Absolute Poker



About Absolute Poker

Absolute Poker, opened in 2003, has been one of the more popular medium-traffic sites over the last 10 years. It is licensed by the "Kahnawake Gaming Commission". Originally it was an independent room, but in July 2008, Absolute and UB joined together to form the CEREUS poker network in order to offer more benefits to their players. Absolute had good action on their low-limit tables and pretty loose games. They also offered blackjack as a side game to play.

Absolute Poker got shut down on Black Friday. As of mid-2013 there are no signs that it will open back up.

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not a huge fan of AP....lot of sketchy things happen on there...unreal beats and crazy stuff..

celticsPsquared on October 1, 2010

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this is my first real money site. i was practicing on party poker and the gaming club play money software for about a week or so, then i decided to join absolute because of the 35% bonus. The only thing i don;t like really is the fact that you cannot really play any other full screen software while this is laying because when it's your turn, the game window automatically steals focus, and there's no option to stop it from doing so. What this means is, if you're playing a role playing game or something int he background to pass the time between hands, it will automatically minimize that game. The problem lies in the fact that sometimes this really messes with both games. the pc might lock up for a little bit and you may lose your turn. not cool. im going to notify customer support of this to include an option to stop making the window steal focus, otherwise i am switching to the gaming club. I really do not like sitting around with my thumb up my you know where between hands on a 10 person table because i cant do anything else or else the program will mess everything up. Also, maybe i'm imagining things, but i could swear that the dealer program at this site deals you better cards the less you fold. I play very conservatively and it seems that after a while of getting junk pockets, i force myself to bid and try and make some cash as i'm getting killed just by the rake and blinds, and when i start to at least see the flop, it seems my pockets get better. fishy.

seems like you need to make a choice...poker or World of Warcraft...

stacyh on August 15, 2010

[url]http://www.pokertableratings.com/blog/2010/05/ptr-security-alert-cereus-poker-network/[/url]

check it out folks. Still more BS from you know who...

DaMAn on May 14, 2010

From the thread titled "Absolute Robbery" four years ago:

" ...... Today was actually the last day I will ever play on this site, and it was a typical day that I had experienced over the course of the last month. In one hand, I had pocket 4's and called a raise along with 3 other players. The flop comes 4 8 8. After several raises and reraises, I am in this hand alone with this one fish who has already cracked me with my Aces and two pair, hit a gut shot on me, and outdrew me and others in a few other hands. Im thinking this my final chance to get back at him and that there's no way I can be outdrawn this time. After several raises and reraises, the turn and river bring on 4 8 8 Q Q ! Of course he has J 8 ....."

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This may actually be the dumbest thing I've ever read. Tough to believe that someone is a fool enough to think that this hand is indicative of wrongdoing on the site's part. Bottom house losing to top trips when the board double pairs happens about 15,000x a day, welcome to poker.

DaNutFullHouse on April 30, 2010

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Anytime you complain about a site you are whammied. I am interested in hearing from others. I complained that the service was bad at absolute and talked to a few of their props at the tables about it and was punished. The game can and will be manipulated. The problem is that it is all sites that do this not just a few. I have a group that compares online sites and its all the same. If you are a person that withdrawls money you will be punished. If you complain you will be punished period.
Old post I know but I have to respond. Alot of others here and other sites say the same thing once you cash and if you complain it all turns to sh@@. I wish I had never played online. It all such BS!!!

DaMAn on April 29, 2010

I played on Absolute Poker for awhile and the suckouts are just unreal. People calling my Nut Flush on the flop with none of the suited cards in their hand and starting with small pair and weak kicker...calling to the river to get a full house. No rhyme or reason for these types of calls. It happens all the time. I thought that it was just a coincidence at first but I saw it happen way to much and usually for the same players and to other victims. The limit size didn't matter either it is not just a micro donk calling as they are stupid or dont care it happens in the bigger games more so.
I wonder if the RABBIT feature is hackable. I think it should be done away with as I think that it has somehow been exploited. This may be the thing behind these players supposed ESP.

My advice .... stay away from online poker. Until the U.S. steps in and regulates it and protects it's players!! Which by the look of it is not going to happen.

You have no protection and no regulation. You do the math.

Open your eyes people if has been done before (cheating) and is still being done.

There is just to much that doesn't make sense and if it doesn't make sense then it just isn't real true or right.

DaMAn on April 29, 2010

If you are worried about rigged cards, get Holdem Manager tracking software. It costs about $80 and will tell you anything you want to know about your game, opponants games, and dealt cards, great for peace of mind for the sceptics.

Ive played and tracked bout 60k hands on Cereus and can assure everyone nothing fishy is going on. You may have seen my thread 'Thoughts on Chris Fergusons Challenge' which basically was a blog of my games on pokerstars last year and shows my $6k downswing playing mostly NL50! Truth is, over 10,000's of hands, ANYTHING can happen, but over 200k-300k hands, players WILL get their just desserts.

As a regular winning grinder, I thouroughly recommend the Cereus and Cake networks as they offer 30-33% rakeback (woulda been $5k richer had I played these sites last year), good customer service, very quick withdrawals, VISA cashout outside U.S. and Cereus has had an awsome software improvement recently making the play feel alot more like the bigger sites.

I bet I can answer nearly all these thread's problems with just 1 word 'RAKE', and the more you can get back, the bigger your winrate. Don't settle for a free T-shirt advertising their business!!! You probably rake between $600-$900/month if you play NL50, would you ever pay $300 for a T-shirt on the high street? Get on these fish ridden sites and I gauruntee you won't get a fairer game.

buck22 on January 27, 2010

Seems like something in the programming that gives the flush to anyone who has a flush draw on the turn. Far too many times I have gone all in with 2 pair or trips and got beat when someone rivers a flush. No longer play on the site because of this flaw.

smartuko on January 27, 2010

I play on here a lot. Won decent money but of late the site is horrible. I've taken bad beat left and right. The ups and downs are a joke. I will win 7 of 10 sit n go'es....followed by losing 12 straight. My style of play doesnt change. The bad beats do. I complain to VIP host and it gets worse.

The thing I dont get, why r the same ppl always winning. They arent better than me. Nobody is better than anyone on this site. Its impossible. You get KK and play them perfect and lose to a BS hand, its not being outplayed. I play live a lot too. I've seen bad beats live, but way further apart than the every 5 min AP dishes out.

I hate this, I love poke and want to play, but I may have to close my account down.

F'n sad. Just cant trust this site anymore.

M-Th last week, won 30x my bank roll.....ran real well. I had to re-buy today???? Did I change my style?? No, there was nothing I could do to stop the bleeding.....i slowed down, i waited till blinds went up to get aggressive, i played small stakes....nothing.....lose, lose lose.

Joke, and there VIP live chat is a bigger joke.

hugh_jogg on November 8, 2009

Ive been playing here since they started and since lasy year I cant win tourneys like I used to. I havent cashed out in a long time, and its not my play...

Gaspar_74 on October 21, 2009

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Well I'm not here to grumble about any loses, but I saw these comments, went away and relly had a good look at what I was seeing on these tables.

I didnt like what I saw. A couple of things I'd like to point out. First of all I didn't lose much money so this is not a bad beat story I cashed out once I realised there was actually somethign strange going on.

I was playing a $40 sit n go and got chatting to some guy who had suffered a lousy bad beat. I mean it was runner, runner bad beat. This guy was 95% ahead on the flop and so obviously he wasnt happy and acused absolute poker of being cheats, as he suffered these bets all day and had lost over $200. I said I agreed that the worst hand wins far too often and others thought the same. Next thing I know I am off the table completely and couldnt return. Though I could play on cash tables.. For the next day or so I didn't recieve one single decent hand. In fact the best hand I got all day with J,Qs. I decided to clear my poker tracker and play for another few days to see what happened. Long and behold out of the 479 hands I was dealt, there wasnt A,A or K,K or Q,Q or J,J or even A,K to be seen. In fact the best hand I got was A,Q which I was dealt twice. The first time I missed completely and folded to a bet with a king on the board, the next I hit a full house and split the pot with another A,Q. I also got tens and hit my full house, to lose out to a bigger full house.

