Next Poker Summary

Next Poker is an online poker room and casino owned and operated by RedBet Ltd and licensed in the UK. As a member of the Ongame Network, Next Poker sees a very large rate of traffic, especially at European peak hours. The software is compatible with all major operating systems, available as a download (for Widows only) or in-browser java client. There’s a good selection of games to choose from, and the competition is very soft in both ring games and tournaments. Note that US players are accepted.

Next Poker Software

Play’n’Go software is the driving force behind Next Poker’s java client, which does not require a download to play. The Ongame Network supplies the downloadable software platform, compatible with Windows computers. Whichever route a player takes, the software has solid stability and very good speed, with 5 languages supplied (English, Hungarian, German, Polish and Portuguese). The graphics are simplistic, but in a good way; very crisp, clean and clutter-free with the various options easy to distinguish.

The Next Poker Lobby supplies all of the critical information a skilled player needs to weed through the sharks and find the real fish – players seated/stack sizes, players waiting, average pot size, viewed-flop % and hands played per hour. All of the common features are present like quality hand histories, note taking and in-play stats.

Next Poker Bonuses & Promotions

Next Poker has a great promotional line-up, starting with a generous new player welcome bonus of up to $1200, separated into three groups of $400. BonusandRaces.com has inked a special deal with Next Poker that allows new members who sign up through our web site to receive lower bonus clearing requirements, lowered to 8x rather than the normal 10x.

The first $400 bonus is activated when a new player signs up an account with Next Poker (does not require a deposit). The player must earn points equal to 8x the bonus amount, (if signing up through www.bonusandraces.com; 10x otherwise).  For every 800 points collected, $100 will be deposited into their real-money account. It may take up to 24 hours for the bonus money to be deposited into your real money account, and the time allotted to clear the bonus expires after 60 days.

Once the player makes a first-time deposit, they are granted another $400 bonus, paid out in the same manner ($100 for every 800 points if signing up through www.bonusandraces.com; $100 for every 1,000 points normally). This bonus will expire in 45 days after activation.

As soon as the second bonus is cleared, the third $400 bonus will be activated. Once again, every 800 points releases $100 of the bonus (if signing up through www.bonusandraces.com; $100 for every 1,000 points normally), this time expiring after 30 days from activation.

Points are collected in ring games and tournaments. Every $.10 raked in ring games awards 0.1 points to all players who contributed to the pot. For every $1 paid in tournament fees, players are awarded 5 points.

Next Poker Ring Game Variety & Traffic

Next Poker offers Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo and 5 Card Draw. Games vary between Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit stakes. Fixed Limit stakes start at micro-limits of $.01/$.02 scaling up to $30/$60, while No Limit and Pot Limit range from $.05/$.10 to $10/$20. Next Poker also provides casino style games, like Blackjack, roulette, Craps and others.

Being a part of the Ongame Network, Next Poker has a large player base averaging about 15,000 at peak hours. Several thousand of these players are found in ring games, with Limit and NL Hold’em being the most popular. The Ongame Network is known for its extremely loose play at the poker tables, mostly due to its many online casino gamers flowing into the online poker rooms.

Next Poker Tournaments & Traffic

Next Poker hosts a plethora of tournaments with valuable guaranteed prize pools of $150,000 twice a week, and the big $1,000,000 GP on the last weekend of each month. Buy-ins range from $1 to $1,000, with frequent satellites and qualifiers granting seats in the bigger events, as well as many live poker tournaments like the WSOP, WPT and EPT.

Freeroll tournaments are a fast and frequent way to pad your bankroll at Next Poker. $100 Freerolls are held daily, with more lucrative Freerolls held weekly. Next Poker is known for running monthly Freeroll promotions with very high prizes, so keep an eye out for those.

Next Poker draws at least 10,000 players to its tournament arena at peak hours. The Sit’n’Go tournaments are very well populated, while Multi-Table tournaments usually draw enough players to cover guaranteed prize pools. As I mentioned before, the Ongame Network is known for its loose competition at the poker tables, and this goes for the tournament line-up as well. The most profitable events, however, will see much tighter action as the numbers dwindle.

Support

The customer support team at Next Poker can be reached by email 24/7 and by live chat during peak European hours. Live support is of course faster when available, but the email support delivers responses within 24 hours, if not much sooner.

Payment Methods

Next Poker provides a god variety of online payment methods to accommodate players around the world (US players accepted).

Deposit Methods: Visa, MasterCard, NETeller, Moneybookers, PaySafeCard, Web Money, Direct Bank Transfer

Withdrawal Methods: NETeller, Moneybookers, Web Money, Direct Bank Transfer