Full review of Multi Poker

Multi Poker
www.multipoker.com 
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Established 2003
Country Gibraltar

Special Features
Direct withdrawal to bank account for European users (30 countries)
Highest game volume in the world, in the Party Poker network

Total score (out of 10) 6.0

 Sign-up bonus in $ $150
Deposit bonus in % 30%
Referral bonus per friend $50
Deposit free bonus $0
Paid to play ($/hour) $0

Hits
Soft competition (loose/weak games)
Live 24-hours support and toll-free support number
Good promotions
Note taking support

Misses
No lobby information on view flop percentage etc
Limited statistics functions
No great look and feel 

Summary
Multi Poker is a multi-lingual European poker room, which is part of the highest traffic poker network in the world - PartyPoker network. Multi Poker has become very popular in Europe as they have direct bank transfer, where withholdings is paid out in 1-2 days. Multi Poker has good promotions, such as refer-a-friend program, free rolls and money added tournaments. There are quite a few juicy games at Multi Poker with loose action (although you don’t get the statistics to easily locate these games). Real money player statistics - July 2005: 17000-19000 ring game players at peak hours, 12000-14000 tournament players at peak hours. Special bonus up to $150 at 30% deposit match for our users at Multi Poker – via all our link & "landing page". Also use bonus code "PLIST150" to make 100% sure you are tracked from us.

Software and graphics
The software is reasonably good, with a number of upgrades during both 2003 and early 2004. We are not big fans of the graphics, but from a practical standpoint the playability is good. With its phenomenal growth, the network has added servers and increased bandwidth in order to secure full reliability at +50,000 simultaneous players. However, a few players have complained over delays and disconnections at certain tournaments. Overall though, Multi Poker has very good quality nowadays in line or better than most competitors. 3 tables simultaneously per player is allowed. Unfortunately, the view flop percentages are not presented, neither are hands per hour rate. (This has the benefit though, that the looser games are "protected"). You see the average pot size of the last 20 hands. The personal playing statistics function is somewhat rudimentary, but works well. Player notes function is included. In sum, the software is good today after improvements to support the record braking traffic.

Ring game traffic
Multi Poker’s network became the world's largest in ring game traffic already by late 2002/early 2003. Lately the traffic has picked up further currently reaching: 17000-19000 real money cash game players at peak hours.

Tournament traffic
At peak times the traffic in currently reaches somewhere between 12000-14000 real-money tournament players. (The multi-table tournaments are not shared with PartyPoker, as all the other games are).

Game variety
Good, thanks to the leading volume in all games hosted. Multi Poker has Holdem, Omaha and 7-Card-Stud in both High and Hi-Lo. However, Multi Poker does not offer certain games such as heads-up matches, draw poker, crazy pineapple, etc. Moreover, there is no pot-limit version in any of the 7-Card-Stud games or the Omaha High.

Rake
The rake is not so attractive, as it highly disfavors the low limit games. The higher limit games actually have a comparably low rake. The rake runs as high as 10% in $0.50/$1 and $1/$2 games, as 50 cent is raked when the pot reaches $5. This holds true also for the tournaments, where good value only is provided at the higher stakes. 20% fee in $5 games and 8% fee in $100 games.

Soft competition
The games overall are more loose than at most of the other top poker rooms, which a high percentage of novices at the lower limits. Even at the higher limits the competition is still among the more comfortable online. Thanks to the massive marketing efforts by the network there is a constant influx of novices and gamblers to the games.

Sign up bonus
Standard sign-up bonus at Multi Poker is 20% deposit match bonus up to $100. Play 2250 hands (where you just get dealt cards), within 30 days of deposit to get $150 (as raked hands requirement is 15 raked pots where you were dealt cards per bonus dollar).

Loyalty bonus
No. Multi Poker does not have a frequent player point scheme. However, there are quite a bit of free rolls and promotions for frequent players based on raked hands.

Promotions
Multi Poker has good promotions. The regular clients are offered several types of promotions, based on the raked hands they have played, with free rolls and money added tournaments.

Support
The live 24-hours floor person support has worked decent during our testing.

Financial security
Should be clearly secure, as part of the largest network and solid offline operation in Scandinavia. No earlier recorded problems. High score.

Deposit & withdrawal options
Deposit options: VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay, Citadel, eChecks, bank draft, cashier's check, money order, inter-account transfers.

Cash out options: Really good feature for European players as withdrawals are made directly to bank account within 1-3 bank days, without any fees. Bank wire express, EChecks, NETeller, regular wire transfer and check.