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Background

 Tony G Poker was called as such in reference to one of the most popular poker players today, Antanas “Tony G” Guoga. This site was launched in 2006 which makes it a new player in the very competitive online gaming market. Despite this fact, Tony G Poker has recorded increasing number of players every year. The growth has been stalled for a while after the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in the United States. Currently, the online poker room does not accept U.S.-based players due to the existing legislation.

 However, with massive support from European poker aficionados, the poker site has managed to survive. In fact, it is often offering attractive promotions and bonuses for the players. Another good thing is that the players will get to play against the great Tony G himself via the bounty tournaments with the winner getting great prizes for the effort. Aside from that, a link has been made where the players can access Tony G’s official online journal so that they can be updated with the poker pro’s upcoming tournaments and other stories.

Features

 Tony G Poker has a wide ranges of limits and games. Standard games offered include the Texas Hold’em (No Limit and Fixed Limit), Omaha (Fixed and Pot Limit), Omaha Hi/Lo, Five Card Stud and Seven Card Stud. Not to be missed is the sit-n-gos and multi-table tournaments that have guaranteed cash prize pools.

 With the site’s recent transfer to iPoker Network, the players get to enjoy the features of the software developed by PlayTech. This means that the previous problems of sudden disconnections, downtime and ordinary graphics have been addressed and corrected.

 There’s a lot to expect on the software since it has the following: Full Screen option, Four Color Deck (the cards can be easily recognized), Player notes (detailed notes of each player is displayed which could assist in terms of thinking of strategy), game history, financial history and the buddy list (where the players can track down friends or opponents within the site).

Traffic

 Being a new player in the business, Tony G Poker understandably has lesser traffic than the veteran sites. However, the recent move to the popular iPoker network seemed to pay off for the online poker room because it was during that time that significant increase in traffic was noted. Tournament players as of current statistics topped 5,000 at peak hours.

Rake

 Tony G Poker is adhering with the rake caps just like other online poker rooms which is 5 percent. Up to $1 may be raked for Fixed Limit games with $1/$2 while it could go as high as $3 for $2/$4 stakes.

In Limit games ranging at $50/$100 and above can rake up to $5.

Current Promotions

 The sign up bonus is not as attractive as other poker sites since Tony G Poker currently offers fifty percent first deposit bonus or up to $300. It does offer a higher incentive for friend referral which is $75 for the referrer and $25 for the new player.

 The site has been offering satellite events leading to major poker tournaments around the world such as the recently concluded European Poker Tour (EPT). This time around, it has offered three major promotions in the upcoming World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.

 WSOP Side Events – each winner will get a $6,500 package which includes buy-in in two No Limit Hold’em preliminary events plus accommodations, registration fee, travel and spending money.

 WSOP Executive Jackpot Sit ‘n’ Go challenge – each winner will get a $20,000 package which includes $10,000 Main Event seat, 14 days accommodations, registration fees, travel and spending money for two people with exclusive perks that are valued at $1,000.

 WSOP Main Event – each winner will get a $14,000 package which includes $10,000 Main Event seat, ten nights accommodation, registration, travel and spending money.

Payment Options

 The players can use the following options for deposit and withdrawal of funds: Visa, MasterCard, FirePay, Citadel, Click2Pay, NETeller, Wire Transfer, Moneybookers, UserMyBank, Bank Draft, Paysafecard, UKash and WebMoney.

Site Support

 Tony G Poker currently has telephone and email support. The phone support was just recently launched to provide players from other parts of the world more option to seek assistance. The contact details are included in the downloaded software for quick view. The support provided is quick and efficient and no major problems were reported about this.

Other Features and Information

 The Tony G Poker software interface is user-friendly. The players will have the option to filter unnecessary features and also get to choose their own 3D player avatars.