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CD Poker General Review

The first thing CD Poker cares about is you, the customer and to make sure you know how important you are to them and how high in their esteem you are held the first thing that you notice is their customer support statement, “We are so eager to attend to your questions and concerns that we have support staff available around the clock”.

It’s quite refreshing to be referred to in the first instance rather than being relegated to the text body where your needs are buried under a mountain of advertising and promotional spiel. They offer a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week service where their Customer Service personnel would be delighted to help you with any problems, issues or difficulties you nay have.

After having been made to feel supremely important, the next thing you notice about CDPoker is the comforting reassurance of their licensing declaration, so you know exactly who their associates are and their stance on security. Well done! It follows:

“CDPoker.com is owned and operated by:

• WHG (International) Limited if You are using the Website and You are based in, or the address given for Your Account at the relevant time of such use is in, anywhere other than in the United Kingdom;

And/or

• WHG Trading Limited if You are using the Website and You are based in, and the address given for Your Account at the relevant time of such use is in, the United Kingdom.

CDPoker.com operates under a license granted by the Gambling Commissioner, Gibraltar, a self-governing British Overseas territory and a member of the European Union and the OECD.”

Online Casino Software

Maximum security and integrity are their top priority their casino system is among the most secure and advanced on the Net. Their highly trained staff are constantly on the watch for any players who might set out to abuse the fun of casino gambling, whether fraud or underage gamblers.

CDPoker’s software is developed and maintained by Playtech Software Limited, and uses the i-poker network, a leading online gaming software company. To ensure the software's random number generation process is fair, their software is regularly tested and approved by leading accounting firms.

Every client is important to them it seems, from high rollers to clients that play just for fun. Players are made to feel valued and respected with patronage appreciated. Furthermore, CDPoker invites anyone to feel free to contact them any time by chat, phone or email via the help section of the website.

Take a look at what’s going on in February and March 2009; you’ll have to agree it’s pretty spectacular stuff!

CD Poker Promotions

CD Poker- Reload Bonus

CDPoker will sometimes offer Special Reload Bonuses of different amounts.

1. This offer is valid for CDPoker players who have made their first deposit and received their entire first deposit bonus. This reload bonus will be valid to players once a month.


2. After making an additional deposit or a number of additional deposits, players will be entitled to earn reload bonuses (according to monthly offer)


3. The Reload Bonus is given out to players as they earn CDPoints, CDPoker's unique player points, at ring games. The bonus is based on CD-Points earned AFTER the first of the player's additional deposits.


4. CDPoints are awarded to players for each hand in which they participate, as long as the hand is raked, including a player's contribution to the pot via a blind or a bet, even if the player folded.


5. CDPoints are awarded according to the stakes at table games as listed here:

Bad Beat Bonus

Imagine holding a top hand and lady luck decides to go and powder her nose at showdown, then don’t worry because even if you lose, you win with CDPoker’s Bad Beat bonus! If playing a real-money Texas Hold'em ring game and you lose at showdown with a hand of JJJJ or more, then claim a Bad Beat bonus payout.

The Bad Beat Bonus will be awarded under the following conditions:

Bad Beat Bonus Rules

4 jacks or Better must be beaten in order to qualify.

Both pocket cards must be used in both the winning and losing hand.

Prize Payout:

$150 goes to qualifying losing hand
Note: This bonus is only available in Texas Holdem ring tables (non-tournament play).

Best Hand of the Day Bonus

Win any real-money ring game with a Royal Flush, and you could pick up a Best Hand of the Day Bonus of $100! Only highest Royal Flush of the day qualifies and both pocket cards must be used. Three or more players must get cards for the hand to qualify and the hand must not be folded. This bonus is only available in Texas Hold’em, non-tournament play.

Best Hand of the Day Bonus Rules

The highest Royal Flush hand of the day.

Both pocket cards must be used in the winning hand.

Only Texas Hold'em games with minimum blinds of $0.50/$1 apply.

At least 3 players must be dealt into the hand.

Only one Best Hand of the Day Bonus awarded per day.

This bonus is awarded to the FIRST player to receive the Best Hand on any given day. For example, the Best Hand of the Day Bonus will be awarded to the first player to receive a qualifying Royal Flush on a given day.

Winning players and hands will be posted on our Winners page.

Febonanza 2009

This February is a bumper month at CDPoker. Bundles of cash will be given away just for playing. What could be better than that?

The Febonanza promotion has three clear ways to win cash.

1. Cash Points Race
2. Golden Hand Bonus
3. $2,500,000 Guaranteed Entry.

Gotta be in it to win it! It’s just as simple as that. Play your favorite game of poker and win a bucket load of cash that CDPoker wants to give away. Enjoy the Cash, and enjoy February. It’s going to be a bonanza – A Febonanza!

1.Cash Points Race

For the entire month of February, CDPoker players can get into cash game action and win a share of over $400,000. The top 300 cash game players in February will be placed on a leaderboard and cash prizes will be distributed at the end of the month.

Play on Cash Game Tables and Win a Share of Over $400,000!!

By playing any type of poker cash games where rake is taken, players will receive points, irrespective of type of game or table limits. Players will be ranked based on leaderboard points in February.

2. Golden Hand Bonus

Every 1,000,000th hand this February will be deemed a Golden Hand and players can share in some of the fortune. Cash prizes will be given to winners of every 1,000,000th hand and extra cash prizes will be provided for splitting amongst the participants in every 1,000,000th hand.

In addition, there will be further prizes for a “Platinum Hand” and a “Tin Hand”.

• Platinum Hand – Highest hand amongst all the golden hands. Winner to receive $30,000.


