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Pacific Poker has recently updated its proprietary software and is now one of the best all round online poker rooms. It has added many of the features that regular players on the site have been asking for, multi-table play with cascading and tilled windows, avatars, efficient interactive lobby, new add-on and re-buy features, change your time zone, in game note taking, game history with graphic playback feature and the ability to change your table's design.
Couple this with Pacific Poker's legendary soft competition, juicy high-action tables and frequent promotions, and you have a room that other poker rooms will find hard to better.
Pacific Poker is operated by Cassava Enterprises (Gibraltar) Limited the company that also operates 888.com. The 888 Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange, 888 HOLDINGS (888.L), also owns one of the biggest online casino brands, Casino-on-Net.
The soft competition tag comes from the fact that Pacific Poker attracts many players from its online casino, Casino-On-Net, looking for gaming action and the fact that Pacific Poker promotes itself very heavily globally attracting plenty of 'newbie' players.
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There are daily $500 First Depositors Freerolls' so when you sign up and deposit, any amount, you can enter and share in $3,500. Pacific Poker also run a weekly $1,000 Weekly Depositors Freeroll, all you have to do is make a deposit of $50 or more that week.
Pacific Poker sign-up bonus is one of the best, at 100% up to £200, and it is easy to release. All you have to do is wager a minimum of 20 times the bonus amount; not hard to do at all. Pacific Poker offers reload bonuses, with a 50% deposit match up to between $300 and $500, roughly every other month.
Pacific Poker has a very good selection of daily and weekly guaranteed tournaments. Two $10,000 and two $5,000 daily and a weekly $75,000. Pacific Poker is also well represented at all of the major land based tournaments with two Pacific Poker sponsored players, Paul Wasicka and Rhett Butler, finishing 2nd and 5th respectively in the WSOP main event.
Pacific Poker runs many satellites to these tournaments, with WSOP, WPT, EPT, Aussie Millions and the UK Open among there qualifiers.
For cash game players Pacific Poker runs Bad Beat and Royal Flush jackpot tables.
The refer a friend promotion is the most generous on the net, you get a $150 bonus for each friend you bring to Pacific Poker and your referred friends will receive a $50.
Peak real money cash game player numbers are over 2,000, as of May, 2007. The main games played are Texas Hold'em and with the number of cash game players playing it's easy to find a game.
Players looking for action should head for Pacific Poker, whether you are a pro, or a poker rookie. For poker rookies it is a great place to learn the trade, there are plenty of 'newbie' friendly players who give hints and tips and the recently added very low limit tables, 1¢/2¢, are a great place to learn.
The new software has a great look and feel with the addition of avatars a real plus, better than looking at an empty chair in the old software. The new lobby works very well also with a new tabbed look and the addition of filters to easily find your game.
The ability to take notes and view your game history is very useful and the new Pacific Poker software does this well.
Multi languages are available: Danish / Dutch / English / French / German / Italian / Portuguese / Spanish / Swedish
Pacific Poker has an industry standard rake with the house commissions between 0% and 5% of each total pot. Pacific Poker also offers a "No flop no drop" policy where they will not charge a rake if the hand ended before the "flop" cards were dealt.
Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo are offered at Limit and Pot-Limit with Texas Hold'em offered at No-Limit.
Side Games: A full Casino is offered with games such as Blackjack / Slots / Video Poker / Craps / Roulette. Also, Backgammon.
Pacific Pokers' Customer Support Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They offer assistance in 11 different languages by phone, email and live online chat. The 888 Group has other offices around the world and employs over 880 full time members of staff.
Deposit Options:
Moneybookers, Bank Draft, Wire Transfer, PayPoint, NETeller, ClickandBuy, Ukash, FirePay, ACTeCASH, VISA, MasterCard, Solo & Switch
Cashout Options:
NETeller, Wire Transfer, Bank Transfer & Bank Draft (cashier's check).
| Deposit Bonus: | £200 |
| Sign-up Bonus: | 100% |
| Referall Bonus: | $150 + $50 |
| Freerolls: | $3,500 New Depositors' Freerolls |
| Bonus Code: | Automatic (just sign up via our link) |
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