Carbon
Poker is the largest site on
the Merge Network and supports US
players by allowing multiple US
friendly payment processors and
an excellent support team. The poker
room supports one of the best software
platforms currently available for
online players, which offers advanced
features and multiple tools to make
the games more exciting. Carbon
Poker features a massive Bad Beat
Jackpot, incredible overlays on
a daily basis and multiple variations
of poker, both standard and mixed
games. In addition to this, players
can also play Euchre, Backgammon
or choose between the Progressive
Caribbean Stud, video poker and
blackjack. Carbon Poker offers a
competitive signup bonus for new
players as well as instant cash
bonuses as part of their preferred
payment bonus.
Carbon Poker First Deposit Bonus
Players who are ready to play at
Carbon with real money will qualify
for a 200% first deposit bonus up
to $500. The bonus will be placed
in a pending bonus account until you
have cleared it which is fairly easy
to do. Once you have earned the required
number of player points in ring games
or tournaments, Carbon Poker will
release the bonus into your player
account in increments of $10. All
bonuses are stackable and will expire
within 120 days of claiming it. As
a new player, the room will also award
you with coupons to enter their new
depositor freerolls which have a cash
value of $500 each.
Game Variety
Carbon
Poker supports a wide variety
of ring games for players which
can be played for free. Their current
line-up includes; Texas Holdem,
Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, Seven Card Stud,
Seven Card Stud Hi Lo, 5 Card Draw,
Razz, HORSE and 2-7 Triple Low Draw
with Backgammon and Euchre on that
list. Stakes start at $0.01/$0.02
up to $50/$100 with the majority
of the room attracting low limit
players. You will find that the
number of weak players on this site
to abnormally higher than most others,
which attributes to their viewed
flop percentage peaking in the low
to mid 60’s. Carbon takes
a fixed rake set at 5% up to $3
per hand.
Tournament Schedule
The tournament schedule provides
low to moderate buyins with the average
game seen available for just $11,
however you will find plenty of overlays
throughout most events. Carbon features
their own unique leaderboard challenge
for MTT players as well as frequent
promotions for live events, such as
their current Aussie Millions promotion.
There are an abundance of freerolls
available daily, with new player $50
games, as well as the daily depositor
$500 and daily $1,000 games which
can be entered by earning a fixed
number of player points. The only
downside to Carbon is the lack of
traffic in the Sit and Gos which usually
take a little longer than normal to
fill.
Carbon Poker Software
The software provides some unique
and custom user options for players
including an advanced tagging system,
rabbit hunting, play it twice and
smilies, all of which are signature
features exclusive to the Merge network.
Players will have access to in lobby
statistics displaying the current
% of flops seen, number of hands per
hour and average pot size, as well
as stats on tournaments allowing you
to see which events are overlays.
Players can multi-table as many as
4 games at once, and choose their
own avatars. Other features include;
hand history (opt in only), note taking,
preferred seating, four colour decks.
Support
Support is only a click away, with
Carbon Poker offering live chat and
email to handle customer queries.
The live chat option will provide
you with help within 2 -3 minutes.
Deposit Options
Carbon
Poker is one of the few rooms
which support multiple payment processors
for their players to choose from
including US players, in addition
to offering an instant cash bonus
when using almost any of their available
methods. Current US deposit options
include; MasterCard, Visa, eWalletXpress,
QuickTender, Western Union, Bank
Transfer, MoneyGram