I looked at poker tracker however to see that I was dealt Q,6 seven times, Q,7 also seven times, but mostly 6,3 and 4,2 which I had eight times. Compare that to my two A,Q's and other prmium hands.


In fact I played 7 tournaments and didnt cash once, I just didnt have the cards. Whereas I average better than 1 cash in 3 games normally. The last tournament I bluffed my way to the bubble, and was dealt a pair of 7's. The flop came 2,2,4 and I pushed hopin for a call from A-x which I got, A-3 called. But what did the turn and river bring 3,3. I must admit I just laughed and then cashed out. Not only did I get barely any cards, but when I did play (I saw 14% of flops) I was ahead 56% and won... yes 23%.
Wow same thing just happened to me! I ran my mouth about AP being rigged etc etc at the cash table and the last 5 tourny's I played in I hardly got cards or got beat when I was 80%+ in the hand! They must have a filter that kicks up when you write stuff about them in their chat lol

chowda633 on October 10, 2009

I just played 3 heads up tourny's 2 500 chip UT's and a regular heads up. Lost all 3 of course!

First one I played over 30 hands and LOST EVERY SINGLE ONE! NEVER PAIRED THE BOARD! How is that possible?

Second one AQ He raises. I re raise he goes all in. I call of course he flops over A3 I got him dominated. Flop is no help to either turn is no help to either 3 cards in the deck can help him... WHAT FLOPS ON THE RIVER! A 3 OF COURSE! I even called it when he flopped it over. Who goes all in with A3 anyways heads up first hand?! Not even suited!

So now im on tilt. I play one more SNG heads up UT. I hit the flush on the flop Ace high. Got him dead to rights. Go all in he calls with top pair and by the river HAS A HOUSE!

AP IS A CLOWN FEST! Donks always win and plenty of hacks to go round.

chowda633 on October 10, 2009

Absolute poker is the biggest rip off online. It is a total joke to play there. The cards are not random. All hands are computer gen hands. You always get bet on the river on this sad site. I can't believe people still waste they're time at this joke site. It needs to be shut down. If people stop playing there, i think they would stop with the computer gen hands. But the people keep playing and throwing money out the window. I stopped because i can make more money playing bingo then at that rip off site.

Timw1111 on September 30, 2009

Wow, where to start chronicace22? You don't always start with 27, and the large majority of starting hands are trash, so guess what, you'll get streaks of trash!! It happens!! ugh the worst hand mostly loses because the odds are against you, read what you're saying, YOU'RE COMPLAINING CEREUS IS RIGGED BECAUSE THE WORST HAND LOSES!!!
ENGLISH LESSON: The cow has NO food.

Cereus sux for many reasons but not for the reasons you've outlined.

buck22 on September 3, 2009

Hello Everyone, First of all Absolute Poker is a Scam and its sick to think Hellmuth endorses this site, first things first when i play this site nothing is random, my first cards at a sitngo are always 72off , and after that its 24 63 and other crap that wont see a flop for years!, IF i had a hundred dollars for everytime i heard someone say absolute wont let them cash out! i would have allready lost it on this site. Because thats what happens you loose on here , Now im not i fuuking idiot i know that in real poker you dont just keep getting hands like 23, 64 , 95, 24, 74 over and over and over. I meen im sorry eventually in real poker you have to see something decent. Not to mention its not just that my hands are shiit its that none of them hit!!! ever i fol and fold, And always worst hand looses! SCAM!!1 fUUK YOU ultimate beat, I HOPE YOU ALL CHOKE ON THE THOUSANDS YOUR SCAMMING FROM PEOPLE, and lets get this straight we all know at the top of this company is some COKE HEAD yuppy FUUK ASS BOSS WHOS PUTTING OUR MONEY UP HIS NOSE!!! thanks for lisening, if anyone reads this please save yourself the pain, i wish i had, These no winning here and know cash outs

chronicace22 on September 3, 2009

A friend and myself played on the absolute poker site just one time. There was a promotional freeroll tournament. They offered prizes but no cash prizes which was fine with me but when my friend placed 1st and was supposed to be awarded Black Crows tickets in San Diego guess what he got NOTHING. My 4th place finish in the same tournament was supposed to be a tour of the 91X radio station with dinner and still I got nothing. We emailed them several times and got no response.

You can make claims about sites being rigged etc. but this is without a doubt proof that this organization is flawed. Consumer beware....

jacktors on August 20, 2009

Absolute is TOTALLY rigged and programmed to the hilt. They are scum of the highest order. I've played 100's of thousands of hands on there and they really have gone overboard since teaming up with the scumbags at UB. I should write an article on how to beat their STT in a consistent fashion. When I sit down I say, "you are all going to lose, and I am the winner" they think I'm kidding. I'm not, I know how their program runs now, it is actually quite simple. I'll leave you some pointers so you can get an advantage also:

1. Be more stressed about getting early big chip lead. AP RARELY allows the early chip lead to win. I know, I know, you want to "play poker" and "dominate". Wont work. You are wasting your time. Your cards will go to crap for many rounds.

2. AP program always stages a "miracle comeback". This is regardless of player skill. Just look for when there are 4-5 players left and the 400 chip stack is on last legs with k3 suited and hits quads.

3. AP program will attempt, usually very successfully, to have roughly 3k on 4 diff seats with 1 to money. (Top 3 get paid in STT). Give or take but close enough. What? You say, " It's the 2nd round and I have 8k lead!". 3k, 4 seats. Give or take 500.

4. Of course if a total donk is giving away chips on an all in 29 hearts, let em, this has nothing to do with program.

5. AP's program attempts to end every STT on exactly the 7th round. Right on the button. It also attempts to eliminate precisely 1 person per round. Some tourneys end on the 8th, these are usually the super tight grandmas playing. Rarely will they end on the 6th, unless everyone is all in every hand or something.

6. So, if you chip up early, and/or there are multiple seats eliminated early, watch the program run through a LONG dry spell. No action, nobody gets a hand, nobody flops much, this is what I call "passing the stack". I win 200, you win 200, he wins 200, I win 200, then you. Back and forth it will go because, there were too many players eliminated early. This will go for a couple of rounds and might result in you going comatose.

7. Why? Simple. To keep the whole "gambling" part alive, "anyone, even the most inexperienced player, is guaranteed a rich experience". Skill is meaningless, poker or otherwise. Just work the program, way easier. If some donk wants to give away chips for nothing, so be it, take em. Just be aware that the AP program is very wary of anyone with a commanding chip lead in STT's. It will make every effort to knock yours down and even out the stacks. This is where "sit out" comes in handy until later rounds.

Also to add to the "why" part, I'll use an example from another very jacked up site that is no longer with us, ever hear of "Golden Palace Poker?". True scum of the earth. But, if you were smart, you could sign up for some of the lower stakes STT's, sign off, go have a beer, and get to money without even playing. AP has effectively guaranteed that that will NEVER happen. Least not that I've seen. Sit outs will NOT get to money, EVER. Now on an STT, you would think that some would be 2 rounds, some 3, some 4, some 5, etc, before they got to money.

Not AP, you will blind out before level 7 comes around, guaranteed. You will NOT get in the money if you sit out the entire tourney. This is what their program has accomplished. I think it's good, but at same time, it's bad. What kind of site has poker rounds like clockwork? Why does it always hit level 7 then BAM everyone has incredible hands.

Why does the 10k stack vs. 1.5k stack go all in say with 10K off to QQ and since AP wants that table freed up, the tourney is over, every time. In fact I write "GG" in there first because I know preflop that the game is over. Since AP shuts the table down the instant the hand is played, even the chat, then you know they are attempting to muzzle the players, shut them up and get them out. This is also why they wisely eliminated the observer chat, unlike every other poker site which doesn't seem to be so afraid of TALKING. Even on playchips they have no observer chat, whats a matter AP? fraid I will coach people on how to manipulate your program to their benefit? I already do that, and the ones that listen, WIN. And I WIN.

