William Hill Online Poker
William Hill PLC is one of the United Kingdom’s largest retail betting companies, with both telephone betting services as well as a large array of online betting and gaming chances. They have over seventy years of bookmaking experience and serve over a hundred thousands clients. They are licensed and regulated in the UK, are a FTSE 250 company, and are internationally recognised as one of the best in the business, both reliable and legitimate.
The first online bet William Hill took was in 1998. Now they have customers from over 150 countries and offer online services such as poker, skill games, bingo, and Vegas style classics. They guarantee both their online betting and telephone betting services to be secure, your account and login unique and encrypted. Anyone wishing to engage in any of their games will need to open their account with an initial deposit of only £2.00 which can be paid via Visa or MasterCard, Eurocard, bank wire, personal cheque, Quick Cater and Neteller.
William Hill offers their customers online poker, using software that is quick and easy to use. The graphics are outstanding and as realistic as their programmers can make it. It was launched in 2003 and is designed for players of all skill levels. Texas Hold’Em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha, and Omaha Hi/Lo are some of the few variations the company offers. Players can join tournaments, receive bonuses, and enjoy regular cash games against over a thousand other poker players for a great experience.
The company also offers monthly incentives for potential players to use their site. For the month of January 2008, new and current players can actually earn £5.00 for every hour they play poker in their poker room. They can play for a total of five hours and receive a maximum payout of £25.00. Tournament play does not qualify for the ‘Get Paid to Play’ promotions and players must be playing poker on tables with a £1.00/£2.00 limit or above.
Vegas style casino games are also offered online. They include Blackjack, Three Card Poker, and Joker Poker. Three Card Poker is played with only three cards, the player looking for pairs, straights, and flushes. There are additional antes and pair plus bets available with this game. Joker Poker uses the regular poker hands, but also requires the player to use the jokers to win both hands and bonuses. Five Card Stud and Pharaoh’s Poker will be added this year to William Hill’s line of Vegas style games. All of the games are offered in both Free Play and Pay Play modes.
William Hill promotes safe gambling practices and offers their customers a comprehensive section with tips and techniques. They also offer gamblers using any of their services a telephone number that they can call if they feel they are in trouble. Customers can choose to limit their deposits to a set amount they establish upon signing up for an account and also have the option of self-exclusion, a temporary closing of the customer’s account without deletion of the account itself. This gives the player a chance to address any problems with their gambling activities.
