Carbon Poker was a latecomer to the online poker industry, as Carbon Poker didn't open until 2007. Carbon Poker currently resides on the Merge Gaming Network (MGN) and is licensed in Quebec, Canada by Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC). Carbon Poker is the top skin on the Merge Network and the network is one of the few places Americans can enjoy real money online poker. Carbon Poker has a large player base in the USA, but the poker room doesn't rely solely on US players like some smaller networks.

Upon opening a new account with Carbon Poker, players will be able to claim a warm welcome bonus. Carbon Poker starts off new players with a 100% welcome bonus worth up to a maximum of $600, but you must use the "UPTO600" bonus code. The Carbon Poker bonus is credited to a player's account in $5 increments every time the player accumulates 375 VIP Points. Beginner poker players will be glad to know that every new player at Carbon Poker receives access to a daily $500 freeroll that's open to new players only. Carbon Poker has a loyalty program and plenty of promotions to keep you busy. Carbon Poker is running a new promotion where players can win a seat into a $25K Freeroll. Carbon Poker also has one of the best bad beat jackpots in the industry plus several top monthly leaderboards for tournaments players including the Tourney King promotion. Carbon Poker hosts live satellites to some of the worlds best events as well such as the WSOP, WPT and APPT.

Traffic has been on the rise at Carbon Poker since Black Friday in the USA and the traffic has been filling up the poker tables. I love the fact that Carbon Poker spreads so many different poker games. Poker players will have the ability to play Holdem, 7 Card Stud, Omaha, 5 Card Stud, Omaha Hi/Lo, 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, Ace-5 Lowball, Badugi and Deuce-7 Lowball. A lot of the poker games don't have much traffic and most of the ring table action at Carbon Poker is on tables with $1/$2 stakes or lower. You won't find much high stakes action at Carbon Poker, but with the increase of US players I've noticed that some medium staked poker games have been running consistently. Carbon Poker has a huge tournament schedule as well that includes freeroll tourneys, guaranteed prize pool tourneys, bounty tourneys, shootout tourneys, satellite tourneys and others. The highlight tournament each week is the $100K on Sundays that you don't want to miss out on.

Carbon Poker runs on the Merge Network as we talked about above. Merge Gaming has a great software suite that includes some great features you won't find in other poker rooms. Players have the ability to use special features at the tables including rabbit hunt, deal it twice and expose one card. Getting into your opponent's head has never been so easy with the great features that are available on Carbon Poker's software suite. Carbon Poker is compatible on the Mac and Windows, but needs to be downloaded.

Carbon Poker has grown rapidly in the past year and a lot of fish have come to the network. Lots of US poker players needed a place to play online poker and Carbon Poker has fit the bill perfectly. Experienced poker players won't have a hard time finding a table with soft competition at Carbon Poker regardless of what time you're playing poker in the poker room.