Best Free Poker Site for Mac

smitty007 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 12:16 AM

I'm not part of the online poker-playing community, but thought I would start playing for fun sometimes...I know that there used to not be many poker site's that were compatible with Macs, but don't know anything about it now.

Any advice for a good online site for Mac users? I notice that there is a lot of talk about P*...what about Full Tilt?

Thanks

AlbinoDragon · #2 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 12:33 AM

Not sure about any of the others, but P* did make a bit of a deal about having a Mac client. From what I understand, it's still beta, but that's "beta" than nothing (sorry... bad pun, but it was asking for it).

imthatguy · #3 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 01:00 AM

They're all compatible if you're running an intel-based Mac. If you're not, both Full Tilt & P* have play for free servers that run natively. Pokerroom (ongame network) all run on Java, so you're good there too. If you are on an intel Mac, you can load Parallels or Boot Camp and run XP or Vista. Then the world is your oyster.

smitty007 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by imthatguy

They're all compatible if you're running an intel-based Mac. If you're not, both Full Tilt & P* have play for free servers that run natively. Pokerroom (ongame network) all run on Java, so you're good there too. If you are on an intel Mac, you can load Parallels or Boot Camp and run XP or Vista. Then the world is your oyster.

I am on an intel based Mac, but did not want to have to partition the HD to run Windows...was hoping there was an OS X client...hmm, maybe I'll have to run boot camp after all...

Thanks!

ggold · #5 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 01:09 PM

Full Tilt has a Mac client.

smitty007 · #6 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ggold

Full Tilt has a Mac client.

That is what I thought...how is playing at Full Tilt?

I do like the fact that it is backed by some pretty good professional players...

beekeeper · #7 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 01:53 PM

Are you talking "play money"? I play at Poker Pages and don't have much trouble with my Mac.

wafflestomper · #8 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 02:02 PM

There are 2 clients from P* for the Mac. One for play money, one for real money. One you download from Pokerstars.net, the other one from Pokerstars.com. Go figure...

JM · #9 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 04:47 PM

Crossover for mac is way better than parallels or bootcamp. You can run the PC software directly from your desktop. I've been using it to run P* for a months now and it works great. Runs almost everything that doesn't require directX 9 or 10

ggold · #10 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty007

That is what I thought...how is playing at Full Tilt?

I do like the fact that it is backed by some pretty good professional players...

Play money is the same everywhere. Not enough players take the game seriously. Full Tilt is as good as any of the others. As far as real money, I don't play online for real money anymore. When I did, I found there were a lot of donkeys. If you are patient and over time, that can make you a lot of money. If you are less patient, say goodbye to your bankroll. Again, I think that's probably true for any online poker.