But I'd rather play poker, and you don't deal poker so I'll stick to real cards that aren't dealt on a timetable with clocklike precision.

Scumbags.

AbsoluteRipoff on August 17, 2009

Site is rigged, DO NOT PLAY! ALL ONLINE POKER IS RIGGED! search poker scandal on google. AP is the first to get caught

NukMasta on December 16, 2007

Sooo after jut posting my last message, i get a messge in my inbox from a guy who thinks i must be doin my calculations wrong.

He didnt think the site would take a grudge against me. Note the followin happend, the sme day asmy last message, about 2 hours later.

So he said oh your wrong this and that. actually he was kind of an alright guy just didnt believe me. Luckily i had a spare few dollars in my account. i told him to come watch me play a sit n go. so he did.

i was doin well. the thing is, i didnt get anything but as long as i didnt show down.. i was chip leader with twice my originl stack. now thi guy is lettin on that im playing with 5,9 as thouh is is a,k. and hes thinking about calling me, esp as im always stealing his blinds. mostly for fun just to see how angry he gets. But i actualy get an hand this time. queens. so i raise hi blind again. he goes all in i call. he has J,7. which makes me 86% favourite. he flops a jack. then rivers another. first hand shown down. and what does this guy say? oh well he jut got lucky it only happens 14% of the time.. blah blah. i give up i really do.

lloydy84 on July 29, 2007

Well I'm not here to grumble about any loses, but I saw these comments, went away and relly had a good look at what I was seeing on these tables.

I didnt like what I saw. A couple of things I'd like to point out. First of all I didn't lose much money so this is not a bad beat story I cashed out once I realised there was actually somethign strange going on.

I was playing a $40 sit n go and got chatting to some guy who had suffered a lousy bad beat. I mean it was runner, runner bad beat. This guy was 95% ahead on the flop and so obviously he wasnt happy and acused absolute poker of being cheats, as he suffered these bets all day and had lost over $200. I said I agreed that the worst hand wins far too often and others thought the same. Next thing I know I am off the table completely and couldnt return. Though I could play on cash tables.. For the next day or so I didn't recieve one single decent hand. In fact the best hand I got all day with J,Qs. I decided to clear my poker tracker and play for another few days to see what happened. Long and behold out of the 479 hands I was dealt, there wasnt A,A or K,K or Q,Q or J,J or even A,K to be seen. In fact the best hand I got was A,Q which I was dealt twice. The first time I missed completely and folded to a bet with a king on the board, the next I hit a full house and split the pot with another A,Q. I also got tens and hit my full house, to lose out to a bigger full house.

I looked at poker tracker however to see that I was dealt Q,6 seven times, Q,7 also seven times, but mostly 6,3 and 4,2 which I had eight times. Compare that to my two A,Q's and other prmium hands.


In fact I played 7 tournaments and didnt cash once, I just didnt have the cards. Whereas I average better than 1 cash in 3 games normally. The last tournament I bluffed my way to the bubble, and was dealt a pair of 7's. The flop came 2,2,4 and I pushed hopin for a call from A-x which I got, A-3 called. But what did the turn and river bring 3,3. I must admit I just laughed and then cashed out. Not only did I get barely any cards, but when I did play (I saw 14% of flops) I was ahead 56% and won... yes 23%.

lloydy84 on July 29, 2007

I agree with most comments here. There are way too many flush and straights on the board.. And it seems that someone always has part of it.

For example I have just finished a $10 SnG where I was by far chip leader and called an all-in bet with A,Q and they flopped a straight. Not the first time either, it seems like dominated hnds always have some kind of get out clause.

The thing is I dont find other sites much better. Granted, they dont give out as many straights and flushes, but the best hnd never seems to hold up. On party poker over the space of 6 months, calcalated my pre-flop odds, and how much I won.. and it worked out that I should have won 58% but I actually only won 48%. Thats bout $500 difference at the level I play.

And on titan poker I was often 90-95% and end up losing. Example $11 buy in 250 players, I was in fourth position and second in chips. I went up against the chip leader - I had 8,8 and called a 3* BB raise. Flop comes K,4,8. He went ll in and I called. He turned over 10,10 so I am 92% favourite and he hit a ten mircle on the river.

So althoguth I think absolute is rigged others re just as bad in different ways. I have learned to adapt on absolute, with increased flush/ stright possibilities, however it woul impossible forme to do the sme on titan or party.

And now on absolute I am a winning player.

lloydy84 on July 23, 2007

If you would like to lose all your money, this is the site for you. They lie, cheat, and steal your money and they don't even want to talk to you. I was sent a payout check and after depositing it, it bounced. They didn't even pay back the resulting overdraft fees. Totally ignored me. Hung up on me when I requested to speak to a manager. I guess they're too busy spending our money to realize that we are the customer. Worst customer service experience of my life. Currently have a lawsuit pending against them.

boltsink2303 on June 6, 2007

Save your money. Unrealistic play. If you are new to poker and call to the river this site may be for you. 55% flush hands. In a one week period you will lose to no less than three (3) Royals. Totally unbelievable probabilities. Minimum of four (4) shills per game. Save your money.

Prfeno on March 23, 2007

Not me missionjack!



I quit and closed my AP account



I also messed up in my prior posting, not totally... AP's BlackJack does obey the rules... my prior posting about the way they split aces just reflects how few times I have had to split aces at the real casinos. So my apologies to everyone on that splitting aces aspect of my posting.



HOWEVER, I also FORGOT to add about AP's SUPPOSED $10K FREEROLLS, they DO provide each account ONE of these 10K freerolls for each account new or established, BUT only ONE, then you have to play real$ games with AP receiving RAKE$ in order to earn 50 points to get ANOTHER freeroll.



They should call AP BEATSTREET instead, as all you do is get beat up sicne they made some major change in their software.

osprey on March 2, 2007

I have the worst luck with absolute poker. I swear absolute poker gets its users to push for the pot so they can make a bigger rake. I was sitting at a table playing .10/.25, and wouldn't you know it I finally get a decent pair of QQ after throwing out crappy cards for the last ten hands. Someone raises, I go all in. Low and behold he had KK. Only four people at this table and I get beat by KK? Happens all the time. Another table at only had 3 people on it. I hit 33(did not play), someone had 22, and another person had 99. All three of us had pocket pairs, what is that? Call it luck, call it random call it whatever you will. But from looking at hand after hand after hand, it is nothing but a business strategy to push the player to go after the pot so absolute poker can gain a better rake. Another table of 6 players, i have a6, i called a small raise. Board turns out to be qq610A, wouldn't you know it he had AQ.

soil67 on February 8, 2007

Anytime you complain about a site you are whammied. I am interested in hearing from others. I complained that the service was bad at absolute and talked to a few of their props at the tables about it and was punished. The game can and will be manipulated. The problem is that it is all sites that do this not just a few. I have a group that compares online sites and its all the same. If you are a person that withdrawls money you will be punished. If you complain you will be punished period.

