US and Recreational Poker Players Win Big with the New "Cool Hand Poker" Poker Room -- Internet Texas Holdem Review
(PRWEB) October 17, 2008 -- Cool Hand Poker (http://www.coolhandpoker.com/a186770), the newest poker room from the Microgaming Poker Network, is a place poker players need to check out this week. In the "Freeroll Frenzy (http://www.coolhandpoker.com/a186770)", from Oct. 15-22, Cool Hand Poker will offer one freeroll tournament per hour. There will be four $500 freerolls, four $200 freerolls, two $40 freerolls, and 14 $20 freerolls each day. The great thing is that US players are welcome, and there are measures in place to keep the sharks out. On top of the freerolls, players can take advantage of the $350 sign-up offer that allows players to earn a $10 bonus for every 100 raked hands, up to $350.
With more than 50 poker room reviews, Internet Texas Holdem aka "ITH" is known for providing non-biased, thorough reviews. Here's an excerpt from ITH's Cool Hand Poker review:
Cool Hand Poker Overview
Cool Hand Poker, which allows players from the United States who are not part of the 11-State ban, belongs to the MicroGaming Poker network. Players will find cash games, Sit and Gos and tournaments of great variation available to them every day. With satellites to big live events like the World Series of Poker, World Poker and European Poker Tours, players have the potential to play for big stakes. Cool Hand also offers many online guaranteed tournament prizepools including the Sunday $175,000 Guarantee and the Satuday Extrem Stack $50,000 Guarantee.
Cool Hand Poker Overall Rating 7.5/10
Players will find a lot of advantages in playing at Cool Hand Poker. With decent customer service, good software that has many options for self-tailoring, good tournaments with decent structures and very good promotions, players will find that they enjoy playing at Cool Hand Poker. Add into this a deep 100% up to $350 bonus that clears in $10 increments and one of the best rake structures in the industry and its all win-win.
Cool Hand Poker Bonus Rating 46/70
Cool Hand Poker is offering members of ITH a 100% up to $350 (http://www.coolhandpoker.com/a186770) initial deposit bonus if players download the Cool Hand Poker software through ITH's links or banners. Players have 60 days to earn as much of the bonus as possible. Players will release their bonus in $10 increments for every 100 hands raked at $0.25 or more. Any outstanding bonus after 60 days from deposit will be forfeit.
Internet Texas Holdem also rates sites based on the following criteria:
Software, Traffic, Games, Promotions, Stability, Security, Customer Service, Poker Tracker Compatibility, Rake Structure, Ability to Multitable, Multiple Accounts per Household, Reload Bonus Frequency, Tournaments with Overlays, Free Rolls, VIP Program, Cashiering Options, Rate of Clearance, Maximum Bonus, Tournament Clearance, Bonus Expiration Terms, Withdrawal Restrictions, Bonus Deposit Percentage, Stackability, Bonus Release Rate, Network Chase Rating, Piscivorous Discretionary Rating, Free Poker Bonus Gift Items
In addition, Hilger operates a publishing business, Dimat Enterprises, Inc., which has released three best-selling poker books, Internet Texas Hold'em, Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities, The Poker Mindset and most recently, a collaboration on no-limit tournament hands written by three of the top poker players in the world, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Jon "Pearljammer" Turner, and Jon "Apestyles" Van Fleet. Upcoming books include Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies for Full-Ring and Short-handed Games, New Expanded Edition by Matthew Hilger (due out November 2009) and an upcoming Omaha book from Omaha expert, Jeff Hwang
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