Carbon Poker Review

Carbon Poker Bonuses and Promotions

Carbon Poker offers several promotions.

The first promotion I suggest you capitalize on is their initial deposit bonus. This is for all new players or players who have yet to make their first deposit. With this promotion Carbon Poker will match your first deposit 200% up to $5,000. That means if you deposit $100, you'll be given $200 for a total of $300. This is one of the most generous bonuses out there, both in terms of what Carbon is matching you and the maximum bonus amount.

To be able to receive your bonus you'll need to play real money games, generate rake and earn points. You'll receive your bonus at the rate of $1 for every 150 VIP points earned, and your bonus will be released to you in $5 (750 point) increments. Points are earned at the rate of 10 for every $1 you pay into rake. Points earned from playing side games will not count towards clearing your bonus.

Carbon Poker VIP Program

Another promotion worth your attention is the VIP program. This is a multi-tiered program that uses the theme of Earth's elements. Here are the following tiers:

• Earth
• Wind
• Fire
• Water
• Ether
• Ether+

Each tier will come with it's own benefits. The most notable benefit is the cash back. At the highest tier (Ether+) you can earn 35% (up to $350) cash back paid into your account daily. You can also exchange points for cash 3x per month. That's another $3-$150 in your pocket.

What I like best about their VIP program is that once you earn a tier, it's yours for good. The only exception is if you don't play (earn rake) for a running 30 days. At that point your points will start to decay. Lose enough points and you'll your VIP status will drop.

The promotions above are the best ones running right now at Carbon Poker. However, there are several more, including these:

• Happy Hour - Earn double the VIP points on Wednesday through Friday (11am to 3pm).
• 2-A-Day - Earn 2 VIP points every day for the month and earn a seat to a $1k freeroll played on the 2nd Saturday of the following month.

You'll want to be sure to visit Carbon Poker to see all of their other promotions, which includes things like leaderboards and reload deposit bonuses.

Playing at Carbon Poker for Real Money

Carbon Poker accepts players from all over the world to play for real money. That includes US poker players. However, the one exception are the 10-15 states that have stricter laws on gambling online. If you're unsure about your state all you need to do is go to their sign-up form and look for your state in the dropdown. If it's there you're able to play on Carbon Poker for real money.

To get started at Carbon all you need to do is visit their site, choose from PC or Mac software and start the download process. It only takes a couple of minutes to install to your computer. After that you'll need to create an account and then you'll be all set. The entire process takes maybe 5 minutes.

To fund your account you'll have plenty of options which includes Skrill, Visa, Ukash, Neteller, Mastercard, ClickandBuy, Ideal, Maestro, Ecocard and PaySafeCard. There are several others, but many of them are country specific. So you'll need to log-in to see what all is available to you. The minimum deposit is $20 per day, maximum is $1k per day and $6k per month.

If at any time you need support Carbon Poker is there 24/7. You can contact them via email at: support@carbonpoker.ag or carbonsupport@carbonpoker.ag if you need help depositing. There is also a contact form on their site.

What Games Can You Play At Carbon Poker?

Carbon Poker runs a wide variety of games including holdem, omaha, stud, razz and a handful of draw poker variations.

The cash game stakes range from .01/.02 to 30/60. Texas holdem is by far the most popular, outweighing omaha 2-1 and 2.5-1 over the other games. The cash game section is the smallest section of the site, accounting for only 10% of their overall traffic.

The tournament section is the most popular. Carbon Poker runs a variety of tournaments in variations like satellite, bounty, shootout, deep stacks, re-buys and guarantees. You can buy-in to these tournaments for $1 to $109, and most (if not all) of their tournaments have satellites so you can get a seat for even cheaper.

Their sit n go section is pretty much the same in terms of variations, but buy-ins are as high as $650. Their sit n go section used to be dead, but exploded in traffic after Black Friday. The traffic here makes up 20-30% of their site, so you shouldn't have any problems finding a game running.