PartyPoker.com is the largest poker room on the planet! With over 70,000 concurrent users online, you will never have a problem finding the game of your choice. For players new to the game of poker, try their free tables before making a deposit.
Regulated
PartyPoker is Licensed and Regulated by the Government of Gibraltar. The software runs on the iGlobalMedia system which is tested by iTech Labs, a leading independent tester of gaming and wagering devices, ensuring the games run fair and random. Party Poker has also been a member of the Interactive Gaming Council since 1997.
Secure
Party Poker uses 128-bit encryption via Thawte Security, which ensures the highest level of privacy and security on the Internet. Player information is always kept confidential and will never be shared or sold to a third party. State-of-the-art player identification and controlled login maximizes account safety.
Fraud
Users are never allowed more then one account per player and the iGlobalMedia software constantly performs random security checks as well as log file reviews to maintain system integrity at all tables. Any user or users found in collusion or illegal practices are disabled immediately and accounts are closed.
Payments
PartyPoker offers an array of easy deposit and cashout options. Party Poker offers one of the fastest payout on the web. All deposits and payouts are transmitted and stored in their unique 128-bit encrypted Pay-Pro Cashier System.
Service
Party Poker understands that time is valuable when it comes to entertainment. As such they have implemented a FIVE star customer care team to assist players 7 days a week around the clock either by phone, email, fax or mail. Like the casinos in Las Vegas, regular guests are assigned dedicated hosts that hand out great rewards that are second to none in the industry.
Full Tilt Poker was launched in July 2004 and is fast becoming one of the best places to play online. The most action on this site is typically played at the low stakes No-Limit holdem tables and No-Limit Holdem fixed schedule tournaments. There are tremendous graphics with innovative cartoon style avatars. This site is endorsed by a number of World-Class poker pros, such as Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel, and Erick Lindgren. The software is good and it is different from its competitors, however it is not the best in terms of functionality.
Regulated
Full Tilt Poker follows the strict gaming guidelines put forth by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. Full Tilt's random number generator meets all of the requirements of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission to ensure each player has a genuine gaming experience.
Secure
Full Tilt Poker uses the 256-bit encryption which ensures the highest level of security for your data, and all your information is kept confidential and private. Full Tilt will neither share nor sell your data to any third party entities.
Fraud
Full Tilt Poker has a Zero Tolerance Policy for Fraud and Collusion. Full Tilt poker only allows one account per user. At Full Tilt Poker, they routinely review hands and the chat logs to ensure that there are only fair and honest games being played. If Full Tilt determines that a player is colluding, or engaging in fraudulent behavior, they will close that account immediately.
Payments
Full Tilt Poker offers a variety of different deposit and cash out options ranging from credit card to wire transfer. Simply fill in a short registration form and you can have your funds transferred instantly into your playing account via options like credit card payment or Neteller. With hundreds of customer service reps standing by, making a deposit or cash out is very simple and fast.
Absolute Poker is a mid-sized poker site. It is a pretty good room for low-stakes players since they have a wide variety of low stakes fixed-limit and no-limit Texas Hold'em games. They are also one of the more generous poker rooms, offering an impressive 100% up to $100 deposit bonus (this bonus is 50% up to $500 if you use Neteller). However, their software is fairly mediocre. While the games are fast, the graphics of the lobby and games are less than stellar.
Bonuses
Absolute Poker has a very nice deposit bonus. It is 100% up to $100. The code is AP100. If you use Neteller, the bonus is 50% up to $500. However, you must play 100 raked hands for every $10 of the bonus, so it will take you quite awhile to work it off (each raked hand must have a rake of $.25 or more). If you play multiple tables, it will work off fairly quickly.
Cashouts
They are very quick about cashouts. On their website, they say you should receive your money within 72 hours. However, I generally get mine within 24 hours. One thing that striked me about Absolute Poker though is they are not licensed in the same jurisdiction as most other online poker rooms. They are licensed by the Haldimand Mohocks, which is a smaller, less well-known gaming commission than the Kahnawake. They are both Canadian Mohawk tribes; the Kahnawake just happen to be the ones with the more well-known gaming commission. I'm not sure why Absolute is licensed there and if that means anything in particular. My guess is it does not.
