Name Fabulous Poker
Website www.fabulouspoker.com
FREE DOWNLOAD!
Software size 3.26 MB

$100 bonus @ 25% match via this download link!

Bonus info
Sign-up bonus in $ $100
Deposit bonus in % 25%
Referral bonus per friend $0
Deposit free bonus $0
Paid to play ($/hour) $0
Total weighted score
(out of 10) 5.52
Game variety 5
Deposit & withdrawal options 5
Software and graphics 7
Ring game traffic 7
Tournament traffic 7
Rake 5
Soft competition 7
Sign up bonus 4
Loyalty bonus 1
Promotions 6
Financial security 5
Support 6

See the full review below!
Special Features
Statistical analysis of hands per each game type
Applicable for Linux and Mac users


Hits
Fast and reliable software, with nice look and feel
Telephone support
Notes support and hand statistics
Sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments


Misses
Scattered lobby info (has to click on each table to see view flop percentage, average pot and hands per hour)
Platform has been unstable at times (in particular in larger tournaments)



Lobby
Table
Website



Full review of Fabulous Poker


Summary (5.52)
Faboulous Poker is a quite new room on the Poker Network (Pokerroom) and have a considerably better software and player volume than before. The software has very nice graphics with good playability. Fabulous Poker has had real soft games the last 6 months with their huge traffic increase. The focus is more on 6-handed tables than most other rooms. Fabulous Poker offers great statistical analysis of your game and an open database of the hands played at the site. There traffic is very concentrade to the Holdem and tournament section. A large proportion of the games are short-handed tables with 5 or 6 players. The sign up bonus is standard $100 @ 25% match, but the rake is slighly higher than industry average (partly due to all short-handed games). The games have become very juicy lately where soft games are found even up to $5/$10 no-limit Texas Holdem which is impressive. Real money player statistics - July 2005: 2300-2700 ring game players at peak hours, 4000-6000 tournament players at peak hours.

Software and graphics (7)
Poker Network's software is regarded as one of the leaders with its clean, sleek and reliable graphics and software. The Java version is a great feature for Linux and Mac users who otherwise need a Windows emulator. The Java version is also for certain users who cannot download programs to the computer.The statistics functionality on your played hands in the various games is good, with extra features such as hourly win/loss rate and Big Bets won or lost. There is a random delay in the automated pre-selected actions a client can take, not to give away any extra information via an immediate check. The lobby information is a little tricky to use, as you need to click on each table to get the full statistics.

Ring game traffic (7)
Fabulous Poker has 2300 to 2700 real money ring games players during peak hours.

Tournament traffic (7)
The traffic at the tournaments at peak hours reaches currently between 4000 and 6000 real money players.

Game variety (5)
Fabulous Poker has the standard games; holdem, Omaha and seven-card stud (the latter two in both Hi and Hi-Lo version).

Rake (5)
The rake is on par with the industry standard, with 5% of the pot up to a maximum of $3.

Soft competition (7)
From our experience that there are quite a few more soft games available at Fabulous Poker since the emerging with the Poker Network. You can at times find $5/$10 no-limit Holdem tables with a view flop percentage of 35-40%. Overall, many full ten-player hold'em games have a view flop percentage in the 40-ies and 50-ies, and some in the 60-ies - so the games are quite soft and the trend is good.

Sign up bonus (4)
The maximum bonus is $100 at 25% deposit match. A $100 bonus would be awarded once 800 raked hands (minimum $0.50/$1.00 limit tables) are played, where you participate in the pot (equals 8 raked pots per dollar). In seven-card stud seeing forth card is needed to qualify. No time limit on played hands.

Loyalty bonus (1)
None.

Promotions (6)
Fabulous Poker bi-weekly re-deposit bonus via newsletter e-mails. There is also a Royal Straight flush bonus that gives 100xbig blind in Texas Hold'em games.

Support (6)
There is telephone support and e-mail support.

Financial security (5)
It should be secure as being part of the Poker Network, although one of the smaller sites there.

Deposit & withdrawal options (5)

Deposit options:
VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Western Union, bank wire, international money order, cashier's check, Navaho 900.

Cash out options:
Not clear at website. (We assume amount up to what was deposited can be withdrawn with VISA and remaining amount with at least NETeller and check).