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Play Poker from your Mobile Phone

Published by on January 24, 2025

The idea that you can play poker from your cell phone has been around for several years. In the early days, the cell phones weren’t “smart” yet and therefore the mobile poker rooms were very basic.

The majority of the early mobile poker rooms operated on Windows Mobile devices. This was the only phone operating system available several years ago. Most have come and gone; they either couldn’t deliver the playing experience necessary or didn’t have enough players to warrant keeping the mobile rooms open.

While the era of the smartphone is now taking hold, a shift in view about online poker in the United States has stunted the growth of mobile poker. We now have the technology to create really good mobile poker rooms.

However, until American players are able to play online poker legally there is going to be a limited market for mobile poker. This obviously means that the following iPhone poker app that I am going to show you will not be available for residents of the U.S.

Switch Poker

The real money games at Switch Poker are only available to residents of the UK and other European countries. Currently, this mobile poker room is in its infancy as far as options go. That is how it usually has to start though, as the basic poker games need to be programmed correctly for mobile devices and all of the bugs need to be worked out.

Currently, Switch Poker only offers the 6 player ring game tables. There are no mobile poker tournaments or sit and gos yet, but these ideas are currently in the works. The only game that can be played is Texas Holdem, however plans are in place to develop Omaha tables as well as the other popular poker games.

You can now play Multitable on your phone or tablet. They also have had updates to improve the client software opening time as well as other fixes that have improved the game play.

There are currently poker games with stakes between 0.05/0.10c up to 1.0/2.0 Euros. The rake is pretty easy to follow. 5% of the total pot will be collected as rake. The maximum rake that will be collected during a hand is between €2 and €3 depending on the stakes you play at.

You will earn 100 SPPs (Switch Poker Points) for every €1 in the rake. The points will accumulate to help you win one of the two free prizes offered at Switch.

When you make your first deposit, you will need to use one of two codes. Deposit €50 and enter the deposit code FREEIPOD and you will get a chance to win a free iPod. Deposit €150 and enter the deposit code FREEIPAD and you will get a chance of winning a free iPad. You will have to enter the Bonus Code first, then go to the Cashier and make a deposit.

How do you win these prizes? You will need to accumulate 60,000 SPPs to win the iPod Touch or 100,000 SPPs to win the iPad.

Also, Switch Poker has recently developed a poker room that will play on the Android as well. You will need to download the app from their website as the software is obviously different then the iPhone/iPad.

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