High Speed Poker

Looking for a quick game of poker? Frustrated by players who take forever to make a bet? Want to speed things up a little? The following poker rooms offer "high speed" or "turbo" tables for poker players wanting a faster paced game!

Absolute Poker

Absolute Poker offers "turbo poker tables" for players in a hurry. At these fixed limit ring game tables, players have only 15 seconds to act (instead of 30) and 1 second (instead of 3 seconds) to decide if they want to show or muck their cards. The showdown happens in 2 seconds instead of 5. All blinds are auto-posted and the pot is pushed to the winner more quickly than at the regular tables.

Doyles Room

At the present time, Doyles room doesn't offer high-speed ring games however they do have Speed and Turbo tournaments. These tournaments encourage rapid play by raising the blinds every 3 minutes (Speed Tourneys) or every minute (Turbo Tournaments).

Full Tilt Poker

At Full Tilt you can find ring game "speed tables" with non-animated displays, auto-posted blinds, and only 1/2 the allowed response times of the regular games. Look for tables are marked (speed) in the lobby display. Also, the table stats at Full Tilt Poker show you the number of hands per hour being played at all active tables, helping you locate the faster paced ring games.

For more rapid tournament play, Full Tilt offers turbo sit n gos or multi table tournaments. These are designed to promote faster action by raising the blinds every 3 minutes instead of 6 (5 minutes instead of 10, in multi-table tourneys).

PokerStars

High speed poker tables at PokerStars.com (look for "high speed" after the table name), feature auto posting of blinds and response times of 15 seconds (instead of 25) in limit games and 20 seconds (instead of 35) in no-limit and pot-limit games.

At the speed tables, you have 1 second (instead of 3) to decide to show or muck your cards, the showdown only takes 2 seconds (instead of 4) and the pot is pushed to the winner faster than at the regular tables.