About Coral Poker
Coral has been working online since 1999, the year in which they teamed up with the Part Poker Network. In 2012 however they have been with the iPoker network, the 4th biggest network in the world. The company has a large sports betting following and sees a lot of players drift across from this section of the site, leaving competition relatively soft. Coral’s long history in the gambling business has left them as a very trustworthy source for players to play with. Traffic on the site is quite high most of the time, when Coral joined iPoker the traffic increased greatly.
Games and Tournaments Available
Games on offer at Coral include, Hold’em, both limit and no limit, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo and 5/7 Card Stud. As previously stated here, Coral has a great amount of traffic and as a result players will never struggle to find a table to play at. All of the above games are also available in tournament format, in no limit, pot limit and fixed limit variations. Stakes vary from relatively low to quite high, this ensures that all players are catered for with Coral.
Coral also offer their variation on Speed Poker, a newer variation of Poker that is becoming increasingly available throughout the online poker sites. With Speed Poker you can fold your hand as soon as the hand is dealt to you if you do not like the hand, this will move you straight away to a new table. This has proved popular with newer recreational as it is fun to play.
The site has a number of tournaments available, an interesting one for customers is the weekly Sunday tournament. If you bet £100 or more in any given month, Coral will grant you a token for the £1000 monthly freeroll.
Bonuses and Promotions on Offer
Presently Coral Poker are offering new customers free tournament tokens valued at £20 when they deposit £5. There are additional bonuses of up to £200 available after this and are paid in a variety of ways. Coral regularly update and change their bonus offers so players are encouraged to regularly check to see what is on offer.
The loyalty scheme offers points to players every time they play cash games and/or tournaments. The higher the level you achieve the more cash that you will get for your points. Players can achieve higher levels by earning more points.
Software and Features
Coral runs on iPoker’s playtech software which ensures a fast, smooth and reliable playing experience. The graphics are impeccable here also. One of the features on offer here is the option of alive player. Coral have a poker school that offers a wealth of knowledge on all things poker. This is becoming a feature which is being used more and more with online poker sites. It is very easy to multi-table on the site if players prefer to do this.
For those that do not wish to download the full client, they can play instantly through their browser. A feature not on offer by a lot of high quality poker sites at the minute. This feature is very useful for those who do not like to download software.
Help and Site Support
Coral are well known for an excellent customer service team. The best gambling sites have outstanding customer service which keep customers coming back. Coral offer a telephone help service and they also have an e-mail service which they respond to in very quick time usually. As was said earlier, they also have a poker school on site, which helps players out with problems that they may have.