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William Hill Poker is one of the oldest and largest bookmakers in the U.K. Now part of the booming iPoker network, traffic and promotions at William Hill are first rate and a massive $16 million in prize money is guaranteed every month on the network.
Given its U.K. origins, William Hill Poker is a popular poker room for British players (and European players in general), making the busiest traffic time around European peak hours. Because of the prominent sportsbook and the tendency for the punters to drift over to the poker room for a few hands, the William Hill tables are usually filled with wild and loose players.
Play in general is considered pretty loose with tons of easy games, particularly at the micro stakes. The software is decent and the lobby got a well-deserved makeover in 2009, giving it a cleaner look and making finding tournaments easier. Multi-currency deposit and play is also available, as is a wide range of games and sit-and-gos. Games offered are Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and Five-Card Stud.
Loyalty Program William Hill Poker offers a multi-tiered VIP club with increasing benefits as you gain WH points. You gain entries to freerolls, get cash back, get access to the Loyalty Shop, and for the very top levels you get live sponsorships and can play in $10k freerolls. William Hill Poker awards WH Points in every raked hand and every real-money tournament. In cash games, anywhere from 0.5 to 16 points can be earned per hand depending on the total rake. 5-20 in rake earns 0.5 points; 25-50 earns 1.25 points and so on. For tournaments the general rule is 20 points per $1 in fees.
William Hill also offers an unusual bad beat bonus where any player that has a hand of quad jacks or better beaten can email support and receive a credit of $150. The secret is that it's not automatic, so remember to fire an e-mail to support as you are sobbing or cursing your bad beat - you might need that $150 for a new keyboard.
All new players can play the daily beginners $50 and $100 freerolls for the first three months after signing up and there are also weekly $2,000 and $3,000 freerolls you can enter with 2,000 and 3,000 William Hill points.
The William Hill Poker software offers pretty much all the functionality players are used to in online poker, meaning it runs fast and smooth with good playability. The latest update of the software added several new features like auto-top up, a quick seat option, hand-for-hand near the bubble in tournaments and a buddy list for online friends. The tournament lobby is vastly improved from William Hill's early days. Note-taking at the table also works better than a lot of other poker sites by having the input window by the player on the table, which works nicely. Hand histories are very easy to work with in the built-in interface, though the ones received by request tend to be a little harder to analyze. The graphics aren't the best in the industry, with somewhat crude 3D graphics and just 10 different options for avatars. That being said, the animations and sounds are all good with plenty of customization options. All in all, it's not a world-beater software-wise but more than adequate for the average player.
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Not the best graphics in the world Doesn't accept U.S. players Still building a player base outside U.K. Name William Hill Poker Web site www.williamhillpoker.com
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