Today is the launch of Betfair Poker 2 which sees Betfair Poker join the Ongame Network and open up a whole new swathe of traffic for Betfair’s poker players. With new variants of the game, new tournaments and a huge $500k promotion to launch it is one of the biggest moves in online poker history.

The launch is now upon us with Betfair Poker players moving to the Ongame network. As mentioned previously all existing players will remain on their existing rakeback deal but new players who sign up will instead receive value back. This works on a similar system to rakeback and will ensure that you are making the most out of your poker time.

Once Betfair Poker 2 has been up and running for a short while we will provide you with more information on the changes and what are the highlights and lowlights of the new software. For now though we will have to contend with all the great promotions they are running and the new types of games on offer:

• Enhanced client software
• Larger player pool
• • Bigger prize pools – $13 million in guaranteed tournaments every month
• • New games – including Omaha hi/lo, 7-Card Stud and 5-Card Draw
• Betfair Players’ Club loyalty program
• • Mac compatible download client
• · Sunday $200k GTD Tournament every week
• · $50k GTD MTT with $20 + $2 buy in
• · Up to $1,000 in bonus cash for existing players
• · SitnGo satellites
• · Shootout tournaments
• · Heads-up tournaments
• · MTT SitnGos

If you want to sign up to Betfair Poker and enjoy our new value back deal available at only a few affiliates then follow the instructions on our Betfair Poker sign up instructions page.