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You\u2019ve got a lot to prove if you\u2019re calling yourself the True Poker platform, right? Well, I was ready to check the site out and discover whether or not it\u2019s able to live up to its own name. Come with me on this journey and find out exactly what I got up to at the True Poker room.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll admit that I had to do a little bit of a delve into True Poker\u2019s back story before I started playing there. I mean, I normally do this with online poker sites I haven\u2019t heard of before, but I wanted to learn a little bit more about True Poker. Granted, I had heard of the platform prior to joining it, but I didn’t know all the ins and outs of what makes it what it is today. And actually, it has survived through the years to remain as one of the top US poker rooms in existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The site itself was established way back in 2001, although it originally went by the name of Yatahay<\/strong>. For several years, it utilised its own proprietary software. This was changed in more recent years though, and True Poker operates on the Winning Poker Network instead. This exists as the second-largest poker network within the United States<\/a>, which has helped this platform to remain popular with gamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I’m honest, when I visited the homepage of True Poker, I was expecting something a little more\u2026opulent, shall we say? I mean, I’m not looking for the world\u2019s greatest website design. I just thought it would give me a little more. That being said, it is very easy to use the site, allowing you to navigate between areas with relative ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And it does give details of the welcome offer from the homepage, so it\u2019s not particularly bad. It\u2019s just that it\u2019s slightly\u2026dated. However, you\u2019ll come to find that this is a bit of an issue that exists at True Poker throughout the platform. That doesn’t have any huge impact on gameplay, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n Speaking personally, I have signed up to various online poker sites and found some of them to possess licences, while others don\u2019t. I’m not saying that I’ve had specifically terrible experiences at unlicensed sites, although I do prefer to see confirmation of a licence at an online poker room. Maybe that\u2019s just me, but it gives a bit more of a sense of comfort and safety when gambling is in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why I was very pleased to see that the True Poker platform holds a gambling licence from the jurisdiction of Curacao. You can find details relating to this at the very bottom of the website. Clicking on the logo of Curacao eGaming<\/a> will also take you to the regulatory body\u2019s website and provide additional details on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, I won\u2019t say that Curacao eGaming provides the most reputable licences. While plenty of online platforms do hold such, one of the main reasons behind such is because they\u2019re one of the easiest licences to obtain. You don\u2019t have to meet hugely strict criteria to be awarded one. This may seem like a bit of a cop out to the idea of actually possessing a licence, and in a small way, it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there are certain regulations that come along with the licence, and True Poker will need to adhere to these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why I’m pleased about the fact that True Poker does have a licence, even if it is a Curacao one. At least the platform has taken the opportunity to acquire a gambling licence, which is not something that can be said about all poker rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s also pleasing to find that True Poker caters to the US market, accepting players from this country. This isn’t true for all states, though. So, it\u2019s key to note that Kentucky, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington and Nevada<\/strong> cannot register to play poker at this site. However, everywhere else within the United States is permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I registered for my account from the state of Alabama<\/a> and had zero problems with signing up and then depositing. It\u2019s also not uncommon for the states mentioned to be blocked from online poker rooms, so I was very much prepared for this to be the same at True Poker. Unfortunately, if you are a resident of one of those states, you\u2019ll need to look into alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, it\u2019s not only the United States that is catered to at True Poker. The platform is actually accessible from most countries around the world, which does provide it with quite the player base. This also helps with the overall traffic levels as well, which has seen the True Poker site become as popular as it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n True Poker has had a few different poker networks providing its games to members throughout its years of operation. Actually, when it originally began operating in 2001, it utilised its own proprietary poker network. And while this was fine for the time, it didn’t take long before that was considered quite dated and out of sync with the time. So, the company chose to join up with various sportsbooks in order to create the Yatahay Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was only once it had created that link and new poker network, that business really began to pick up for the platform. In more recent times, True Poker took the decision to abandon the Yatahay Network and instead become a part of the Winning Poker Network<\/a>, which is what remains in operation there today. I’ve experienced this network before at one or two other poker rooms, and it does have quite an appealing setup and function. For this reason, what I found at True Poker was quite familiar for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hold\u2019em remains as the site\u2019s most popular variation of the game, and this is quite common throughout online poker rooms. Playing this option will allow you to access tables with buy-ins ranging from $0.01\/$0.02 right the way up to $25\/$50<\/strong> as far as No Limit Hold\u2019em is concerned. Fixed Limit Hold\u2019em provides you with opportunities for games between $0.02\/$0.04 and $40\/$80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moving on to Omaha poker will present you with alternative opportunities, although the stakes also start out at $0.01\/$0.02 for this and increase up to a maximum of $75\/$150. And when you look at 7 Card Stud Poker, you’ve got stakes of between $0.04\/$0.08 and $40\/$80. So, there are quite a variety of options that are available to you with True Poker, which is nice to see. So often, there will be very little for high stakes players to benefit from. And while this poker room isn’t brimming over with high stakes possibilities, it still does cater to that market.<\/p>\n\n\n I’m all for being able to customise the tables that I’m playing at, which is one of the things that I find most impressive about True Poker and the Winning Poker Network. The customisation features are pretty much second-to-none, with various themes, card designs and more for you to select from. Not everyone will hold quite the same interest in this as I do, but I’m certain that a select group of people will consider the customisation features of an online poker room to be directly relative to whether or not they decide to play there permanently<\/p>\n\n\n\nHits<\/h3>\n
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Will I Be Able To Play True Poker In The US?<\/h3>\n\n\n
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True Poker Game Type<\/th> Minimum Stakes<\/th> Maximum Stakes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/em><\/strong><\/td> $0.01\/$0.02<\/td> $25\/$50<\/td><\/tr> Fixed-Limited Hold\u2019em<\/em><\/strong><\/td> $0.02\/$0.04<\/td> $40\/$80<\/td><\/tr> Omaha<\/em><\/strong><\/td> $0.01\/$0.02<\/td> $75\/$150<\/td><\/tr> 7 Card Stud<\/em><\/strong><\/td> $0.04\/$0.08<\/td> $40\/$80<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>