missionjack on February 8, 2007

I have seen the craziest crap on this site odds of them hitting are rediculous! The biggest example that I couldnt believe went like this in a heads up tournament.
tage #593394224 Tourney ID 53398 Holdem Single Tournament No Limit $30 - 2007-01-02 21:48:11 (ET)
Table: 10833042 (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - ONEGOODSHOT ($1800 in chips)
Seat 6 - RISKYTC ($1200 in chips)
ONEGOODSHOT - Posts small blind $15
RISKYTC - Posts big blind $30
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to ONEGOODSHOT [As Js]
ONEGOODSHOT - Raises $105 to $120
RISKYTC - Raises $210 to $240
ONEGOODSHOT - Calls $120
*** FLOP *** [10h Qd Kh]
RISKYTC - Bets $210
ONEGOODSHOT - All-In(Raise) $1560 to $1560
RISKYTC - All-In $750
ONEGOODSHOT - returned ($600) : not called
*** TURN *** [10h Qd Kh] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [10h Qd Kh Kc] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ONEGOODSHOT - Shows [As Js] (Straight, ten to ace)
RISKYTC - Shows [Ah Jh] (Royal flush)
RISKYTC Collects $2400 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($2400)
Board [10h Qd Kh Kc Qh]
Seat 4: ONEGOODSHOT (dealer) (small blind) HI:lost with Straight, ten to ace [As Js - P:As,B:Kh,B:Qh,P:Js,B:10h]
Seat 6: RISKYTC (big blind) won Total ($2400) All-In HI:($2400) with Royal flush [Ah Jh - P:Ah,B:Kh,B:Qh,P:Jh,B:10h]
We Both flop the nuts heads up and he hits a royal flush this is just one example of the kind of stuff that happens on this site. JUST ONE!!! Stay away from this site!!

tat2edcaliguy on January 2, 2007

Although I only played a few freerolls here I can tell you I'd NEVER play for money at this site. Besides the awful players (They exist at EVERY online poker site) this site deals almost the same exact cards to you and 90% of the flops are, flops like, JKQ all clubs or AA4. Every single flop has str8 of flush draw implications.

Playing my last freeroll this morning my first 16 hands were as follows. 29, 27, 28, 23, 34, 56, 38, 28, 28, 29, 35, 35, 46, 28, 23, 36. Then the next 7 were J2, J2, Q2, K2, K2, 102, J3. I was knocked out of the tourney on my 24th hand with Q8 (the best hand I saw all tourney lol).

Now I understand cards can be streaky at times but what are the odds that 21 out of 24 hands (87.5%) would contain a 2 or a 3?

It's fun to play those hands sometimes and try to bluff once in a while but when 87.5% of your hands contain a 2 or a 3 it's almost impossible to do anything.

Advice, stay clear of this site. Not to mention, I started playing here because of the TV commercials that talk about the 10K freeroll entries. No such thing! You have to pay 50 points to enter those touney's. Of course in order to get any points you have to pay real money pots and make sure the dealer takes a rake. Not only is that television ad misleading it's false advertisement.

ABSOLUTE POKER BLOWS! Stay clear!

bad_dog76 on December 20, 2006

I wish someone had warned me about this site previously. I have just spent the last month playing on this site, and from day one, it was nothing but the most disturbing bad beats imaginable. I have read plenty of complaints and outrages of bad beats from players on the web, and I find a lot of them stupid and ridiculous since all they complain about is a few hands or one session. I understand that it happens from time to time in poker, but what happened to me on Absolute Poker happened over the course of a month on almost a daily basis. I witnessed the most disturbing bad beats, and the worst part was they wouldn't stop for a whole month!
At first I thought maybe I was just on an extremely bad run, having horrendous players constantly beating me after the flop with runner runners, 2, 3, and 4 outters. I understand this happens sometimes, but it would happen to me consistently like 5 times in a row at a single table! Then maybe I would win a small pot, but then I would get another 5 bad beats in a row! And this happened for an entire month! Out of the course of the month, I may have had 1 or 2 normal sessions, but it seemed every time I sat down, the worst players would constantly lay the worst beats on me. And the main problem was it never stopped! About 90 percent of the time I had a dominating hand with the other player almost drawing dead in a pot over 100 and sometimes 200 dollars, I would lose to a runner runner or a 2, 3 and 4 outter. This has cost me several thousands of dollars in potential profit in a single month!
One thing I noticed in particular were the same terrible players consistently laying the bad beats on me. It was as if it were impossible to win a hand no matter how big of a statistical favorite I was against these idiots. This was the most frustrating part. Knowing how much money I should have been making off of these terrible players, yet constantly being outdrawn in ridiculously improbable ways. There were certain players I would see multiple times and sit down with, and I would lose almost every hand to them, no matter how much of a longshot they were.
Today was actually the last day I will ever play on this site, and it was a typical day that I had experienced over the course of the last month. In one hand, I had pocket 4's and called a raise along with 3 other players. The flop comes 4 8 8. After several raises and reraises, I am in this hand alone with this one fish who has already cracked me with my Aces and two pair, hit a gut shot on me, and outdrew me and others in a few other hands. Im thinking this my final chance to get back at him and that there's no way I can be outdrawn this time. After several raises and reraises, the turn and river bring on 4 8 8 Q Q ! Of course he has J 8 and has yet stole another monster 200 dollar pot off me! This guy has just gone on a 500 dollar run mostly at my expense calling raises with absolutely garbage hands! And this was probably the 4th time in a month someone has sat down and gone on a 500 dollar run outdrawing me and others in nearly every hand for an hour. At another table I had another set cracked again to a flush, and then later a straight off the flop beaten by another runner runner full house! And the worst is this wasn't just one session, this was happening on a consistent basis over the course of a month!
To top it off, I was dealt pocket aces again at another table, had one guy check call me the whole way and I ended up making a royal flush on the river! This was a rare time my Aces actually held up to the river! This was actually the first time in my life making a royal flush, whether live or online, and at the same time, the last time I will ever play on Absolute Poker again! That tells you how bad this site is. Usually when you hit a royal flush, you celebrate. But in my situation, it was as if Absolute was giving me a consolation prize for getting bad beated out of thousands of dollars to bad players for an entire month. And just the fact that I had to get a royal flush for my Aces to actually hold up says a lot. How many times have you gotten a royal flush on the river with Aces? Absolute Poker is a really messed up site and has a very dishonest and corrupt program generating the cards dealt to its players. I am almost traumatized by this experienced and regret ever having even heard of this site. It was a tremendous waste of time, money, and emotional energy. I wish someone had warned me about this BS, and that is the only reason I have written about my experience on this site.

Unregistered on November 22, 2006

I used to be a regular on AbsolutePoker, both play/fake$ and real... BUT!!!

Between 6 to 9 months ago something changed. I used to win a respectible and realistic number of hands, enough so that I had over $3M Fake$/play$, and had one a fair amount over my expenses... just like I did in any land based casino. BUT!!!

I made a complaint about the same time, about some idiocy that the cards were consistantly behaving at odds to game theory.

and walla, I started hemoragging! I went from more than $3M fake$ down to $50k fake in less than a month, against some really incredible and unlikely hands... for instance...
I had a pocket pair of eights, I got another 8 out of the river and another out of the flop. My oppisition ended up having a pair of 9's, he got a nine out of the flop and a nine out of the turn... you got it, I lost with four 8's to his four 9's!!!

Pocket-pairs have become a joke on AP. In real casino's or private games PP's containing 10's or higher win the majority of the time, but not at AP! At AP PP's will lose out more often than not.

Then there is their joke of a blackjack effort, talk about needing a total re-write. One of us gets a 12 or 13 hand and we will invariably get a 10 or face card, while the dealer will invariably NOT get a 10 or face card when the dealer gets 12 or 13... can you say SCREWED UP! It took me to the bank in real $ before I figured out that one!
Then there is the fact that when you split aces it treats splitting aces as if your are doubling down and you get only a second card for each ace (I lost $100 in two $50 on the split), each ace was dealt a card under 5 and no option to take additional cards!!!)!

I actually enjoyed playing there, but becoming a living ATM for AbsolutePoker to siphon from is just not worth it... not with fake$/play$ and DEFINATELY NOT WITH REAL$!

I have stopped playing at AP, but I did do dumps of my last hands and counted them up, out of 473 hands I only won 5.7 percent of them. Pretty crappy odds!
And AP did not USED to be like this.

So it's back to only playing at the native casino's and once in a while to vegas.

I will look around online, but sadly, few online casino's provide free play to get a feel for the play quality and an idea on if the cards being dealt online are actually obeying game theory or favoring the house with absurd card dealings.

