The Ladbrokes online poker site has been networked through one of the industry’s leading providers of software and security since it began in operations. In early 2009 it will transition into a full member of the Microgaming Poker Network, which will continue to provide the fair, secure and excellent gaming experience that Ladbrokes’ members are used to, and will offer additional tournaments, players and options in an ongoing and continually expanding basis.
The company all ready has an outstanding reputation for online gaming, and this new affiliation will only increase the quality of the games and the site’s performance.
Ladbrokes Poker site has a long history of commitment to responsible gaming and continues to advocate and provide its members with the means and tools for establishing the safest environment for themselves. These tools include deposit limits on a player’s account, guidelines to help a player determine if their personal control is at risk, and contact information for gambling awareness and assistance.
The site even makes a “Self Exclusion” facility available to their members who believe their gambling habits are out of control. This is a cooperative agreement between the site and the player and is beneficial in overcoming any problematic behaviors.
Because Ladbrokes Poker relies on the Microgaming system for poker, the software is among the most user friendly in the industry. It is available in three unique formats – the “instant” play (a Flash version through a computer’s browser), a “Classic” style which relies strictly on the graphics that represent the deck of cards, and the “3D” style that is populated by Avatars and has the feel of “real time” experience.
All three varieties allow for the same set of basic playing options, while the 3D version introduces some fun, and even beneficial, extras such as player “tells” or body language controls that can be used to trick or outfox other players. The 3D version also offers the most comprehensive tutorials available, with fully interactive play and direct access to games and tournaments.
The Ladbrokes Poker site provides a welcome bonus to new members which are determined by their first, or initial, poker chip purchase. The player purchases their chips, and if they meet the required points value in the first thirty days of membership their chip purchase is rewarded back to them. For example, new members who purchase one hundred dollars in chips and who earn two thousand two hundred and fifty points in the first thirty days of membership receive one hundred dollars in bonus cash as a reward.
The three varieties of software that the Ladbrokes Poker site makes available support all of the following varieties of poker gaming: