Intertops Poker

Intertops Poker is an offering of Intertops.com, which provides an entire suite of online gambling products, including casino games, sportsbook, and lotto type gambling games. The casino games and poker games are powered by the Microgaming software, so Intertops Poker is part of the Microgaming Poker Network. Intertops is unique among Microgaming powered sites, because they're the only Microgaming site which still accepts real money players from all US states. (Consult your local laws and make your own decisions about playing real money poker online in the USA.)

Intertops Poker Bonus

The most notable thing about Intertops Poker, besides their willingness to accept players from all 50 USA states, is their massive signup bonus of 500% up to $10,000. I don't know of a single other online poker room which offers such a huge signup bonus for new poker players. In fact, I'm not even sure how you would deposit that much money on your initial deposit. To get the full $10,000 bonus, you would need to deposit $2000, which is higher than my deposit limit with most funding options.

Of course, just receiving a poker signup bonus doesn't mean you just get the money instantly added to your account either. Like everywhere else, you have to unlock your bonus money by playing raked hands at Intertops Poker. The bonus is released according to the following schedule:

• Every $25 in rake earns you 5 points.
• Each point is worth $1 in bonus.

Another unique aspect of Intertops Poker is the way their bonus structure is set up. If you actually clear your entire bonus, Intertops will refund your initial deposit also.

Intertops Poker Promotions

Intertops Poker offers a variety of promotions besides the signup bonus. These promotions are aimed at new players and at players who have been playing for a while. Some of these may change at any time, but right now, some of these promotions include:

Tuesday Poker Reload Bonus

Throughout baseball season this year, Intertops is offering a 10% reload bonus on any new deposits made by existing players who might have "busted out". (Or anyone who just wants to add money to their account, really.) To get this bonus, you have to use whatever the selected deposit method is on that given day. (It changes from Tuesday to Tuesday.) Check their site for more details.

$200,000 Penny Poker Tournament

Intertops is offering a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool in a tournament with an entry fee of only a single penny. This tournament is being held every Saturday in July 2007.

Extreme Stack Poker Tournaments

These are 8 person sit and go tournaments offered at Intertops. Players start with 2000 chips and the blinds go up every 10 minutes. These tournaments are available with buy-in's ranging from $20 to $1000.

Intertops Dollars

These are basically frequent player points from Intertops.com. As you play raked pots at Intertops Poker, you'll earn Intertops Dollars which can be cashed in for poker merchandise, tournament entries, or actual cash.

Intertops Bad Beat Jackpots

Any time someone has 4 of a kind with 8's or better, and that hand gets beaten, all of the players at the table benefit from the bad beat progressive jackpot. 4 or more players have to be dealt into the hand, and 70% of the jackpot is awarded to the players at the table. (20% of the jackpot seeds the next jackpot, and the house keeps 10% in order to administer the jackpot.)

IntertopsPoker.com Software and Random Number Generator

Is Intertops Poker Rigged?

Intertops uses the Microgaming Poker Network to power their poker play. This site is almost certainly not rigged. Microgaming has been in business for years and has an excellent reputation among both online poker players and online casino players. Their software is available in both a downloadable version and in a no download flash format. (Poker software that requires no download is extremely unusual, so if that's what you're looking for, Intertops might be the perfect choice.)

Intertops' poker software is functional and easy to use, although it isn't as fancy or robust as the poker software at Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars. The software is clean, solid, and dependable.

Intertops Poker Games

Intertops offers Texas holdem, but then again, so does every other online poker site. The other poker games available at Intertops include:

• Omaha
• Seven card stud
• Five card stud
• Omaha Hi Lo
• Five card draw

Intertops Poker Player Volume

While Microgaming's casino network has flourished, their online poker volume has languished. And since you're playing with Microgaming players on Intertops, the amount of traffic you'll see at any given time is going to be pretty limited. You can expect a sit and go tournament to take a long time to fill up, and you'll sometimes have trouble finding an open seat at a table with a decent amount of players at a ring game. They probably only have about 1/4 of the player traffic on the site that PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker has. Some players might prefer this because it makes it easier to track other players, but I think a lot of poker players would prefer a bigger game selection.

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On the other hand, if Intertops continues to do such a good job of driving players with their promotions, the traffic at all of the Microgaming Poker Network rooms might increase quite a bit.

IntertopsPoker.com Deposit and Banking Options

A wide number of deposit and banking options are available at InterTopsPoker.com. These include:

• Moneybookers
• Visa
• Mastercard
• Ecocard
• Click2Pay
• MoneyGlobal
• MoneyTransfer
• Bank wire
• PaySafeCard
• Firepay
• Instadebit
• NETeller

Conclusion

If you're interested in a smaller volume poker site, a really big poker bonus, or a no download flash poker site, then Intertops is probably a good choice for you. On the other hand, if big poker bonuses are no big deal, and you don't mind downloading software, and you want a good game selection, you might be betteer served by a poker site like Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars. Another good reason for choosing Intertops might be if you're a sports bettor or casino gambler as well as a poker player. In that case, you can get all 3 services from 1 site and 1 account, which can be very convenient.

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