Circus Poker Review

Overview

Though Circus Poker aren’t one of the big names in online poker, but if you’re a regular attendee of casinos in the UK, it’s likely you’ll know the name. They operate 40 bricks-and-mortar gambling houses across the United Kingdom and have recently begun to extend their operations online. This includes a new online poker client, which makes its home on the iPoker network. Circus Poker is owned by the billion dollar Genting Group so you can be sure of its stability. Their poker software has also been independently tested for fairness.

Poker Games

There’s a good spread of games available at Circus, including everything that most everyone would want to play. No Limit, Pot Limit and Limit Hold‘em are all provided, alongside the increasingly popular Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo, in Limit and Pot Limit form. 7 Card Stud, 5 Card stud, and Razz round out the game selection. There’s no space for more exotic games, but the vast majority of players should be well catered for. In practice, it seems that most people need nothing more than a few No Limit Hold ‘em tables. When it comes to cash games, the vast majority of players are in the micro-low stakes NLHE contests. In fact, it’s tough to find anyone playing very high during the off-peak hours. Nothing much above £5/£10 gets any attention during the slower periods.

Sit & Gos are a different story, proving to be pretty popular all day long. There are Sit & Gos for many different games with lots of different formats, but the simple No Limit Hold ‘em tournaments are predictably the most popular. There are S&Gs of all types running throughout the day, with buy-ins as high as $200 + $15 the norm. There are usually one one or two of those active at any one point, but games up to $30 + $3 will be easy to get started. Most of the tournaments are run according to the 6-max format.

Poker Tournaments

The scheduled tournaments cannot compete with their more immediate brethren, but there are plenty of reasons to get excited about the Circus Poker tournament calendar. There are a huge number of guarantees running all day long, with Circus boasting a total of $16 million in guaranteed tournaments every month. There are smaller guarantees starting every few minutes, from $750 to $8,000. Every evening during the week there are larger guaranteed events, ranging from $35k to $50k. The biggest prize pools are saved from the weekend, with a $150,000 guaranteed Saturday tournament and a show-stopping $250k Sunday contest.

Promotion and Bonuses

£400 Welcome Bonus – The more you play, the more we pay! Enjoy a massive 200% matched bonus of up to £400 when you start earning Circus Points at Circus Poker.

Super SNG Freeroll – Generate just $5 or more in tournament fees in at least five Sit’N’Gos at Circus Poker each month and you’ll win a seat in their $1,000 Super SNG Freeroll.

Cash’N’Grab – Turn small stakes into big money every month: just rake $5 on any real-money cash games at Circus Poker and you’ll get a seat at this exclusive monthly freeroll.

Exclusive qualifiers to Live Events – Play your way to a seat at the biggest live tournaments, including many Circus Poker exclusives.

Banking Methods

Payment Type	Fees	Timings	Min Deposit
Debit Cards	Free	Instant	£10 / €10 / US$20
Credit cards	Free	Instant	£10 / €10 / US$20
NETeller	Free	Instant	£2 / €2 / US$5
Moneybookers	Free	Instant	£2 / €2 / US$5
Click2Pay	Free	Instant	£2 / €2 / US$5
ClickandBuy	Free	Instant	£2 / €2 / US$5
Ukash	Free	Instant	£2 / €2 / US$5
Bank Transfer	Free	2-5 days	£10 /€10 / US$20
Bank Draft / Express	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cash In Cash Out	Free	Instant	£5/€5/$10

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