William Hill Poker Review

Summary (5.08)

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

William Hill Poker is one of the more popular poker rooms in Europe, with its soft games and good bonuses. It is one of the few UK rooms also open for US players. They use CryptoLogic platform, with a shared player base. The games are among the very loosest today, so if you are looking for an easy-to-win game this is a good room. The player volume has more than four-doubled during 2004, as they have introduced no-limit and pot-limit games. The software is quite functional, however the graphics are not the nicest. William Hill has a very advantageous monthly bonus scheme in which you get £25 to play 5 hours each month (converted this equals over $40). There is also an open "proposition player" program, where you get paid to play in new and short-handed games. Real money player statistics at peak hours - 2,000-2,650 ring game players, 7,000-10,000 tournament players at peak hours.

Ring Game Traffic (7)

The Cryptologic network has 2,000-2,650 real players at peak times, growing at a fast pace.

Game variety (6)

OK, with Texas Holdem, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo and seven-card stud - besides fixed limit games, there are no-limit and pot-limit offered in Texas Holdem and pot-limit in both Omaha versions. Games can be played in dollar, pound or euro. There are super high limit tables with £100/£200 in fixed limit and £5/£10 in no-limit Texas Holdem. The $0.50/$1.00 games are the smallest limit.

Soft competition (8)

With the sports book and casino clientele at William Hills and Cryptologics network, there are a bit more players with less poker experience. There is a window of opportunity for the tight aggressive player to win a the tables. The view flop percentage at the most loose full tables at mid level stakes can often be up in the 40-ies and low 50-ies.

Loyalty bonus (2)

Very attractive for the the smaller players getting the £25 each month after 5 hours of real money play.

Support (5)

The support is good, with live online and telephone support, as well as email support.

Deposit & withdrawal options (4)

Deposit options:
Via Ecash Direct, you can deposit with VISA, MasterCard, debit card, EPC, check, certified check, wire transfer, money order, Citadel, NETeller, FirePay, TeleBuy, Basic 900pay.

Cash out options:
(A PIN code required to cash out is sent by standard mail immediately after the first deposit, this may take several weeks before arrival)Credit card, debit card, EPC, check, Citadel, NETeller, FirePay, wire transfer.