Ignition Review

Introduction

Founded in 1994 by Calvin Ayre, the Ignition Casino Poker room (formerly known as Bovada/Bodog) has a reputation as one of the coolest, hottest and respected brands in online gaming.  Users who sign up to Ignition Poker can also use the Ignition sports book and online casino.  Poker players will love the range of tournaments and soft games on offer, including a weekly $100k Guaranteed Event and an annual Mini-Series Leaderboard. The software is very cool and user-friendly, and experienced players will love plucking away at the weak competition coming from their sports book! As such a large gaming brand, Ignition’s support team is top notch, delivers fantastic software and they accept US players which is great for traffic.

Instant 10% and 100% Deposit Bonus up to $1,100!

Ignition offers all new users an instant 10% deposit bonus and 100% up to $1,100 when they deposit a minimum of $20.  Players have 30 days to clear the bonus, which is released at a rate of $1 for every 10 player points earned.  You can earn 0.10 points for every 5 cents raked in cash games, and in tournaments you’ll receive 6 points for every $1 paid in entry fees.  Overall, although Ignition ’s bonus comes with a tight 30-day clearing deadline, I think the instant 10% bonus (which isn’t offered at any other major US room) definitely makes up for this.

Games

Ignition Poker supplies all of the most popular games including: Texas Hold’em, Omaha Poker, Omaha Hi/Lo Poker, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo 5 and Card Stud. Games are available in Fixed Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit format starting from 0.05/0.10 up to high roller stakes.  You’ll find around 50-60% of users playing up to $5/$10 stakes, however many of these are so easy to beat (with flop percentages often above 50%) and you’ll have no problems turning a healthy profit. It’s a goldmine for professionals and sharks with over 3,000 ring game players at peak times.

Tournaments at Ignition (formerly Bovada/Bodog)

Ignition runs plenty of awesome promotions such as the Ignition Mini-Series and Beginner Tournaments and are perfect for micro and low stakes players.  Players will find a number of value added tournaments starting from $1 – $200 through the week, as well as Point Tournaments, turbo Sngs and WSOP main event satellites.   Ignition’s biggest promotion is their popular $100k Guaranteed Event on Sundays.  This tends to attract 600 players, and with an overlay of $5,000 – $10,000 you really can’t afford to miss it! Ignition gives users the chance to enter the $100k from just $1, and throughout the week there are plenty of micro-low stakes guaranteed tournaments. For new players, Ignition runs daily $1500 freerolls as a way to build a bankroll and there are tons of other promotions including live event satellites and Points Buy-in tournaments.

Ignition (ex Bovada/Bodog) Software

Ignition Poker offers a very sleek client with a slick dark theme and professional feel to it.  Players can only multi-table up to 4 tables simultaneously which I have to admit is a little disappointing for such an otherwise gorgeous piece of software.  For most people this won’t be much of an issue anyway though and high stakes multi-players have other incentives including the extremely fishy games.  You can change the table colour to your preference, hand re-players are provided in games and the lobby displays a full range of table statistics, including average pot size, among other things… 

Ignition Deposit Options

Ignition deposit methods include: Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Solo, Switch, Delta, Click2Pay, NETeller, MoneyBookers, Speedcard, eWalletXpress, Playsafecard and Western Union.