(small note! I actually enjoy playing regularly with fake$, its a good way to practice for the real$)

osprey on October 24, 2006

Most online poker sites are like that. The more traffic a site has, the worse the players and beats are. You'll see more action flops online in 10 minutes than you would at a live game in and hour. It's all for the rake. If you think Absolute is bad, try Pokerstars or Partypoker lol.

bad_dog76 on August 31, 2006

how the site kicks you off. Sometimes you get disconnected and I know its not my connection. You get disconnected and you will have money in a pot and it will disconnect you and take that money during a hand. But I will say I had a friend who withdrew his money after a bunch of bad beats and he got a check in 5 days. You are better off putting your money up your nose though than to play on this crooked site. There is no way you can lose so many hands in a row when favored 95%. Thats all.

meathead on August 30, 2006

Id have to say that I am a very good poker player. I have lived in Vegas for over a year just playing poker to pay the bills and I like to play small stakes online to pass the time once in awhile. I know the odds of hands and know what percent im to win and lose. I wish I found this site before I just deposited $100 dollars because its been nothing but highway robbery. I am just disgusted with AbsolutePoker and how it screws you over every single hand. I deposited my $100 and went to a $1-$2 no limit and had KK and some guy raised to 15 pre- flop but I thought id call just in case an Ace came up on flop. Flop came out K74 with all different suites. I tripped up! You know that feeling you get when you have a money making hand in front of you with no way to get a straight and a rainbow flop. Well he bet 20 and I raised all in he called with absolute nothing 10-6 spades. Turn and river both spaded up losing my hundred dollars first hand! I was in shock and awe thinking how this guy can call all in with absolute nothing.

Next I deposited another $100 thinking it happens thats poker and got into a $30 dollar tourny which I got knocked out in last place some guy raised it up to 150 chips and I just called with my Ace-10 clubs. Flop came out A-4-10 he bet 200 I went all in he called and had Ace-4. We both had 2 pair but I had the better one. First I was thinking who raises it to 150 with A-4 offsuit preflop. Well river came and gave him another 4 for a boat. Thats 5% chance of getting. I should have doubled up. I was hysterical.
Next I got into another tourny and same thing happening. I tripped up 8's on flop he had KK and gave this guy a king on river. I only have like 15 dollars left out of $200 and I was smoked every hand where I was favored at least 90%/10%.
I think the US should go shut these guys down next. Its complete fraud. I typed in AbsolutePoker fraud and got this site. I also was reading about random card generator and AbsolutePoker was on the bottom for dealing random cards. Its tracks 1 million hands and sees the randomness of cards that come up. RoyalVegasPoker was the best in this category so I am going to try over there next or just stick to the casinos here in Vegas.

meathead on August 30, 2006

to that idiot who says canadians let any one in there cold country" last time i checked it was called immigration and i think the usa has that also has that. and its called seasons yes we have summer and winter just like u, ignorant people , royal vegas is a canadian run site and very respected, and for the person who doesnst like the table on absolute, looks like a poker table to me get your pc monitor fixed or get glasses sheesh,at least our country isnt banning online poker like washington and soon to be most of your states. i dont like the paired flops on absolute but other than that its ok

crankitup on August 4, 2006

I understand your comments, however I was trying to highlight one site, Absolute Poker. I found comfort in other people thinking the site may be rigged, because like them, I felt some strange things happened there. I understand, having been playing online for a few years now, that bad runs happen. However I think there is more than that to the AbsolutePoker site.

Unregistered on February 24, 2006

Interesting comments. I have to say that I started on Absolute Poker and found it a great site. I did well and was a continuos winner. Then about 6 months ago, something happened. Now you could say I hit a cold deck or just kept getting unlucky but this was too much. I was losing on bad beats day after day. I have not made a deposit since and refuse to play there. I now play at other sites, and although I receive bad beats, it occurs at a far less rate. Its funny because I still have quite a few ARP points so i play in the big freerolls sometimes. Last two I played in. First hand I was dealt KK and lost to an under pair, and the other one I had KK and lost to j10. Just seems to fishy for me.

Unregistered on February 23, 2006

This used to be a good place to play but no more. It just
doesn't seem to be realistic anymore. Underdogs make their
draws way too often. There's little sense in betting before the river. There's no such thing as being a 93-7
percent favorite. You'll only win about 60 percent of the
time. Too bad, used to be good.

CommonSense on February 22, 2006

Rigged. If you win about $50 on their freerolls I think they set it so you can't win anymore. Improbable turn
and river cards, underdogs always win. Makes it hard
to outplay people. Good players aren't rewarded. Poor
players are. Not real poker.

Unregistered on February 16, 2006

Starting around 2-1-06 this site went nuts. It had been
a great place to play, no longer. I don't know if it's been
hacked or rigged or whatever but it sure doesn't play
like it used to. I played on this site almost daily for
about 9 months. Then a few weeks ago the craziness
started. It's almost pointless to play there now. It's
like you're not even playing poker but some other crazy
childrens game.

Unregistered on February 12, 2006

I never thought I would be one of those people going to a website and complaining about Absolute Poker. First of all, let me start out by saying I am not an "inexperienced" player or a sore looser. I have been playing poker in casino's for a few years now. Playing online gave me the benefit of not having to drive 50 miles to the nearest casino and wait for 3-4 hours to get a table. I read all the negative reviews and decided to give AP the benefit of the doubt as I had played there for play money for a few months before deciding to play for real money. I made my 1st(and only deposit), a week ago and I could not beleive the number of horrendous bad beats I took, in EVERY game(side games, tourneys, sit and go's)playing 8-10 hours a day... I started noticing a trend where MONSTER pre flop hands, and hands that hit on the flop would loose 90% of the time on the river to a junk hand... I saw miraculous straights and flushes ALL on the river against trips and top 2 pair... in sit and go's, I would normally get hands like KK, AA, AK, AQ, and someone bets VERY aggressive pre flop, I call, and this person with a junk hand (7-2,8-4) hits on the flop and most of the time hit trips on the river... the same person betting aggressively won EVERY SINGLE POT they raised pre flop with... I never really hit anything on the flop with monster hands... I logged 50 hands in a row, and out of the 50, 42 of them I lost to the miracle river card each and every single time... it got to the point that i just threw away my KK's and AA's because they would get cracked every time... I experienced far too many miracle beats... the board CONSTANTLY pairs up and gives many straight and flush draws... raises affects the odds of hitting your straight/flush... at times I swear it feels like if the person raising KNOWS they will win no matter what hand they get... I feel that it is too much of a coincidence that great cards get cracked every time, and I find it odd that I see a lot of the same flops back to back... I hate to say it, but in all honesty I feel this site is 110% rigged and some of the "bad" players winning are employed by AP and know what cards are going to fall. Flops like in AP are very unrealistic... if you are thinking about signing up, it is your choice... I wish I had stayed away from AP and beleived everyone's reviews... STAY AWAY, or you will loose all your $$$... it is not worth the headache and the back to back bad beats...

XADNX on December 14, 2005

I played at Absolute Poker and it's rigged! The cards just don't normally fall the way that they do at Absolute. I played at the Bodog Poker site and it seemed to be OK. I have played for many years and Absolute Poker is to be AVOIDED, among many other crooked so called poker web sites. You must remember, all poker web sites that offer real money play CAN NOT be operated from within the borders of the USA so that should tell you something (and that something should be that online poker sites that offer real money play are not monitored nor regulated by anyone with any integrity whatsoever! Most of the sites are operated from Costa Rica and if you have been there, you'll know what I mean by lawlessness being generally and/or widely accepted practice. Many other sites are run from Canada and we all know that Canada accepts terrorist groups and other outlaws as bona-fide citizens to come live in their cold country. The only gambling web sites that may have some integrity are, perhaps, operated from England, but they will not allow American citizens to gamble at their web sites if those American citizens are connecting with a computer from within the borders of the USA. So be careful, brothers and sisters, and don't take these online poker web sites seriously...and for God's sake, DON'T SEND THEM ANY MONEY!!!
Have a nice day.
AAAKKNICEHAND

Unregistered on October 19, 2005

Absolute poker should be called Absolute river. What a BS site. They pick the winners. They let you win a Dollar or two in their freerolls. Then you play for real money and do worse than a 2000 entry free roll. WTF is that crap. STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Unregistered on October 13, 2005

the only people that can win on it are stupid people that play everyhand and stay on stupid shit. you will lose the on good hands to someone that stayed on something stupid.

jma1000 on September 26, 2005

Its quite overrated... far too many bad beats... you're better off going all in with 7 4 off-suit than with pocket kings.