Your finest hour awaits at the Bodog Poker Room. Stake your claim in Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, and 5 Card Stud in the fastest growing online poker community. Bodog is also home to official qualifiers for the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker.
Bodog Sports Casino Poker is a fully licensed wagering and entertainment company providing the very best in sports, casino, and poker action to thousands of people daily. Throw down at the Bodog Sportsbook, stake your claim in the Bodog Poker Room, step into Vegas at the Bodog Casino, and fly down the stretch with the Bodog Racebook. F
The Caribbean Sun Poker™ Room is a product of Peak Entertainment, a global leader in online entertainment providing safe, secure gaming done with style, good taste and integrity.
Based in Willemstad, Curacao, Peak Entertainment, NV currently owns and operates five online casino properties and a player-to-player poker room under multiple gaming licenses from the government of Curacao.
The Caribbean Sun Poker™ Room is designed to be a master entertainment site for the poker fan! Play for fun against others, or wager real money with real people, secure in the knowledge that The Caribbean Sun Poker™ Room considers your security our top priority.
You and all our players can rely on the extensive security measures found within The Caribbean Sun Poker™ Room's software and gaming servers.
You can be further assured by the proprietary state-of-the-art security algorithms provided by Ecash Direct to protect your accounts.
PacificPoker.com is part of one of the largest Casinos on the Internet, Casino-on-Net. Since the launch of Casino-on-Net in 1997, over 10,000,000 people worldwide have experienced their exciting game action. Pacific Poker had grown into one of the largest poker rooms on the net through their famous deposit incentives. With so many payment options and thousands of players online, Pacific Poker is one of the trusted names in online poker and endorsed by BurnandTurn.com. Pacific Poker game play and Customer Service will not disappoint.
Regulated
PacificPoker.com operates and is regulated under the Government of Gibraltar Gambling Ordinance. Pacific Poker has also adopted the Code of Conduct of the Interactive Gaming Council or which it is a member.
Secure
PacificPoker.com has many forms of security in place to prevent unauthorized access, as well as data accuracy maintenance and correct information usage. They spend millions on physical, electric, and managerial procedure to secure the data collected online from users. All online transactions on Pacific Poker are through highly maintained encrypted pathways. The website and software utilize security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information
Fraud
Pacific Poker has developed and employs sophisticated proprietary technology intended to seek out players acting in concert, as well as many other types of fraudulent behavior. Additionally, this technology aids in the accurate identification of individuals who, for a variety of reasons, should not be playing at Pacific Poker and Casino-on-Net.
Pacific Poker will utilize all means at its disposal to investigate members suspected of acting in collusion, as well as allegations of suspicious or unethical behavior. When members are suspected of fraud, all accounts involved are disabled.
Payments
PacificPoker.com offers a variety of different deposit and cash out options ranging from credit card to wire transfer. Simply fill in a short registration form and you can have your funds transferred instantly into you playing account via options like credit card payment or Neteller. With hundreds of customer service reps standing by, making a deposit or cash out is very simple and fast.
Eurobet is a multi-lingual European poker room, casino and sports book (online since 1995). Eurobet Poker is part of the highest traffic poker network in the world, the PartyPoker network. Eurobet is very popular in Europe as they have local operations, good customers support and repuation for fairness. Eurobet Poker has a decent amount of promotions (more promotions are for the sports book) such as refer-a-friend program and big free rolls. There are quite a few juicy games at Eurobet Poker. You find with loose action even up at the $15/$30 limit Texas Holdem tables (although you don't get the statistics to easily locate these games). Real money player statistics - August 2005: 18,000-20,000 ring game players at peak hours, 11,000-12,000 tournament players at peak hours. Close window
Software and graphics
Eurobet Poker software is quite good, with several key upgrades during 2003 and early 2004. We are not fans of the graphics, but from a practical standpoint the playability is good. However, a few players still complain at times over delays and disconnections at certain tournaments. Overall though, Eurobet Poker (Party Poker network) has very good quality nowadays in line with or better than most competitors. 4 simultaneous tables per player are allowed. Unfortunately, the view flop percentages are not presented, neither are hands per hour rate. (This has the benefit though, that the looser games are "protected"). You see the average pot size of the last 20 hands. The personal playing statistics function is somewhat rudimentary, but works well. Player notes function is included. In sum, the software is good today after improvements to support the record-breaking traffic.