• Tin Hand – Lowest hand amongst all the golden hands. Winner to receive $20,000.

CDPoker Guaranteed Tournaments

$2,500,000 Guaranteed Tokens

Want to win a token for $2,500,000 Guaranteed?

It’s simple. All players participating in Sunday’s $250,000 Guaranteed event this February will be able to win.

There are 2 different ways to get to play in this great promotion:

• Any player that participates and has a finish in the top 100 players in at least two Sunday $250,000 Guaranteed events this February will win a token for the $2,500,000. Guaranteed event is taking place on March 8th, 2009.


• A player that plays in all $250,000 Guaranteed events this February (4 total), is eligible for a $2,500,000 guaranteed qualifier Freeroll. Final placings are irrelevant. There will be 10 seats available to the $2,500,000 Guaranteed event from the freeroll.

CD Poker Satellites

Irish Open 2009

WIN your pot of gold at the Irish Open 2009

The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas hold 'em poker tournament in Europe and second longest in the world after the World Series of Poker.

This year’s prize pool is expected to exceed €3 million!!!

CDPoker already sent past winners to the Irish Winter Festival 2008.
Play and qualify in the Irish Poker 2009 Super Satellites and WIN a prize package valued at $6500:

The Package includes:

• €3,200 + €300 buy-in (approximately $4,700) to the MAIN EVENT


• Approximately $800 for 5 nights accommodation in Dublin


• Up to $1
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  ,000 for flights and spending

The Irish Poker Open 2009 will be held at the City West Hotel – Dublin, Ireland. The 2009 event is scheduled for April 9th-13th 2009 and the Main Event buy-in will be €3,200 + €300.

Tournament Satellites - Qualify in daily tournaments.

Super Satellites have already commenced.

Last Super Satellite on April 1st.

Minimum number of players in the super satellites is 25.

ECPT Salzburg 2009 Satellites Tournaments

Salzburg is alive once again with the sound of music… and the welcoming sound of upcoming poker action at the Eurocity Poker Tour 2009.

CDPoker is sending (ECPokerTour Salzburg 2009) Super Satellite winners to this historic city. Salzburg, the birthplace of the famous composer Mozart, abundant in exquisite examples of baroque architecture and of course, the Sound of Music is a city in Europe that has to be visited. Don’t forget, action thrill-seekers that Salzburg is also on the border of the Alps. If the poker itself doesn’t provide you with enough thrills and stimulation, Salzburg and its environs will.

The event will be held at the Alpine Palace, near Salzburg Austria (Saalbach -Hinterglemm), between April 3rd and April 5th, 2009.

CDPoker is awarding winner’s packages valued at $4,000.

The Package includes:

• €1,400 + €140 (EUR) Buy In to the Main Event. (Approx. $1,980 USD).


• €1,040 for 4 nights (April 2nd – April 6th, 2009) accommodation at the Alpine Palace on a basis of double/twin bed accommodation, and 3 meals a day for a qualifier and a guest.


• Transportation from/back Salzburg airport to the Alpine Palace resort.


• €50 Welcome Party – April 2nd, 2009. The party will include light food, an open bar for two hours, and special entertainment.


• Up to $635 for flights and spending (depending on currency exchange rates).

Satellites

• Weekly Super Satellites, Sundays at 21:05, Buy-In is $200+$15 Freezeout


• Satellites start on December 7th, 2008.


• First Super Satellite on December 14th, 2008.


• Last Super Satellite on March 25th, 2009.

$2.5 Million GP Satellites

At 2003 the World Series of Poker was won by Chris Moneymaker; (great name and as it turns out, quite prophetic) an amateur player who bought in for under $40, in an online poker tournament, and walked away with the WSOP Main Event prize of $2,500,000.

This might not be the WSOP but it is possible that you too could walk away with a massive chunk of the $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool on offer with a minimal buy in.

That’s because CDPoker is once again running the $2.5 Million GP tournament! So start thinking about what $2.5 Million can buy these days…

Direct Buy-In is $1500+$80 or you can qualify in any of the ongoing Satellite feeder tournaments for as little as $3.30:

• Sit & Go events
• Satellites (Rebuys and add ons) allowed
• Turbo Satellites (Rebuys and add ons) allowed
• Freezeouts
• “1 Hand” Sit & Go event

The $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Main event is scheduled for March 8th, 2009 Satellites will commence on January 1st, 2009

CDPoker VIP Club

In the CDPoker VIP Club you get to take up invitations to the ultimate tournaments and ring games that are available online! Privileges here abound, exclusive privileges as a reward for loyalty to the valued poker players who form the elite membership of the VIP Club at CD Poker. Some of the benefits will astonish you; take a look.

• Fast CDPoints accumulation
• Frequent Cash-outs from CDPoints
• Exclusive VIP Players Freeroll tournaments
• Special Reload Bonus offers

To begin with, all new poker players start at the Prodigy Club and as those players start to earn CDPoints at ring games and tournaments, (magic!) they can qualify for promotion and be upgraded to increasingly higher VIP Levels. CDPoker's VIP Levels are assigned on the basis of players' CDPoints average over the previous three-month playing period and over the last calendar month playing period, based on the information listed in the table below.

Twice a month the Players' VIP Club Levels are changed. The first VIP Level upgrade, or promotion, entitlement for players is available after playing in one calendar month. A player signing up at CDPoker on January 1st, for example, will only become entitled for a VIP Level upgrade on February 1st.

VIP Level	Poker Points (Monthly Average)
Dream Team Club	1,500
Extreme Club	3,000
Shark Club	7,500
Pro Club	15,000
Legend Club	40,000

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