Noble Poker?

[phrosty]

Thinking about a depo here, looks like they have a generous bonus program. Has anyone completed one and how would you characterize the site/players?

[playersare]

the noble bonus is pretty poor in terms of per-raked hand earnings at each limit. sure they "offer" you a large bonus to work off, but compared to most of the leading sites you'll be there forever trying to clear it.

the iPoker network is a decent small pool of about 500 players during peak hours, mostly at the 50c/$1 LHE and 25c/50c NL. the fixed-limit players are terrible, and NL should be pretty bad too (though perhaps not QUITE as much). the software is Playtech which you would think runs quickly like their casinos do, but iPoker is quite sluggish because a lot of people play the 3D graphics format which is over-animated. for 2D multitabling, the tables are all in the SAME window and sometimes it'll switch to table #2 right before you click a button on table #1, which is annoying for fixed limit but potentially catastrophic for NL. however, after you've experienced the software for a while, the misclick mistakes will decrease and shouldn't be a long term issue (I do hope they change the software eventually, though).

all in all, you don't need to mess with Noble or any of the iPoker skins in favor of the more established sites out there. if you do a LOT of bonus chasing down the line, you might consider doing something like Playgate Poker or Sports Interaction Poker, which (as of date) have 25% up to $100 bonus, 10x dealt raked hands non-contributed.

[VegasVixen]

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Thinking about a depo here, looks like they have a generous bonus program. Has anyone completed one and how would you characterize the site/players?

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I did a deposit at Noble about 2 weeks ago, for the same reason. I can tell you:
1- The software is terrible, attempting to multitable is difficult at best since the tables share 1 screen.
2- As far as the bonus goes, they pay you every day based upon "crowns" earned. With the limited # of games available, its difficult to get there. I deposited $800 going for the full bonus of 800. In 6 sessions I have earned $80 bonus, paid the next day after each session. I highly doubt I'll stick it out for the full bonus... /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[siegfriedandroy]

How many tables do they allow you to play at one time?

[Tapin]

Max of three, but since they're in a single window...