Full review of Noble Poker

Noble Poker
www.noblepoker.com
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Established 2004
Country Gibraltar
Auditor PWC
Software size 3.5 MB

Special Features
2D and 3D view options
Background music and other sophisticated options.

Total score (out of 10) 6.75

 Sign-up bonus in $ $900
Deposit bonus in % 100%
Referral bonus per friend $25
Deposit free bonus $0
Paid to play ($/hour) $0

Hits
Lots of high value promotions
24/7 telephone support plus online and email support
Innovative graphical interface
Buddy lists and find player function
Overview over the entire betting sequence (right-hand action table)

Misses
Moderate traffic outside peak hours
Only Texas Holdem & Omaha games
Lower player volume in high stakes games

Summary
Noble Poker is the leading poker room in the new “iPoker network” initiative by PlayTech. The games are very loose with lots of casino players and there are high value promotions (especially considering the moderate volume of players). Noble Poker and the iPoker network has been successful in quickly building a strong network, with the strategic backing from the world’s second largest casino software provider. Noble Poker’s software has an innovative and good interface, with both standard 2D view and 3D view (side view with avatars) and colorful graphics. The functionality is good and the early minor glitches in the software are fixed now. The potential of the software is very strong. There are Holdem and Omaha (High and High-Low) ring games, as well as heads-up, sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments.

Software and graphics
Noble Poker’s software and players base is part of iPoker, which in turn is developed by PlayTech. The graphics are nice and clear and the functionality is good. Noble Poker has buddy list function, game history function, player notes, lots of options for music/sounds/graphics/etc, pot- and no-limit ring games, live floor managers and all types of tournaments. On the negative side, there are some small glitches making the playability less than perfect and the playing tempo is too slow with high time allotment for players. As soon as traffic has been built up and some small software updates are done, this will be a quite nice room to play at.

Ring game traffic
Noble Poker and the iPoker network have about 200-350 ring game players at peak hours in July 2005..

Tournament traffic
The traffic at the tournaments is higher than at cash games when real money traffic can reach somewhere around 400-700 players at peak hours in July 2005.

Game variety
Noble Poker has moderate game variety with Texas Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High, which are available in both limit, pot-limit and Texas Holdem in no-limit as well. Table stakes are from $0.5/$1 to $20/$40 in the fixed games, with $0.25/$0.50 up to $5/$10 in pot-limit and no-limit versions. (The fixed limit Omaha games have a bit lower maximum limits) There are both heads-up, sit-and-go and fixed schedule multi-table tournaments.

Rake
The rake at Noble Poker is actually better than the average online. The general policy is the standard 5% rake taken in increments up to $3. But on several types of tables there are lower max rakes. On fixed limit tables up to $1/$2 there is a $1 max rake. More importantly all tables with 2-3 players have a max rake of $1 and tables with 4-5 players have a $2 max rake – which also includes no-limit and pot-limit short handed games! There is a "no flop - no drop" policy for hands not reaching the flop.

Soft competition
Noble Poker has quite soft games. Most of the volume is in the no-limit Texas Holdem games where the view flop percentage is normally is the 40-ies or 50-ies. The players are also quite passive, so it is quite easy to be a winning player. The potential for the iPoker network to build soft games is very good as they recruit from the PlayTech online casino base and with aggressive marketing.

Loyalty bonus
There is a "crowns system", whereby players get entered into special free rolls and can get high value re-load bonus offers.

Promotions
Overall there are a lot of promotions at Noble Poker as they are building up volume with their new network. There are quite a few free rolls. There are high hand and bad beat prizes. Recruit-a-friend earns you $25 per qualified friend, which is quite meager though.

Support
Great options with 24/7 telephone support as well as live online and email support at Noble Poker.

Financial security
Should be secure, as this room is part of iPoker, which is backed by the renowned casino software developer and operator PlayTech.

Deposit & withdrawal options
Deposit options; VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Citadel, FirePay, Moneybookers, InstaCash, InstaDebit, EcoCard, UseMyBank, wire transfer, bank draft and personal check.

Cash out options; NETeller, FirePay, Moneybookers, InstaDebit, EcoCard, bank draft express and wire transfer.