Chris Popovich. on September 17, 2005

Dealing system is terrible. I've been playing here for about 9 months now. You might as well go all in every hand because pocket pairs mean nothing here. The best hand pre flop or on the flop usually loses. I have seen 72 offsuit win so many times over pocket A's or many other top pairs. Stay away you'll end up getting more angry and their tech support is horrible. All they send is an computer generated message for anything you might have a problem with. I've won my share so take it from someone that hasn't invested a penny. STAY AWAY it'll make you more angry than anything.

PP. on August 11, 2005

This site is def. 100% rigged. Ive never seen such strange cards dealt and have seen so many rivers drop in when they were at best 15 percent to win the hand. I no longer play here for real money as it isnt playing poker its like playing the lotto. They have plenty of freerolls which is now the only thing I would ever play on the site. These are just some of the strange things what ive seen happening. #Pocket pair dealt to 4+ players - all in step ups , pairs 10 to pair ks #Numerous river cards dealt it when they are at best 15 percent to drop in (they drop in a hell of alot more) Large preflop raises seem to affect odds hitting on flop. Seen loads of crazy raises against say AK and then they always seem to hit board more regular than they should. Had following hands dealt to me in row AA,KK,AK suited, AK unsuited,AA that is crazy 5 hands in a row!! and guess what the AK suited and KK lost to 3-7 both times! and the other hands if I hadnt bet large and heavy the board seemed to try to deal in the str8 and or flush most times. Basically the software seems to be rigged to keep as many ppl in the play and to encourage them into the pot by dealing a good flop to E1 who stays in. Dont know if this will work but link is a hand i KNEW i was going to lose before i even played it, im the one with pocket Qs, betted hard preflop and went all in after flop. 8 dropped in on the river.

SmokeKingGun on August 9, 2005

Absolutely unbelievable, worst beats I've ever seen and the worst players. Everyone plays crap and flops straights and the river. OMG THE RIVER ON THIS SITE IS SOOOOOO BAD SO RIGGED

matt on July 31, 2005

what more can i say? the people who run this site are getting away with fraud. there is no if's or buts, absolute is rigged. several top poker pro's wore tshirts at this years wsop main event with there own views on the site, not good thoughts either, do yourself and everyone else a favour, stear well clear of these crooks, dont line there pockets anymore.

cuegirl on July 30, 2005

It is ok. every online poker has their system crooked. Learn to live with it. players all have turns, just wait for your chance.

its ok on July 30, 2005

I believe we can safely say that most all these sites are rigged in one manner of speaking or another. The unusually high number of flushes on the flop, quads, and straights lead me to think that their "shuffling programs" leave a lot to be desired. In my experience, you just don't see 4 or 5 full houses in the span of a couple of hours. Let's not forget the house take for each hand. If you figure the house take at fifty cents a hand and you play one hundred hands over the course of an evening, the house gets fifty dollars. That adds up to a lot of cash in a hurry, especially for people playing .50/$1 tables. My advice: get together with friends and play REAL poker.

IcemanBD228xx on July 24, 2005

The good thing is there is alot of games being offered, especially the free rolls, but the software really bogged down my system and at times froze up and I was unable to make any moves. I currently have Pokerstars and UB installed and I am not having any problems with their programs.

Lil Pal on July 5, 2005

I love Absolute. I play on Party a bit and used to play on Pacific. I have to say, it's a great casino. I hear a lot of bad beat stories; sorry guys, that's poker. Learn how to play and accept math, or go throw money in some slots on River Belle. Just because you lost money doesn't mean the casino is crooked. Great interface, easy to use, great tournament selection. I like the personalized icons. Reputable and growing fast. Great support. Small enough to where you recognize some players, big enough to always have a great selection.

Eric on July 5, 2005

i have enjoyed your game for some time now, but latley i have tried everthing to play again and it just wont let me.

linguini6 on July 4, 2005

I find the software and customer service adequate. All this complaining about bad beats, rigged site, etc., is a joke. Clearly you're inexperienced players. I wish you'd come back to the site. We need more easy players here.

Long time player on June 20, 2005

Horrible!!! ALWAYS RIVERED IN 1 ON 1 BY FLUSH. THE SOFTWARE HAVE A LOT OF BUGS, ANY 20 MINUTES USING 2 TABLES THE APPLICATION NOT RESPOND AND YOU MUST RESTART. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND DONT PLAY HERE, I'M A BONUS HUNTER AND THIS IS A RIDICOLOUS POKERRROM!!!

Unregistered on June 18, 2005

I have been playing Absolute, off and on for about two years. Good to see increased player traffic since the early days. Lots of posts on here about bad beats, etc.....I consider that bs since I play a lot of sites and cards run the way they do. Absolute has great reload bonuses and still a fair amount of fish. I quit playing Party since they bent me over on a withdrawal.

reddog on June 15, 2005

HORROBLE email responses, they rarely even respond. It is amazing. Easy site with alot of bad players though. If they had ANY kind of support It'd be a 9. One thing I don't like is that Mark Seif is their pro and he plays on there. I hate that guy. What a jerk.

allflushedup on June 3, 2005

i personally think there are better places to play. their are a lot of good players here so, it's not that easy to walk away with anything in your pocket. as an experienced player, i would focus on the less competitive sites and hit up the less visited poker rooms.

tom on May 18, 2005

As far as the randomness of the cards, Absolute seems much more realistic to me than Ultimate Bet. Absolute also has nice big buttons for "check," "call," etc., unlike The Gaming Club which has tiny ones. The only thing I don't like about Absolute is that their tournamnet lobby pages update crankily on my computer.

common sense on May 5, 2005

Absolutely Bogus. Nuff said, what I have to say has been said about 30 times in this post already. NO WAY the cards are random here, especially the river card. All the online poker rooms are shady, but this one is worse than most.

MA_Poker on May 4, 2005

I must say it's Ok. I will say you go on runs though on this site. It almost seems at time you are invincable and yet others you are destined to lose. I have had runs like this in the poker world before at both live games and online but it seemed like to much repetition. I'm not sure what to say but hey it's online. who know's what happens on any site. If anyone in NJ wants to play live games [url]www.newjerseypokertour.com[/url] has a great bunch of games and professionally run tourney's. They never rake and play for great causes. Check it out. Will be worth your while

NJ-PLayer on May 2, 2005

This has to be the worse site of all poker sites. Don't put your money in this one. A Flush will come out 55% of the time, the board pairs 60% of the time. I've never seen so much losing on the river. What did it for me was logging 50 hands, 32 hands out of those 50, the river card decided the winning hand and the person that won had a less than 8% chance of winning each time. I haven't been back since...