Summary Noble Poker is the leading poker room in the new 'iPoker network' initiative by PlayTech. The games are loose with lots of casino players and there are high value promotions (especially considering the moderate volume of players). Noble Poker and the iPoker network has been successful in quickly building a strong network, with the strategic backing from the world's second largest casino software provider. Noble Poker's software has an innovative and good interface, with colorful graphics. The functionality is good and the early minor glitches in the software are fixed now. There are Holdem and Omaha (High and High-Low) ring games, as well as heads-up, sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments.
Software and graphics Noble Poker's software and players base is part of iPoker, which in turn is developed by PlayTech. The graphics are nice and clear and the functionality is good. Noble Poker has buddy list function, game history function, player notes, several options for music/sounds/etc, pot- and no-limit ring games, live floor managers and all types of tournaments. There has been an software update and the games run smoother and faster now.
Ring game traffic Noble Poker and the iPoker network have about 1,000-1,300 ring game players at peak hours in Feb, 2006.
Tournament traffic The traffic at the tournaments is higher than at cash games when real money traffic can reach somewhere around 2,000-2,500 players at peak hours in Feb, 2006.
Game variety Noble Poker has moderate game variety with Texas Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High, which are available in both limit, pot-limit and Texas Holdem in no-limit as well. Table stakes are from $0.5/$1 to $20/$40 in the fixed games, with $0.25/$0.50 up to $5/$10 in pot-limit and no-limit versions. (The fixed limit Omaha games have a bit lower maximum limits) There are both heads-up, sit-and-go and fixed schedule multi-table tournaments.
Rake The rake at Noble Poker is actually better than the average online. The general policy is the standard 5% rake taken in increments up to $3. But on several types of tables there are lower max rakes. On fixed limit tables up to $1/$2 there is a $1 max rake. More importantly all tables with 2-3 players have a max rake of $1 and tables with 4-5 players have a $2 max rake - which also includes no-limit and pot-limit short handed games! There is a "no flop - no drop" policy for hands not reaching the flop.
Soft competition Noble Poker has quite soft games. Most of the volume is in the no-limit Texas Holdem games where the view flop percentage is normally is the 40-ies or 50-ies. The players are also quite passive, so it is quite easy to be a winning player. The potential for the iPoker network to build soft games is very good as they recruit from the PlayTech online casino base and with aggressive marketing
Summary CD Poker is the leading poker room in the new 'iPoker network' initiative by PlayTech. The games are loose with lots of casino players and there are high value promotions (especially considering the moderate volume of players). CD Poker and the iPoker network has been successful in quickly building a strong network, with the strategic backing from the world's second largest casino software provider. CD Poker's software has an innovative and good interface, with colorful graphics. The functionality is good and the early minor glitches in the software are fixed now. There are Holdem and Omaha (High and High-Low) ring games, as well as heads-up, sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments.
Software and graphics CD Poker's software and players base is part of iPoker, which in turn is developed by PlayTech. The graphics are nice and clear and the functionality is good. Noble Poker has buddy list function, game history function, player notes, several options for music/sounds/etc, pot- and no-limit ring games, live floor managers and all types of tournaments. There has been an software update and the games run smoother and faster now.
Ring game traffic CD Poker and the iPoker network have about 1,000-1,300 ring game players at peak hours in Feb, 2006.
Tournament traffic The traffic at the tournaments is higher than at cash games when real money traffic can reach somewhere around 2,000-2,500 players at peak hours in Feb, 2006.
