SETUP TIME
This is the time it took for us to visit the website, download the poker software and get started on our poker quest with each top rated poker room.
Welcome Bonus
A poker welcome bonus is where you receive a certain amount of cash just for opening an account! In most cases, you simply need to download the software and register to receive your bonus and in others, you may have to deposit some cash first before being awarded with your welcome bonus.
INSTANT NO DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE
We let you know plain and simple if the poker website offers an 'instant play' with no download required. This means that you do not have to download or install any software to be part of the poker action, you can play for real money without the hassle of installing software to your computer.
Promotions / Bonuses
We have casted our promotions and bonuses rating based on the amount of offers available to you, the player. This includes: how generous the welcome bonus is, poker deposit bonus and weekly and monthly freerolls available.
Layout
Our layout rating is based on 2 things:
- Software ease of use - how well the software is laid out and how easy it is to find your way around different poker games and lobby's.
- Whether the software allows simultaneous poker gaming (play more than one table at any one time) and if it includes, audio, statistics and updates.
Graphics
If you are looking for a fancy, full on graphics poker site then look for a high rating under this category. We cast our rating based on the following:
- How fluent the graphical gameplay is.
- How the graphics are rendered throughout gaming.
- What exactly is graphical about the poker room, e.g. table animations, players avatars etc.
Support
This is determined by a number of factors:
- The different types of support available e.g. email, telephone and live chat.
- The response time in which they respond to your support requests
- How friendly, useful and knowledgeable the support staff can be.
PLAYER TRAFFIC
Player traffic is determined primarily on the traffic of 'real money' players overall - at all times of the day. There are times when poker rooms are at their busiest during peak hours but we have rated it based on a full 24-hours throughout a 7 day period.
Game Variety
Game variety is rated solely on how many different poker games are on offer to you. Such as, variations of Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo etc. Also, whether the games vary between No-Limit, Pot-Limit, and Fixed-Limit. The higher the rating the more games available to poker players.
Overall Rating
This is a combination of all the above ratings merged, we find the average of each and give it our overall Online Gaming 4U rating out of 5.
