AT A GLANCE
According to Doyle Brunson, DoylesRoom.com is the only online room where he plays. It's lucky that it's named after him, then, huh?
Along with Brunson, the site sponsors his son Todd, Mike "The Mad Genius" Caro, Cyndy Violette, Hoyt Corkins, Dewey Tomko, and "Captain" Tom Franklin. DoylesRoom is big on flaunting its star power and is famous for giving away cash-prizes to players who eliminate the site's sponsored pros in its bounty tournaments and soon to be $250K Super Saturday Tournament.
| WEBSITE | DoylesRoom |
| ACCEPTING U.S. PLAYERS? | Yes |
| ESTABLISHED | 2004 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | Curacao |
| SIZE OF DOWNLOAD | 4.96 MB |
| SIZE ON COMPUTER | 14.2 MB Flash Now Available Now Download! Use with Mac |
SOFTWARE
DoylesRoom has attractive-looking software with good features. The tables themselves show a wealth of information, including individual bet sizes, active pot size (not including current bets), and current pot total. It also shows hand history where you can see your opponents cards if the betting goes to the river. The table setup is simple and the cards are very easy to read (especially your own hand, which shows up big and bright). DoylesRoom does now offer themed or customizable tabletops with floor color and style. Other tweakable table options include four-color decks, game markers, hand descriptions, and a rabbit-hole camera. Each table’s chat box is detachable, repositionable, and resizable (similar to that of Full Tilt, exept DoylesRoom offers three preset sizes). When the chat box is downsized, the entire table becomes resizable, a nice feature for playing multiple games at once.
In no-limit games, the software allows players to type in their bet, move a slider, or choose between raises (of the minimum, 3x, 4x, and max) or bets (of 1/4 of the pot, 1/2 of the pot, and all in) via buttons that will calculate it for them.
The main lobby is innovative in that it gives players three completely different-looking formats to choose from. The first, the three-view lobby, is set up with collapsible and expandable lists of variants, limit-type, and stakes, much like searching for a file using Windows Explorer. This lobby organization is inherently filtered, and thus the software has no need for any further filters aside from hide full/empty tables (which it has). All in all, this makes for a very simple, easy to use lobby. The second option is called the advanced lobby, which uses a complex system of checkboxes and sliders to completely filter out the tables that you have no interest in seeing. This lobby is a breath of fresh air for those wishing to see only tables they'd be interested in playing at (which, I would imagine, is quite a few of us). There is even an advanced search option to easily find the exact table you are looking for like a Google search. The third option is for quick-play. It essentially asks you what kind of poker you want to play and then automatically matches you to a table. This option is meant for those wanting as few clicks as possible between them and poker.
The specific tournament lobby is unconventionally attractive and easy to read (mainly because of scoreboard-like displays for certain numbers). The information conveyed on the page includes registered players, their current number of chips, a list of tables and the players seated at them, the average/largest/smallest chip count (and total chips in play, which is unique), the payout structure and the betting structure. The scoreboard-like display shows the running time, current level, players remaining/players registered (and number of tables), what the current blinds are, and what the next blinds will be and when.
In no-limit games, the software allows players to type in their bet, move a slider, or choose between raises (of the minimum, 3x, 4x, and max) or bets (of 1/4 of the pot, 1/2 of the pot, and all in) via buttons that will calculate it for them.
The main lobby is innovative in that it gives players three completely different-looking formats to choose from. The first, the three-view lobby, is set up with collapsible and expandable lists of variants, limit-type, and stakes, much like searching for a file using Windows Explorer. This lobby organization is inherently filtered, and thus the software has no need for any further filters aside from hide full/empty tables (which it has). All in all, this makes for a very simple, easy to use lobby. The second option is called the advanced lobby, which uses a complex system of checkboxes and sliders to completely filter out the tables that you have no interest in seeing. This lobby is a breath of fresh air for those wishing to see only tables they'd be interested in playing at (which, I would imagine, is quite a few of us). There is even an advanced search option to easily find the exact table you are looking for like a Google search. The third option is for quick-play. It essentially asks you what kind of poker you want to play and then automatically matches you to a table. This option is meant for those wanting as few clicks as possible between them and poker.