Game variety CD Poker has moderate game variety with Texas Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High, which are available in both limit, pot-limit and Texas Holdem in no-limit as well. Table stakes are from $0.5/$1 to $20/$40 in the fixed games, with $0.25/$0.50 up to $5/$10 in pot-limit and no-limit versions. (The fixed limit Omaha games have a bit lower maximum limits) There are both heads-up, sit-and-go and fixed schedule multi-table tournaments.
Rake The rake at CD Poker is actually better than the average online. The general policy is the standard 5% rake taken in increments up to $3. But on several types of tables there are lower max rakes. On fixed limit tables up to $1/$2 there is a $1 max rake. More importantly all tables with 2-3 players have a max rake of $1 and tables with 4-5 players have a $2 max rake - which also includes no-limit and pot-limit short handed games! There is a "no flop - no drop" policy for hands not reaching the flop.
Soft competition CD Poker has quite soft games. Most of the volume is in the no-limit Texas Holdem games where the view flop percentage is normally is the 40-ies or 50-ies. The players are also quite passive, so it is quite easy to be a winning player. The potential for the iPoker network to build soft games is very good as they recruit from the PlayTech online casino base and with aggressive marketing
Summary Doyles Room is a fast growing poker room, managed by poker legends Doyle Brunson and Mike Caro. In a special campaign you get Doyles Super/System 2, the long-awaited follow-up to the 'poker bible' Super/System. Doyles Room shares its technology and player base with the large Tribeca Table network (Victor Chandler Poker, etc). Doyles Room is one of the very few rooms in the network, which is open for US players. The software has a nice interface and offers good playability. Currently, Holdem and Omaha games are accommodated, but within shortly seven-card stud Hi and Hi-Lo will be added. There are both single- and multi-table tournaments. The tournaments actually have the highest traffic in this poker room, with lots of good value free rolls. Real money player statistics - March, 2006: 1,900-2,400 ring game players at peak hours, 6,200-6,800 tournament players at peak hours.
Software and graphics Doyles Room software is developed by Tribeca Tables, with nice graphics and good functionality. On the positive side, there are features like; buddy list function, private tables, pot- and no-limit ring games, live floor managers, overall nice graphics and multi-table tournaments. However, there are some let downs; lobby information does not include view flop percentage and almost only games in Texas Holdem.
Ring game traffic The Doyles Room network currently has 1,900-2,400 ring game players at peak hours.
Tournament traffic The traffic at the tournaments is better than at ring games, with a solid 6,200-6,800 players currently at peak hours.
Game variety The game variety at Doyles Room is ok, with Holdem and Omaha Hi-Lo and High (all available in both limit, pot-limit and Holdem in no-limit as well), also a game called Badugi (a triple draw game where a four card low-hand wins) is offered. Table stakes are from $0.02/$0.04 to $50/$100. There are both single- and multi-table tournaments. Within shortly seven-card stud High and Hi-Lo will be added.
The Sun Poker™ Room is a product of Peak Entertainment, a global leader in online entertainment providing safe, secure gaming done with style, good taste and integrity.
Based in Willemstad, Curacao, Peak Entertainment, NV currently owns and operates five online casino properties and a player-to-player poker room under multiple gaming licenses from the government of Curacao.
The Sun Poker™ Room is designed to be a master entertainment site for the poker fan! Play for fun against others, or wager real money with real people, secure in the knowledge that The Sun Poker™ Room considers your security our top priority.
You and all our players can rely on the extensive security measures found within The Sun Poker™ Room's software and gaming servers.
You can be further assured by the proprietary state-of-the-art security algorithms provided by Ecash Direct to protect your accounts.
UltimateBet is typically in top 4 to 5, in terms of ring games traffic. The number of real money players in ring games is typically reaching 4,500-5,000 at peak hours (April, 2006). The traffic is quite well spread out over all types of games (compared to many other rooms where traffic is concentrated to Holdem only).
