Celeb Poker Celeb Poker, as a real money poker site, has closed. To: Beat the Fish <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Beat the Fish wrote on the message board: > Celeb Poker Review (3.5 out of 5) > Celeb Poker is a growing poker site on a popular network with terrible > competition all the way up to the higher limits. While they have > plenty of U.S. Dollar tables, this site is a good choice for > international players because of the number of Euro, Pound, and other > currency tables. The "Celeb" part of their name ties in with their > theme of sponsoring semi-celebrity-status actors and sports > professionals - mostly from Europe. Their software is unique and they > are also introducing a large deposit bonus for new players. However, > the best draw from this site is the huge amount of bad players who > regularly risk their money on mediocre cards. > > Fish: > Not only is the competition extremely loose at Celeb Poker, but > they're probably some of the worst online. I mostly attribute this to > the large amount of sportsbook players on the network from other > sites. Flop percentages typically hover around 45-60% at the higher > limits! It's absolutely amazing how poor the play is from many of > these players with a sizeable bankroll. If you can protect against the > regular draws, you can expect to build your bankroll pretty quickly > against this competition. Since you usually want to be playing the > opposite style of the rest of the table, you should tighten up and > play strong cards from the proper position. As pots usually grow > quickly, you can play at a smaller blind-level, play less hands, and > still expect a sizeable hourly win rate. I recommend that you start > out at a smaller game than you typically would in order to get used to > the wild style of play. Overall, the poor competition is one of the > main reasons to play here. > > Tournaments: > The best part of the tournaments is the wide range in buy-ins, which > helps to give beginners or limited bankrolls a shot at playing > multi-table events. Because they're on a large sportsbook network, the > traffic is pretty good. Most of the Celeb Poker tournaments fill up > well with at least 80-100 entrants for popular events at mid-level > buy-ins. They also host some nice guaranteed events daily with $10, > $20, and $30 buy-ins. They've also begun to offer more satellite > tourneys for big live events. Since the traffic is still growing on > this network, you can benefit from the lack of competition in the > satellite events. Finally, CP has started hosting weekly $250 and > $1,000 freerolls for qualifiers of their daily events. It's an > interesting freeroll structure, which rewards players for repeat > performances. > > Software: > While the lobby can become easily cluttered, I give Celeb Poker credit > for creating an original software package. The table and background > graphics are sharp yet feel somewhat awkward. They do give a visual > timer for each player's actions in order to speed up the games but > game speed usually only averages about 40-55 hands per hour. You also > won't find much in term of hand statistics and history. While it lacks > advanced features, overall the software is pretty playable and it does > feel different than most of the generic software out right now. Draw > poker players will find those wild international players willing to > play some pot-limit 5-card-draw. > > Player Traffic > Again, Celeb Poker is on a fairly popular network mostly built around > international sportsbooks so the traffic is pretty high at all times > of the day. They have multiple currencies for international players > but the U.S. Dollar tables seem to fill up most. Tournament traffic is > also middle of the pack. > > Game Selection: Hold 'em, Stud, 5 Card Draw > Limits: 5c/10c up to $50/$100 Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message Online Poker Rooms