Celeb Poker Review

Celeb Poker Summary

Let's start this Celeb Poker review by telling you that Celeb Poker has moved to the iPoker Network. This might not be a huge surprise, but many reviews about Celeb Poker turn out to be very outdated and still tell you that they are on the IPN Network instead.

So, there you go, already a huge pro opposite to their previously used online poker software! OK, OK, we shall not deny that the competition has arised because of the network switch, but so have the amounts of players at the tables. From a mere 7,000 poker players to 35,000 at peak hours.

The Celeb Poker sign-up bonus is also one of the better poker bonuses available for new players amongst poker rooms on the iPoker Network. Sign-up using one of Poker For Free's links and get 200% up to $2,000. Next to this, all new depositing players get a free ticket for a monthly $2,500 freeroll for new depositors.

Games a plenty at Celeb Poker. You can choose from the most popular variant Texas Hold'em to less know types of poker such as 7-Card Stud.

Because of the fact that Celeb Poker is part of the iPoker Network you can expect tons of promotions that make you stick around. The ECOOP is their best known event, but more about this later in our Celeb Poker review.

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In the following part of our Celeb Poker review you can read in-depth information about Celeb Poker's client, website, security & integrity, traffic & games, bonuses & promotions and support.

Poker Client

Celeb Poker's client, the piece of software that you have to install on your end, is developed by Playtech. Playtech is a leading company world wide when it comes to developing technology for online gaming. They're very reputable and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Celeb Poker is on the iPoker Network, a poker network that has seen tremendous growth in the past year. In fact, the iPoker Network is the largest European based poker network. Traffic wise this means they easily reach over 35,000 simultaneously logged in users. More about traffic later in our Celeb Poker review.

All features of the Celeb Poker client are industry standard. Hand history, a four colored deck, mini view, player statistics, player notes and ratings, buddy's (or enemies) and so on.

We have never encountered instability, nor lag, while playing poker games at Celeb Poker during our testing period.

The lobby is very easy to use. Besides a sub selection of the game types, there is a filter to narrow down your selection. The lobby also displays the most important percentages of cash tables (average pot, hands per hour, etc.) and a list of currently seated players.

Full ring tables consist of 10 players, the maximum amount of players for poker games.

The Celeb Poker client is available in English, German, Polish and Spanish.

Celeb Poker First Deposit Bonus and Promotions

Our Celeb Poker bonus is much higher as normally advertised, and we like to brag about that! Sign-up at Celeb Poker following one of the links, or buttons on the Poker For Free website, and you'll get a first deposit bonus of 200% up to the amazing amount of $2,000. Our Celeb Poker coupon code - PFF2000 - can be used to become eligible for this outstanding bonus offer! By using this bonus code you can rest assured that Celeb Poker will track you with their 200% up to $2,000 first deposit bonus.

Besides a sign-up bonus you will get an entry into the $2.500 freeroll for first depositors which runs every first Wednesday of the month at 20:00 GMT. This is a really nice way to build up your bankroll, and best of all, the players field in this freeroll is mostly filled of beginners.

• Read our in-depth review about the Celeb Poker First Deposit Bonus

Celeb Poker hosts their own promotions, as well as promotions that run throughout the whole iPoker Network. You can find ongoing and periodically returning promotions.

The biggest event, without a doubt, is the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP). This event consists of a series of multi-table poker tournaments. The first ECOOP took place in December 2007 and over time the ECOOP has grown to one of the most respectable online poker series, where the last episode had $4.55 million in guaranteed prizes.

Speaking about tournaments, Celeb Poker hosts several huge guaranteed tournaments. Have a look at the list below, just to name a few:

$1 Million Guaranteed - Monthly

• Direct buy-in $500+$35
• Satellites range from $6.60 to $66

$250,000 Guaranteed - Weekly (Every Sunday)

• Direct buy-in $300+20
• Satellites start from $3.30

$100,000 Guaranteed - Weekly (Every Friday)

• Direct buy-in $100+9
• Satellites start from $1.10

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Security and Integrity

Celeb Poker is fully licensed and regulated by the government in Antigua and Barbuda. Even though Antigua is only a small island in the Caribbean, they are big when it comes to hosting offshore online gaming companies, such as Celeb Poker. According to their website, a gaming company in Antigua will only receive a license when they meet certain guidelines, including control of their systems and books by independent auditing firms, anti money laundering, and prevention of addictive gambling.

You can rely on the fact that Celeb Poker maintains the utmost available technology to ensure your information to remain safe. Online poker rooms' security policies can be compared to those by online banks. Celeb Poker makes use of the latest encryption technologies and firewalls to prevent hackers access to their systems.

Traffic and Game Variation

We already brought up the subject before, so let's get into some more details now.

Celeb Poker is Europe's biggest online poker room, together with the other rooms that make up the iPoker Network. During a regular weekday day, there will be about 15,000 players at the tables. At peak hours you can expect to see at least double this amount of players, but many times easily 35,000 to 40,000 players.

The variety of games is decent. They offer Texas Hold'em, 7-Card Stud, and Omaha. These poker games are available as cash games, Sit 'n Gos and tournaments - multi-table, single table, full ring, shorthanded and heads-up.

Most action can be found at the Limit and No-Limit Texas Hold'em tables, although Pot-Limit Omaha is also a variation with plenty of traffic.

Celeb Poker's stakes range from very low to high.

Support

As most poker rooms on the iPoker Network, also Celeb Poker have outsourced their security department, and usually this can be seen as a con.

The support desk can be reached by phone (they have several phone lines in different languages), by e-mail, and by live chat. We suggest you always start out by contacting them though live chat, although you can expect them to ask you to send an e-mail if things are a bit complicated.

If your question is more general, we advice you to consult Celeb Poker's Frequently Asked Questions, which you can locate as a sub menu item under Support.