BetOnline is a platform catering to amateur players from the U.S. and Canada, unable to register on major networks due to legal restrictions. It offers sports betting and online casino games, attracting a pool of inexperienced players. It operates as part of the Chico Poker Network.
Apart from encountering less skilled opponents, players can benefit from the convenience of the room’s iOS and Android client (also accessible via browser), frequent rake races for cash players, and compatibility with auxiliary software, making it an appealing choice.
Games and Limits
Cash
A special feature of playing at Chico’s network is the large selection of games on 9-max tables. The game is played around the clock, and during the most active hours, from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m., up to 20 tables on NL100-200 are assembled. Limits from $0.05/$0.10 to $5/$10 are generally available. There’s a short deck, though it’s not particularly popular.
Fast Poker Boost can be found in the cash games tab, with three limits: $0.05/$0.1, $0.10/$0.25 and $0.25/$0.50.
Also available are 4 fast poker limits in Omaha: $0.05/$0.10, $0.10/$0.25, $0.25/$0.50 and $0.50/$1.
In 2023 there are five-card Omaha tables, the game is played on PL10 – PL1000.
Tournaments
There are plenty of tournaments on the schedule, from $0.1 to the $525 $10,000 Guaranteed High Roller on Sundays. That’s also when BetOnline draws the biggest prizes, such as the $109 Main Event starts at 8 p.m., $150,000 guaranteed.
There are a lot of knockouts, rebuy/addon tournaments and turbo tournaments at low and medium limits.
Classic Sit&Go single-table tournaments are represented on the limits from $1.5 to $60 in 6-max and heads-up format, from $1.5 to $15 in 9-max and Double or Nothing (instead of the usual payouts for 1-2-3 places the prizes are distributed equally between half of the remaining participants).
Windfall Spins
Windfall tickets are $3, $5, $10, $30, and there are three varieties:
- Familiar spins with a maximum win of $60,000
- Jackpot tables. On $3, $5, $30 limits you can win up to $15,000, $25,000, $154,000 respectively, and the biggest prizes in $10 tournaments, where in the luckiest case will draw $1,000,000.
- Flips for $3, $5, and $10, where participants go all-in at the beginning of the hand, max out at $10,000.
BetOnline Bonuses
When you create an account you can get a 100% first deposit bonus up to $1,000 which equates to 10% rakeback. It must be wagered within 30 days and you will be credited $5 for every $50 in rake.
At BetOnline tables there is a badbit jackpot, which is distributed between the participants of the deal and the rest of the players at the table in the case of losing with a rack of twos or higher. The jackpot fund is replenished from the commission at all cash hold’em tables.
Registration and the BetOnline app
On the site you can download the version for any device: for Windows, macOS or mobile Android and iOS, you can play directly from your browser.
The client allows you to translate the stacks into blinds, change the design and the cards, customize the size of bets, set the stack when you play in the cash game.
The app supports 8 tables at a time.
Deposit and withdrawal
The following deposit and withdrawal methods are available on BetOnline:
- VISA / Mastercard;
- Cryptocurrency, including BTC, USDT, USDC, LTC, XRP and others.
Pros and cons
Benefits:
- Lots of weak players from USA and Canada;
- First deposit bonuses;
- Supported poker trackers and HUD’s. Hand2Note works by itself, unofficially you can use Holdem Manager and Poker Tracker (converter required);
- There is a mobile app for iOS and Android;
- Handy software for Windows and MacOS.
Disadvantages:
- No 1-on-1 cash tables;
- No Omaha spins;
- If you wagering less than $300 per month, you will not receive rakeback 20%.
