, there will be less frustration when trying to get familiar with not only poker but to the poker room as well. CD Poker also offers a Poker School for poker newbies to get acquainted to the game.

Automatic rakebakes are released weekly so you don’t have to wait to receive your bonuses which seem to be a standard among other poker rooms.

Established in November, 2004, CD Poker is part of the iPokerNetwork; CD Poker is owned and operated by Crown Solution Gaming Ltd. They are licensed through the Government of Antigua as well as the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

US Friendly: US Players are not currently accepted at CD Poker.

Poker Software: Their software is through Playtech, a leader in online gaming software and is powered by the iPokerNetwork. Players can share their tables with the entire iPokerNetwork.

Some of top-notch features include quick and easy small file size download installation. Unique features include being able to toggle on or off the dealer’s voice, fast paced ring play and a variety of sound effects.

Game Variety: CD Poker offers its players Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo and Seven Card Stud Hi and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo as well as casino games such as Blackjack and Video Poker.

The games offered are multi-player friendly and you can play six tables simultaneously with the types of games being cash games, tournaments, heads-up tournaments and satellites.

CD Poker Promotions

CD Poker offers some of the best promotions in the online poker industry.

• New Depositor Free Roll Tournament for a chance to win a Laptop, Sony Handycam or XDA Cellphone.
• First deposit bonus in which players will receive 150% up to $500 and instant $20 cash (minimum $20 deposit).

• Refer a Friend bonus and receive $50 for yourself and $50 for your friend
• Alternative Payment Bonus for players making their first deposit through NETeller or InstaCash of %10 up to $50 in their bonus account
• Bad Beat Bonus of $150 to qualifying losing hand in non tournament Texas Hold’em games
• Best Hand Bonus of $100 to the player winning the best hand of the day.
• European Championship of Online Poker II (ECOOPII) - The battle of the giants will take place throughout May 23rd to June 4th and you could win yoru share of a GUARANTEED #3,600,000!
• Bad Beat bonuses
• Best Hand of the Day Bonus
• CDPoker has almost reached its Billionth Hand! They are running a Billionth Hand Promotion, with over $350,000 in cash prizes
• Standard Reload Bonus of 70% up to $500. CDPoker sometimes offer Special Reload Bonuses of different amounts as well.

CD Poker is also holding a $510,000 Limit Hold’em Cash Giveaway every Saturday; the more hands you play the more prize money you can receive.

Don’t miss out on their 2008 South Africa Poker Open weekly $2+$0.20 Satellites or their Irish Open 2008 weekly $300+$20 Super Satellites or daily $2 + $0.20 Satellites

Rake: CD Poker’s general policy is to commission 0% through 5% of every pot with the cap at $3. They of course adopt the “No flop, No drop” rule. The rake does however drop in certain instances.

• In Limit games $0.02/$0.04 the rake per pot for 2 – 10 players is $0.01 for each $0.20 with the max rake being $1.00.
• In Limit games $0.50/$1 the rake per pot for 2-10 players is $0.10 if the pot reaches $1, $0.25 if the pot reaches $2.5, $0.50 if the pot reaches $5, $$.65 if the pot reaches $8, $0.75 if the pot reaches $12, $0.85 if the pot reaches $15, $1.00 if the pot reaches $20 with the max rake being $1.00.
• In Limit games $2/$4 up to $30/$60 for 2 players, the rake per pot is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $1; 3-4 players, the rake per pot is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $2 and; for 5-10 players the rake per pot is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $3.
• In Limit games $50/$100 and above the rake per pot for 2-3 players is $2 with the pot at $100 with the max rake being $2; for 4-10 players the rake per pot is $2 with the pot at $100; $0.50 with the pot at $125; $0.50 with the pot at $150, $200, $250, $300 and $350 with the max rate being $5.
• In Pot Limit and No Limit games $0.01/$0.02 up to $0.02/$0.04 the rake per pot for 2-3 players is $2 with the max rake being $2; for 4-10 players the rake per pot is $2 with the pot at $100, $0.50 with the pot at $150, $200, $250, $300 and $350 with the max rake being $5.
• In Pot Limit and No Limit games $0.05/$0.10 up to $0.10/$0.20 the rake per pot for 2-10 players is $0.01 for each $0.20 in the pot with the max rate being $1.
• In Pot Limit and No Limit games $0.25/$0.50 up to $10/$20 the rake per pot for 2 players is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $1, for 3-4 players is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $2 and; for 5-10 players the rake per pot is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $3.
• For Pot Limit and No Limit games $25/$50 and up the rake per pot for 2-3 players is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $2 and for 4-10 players the rake per pot is $0.05 for each $1 in the pot with the max rake being $5.

Traffic: The real money traffic at CD poker is 8,200 during peak hours with the majority of it played at No Limit and Fixed Limit Texas Hold’em. Tournament traffic during peak hours is at 45,000.

Withdraw/Deposit: Methods of payment for deposits are VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, MoneyBookers, Wire Card, PaySafeCard, Web Money, Click2Pay, Entropay, Local Bank Payment, Wire Transfer, EcoCard and ClickandBuy.

Methods of payments or cash outs are NETeller, VISA, MasterCard, ClickandBuy, Click2Pay, MoneyBookers, Bank Draft Express, Local Bank Payment, Wire Transfer and Web Money.

CD Poker processes all of their transactions through Veri-Sign with 128 bit SSL layering ensuring safety and fraud preventions.

Support: Offering 24 hours a day, 7 days a week customer support, CD Poker provides friendly customer service representatives who will assist you by telephone, email or live chat.

E-mail Contacts

• General - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Telephone Contacts

• US and Canada - 1.888.201.5430 (toll-free)
• International - +6327567917

Conclusion: With game servers running 24/7 every day of the year, progressive jackpots, unique free rolls, amazing promotions and bonuses combined with juicy play are always available. The ability to double your bankroll in a few hours is why CD Poker is sure to become one of your favorites.

PROS

• Poker tracker compatible for tournament and ring game data
• Fast software and game play
• Generous rake structure
• Unique promotions offered

CONS

• US Players not accepted
• Player Note taking feature is dismal