ananomous on May 2, 2005

I was bored one night and wanted to play poker. So I decided to give absolute poker another try. The last time I deposited $25 and went through it like water. This time I deposited $50. I played a 5+1 dollar tournament and was kicking butt. It came down to the last 3 and i had chiplead at 180,000 and two other people were in with like 50,000 each.None the less i took third on some very nasty bad beats.I still won like $118 dollars.I took 3rd out of 205 people,that wasnt bad.Today I entered a 10+1 dollar $8,000 guarentee tournament. I played like 3 hands and took some nasty beats again and said "I hate absolute poker" and next thing you know this other player named ugaistheteam told me to leave if I didnt like it. Then I get disconnected.This is the weird part now.... I reconnected numerous times and I went to the tournament lobby and tried to take my seat but the system wouldnt let me. It kept saying there was a problem with the server. The odd part was I could sit at any live action table or tournament table and play with no problems. I just could not sit at my seat in the tournament.I tried over and over with no sucess. I even went as far as to clean up my computer such as cookies,temp files etc.Nothing helped I couldnt sit down at the tournament. The whole time this was going on I was emailing the support and telling them what was going on. Ive never had anyother problems on anyother sites. Ive played on partypoker,pokerstars,pacific, crazypoker,ultimate bet and many more.Support said in other words the problem is not their fault and the wont refund my money.Mind you I only played 3 hands. I still had 1300 in chips. Long story short after numerous emails and advice and attempts to fix my computer which i dont believe is broke, I got nowhere. I asked him if It was worth losing a customer over 11 dollars and still he said he couldnt help me.HOw petty is that? I am cashing out my hundred dollars tomarrow and never playing there again.It was the wosrt run site ive ever experienced. The must have a bunch of brainwashed monkeys running the show. Ive seen better customer service at a burgerking. If you ask me ugaistheteam is working for the site. I mean they must be paying the man to say he loves the site that much. Its really horrible.Scroll up and see he has like two messages on this board and all are kissing absolutes azz.Im really mad right now so please forgive me. I even told the rep I would put it up on the bulliten board. He didnt care. (Inside info) ugaistheteam was playing a 25,000 arp tournament today. Do you know how long it takes to get 25,000 arp it took me three days of straight playing for like 420.Im talking like 8 hours a day.anyways ugaistheteam wasnt lying when he said he plays there all the time. However like someone above said and i read that its almost like they let the loyal repeating players and new players win. If anyone works for them ugaistheteam does.I think he got me booted out of the tournament. How could you have something like that looked into? lets ban together and spread the truth this site is crooked. I think players have a right to know. Goodnight Im tired of typing and franctly i am speachless irate but speachless. I quit now its back to pokerstars.

CHIPSTAKA on April 23, 2005

I came to this poker room rating board to see if other players agreed with me and I see that many do. Those that take their poker seriously seem to know that the cards do not fall random at this site. I'm convinced and have decided to find another site. By the way I had pocket A's four times in one night. You might as well play with wild cards.

Louis Cannon on April 20, 2005

you can get a good run or a bad run its a funny old game.Its good here because there are not to many idiots on this site.

pazzba on April 19, 2005

this site is run by crooks, most rigged site on the new along with party poker

me. on April 2, 2005

for a while i did really good,then i cashed out, and nothing but bad beats since. on a one hundred dollar single table, the same guy beat my aces twice with , 4c5c. the second time put me out.i was stunned. i have flopped so many straights that get beat on the river, that i am not sure how to play em, because ALL-IN means nothing, not even on fairly high buy in tournaments. i could go on and on , but its too depressing. i dont know that its rigged, i dont know that its not rigged. i have my suspicions so i wont put anymore money in, but i dont have to because i might be able to get to the final table in a freeroll. that pays 10.00 for 1st and 5.00 for the rest. not bad for free. the only thing i miss about playing in the money games is the people that were there everyday and i got to play with the same people all the time on the single table tournaments. you tend to get a feel for the right way to play, because the goofballs never last with people who know each other. never had any enemies, but have a few rivalries that are fairly intense and competitive. i won a few multi table tournaments, but to win them i had to get a few crazy, lucky hands.i flopped quads a few boats and won on a few rivers. i've won and lost here. when i lose , i lose to hands that are very improbable, but ive won the very same way. who really knows if its a fair site.

sun on March 7, 2005

while i've enjoyed playing the tournaments and talking with the people...anytime I complain about something, it is a guaruntee i will lose money for the next couple weeks....they are able to take money from my credit card without using a device like neteller, but can't credit money back to my account...so i have to use a device that will charge me money to withdraw or pay $8 for a check that takes 10 days to get here....4 suited cards and 4 connecting cards on the board is very often...the dealer encourages action with the board it gives....new accounts always win....

Mike on March 3, 2005

I give this one a high rating because I've done so well and I like the fact that you can use your own images for the player. I have experienced the frustration of playing at places like Party Poker which are bogus sites because real mathmatical odds are completely irrelevant there. Also, it's impossible to be an effective bluffer at Party Poker because morons will say in with anything and still win. I like this site because it feels like a real poker game. My solution to the common bad-beat-on-the-river problem has been to run people out with big bets before the river. This strategy has worked really well for me at this site and is probably why I have no bad-beat complaints here. Try to run people out at Party Poker and you will end up with a big fist full of nothing.

BR21 on March 1, 2005

This is the worst site of them all. Customer support is rediculous. Takes 3 days to respond. They added hot keys, I didn't know existed till i was chatting and looked up to see my whole stack in the pot. They only require a $15 deposit but $50 to withdraw. thier server sucks, I dont know how many times i was involved in key pot to get disconnected( no all-in protection ). I normally hate all-in protection due to those that abuse it, but it really sucks when its the sites server that consistantly knocks you off!! I gave this site an honest chance but just seemed to be one disaster after another w/ no love from customer support. needless to say i've cashed out and will never be back. P.S. The bad beats are the same everywhere!!! I've been to most well known sites and they happen on all of them. Those of you that say these sites are rigged but are still playing them need to get your heads examined...lol

absolutlysucksass on February 21, 2005

of all the sites this one takes the cake. Their multi table tourneys have bugs that dont allow you to play. Freerolls have crapped out members and real money players are complaining that they were screwed out of money. AP has no response to anyone sending complaints not to mention they are ripping ppl off on cash outs. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE. PERIOD

kangol on February 15, 2005

This is by far the worst and/or most corrupt program I've ever seen. Have you ever seen 5 flushes in a row? how about 4 straights? well maybe you've seen 4 out of five hands come up a set of aces! Well if you haven't play here and you'll get to see it all the time! DO NOT DEPOSIT MONEY WITH THESE CROOKS!

Troy/lestat5168 on February 3, 2005

terrific site,some bad sites out there. this is the best by far.

david mcgurn/ daviemc on January 24, 2005

once a week asking if i want to deposit money. This site is RIGGED! They dish out bad beats all the time to speed up play. they set you up to go all-in then bomb you on the river so they can rake more cash. AA will lose to 72 every time. THIS IS NOT REALISTIC POKER!!! BEWARE!!

pureform on January 15, 2005

hey all if you just want to make a lot of cash u need to play live not on AP. Unless u just deposited and u cant seem to lose until u withdraw and then u will recieve the worst 1 and 2 out beats on the river constantly. Tell me who the hell rated them the best and most trusted lol i surely didnt must have been dicfers. Save time just flush your cash down the toilet.

sawseyetake on January 10, 2005

This site is a joke. So slow, so unbelievably slow. Tightest old lady type players I've ever seen. With 1,500 in start chips a 1 or 3 buck SNG takes 3 hours. Key to site: Any and all aces all the time. Rags, whatever just play them. Got three winning absolute crap hands in a row that didn't play, then kk on BB beat by A7 big stack. Next time around AA cracked by K7 big stack. (flop 77K). I got the gist of it lol. Fold all PP on blind, go all in 48 off. Wouldn't waste one more nickle on there. Oh and I did win 2 out of 3 SNG's if you wonder about my play. Just took 2-3 hours each one. NINE PLAYERS. Oh and the kicker? My first, and last day on site, saw FOUR QUADS. FOUR. I had two of them myself. All on same table in same hour. Next table another two quads. Consistently flop down 333 222 aaa on flop. Just shook my head as deleted software. Dont bother going there.

