Betfair General Info

• Rake Payout: Your VIP earnings will be paid directly in your Betfair account
• Rake Method: Contributed
• Bonuses Deducted: Yes( 100% )
• Tournament Fees Included: Yes
• Max Tables: 15

On July 27th, 2010 Betfair will be moving to the OnGame Network. Players that register after July 11th will not be eligible for rakeback, but instead they will be a part of Betfairs new VIP system known as The Player's Club. More details can be found here.

Betfair is one of the leading sites for online gaming from sports, to poker, to blackjack. If you can bet on it, you can count on Betfair providing it. Created in 1999 by Andrew Black and Edward Wray, Betfair has become a household name right across Europe. They have won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise twice and is licensed in the UK, Australia, Malta, Italy, Austria and Germany.  

Betfair is one of the few European sites offering high stakes (played in Texas Holdem, Omaha, and Omaha Hi Lo) and has a high volume of players to support these games. Players can choose between the standard full ring, shorthanded and heads up tables.

The Betfair software supports a no download client which is great for Mac players in addition to offering 20 languages and accepting bets in Euros, Pounds and Dollars. Although the software is quite basic compared to some of the other networks, the performance is top notch. Speed is a priority as is stability and reliability. Players will have access to multi-tabling, resizable tables, hand statistics in the lobby as well as seated at the tables.

Whatever the problem may be you will have absolutely no issues receiving a timely and prompt reply from the Betfair support team. Available 24/7 through email, live chat and phone services, Betfair is committed to offering a dedicated support service.

Unlike other sites, Betfair is one of the few remaining poker rooms which accept payments via PayPal. For non PayPal users, the poker room provides a number of payment processors for you to use. Current methods include; Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Visa Electron, Solo, Switch, Delta, Laser, Bank Wire, Check, Neteller and Paypal.

The Players' Club
After moving to the OnGame Network in July 2010, Betfair introduced their new, exclusive VIP program known as 'The Players' Club'. All Betfair players are automatically a member of The Players' Club, where they will receive Player Points for all of their play on the Betfair poker tables. Players will receive 3.25 Player Points for every dollar contributed in rake at the cash game tables in addition to 5 Player Points for every dollar in tournament rake.

The more Player Points you earn, the Higher your Monthly VIP level and the more benefits you will get. Each VIP level comes with a Player Points multiplier that greatly increases your value:

MONTHLY LEVELS

Player level	Player Points per month	Store Points Multiplier	Store Point Boosters
Bronze	0-199	x 1	0
	200-399	x 1	50 per 200 Player Points
Silver	400-699	x 2	0
	700-999	x 2	50 per 200 Player Points
	1,000-1,299	x 2	100 per 200 Player Points
Gold	1,300-1,849	x 3	0
	1,850-2,399	x 3	50 per 200 Player Points
	2,400-2,949	x 3	100 per 200 Player Points
	2,950-3,499	x 3	150 per 200 Player Points
Sapphire	3,500-4,199	x 4	0
	4,200-4,899	x 4	50 per 200 Player Points
	4,900-5,699	x 4	100 per 200 Player Points
	5,700-5,999	x 4	150 per 200 Player Points
Diamond	6,000-13,999	x 5	0

Bonuses and Additional Perks
Betfair offers a variety of bonuses for its players over the course of the year. Sign-up bonuses can be as large as $2,500!

There is a monthly welcome freeroll for all new players, in addition to twice -daily $500 freerolls that have NO entry requirements!

Your VIP earnings will be paid directly in your Betfair account