Rakeback information
You will be moved to the top, unpublished reward level of 35% rakeback once you have cleared their first deposit bonus. Rakeback is administered through the site’s own loyalty program, Big Bet Rewards (www.bigbetrewards.com). Your account is automatically created upon signing up with Big Bet Poker. BB Rewards points are uploaded daily for the previous day’s rake.
By logging into your Big Bet Rewards account, you can track how much bonus you've cleared, see your BB Rewards balance, and redeem rewards for merchandise, sweepstakes, and CASH. When redeeming BB Rewards for a cash bonus, it will take less than 10 minutes for your account to reflect the cash amount redeemed and there is no minimum amount to redeem for cash.
1000 BB Rewards = $1 in redeemable cash
Big Bet Poker information
BigBet Poker Overview
BigBet Poker is one of the newest additions to the Merge Gaming Network and have created a stir within the online poker scene after announcing that they are still accepting players based from within the United States as well as revealing that they are still allowing those US based players to deposit into their accounts from their credit cards, even after the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed by US legal officials in 2006.
BigBet are offer a host of very generous first deposit bonuses that mean that players are able to increase their online poker bankroll by up to a huge 120%, with 20% of their bonus funds being placed instantly into your playable bankroll account.
Software
BigBet are operating upon software that is used widely within the Merge Gaming Poker Network but even with that being said the interface is very user friendly, the table screens are easy on the eye allowing you to concentrate on your play and the addition of the rabbit card feature is great for being able to see if you have made the right move in folding your hand.
The site offers the same user tools as other online poker rooms such as the chat box on the gaming screen, an online notepad for making notes about your opponents and your own play as well as instant hand history.
Overall the software is clean, easy to navigate and perfect for poker players of all abilities.
Game Selection
In true Merge Gaming Poker Network fashion the online poker room has looked to cater for every style of poker player, offering a huge range of poker variants for members to play, giving everyone their preferred game.
The variants that the site offers are:
Texas Hold'em
Omaha
Omaha Hi/Lo
5 Card Stud
5 Card Draw
7 Card Stud
7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
Razz
Ace - Five Lowball (Triple Draw Poker)
Duece - Seven Lowball (Triple Draw Poker)
BigBet Poker Tournaments
Falling into line with the traffic of the site, the majority of the players head to the Texas Hold'em Poker tournaments, with participation figures been higher than any of the other pker variant tournaments.
The tournament scene at the poker room seems to prove to be very popular with its members, with tournaments happening every few hours, ranging from freeroll tournaments with no buy in fees up to tournaments that offer large guaranteed prize pools.
This means that regardless of your financial situation, you will always be able to find a tournament to play here.
It should also be strongly noted that this site is one of only very few that offer Badugi Poker tournaments, a poker variant that seems to get over looked the majority of the time.
BigBet Poker Bonuses and Promotions
As a RakeTakers exclusive, first time depositing players will receive their 120% bonus on up to $750 – and clear their bonus at 35% RB – 10% higher than the standard rate.
The bonus is issued through Big Bet Rewards and it works like this: you deposit $100 and are credited with $120 in bonus points. You rake $30 and your rewards account is credited $10 in BB Bonus Points which are redeemable for cash. The bonus points are drip fed in at increments of $10. There is no minimum on the amount you can redeem. This will continue until you have earned the full amount. Players have 60 days to clear the bonus before it expires.
As well as these highly impressive first deposit bonuses the site offers the trademark Merge Gaming promotions too, including bad beat jackpots, royal flush jackpots and a reward system that see's players about to progress through various levels of players in return for rewards.
BigBet Poker Support
One of the most impressive features about the BigBet Poker brand is the speed at which their online support services deal with any questions and concerns that members have.
Ensuring that members are able to access support over a number of different methods such as email, fax and live chat has lead to the online poker site being praised by many of their members, with many saying that any issues they had were dealt with quickly, something that can't be said for a number of the large online poker rooms.
