Full review of Total Poker

Total Poker
www.totalpoker.com 
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Software size 5.16 MB

Total score (out of 10) 5.50

 Sign-up bonus in $ $100
Deposit bonus in % 200%  

Hits
24/7 live support
Nice software
Good lobby info
5 player turbo tournaments
Multi lingual site
3 currencies

Misses
No Omaha games
Summary
Total Poker is a new room on the Boss poker network, the software is made by Boss Media, a large and well-known software company in the online gambling industry. The graphics are great looking and the functionality is high. Player volume in July 2005: Ring game traffic 800-1000 players at peak hours, tournament traffic 700-1000 players at peak hours.

Software and graphics
The software's functionality is good and has nice graphics. The lobby info shows percentage of players seeing the flop, hands dealt per hour and average pot. The recently made it possible to play at multiple tables. There is a search player function and voice options as well.

Ring game traffic
Traffic volume is good for being a newly started pokerroom. The ring game traffic at peak hours is around 800-1000 players

Tournament traffic
Tournament traffic is growing, the tournaments usually have between 50-150 entrants. 5 player Sit'n go's are popular, there is often more than 30 tables running, which is good for a smaller room. There are some daily free-rolls also. The tournament traffic is around 700-1000 players at peak hours.

Game variety
At the moment Total Poker offers Texas Hold'em, Seven-Card Stud, Five Card Draw and Tournaments. Most traffic is concentrated towards the Texas Hold'em fixed limit games. There are many short-handed tables running. Limits vary from $0.05-$0.10 to $50-100.

Rake
The rake is at industry standard with 5% max $3.

Soft competition
Very loose games with flop percentages around 40-60%, even on the higher limits.

Sign up bonus
Rewards the players after the raked hands played. $30 after the first 100 raked hands and $70 more after another 400 hands, no matter the deposit.

Promotions
There's 2 weekly freerolls. One $200 and one $50.

Support
There is live support as well as e-mail support.

Financial security
Early to say how the future looks for this pokerroom. Probably secure like most pokerrooms are.

Deposit & withdrawal options
Deposit options:
VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay,bank draft and wire transfer
Cash out options:
NETeller, FirePay, bank draft, wire transfer