It becomes
more and more apparent that playing online poker from your laptop at home is
only one way to make money whereas other mobile solution symbolize a growing
market. While the influence may not be significant yet for poker, casino games
and sports betting have already become more or less standard.
But why is
this not yet the case for poker? Well, maybe because you make less money with
it. The below collection is a summary of most but not all current online gaming
solutions for online poker with regards to their mobile client compatibility on
Android, mobile phones and tablets.
PokerStars / Full Tilt
Not really
surprising but the market leader is also one of the most innovative brands and
on the PokerStars .com/.fr
and .eu client you can play pretty much each game. The client is poker only
including regular tables, MTT's and Zoom Poker.
Former
competitor and now part of the Rational Group, Full Tilt Poker, only provides
the fast fold poker tables thus far (May 2014) with its Rush Poker app for
mobile phones and tablets.
Winamax
A close
second in terms of functionality is French online poker giant Winamax.
You can play multiple tables without any problem whatsoever on their tablet
version. All game types are included and everything runs pretty smooth.
Unibet
In February
2014, Unibet
left the Microgaming Network to form their own stand alone poker site and it
didn't take long for them to roll out the tablet client. So far you can only
play at all cash game tables (regular and speed version) and SNG's but an MTT
implementation is considered to be on the road map later on. Downside at the
moment: You can only play one table at the same time.
Instadeal / Revolution Gaming Network
InstaDeal
started as fast fold poker only client with such skins as Terminal Poker and Buzz
Poker. The brands also launched a white label skin on the Revolution Gaming
Network as well while keeping their own separate cashier. The mobile app
includes fast fold cash game tables (NLHE and PLO as well as InstaDeal
tournaments), sports betting and casino games.
In early
May 2014, Win Cake on Revolution also launched its own tablet app based on a
rebranded version of the InstaDeal mobile software. Upon launch, only the NLHE
cash tables and casino games were available. Whether or not other skins such as
Intertops or Juicy Stakes (US friendly), who ring fence there cash game
traffic, will join remains unknown at this time.
888poker
The 888poker online
poker mobile client offers players the opportunity to sit at NLHE 6-max and
9-max cash game tables as well as Heads-Up, 6-max and 9-max SNG tables. There
is no choice yet for Omaha and MTT's cannot be accessed either as of May 2014.
Ongame
Ongame skin
EuroPoker boasts on
his website that Android users can already use their mobile poker client on the
phone and tablets. A version for iPhones and iPads is in the works but no
release date can be found on the website yet.
PokerHeaven,
who recently joined Ongame after leaving the soon to be closed IPN / Boss Media
network, is one step further and provides its iPhone / iPad client in the
following countries: Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania,
Slovenia, Lithuania, United Kingdom. So
far you can play pot, fixed or no limit Hold'em cash games and the strobe (fast
fold) tables. Android users are served as well, though I cannot make a
statement about all available options.
Microgaming
Some online
gaming sites such as Betsson run their poker client through Ongame and
Microgaming. They also offer a mobile client for sports betting, casino, scratch
and poker as well. However, the current functionality is rather limited to one
cash game table only.
Party / bwin
So far,
bwin only used to offer a sports betting app for the mobile phones and tablets.
An online poker app for the iPhone and iPad has been launched recently and you
can play regular NLHE cash game. However, upon trying to join the fast forward
pool, the access was denied.
The Hive
On the up
and already as far as 12th in traffic according to PokerScout in early May 2014
is "The Hive" with skins such as Planet
Win 365 and Yachting Poker. The iPad app for online poker is not available
yet but in the works, a casino solution is already in place.
US
friendly solutions:
Merge Gaming network
Some skins
on Merge such as Carbon Poker
and Oddsmaker provide a tablet version where you can play for cash and in
SNG's, though no MTT's are included. The app also has a direct link to the
Sportsbook and Casino.
Bovada
Bovada has gone all
anonymous and I cannot verify whether or not they also offer online poker on
their tablet app since Germans have been banned on Bodog (and Bodog88). What I
do know is that you can play casino games and do your sports betting from the
mobile and tablet, ironically they also make most of their money with that as
well.
Equity Poker Network
Full Flush
Poker and Poker Host, who recently left Merge to join EPN, offer mobile
clients. However, the network itself doesn't like "aggressive
players" or in other words ... they tend to ban players who consistently
make profit. Your choice if you want to possibly deal with such a headache.
Avoid Chico Poker Network and Lock at all costs!
They might
have very promising bonuses but both networks / sites have an outstanding bad
track record of not paying out withdrawals. So even if they come up with a
mobile client at any point, it cannot be recommended to play there at all.
Who is
missing completely?
The iPoker
network is the biggest online poker network these days (May 2014), however
Playtech doesn't seem to be capable to develop a mobile client for online
poker. Same is also the case for the Winning Poker Network, one of the few
remaining reliable options for US poker players.
Missing in the
report are the legal and regulated online poker sites in Nevada and New Jersey,
though it is likely that WSOP can easily get an online gaming client from 888.
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