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Empire Poker


SITE:
Empire Poker is a skin for Party Poker. They share all the same games against the same players except for the multi-table tournaments. There are 40,000 players online at it's peak time. The games have a reputation for being loose but they can vary from loose to medium. HOW TO OPEN AN EMPIRE ACCOUNT IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE AT PARTY POKER: Empire Poker and Party Poker track new accounts by IP address, so if you've been actively playing at Party Poker from a specific IP address within the last 30 days, Empire Poker will not allow you to establish your LOGIN NAME and PASSWORD from that IP. So to overcome this problem: Download the software, install, and open an account on a different computer. Then go back to your normal computer and log on. Some people have said that they used Windows XP's system restore to get rid of their registry of both Empire and Party on Windows. Some have said they used a program called Total Uninstall which monitors installations and totally removes everything. For those techies, HKCUSoftwarePartyPoker is the only registry key that I have heard about.
BONUS:
Right now they are not offering a sign-up bonus but when they do offer a bonus it is a 20% bonus up to $100. They offer frequent reloads where you can usually get a 25% bonus up to $50. You can easily check the status of your bonus by going to the cashier.
TOURNAMENTS:
Empire has good sit N go's. The competition is very loose at the low-limit ones ($5). For people who don't like to play against bad players they might want to switch up to the $20 sit N go's. Their multi-table tournaments have buy-ins that range from $9-$30. Right now they also have seats for the WSOP which can be won in tournaments and also run satellites to it's $25,000 guranteed tournaments. Empire has a problem with all-in abuse. Sometimes the players disconnect from the site when they are in a big hand and don't want to call a big bet in a no-limit tournament and are put all-in and end up beating someone when they normally wouldn't have called the huge bet. The customer service at Empire currently knows about the problem and is contemplating making changes.
UPDATE:They have just add Sit N Go Multi-tables for those people want want to play multi-tables but don't want to wait - the buy-ins range from $5-$30. And also added the ability to register for tournaments late.
POINTS:
Empire has just implemented a VIP points system where the points you earn in games and tournaments can be used to enter tournaments, gifts, or redeemed for cash.
SOFTWARE:
Their software is nice. You can play 3 tables at once and take notes on other players. The do have player stats but they are limited. The software has a buddy list where you can see if your friends are logged on but you can't locate where they are. There is also a search page where you can filter for games using a certain criteria (example: find all $1/$2 games where the avg. pot is greater than $18). You can also transfer money to other players but it needs to be a minimum of $50. They also have hotkeys to you can play with your keyboard:
F5 = fold
F6 = check
F7 = call
F8 = raise
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