USA Poker Review

Summary (5.28)

Due to US legislation to prevent credit-card companies from collecting payments for bets, USA Poker has determined to suspend all their real money gaming business with US residents.

Legends of Poker Freeroll - USA Poker is part of the successful 'iPoker network' initiative (Noble Poker and Titan Poker are other rooms on this network) with software powered by PlayTech. The games are loose with lots of casino players and there are high value promotions (especially considering the moderate volume of players). USA Poker and the iPoker network have been successful in quickly building a strong network, with the strategic backing from the world's second largest casino software provider. USA Poker's software has an innovative and good interface, with both standard 2D view and colorful graphics. The functionality is good and the early minor glitches in the software are now fixed. There exists Holdem and Omaha (High and High-Low) ring games, as well as heads-up, sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments. - ring games have 2,000-2,200 players at peak hours and tournaments have 7,000-9,000.

Ring Game Traffic (7)

USA Poker and the iPoker network had about 2,000-2,200 ring game players at peak hours.

Game variety (7)

USA Poker has moderate game variety with Texas Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High, which are available in both limit, pot-limit and Texas Holdem in no-limit as well. Table stakes are from $0.5/$1 to $10/$20 in the fixed games, with $0.25/$0.50 up to $10/$20 in pot-limit and no-limit versions (the fixed limit Omaha games have a bit lower maximum limits). There are both heads-up, sit-and-go and fixed schedule multi-table tournaments.

Soft competition (9)

USA Poker has quite soft games. Most of the volume is in the no-limit Texas Holdem games where the view flop percentage is normally is the 40-ies or 50-ies. The players are also quite passive, so it is quite easy to be a winning player. The potential for the iPoker network to build soft games is very good as they recruit from the PlayTech online casino base and with aggressive marketing.

Loyalty bonus (1)

There exists no true loyalty program at USA Poker instead they rely completely on the sign-up bonus which is in reality a limited rake back deal (see sign-up bonus). Also they have a Buddie-program. For every raked hand the referral participates in they receive points and for every 500 point $10 is released into the referrer's account. The limit is $50 (2500 points).

Support (5)

Nice options with 24/7 telephone support as well as email support at USA Poker.

24/7 support: Yes
Website FAQ: Yes
Support Features: Email, Phone
Email confirmation/receipt: No
Speed: Fast
Knowledge: Good
Friendliness: 65%
Avg. NETeller pay out time: 24-48 hrs
Withdrawal smoothness: 65%

Deposit & withdrawal options (5)

Deposit options; VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Citadel, FirePay, Moneybookers, InstaCash, InstaDebit, EcoCard, UseMyBank, wire transfer, bank draft and personal check.

Cash out options; NETeller, FirePay, Moneybookers, InstaDebit, EcoCard, bank draft express and wire transfer.