The specific tournament lobby is unconventionally attractive and easy to read (mainly because of scoreboard-like displays for certain numbers). The information conveyed on the page includes registered players, their current number of chips, a list of tables and the players seated at them, the average/largest/smallest chip count (and total chips in play, which is unique), the payout structure and the betting structure. The scoreboard-like display shows the running time, current level, players remaining/players registered (and number of tables), what the current blinds are, and what the next blinds will be and when.
TOURNAMENTS
DoylesRoom offers single and multi-table tournaments in hold’em, Omaha and Omaha eight-or-better, 7 card stud, 5 card stud and 5 card draw. The site offers numerous guaranteed-prize-pool tournaments (at least $4,000,000 worth of guaranteed prize pools each month), and the tournaments consistently go beyond the posted prize pools. The tournaments range from a $.10 to a $215 buy-in and super satellites to the $250,000 guaranteed tournament for $5.55 or buy-in directly for $165. The buy-ins for most of the guaranteed tournaments are $20 or less.
Single-table sit-and-go tournaments are offered as 10-handed, six-handed, five-handed, or heads up, and come in normal-speed, turbo, super turbo, and extreme turbo variants. They are offered at buy-ins ranging from $0.10 to $1,000, although only those of $100 or less get much traffic. $10 sit-and-gos take only a minute to fill up after the first player has been seated while $20 sit-and-gos take around five minutes to start
Single-table sit-and-go tournaments are offered as 10-handed, six-handed, five-handed, or heads up, and come in normal-speed, turbo, super turbo, and extreme turbo variants. They are offered at buy-ins ranging from $0.10 to $1,000, although only those of $100 or less get much traffic. $10 sit-and-gos take only a minute to fill up after the first player has been seated while $20 sit-and-gos take around five minutes to start
CASH GAMES
No-limit hold’em is the name of the game at DoylesRoom, especially six-max games. You can easily find a game at even the highest limits. Fixed-limit hold’em is popular, as well, except in the absolute highest limits. Pot-limit hold’em is largely ignored by players on the site.
The pot-limit Omaha and Omaha eight-or-better cash games have very good traffic in all but the highest limits. (The fixed-limit Omaha tables are less frequented.) Stud usually has only a handful of populated tables, and only at the lowest limits. The site does offer half-pot-limit games, although these tables very rarely have players.
The pot-limit Omaha and Omaha eight-or-better cash games have very good traffic in all but the highest limits. (The fixed-limit Omaha tables are less frequented.) Stud usually has only a handful of populated tables, and only at the lowest limits. The site does offer half-pot-limit games, although these tables very rarely have players.
FINANCIAL INFO
| PAYMENT OPTIONS | Visa, Mastercard, NETELLER, ePassporte, electronic check, moneybookers.com, instadebit |
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RAKE INFO
| NO-LIMIT | LIMIT | |
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| MICRO | $0.05/$1 - Max $0.30 | ~$0.01/$0.14 - Max $0.07 |
| LOW | $0.05/$1 - Max $3 | $0.25/$5 - Max $1.50 |
| MEDIUM | $0.05/$1 - Max $3 | $0.50/$10 - Max $3 |
| HIGH | $0.05/$1 - Max $3 | $0.50/$15 - Max $3 |
GAME VARIETY
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| STAKES: $0.02-$0.04 up to $150-$300 |
SUPPORT
| support@dbpn.com (with confirmation) | |
| PHONE | US: 1-888-762-4192 UK: 0800-51-6737 |
| COMMENTS | Options for support include:
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SPECIAL FEATURES
- Team Brunson poker pros
- Buddy list with sign-on alerts incorporated in software
PROMOTIONS
- NEW $250K Guaranteed Super Saturday coming Sept. 27th, Satellites running now!
- Weekly $175,000-guaranteed tournament
- The bounty tournaments with unique prizes ($500 for one bounty, $5,000 for two, $25,000 for three collected in the same tournament
- First-time bounty tournament players get free rebate after their first entry. (Those interested must pay the $27.50 buy-in and play in the tournament. Once the tournament is complete, a refund can be requested.)