Clubs Poker is the newcomer to the world of online poker in the US, but it’s come out strong with a lot of promise for poker players in the United States. As a sweepstakes poker site, it offers a chance for the players in over 40 states to legally play online poker and get real money prizes, but it also raises the bar when it comes to variety of games on offer.
While other social poker operators are limited to Hold’em and Omaha variants, Clubs Poker features a number of different poker variations, including HORSE and OctaMix.
It is worth mentioning that even in the realm of traditional US online poker sites, there is only one operator that comes out ahead of Clubs Poker in this department, and that’s PokerStars. Others may have a couple of Stud variations thrown into the mix, but that’s pretty much the extent of it.
- Modern software with exciting features
- Best game selection in online poker
- Daily freerolls & generous promotions
Clubs Poker: A New Home for Mixed Games Fans
Clubs Poker has come out of the woodwork offering 12 distinct ring game choices plus All in or Fold, and Crazy Pineapple has been seen in tournament format. With its modern platform, we may see some more of these ring game variants spread in tournaments in the future.
Clubs Poker Game Offerings
- Hold’em
- Omaha
- PLO 5
- PLO 6
- Omaha Hi-Lo
- PLO 5 Hi-Lo
- Stud
- Stud Hi-Lo
- 2-7 Single Draw
- 2-7 Triple Draw
- HORSE
- OctaMix (including Razz and Badugi)
- Crazy Pineapple
This gives Clubs Poker a big advantage over its natural competitors in the social poker market, the number one being Global Poker. For a long time, Global Poker has stayed pretty much unchallenged, being the only straight-up sweepstakes poker site with the option of redeeming winnings for real money prizes.
Hold’em and Omaha are the most popular poker variations by quite some margin, so it’s not hard to understand why most rooms focus on these two games. However, there are still many players out there who enjoy other variations and until now, those outside of states with traditional online poker had no options available to them.
Long Road Ahead
It seems that Clubs Poker is entering the sweepstakes poker market with the old idea of “if you build it, they’ll come.” Creating a platform that features a nice mix of poker variations is the crucial first step, but it’s far from a job done.
For these games to take off, they’ll need a sufficient player base to keep the tables running. This is the next big challenge the operator will need to overcome, and it won’t be an easy task. Its main competitor has been around for years and already has a huge player base. Even though there are players out there who want to play mixed games, their enthusiasm will quickly go away if there aren’t enough tables running.
Clubs Poker has a couple of things going for it, though. They are the only social poker site to offer mixed games, and they have a big market they can cater to, so if they pick up some momentum at the start, it could create a proper snowball effect.
Either way, it’ll be interesting to see how things develop in the coming months and what kind of response there will be from the poker community. For a long time, people in most of the US have been cut off from mixed games, and Clubs Poker is bringing that opportunity back.
Will these efforts be recognized and appreciated and will Clubs Poker tick other important boxes along the way to create, maintain, and grow its player base? Only time will tell, but the site is off to a good start.
