Bovada Reveals Browser-Based Zone Poker Client for Mobile Devices
Key Takeaways
  • The release combines two critically important product areas for today’s poker operators. Mobile play is the fastest growing area of online poker, and fast-fold poker has become a major contributor to cash game traffic.
  • US players have another option for playing-fast fold poker on their mobile devices as Bovada has now released a mobile app for Zone Poker.

US players have another option for playing-fast fold poker on their mobile devices as Bovada, Bodog’s US-facing skin, has announced the launch of a mobile website for Zone Poker.

Zone Poker games include Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Omaha Hi/Lo, and can be played on both iPhone—version 4 and up—and Android devices.

Only one player pool of Zone poker can be joined when playing on a mobile device—the fast-fold equivalent of playing a single table.

Because the app is web-based, deposits and withdrawals can be made directly from the Zone Poker app.

The release combines two important product areas for today’s poker operators. Mobile play is the fastest growing area of online poker, and fast-fold poker has become a major contributor to cash game traffic.

Carbon Poker on the Merge network was the first to offer US players a mobile app, as recently as September last year. Last August Zone Poker was the first fast-fold game to be introduced to US players.

After major network changes, Merge is now the number two network in the cash game rankings that still allows US players.

Bovada remains number one, and the release of the Zone Poker mobile app can be expected to help sustain its cash game traffic and its number one position.