UltimateBet's traffic at the tournaments is very good at peak hours, where the traffic will reach somewhere between 10,000-13,000 (April, 2006). But the traffic is down earlier in the evenings (European peak hours). At multi-table tournaments, there is sometimes a "player bounty", in which the participant who eliminated the bounty player gets a special price!
The full tables at $0.5/$1 limits and up have view flop percentages in the mid 30-ies up to mid 40-ies in most cases, which is tight but not too bad. There are certainly easier sites to win money at, but among the top 5 online poker rooms UltimateBet scores average.
UltimatePoints are awarded for each raked hand or tournament as well as 1 point per hour and table during play. Extra points are awarded players who start up new games. Points can be used for entries to tournaments or merchandise purchases.
Poker Stars is the home of the last three World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winners (Chris Moneymaker, 2003, Greg Raymer, 2004, and Joseph Hachem, 2005), and every year at the WSOP there are tons of Poker Stars online qualifiers in any given event.
PokerStars' software has a great look and feel. It boasts top-notch security and always runs fast and smoothly.
PokerStars' ring game traffic is lower than tournament traffic. Nevertheless, it ranks second in the world (after Party Poker) on almost any given day. It has been picking up lately, supported by the tournament players. At peak hours, the traffic is currently being counted at 9,500-10,500 real money players. A relatively large amount of the players are European, which makes the site reasonably busy at evening time in Europe.e.
The traffic at PokerStars' tournaments is the highest in the industry. At peak hours, the traffic currently reaches 65,000-75,000 real money tournament players (April, 2006). PokerStars has greatly benefited from the "first mover advantage" in the multi-table tournament area. It displays a dedication to staying at the top by offering a lot of special promotion events and the WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker), which is hosted annually during the summer.
CelebPoker is a fairly quickly growing new poker room, letting you play with celebrities in weekly promos. The action is very loose, with lots of beginners on the network (part of Boss Poker network, sharing players with other sites). For an advanced player this site proposes great earning possibilities as the opposition is soft even in the higher limits. The graphics are unique and the best in the boss network, and the functionality is quite good. Multi-table feature is also supported. Player volume in May, 2006: Ring game traffic 1,300-1,400 players at peak hours, tournament traffic 2,600-2,800 players at peak hours.
The ring game traffic at peak hours is around 1,300-1,400 real money players (May, 2006).
Tournament traffic is growing, the tournaments usually have between 50-150 entrants. 5-player Sit'n go's are popular, there are often more than 30 tables running, which is good for a smaller room. There are some daily freerolls also. The tournament traffic is around 2,600-2,800 players at peak hours (May, 2006).
The software's functionality is High and the graphics is crisp. The lobby shows the standard info, such as view flop percentage, hands dealt per hour and average pot. There is a search player function and voice options as well. There is also a 5 table multi-tab at the top of each screen making it easy to switch between your tables and maximize the action. High definition and unencumbered graphics at the table make for a purely poker experience.
Paradise Poker has one of the best software around and boasts very high traffic in both cash games and tournaments. Paradise Poker was the pioneer in online poker and its software has served as the model for the entire industry. Paradise Poker has great game variation with almost all games, as well good sit'n'go tournament coverage and plenty of heads-up games. Security and email support is well above average with a 10-20 minute response time. There are a few drawbacks ; low bonus offers, few promotions. Real money player statistics for Paradise Poker - May, 2006: 2,500-3,000 ring game players at peak hours, 12,000-14,000 tournament players at peak hours
Paradise Poker was the world's largest poker site for years. After rapid development in the industry they now hold between position 3 to 5. However, the traffic is still much higher today than in the past, as the online poker market has exploded. The number of real money ring game players at peak hours is currently 2,500-3,000 (May, 2006).
The regular tournament and sit-and-go traffic is excellent. At peak hours the number of real money tournament players now reaches between 12,000-14,000, and ranking as one of the largest in the industry (May, 2006).
ParadisePoker's game variety is one of the best in the industry, including no-limit and pot-limit at most standard games and more rare games such as five-card draw, five-card stud and crazy pineapple.
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