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Feature Overview USA Players: Yes. Welcome Bonus: Up to $100 bonus matched as 100% of your first deposit earned as you play. Entry to the new player $1000 freeroll. Playing Currency: US Dollars, Pound Sterling, Euros. Other Jackpots: $50,000 monthly freeroll, 2007 Poker.com Winter Championship, $12,500 WPT seats. Game Selection: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha High/Low, 7 card stud, 5 card stud, Razz, 5 card draw, Triple Draw, Badugi, Blackjack and Backgammon. Free Play Version: Yes Customer Service: 24/7 online help which answered instantly. Best feature: Freerolls and guaranteed pots everywhere you look with not that many players taking part. Strong supply of new players.

Games Offered All the usual suspects appear in this room along with a few that you don’t expect. Most people are playing Holdem and Holdem Tournaments but the Omaha, and 7 card stud tables are also active. Poker.com do offer a nice version of Blackjack and they also host Backgammon which is a game I understand lends itself to poker players but speaking personally I never learned. Graphical Interface Software is unique and proprietary with cards that are very clear to read. Gameplay is seamless and we like the ability to custom colour your player boundaries and upload your own avatar. One interesting feature of the software is that it presents odds when 2 or more players are allin. This is interesting though unnecessary to followers of this site who should by now have downloaded our own HoldemPokerCalc odds software which works in connection with this and other rooms. Game Experience The pace of play is appropriate to the game you chose to join. The impatient aggressive players among us will be happy to see Turbo rooms where tournament blinds rise very quickly indeed, in contrast to the normal rate of play which is measured. The room does save time in the dealing of cards in that cards are not so much dealt as appear, which is unusual but appropriate for players who are there to make decisions about card situations rather than to pass time. A typical evening sees six thousand or so players online at any one time which is good for a stand alone room and ensures a short waiting time for tournament starts. Quality Of Players We believe the standard of play in terms of quality is fairly low at poker.com which is a big positive for experienced players. This is related to the quantity of new fish who find the room through a search for “poker” on any of the major search engines. The strength of the domain name itself is such that it is usually No 1 or top 10 listed. In addition many people directly type the name in when looking to learn the game or play texas holdem online for the first time. The strong supply of newbies is in our opinion a major selling point in favour of this room. Tournament Play We particularly enjoyed the tournament Texas Holdem play on offer which offered a wide variety of choice but also a good selection of guaranteed pots. In some cases we noted that the guarantee was called which is to say that there were fewer players taking part than the prize pool guaranteed by the room. These tournaments constitute good value for players although it goes without saying that a level of skill is always required to make it to the final table in any large tourney.

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Published on: 2007-01-31 (1414 reads)