Ladbrokes Poker

Ladbrokes, the bookmaker, are known to many punters as 'The magic sign' in the UK. Their online poker room doesn't quite live up to that billing. Although, credit where it's due, things have improved in recent times.

My first impression is that the software looks and feels a little dated. It functions well enough and I can't really complain about the speed of loading the lobby, tables or the card dealing, but there is a dull appearance about the poker room on the whole, it's all very 'early 2001' for me. However, this is microgaming software and Ladbrokes cannot be held to blame for that.

That said, the latest software upgrade at Ladbrokes has improved things slightly. The tables are much clearer, set upon a wooden floor, giving the feel of an old western poker movie, certainly much cooler than it used to look. Of course, many players aren't looking for the latest in poker software graphics and Ladbrokes does contain a number of features which I enjoy. The banking in particular is smoothly run, with deposit limits in place as default. Ladbrokes appear to want to take care of their players.

Some other nice little touches include the note taking facility, which for me is a must if you are to play regularly at one poker room and the server connection status, this bar moves from red to green if your connection is good or bad (green being the best) This is very helpful if you, like everybody else I suspect, don't like to be timed out during a hand.

In conclusion I would recommend Ladbrokes to the majority of players. Bonuses aren't a regular occurance here, but new players will most likely pick up a good first deposit deal. Satellite tournament promotions are superb and there is no end of ring game action.