BigShoesAAAA on January 9, 2005

iv played alot of sites, and boy do i like this site, well i tried getting the 10 dollars free not sure who else i got to email but the code is HPG10 and im not sure what else has to be done thanks

bluffthreat on January 7, 2005

Have to wait forever to get games going...there is never anyone playing omaha. They still have a lot of work to do.

floydfanj on January 7, 2005

This site has the worst support I have ever seen. Support does not respond to my emails. Support will NOT give me any bonus I qualified for when emailed. In all fairness I have won money at the site and cashouts were not a problem. The regular bonuses offered are paid without problems. If you are ever asked to email promotions for a bonus you might as well forget it.

skipp on January 2, 2005

Good for playing with fake money but as for real money get the hell out of there. For instance, in one hour's playing time i saw a 444 flop as well as a AAA and 222 flop. What kind of bs is this. Do not ever think you have it won as nearly anyone with draws will play to the river. Abnormal number of quads and flushes as well as AA. I honestly believe the computer knows which person will win the hand and decides accordingly. Horrible program and BEWARE. IF you want to play poker fly to Vegas b/c you will save a lot of money.

being skulled on December 30, 2004

absolute has nice freerolls but are very hard to win with all the poker degenratess at the beginning of the tournament that outdraw you. Nice site thoug

IveyWannabe3. on December 27, 2004

I like this site for the speed of play. There are a lot of experienced players here though, so if you're looking to clean house on the novice players, look elsewhere. I recommend CaribbeanSunPoker.com for the most fish on the Net.

Dboy on December 17, 2004

I take back my last statment. This place is a fake and a fraud. I used the free $10 and turned it into $100 then i tried to cash out 50 of it and they said NO!!!!! the only way i can cash out is if i deposit $25 and then wait 30 days what kind of crap is that.

partykid707 on December 14, 2004

the free $10 is great, the site is kind of slow but it has great freerolls almost every hour

partykid707 on December 12, 2004

this site has a big motivtion for money. i have seen so many bad beats in one touney that it makes you sick. you can have pocket aces and ace king king flop and you lose to 4 kings on the river. it cracks me up the only cool thing about the site is the $10 free thru homepokergames.com. my comment is play at your own rick because ther is a ton of dumb luck on this site.

roadhouse150 on December 9, 2004

get out here for real money,youll never win.for fun $ it is the best online,sad but true.

plainoldsilly on December 6, 2004

i am getting emails that my avccount is credited but im still in fun mode plz help

rvmlp04 on November 27, 2004

if you play absolute poker supply your own vasoline, cause you will get reemed in the buttox hard.

Bustyafool on November 16, 2004

Good Poker Sight Havent Had Any Problems Here.the Only Thing It Could Use Is More Traffic.

4THSTACES on November 16, 2004

Anybody heard of them using bots?

Unregistered on November 11, 2004

Yeah, if you cash out they stick the knife into you and twist.....also, the table just looks terrible....

cradunz on November 5, 2004

Best Free Money poker site.

Adam Kline on November 2, 2004

i use this rate as the highest possible i could give it because quite simply another online poker site using software that is made to encourage hight bets and make the house rakes they would never get in rea live poker...everyone knows it and should sadly pay attention.

poker_expert on October 28, 2004

Well I can tell you that the people at Absolute Poker are about the most honest and fair people ive dealt with. I am proud to say that I will be representing AbsolutePoker in the 2005 World Series of Poker.

ugaisthteam on October 27, 2004

It has a lot of freerolls which are fun for people like me who like freerolls

PetteyTheft on October 24, 2004

I must say its a fun site. I like the set-up however when I went to set my Father up with it he found it to be way to confusing and just wants to stick to Ub. I found ordering a drink or doughnuts to be the thing that makes me want to stay there, I just wish I could have the coffee and the doughnuts on the same table. Found it took a couple minutes to fill a sng table.

BenjaminsClub on October 20, 2004

hi my name is james/ballplayer15 and i heard about this from a friend and he told me that this cite was fun and he showed me how to get my bonus code and it is HPG10 and i hope to hear from you soon. thank you

james mann/ballplayer15/jamesm4 on October 19, 2004

I agree with ananomous they are crooks.

ananomous2 on October 14, 2004

Horrible run by thieves. Any time you cash out you will lose nearly every hand on the river. If you complain you will lose Every hand. Not just my opinion 3 of 4 people who play there will tell you the same. The other one never cashed out. New accounts will win more than they should. I have played 2 accounts one that cashed out and one that didnt. The new account will win the old account will not. When i started to play the new account rather than the old one they found out and froze the account. They still owe me the 800 that was in it.

ananomous on October 4, 2004

nice and fast paced like it alot

rudy/motown1/bigronnjanet3023 on September 26, 2004

I have found this site to have the best graphics and a lot of lo buy-ins for tournaments. Been playing here for about 6 months now, and while I may play at another site once in a while, I can be found online here almost daily. I would recommend it without hestitation.

delmale on September 24, 2004

This site is a generic rip off of pokerstars...Why have a hamburger when you can have a steak...I would recommend saving your money at this site and play at a reputable site such as pokerstars, ultimatebet, or paradise poker.

johnsm11 on September 19, 2004

Good loose games. The promo is awesome. Wish it had more traffic, but that would also make it alot tougher lol.

firemedic77 on August 15, 2004

Absolute is definitely moving up in the ranks. Their promotions department has really gone all out in the past few weeks and months to bring new players in with deposit bonuses (35% matching on first deposit in July '04, among many others...). These bonuses, combined with the automatic 10% rake rebate program available from another site make Absolute a very profitable place to play as well :)

blackhand on July 25, 2004

They have had three reload bonus offers in the six weeks since I signed up.You can usually find a game at or near thelimit you want to play.I do seem to notice an unusually amount of flushes at this site. I can't remember seeing so many four of a suit on the board as often as it occurs at Absolute.Cash-outs are very fast. I received my $900 cashout into my Neteller account in just over three hours.

Purple Reign on July 18, 2004

smoothly run site a lot less pauses that other sites and genuinely funny people to have a chat as you play

zzzzzz22 on July 17, 2004

Its pretty much the same as pokerstars. But pokerstars has better freeroll promotions. This site is ok,but if i had 2 choose between pokerstars and absolute poker,id play pokerstars.

evilhemp76 on July 16, 2004

Absolute is my first poker site and I am totally satisfied. They have corrected many of the minor issues I noticed with the program in the few months I have been there as well as upgraded their interface. I am not familiar with the issues of other sites so I can't say what minor things are common elsewhere, or if they are local to Absolute. Even though I may soon try another reputable site just for the expereince, I have no intention of ever leaving Absolute and recommend it to anyone interested in giving online poker a try.

hench18 on July 9, 2004

this is my first real money site. i was practicing on party poker and the gaming club play money software for about a week or so, then i decided to join absolute because of the 35% bonus. The only thing i don;t like really is the fact that you cannot really play any other full screen software while this is laying because when it's your turn, the game window automatically steals focus, and there's no option to stop it from doing so. What this means is, if you're playing a role playing game or something int he background to pass the time between hands, it will automatically minimize that game. The problem lies in the fact that sometimes this really messes with both games. the pc might lock up for a little bit and you may lose your turn. not cool. im going to notify customer support of this to include an option to stop making the window steal focus, otherwise i am switching to the gaming club. I really do not like sitting around with my thumb up my you know where between hands on a 10 person table because i cant do anything else or else the program will mess everything up. Also, maybe i'm imagining things, but i could swear that the dealer program at this site deals you better cards the less you fold. I play very conservatively and it seems that after a while of getting junk pockets, i force myself to bid and try and make some cash as i'm getting killed just by the rake and blinds, and when i start to at least see the flop, it seems my pockets get better. fishy.

Vel. on July 7, 2004

Absolute is one of the best sites out there. You can play many tables. The games are very loose. The interface is nice. The best thing about this site is that they give you more reloads than you know what to do with.

kk. on July 7, 2004

I love this site. They offer the most reloads around and some pretty loose games. I wish they had more traffic though.

lovetopolka on June 30, 2004

I love AP, I have been playing on the site for a few months and anytime I have a question or problem, they are right there. Great site. New players, check it out. I was playing multi-sites, now I have become a loyalist of sorts. Every day the site is upgrading. Also offers 6 man tables in ring games.

ugaistheteam on April 27, 2004