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About
Pacific Poker has spent considerable time and efforts on adding improvements to the software and playability, which has helped boost the numbers of their player signups. Pacific Poker often offers rewarding events like the WSOP Qualifier tournaments, Royal Flush and Bad Beat Jackpots, $50,000 Guaranteed Prizepool every Sunday, $25,000 Money Mondays, Freerolls, Survivor Series and more. PacficPoker has plenty of Texas Hold'em action and the Pot Limits and No Limits tables are always full and loaded with weak players that have to see the flop most of the time. Pacific Poker has excellent support, a great gameplay statistics feature, high traffic and fast cashouts.
Overview and Player Traffic
Pacific Poker is one of the older online poker rooms out there, belonging to the same group that owns and operates Casino on Net. We all know how and why casino customers make great fish in poker, so in that respect, you definitely have a good theoretical EV+ (positive expected value) going, at Pacific. The quality of the traffic is not everything however. A serious poker room needs plenty of traffic, and Pacific Poker fairs well in that respect too. In peak hours, you will find as many as 3,500 players at their ring tables, however, the distribution of this traffic pretty much spoils the quality. These people are playing mainly at the Holdem cash tables (low and medium limits/stakes), and given the advantage offered to rookies by the high luck-based variance specific to Texas Hold’em, do not expect money to start flowing your way as soon as you take a seat. What you can achieve in the long-run, is a different matter, but that requires a lot of patience and discipline. As most players seem to know instinctively, the real money is in poker tournaments. PacificPoker will have around 10,000 opponents for you to play against in peak hours, and that means you’ll definitely find opponents, no matter what limit you want to play at.
Poker Software
Pacific Poker’s software is up to the challenges a modern poker room is subjected to, in every respect. It’s stable and it looks good, it’s got all the options you’ll need to play your best or to improve on your game. The best thing about it is, that it’s an in-house 888-creation, which means there is no evil Big-brother calling the shots at Pacific Poker. It doesn’t share customers with any other poker network, so it’s basically a “what you see is what you get” outfit.
Deposit and Sign up Bonuses
The sign-up or first deposit bonus is not the most generous in the business, but at a 100% match on your deposit, up to a max of $400, it’ll do fine. You’ll need to unlock it anyway, by generating $20 rake for each dollar of bonus, so there’s plenty of work with it.
The sunny side of the offer is that there is no bonus expiry date, so you can take your time unlocking your bonus, knowing that it’ll be yours, sooner or later.
Pacific Poker Promotions
Other than the sign-up bonus presented above, Pacific Poker offers its players a host of promotions:
They’ll have a reload-bonus offer every other month, which is usually pretty generous, too. It can give you as much as 100% on your deposit, up to $400.
They also have a poker points system set up, meant to reward player loyalty. You can generate such poker points by playing real money raked hands, and you can convert the points made this way, to cash. You’ll get $1 for every 100 Poker Points.
The “refer a friend” promotion is also a good bargain. If you manage to convince a friend to come and play at Pacific, using you as his referrer, you’ll get a $50 reward.
Available Languages
The Pacific Poker client is available in several languages: Italian, English, Swedish, German, French and Spanish.
Pacific Poker Unique Features
When it comes to unique features, Pacific Poker offers something I was really surprised to see: a no download, instant play feature for their poker room (just like the one they have for their casino) It works too, I gave it a test-run. I can’t really say that I saw anything quite like this at any other poker room yet.
Other unique features would be their unexpectedly generous loyalty bonus-system and the “refer a friend” reward, I mentioned above.
I have never heard or read anything bad about the Pacific Poker support, which is available through e-mail, phone and live chat. Live chat is my favorite way to ask for help, because it’s instant, and it’s free too. I gave their live chat support a test-run and it worked perfectly.
As far as security goes, due to their long-running casino operation, Pacific Poker probably knows the importance of a top-notch system better than anyone else. Besides the state of the art encryption technology used, they also have a feature which allows players to track back the hands they’ve played just to make sure all is fair.
Deposit and Withdrawal Methods
Deposit and withdrawal at Pacific Poker can be done in a variety of ways like VISA, Neteller, MasterCard, Citadel, FirePay, Moneybookers, bank transfer, and a few other modalities.
Withdrawals will take 3 days to get the green light, so a little bit of patience is required there.
Pacific Poker Reputation
The poker room is certified by a line of top gambling authorities, like eCOGRA, IGC (Interactive Gaming Council), GamAid, and iTech Labs.
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