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Best Internet Poker Sites
With so many online poker sites it can be hard to know which are best to play on. We've brought together information on the best and most popular poker sites. Now you can find the best sites to play the games you want and get the best bonuses possible.
Poker.com
Poker.com is fairly new to the online poker scene, but seems to be doing everything right with a great interface, bonuses and lots of freerolls.
Deposit Bonus: 30% up to $200
Available Games: Texas Hold 'Em & Omaha
Deposit Options: Neteller, Click2Pay, Firepay, Credit Cards, Wire Transfer & Citadel.
Plundercove Review: Poker.com is a fairly new online poker room and so far seems very promising.
The player interface is nice and clear and quite customizable to suit your own preferences. For those that like to chat while playing you can show a larger chat screen and even have little player speech bubbles - of course these can easily be turned off as I can imagine they would get quite annoying to some players.
Poker.com offers $5000 in Freerolls a day - that works out to about one every 2 hours. They have an easy to view freeroll schedule which show you which tournaments you are eligable to play - a couple are reserved for those who have played a ceratin number of raked hands that day but most are open to everyone.
Deposits and withdrawls are available through all the usual channels (Neteller, Click2Pay, credit cards etc) and they offer and instant cash out through Neteller for when you want ot get at those winnings fast!
All in all, Poker.com seems like a great place to play some poker online...
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PokerChamps
PokerChamps is now starting to become established as a major online poker room. They have lots of freerolls allowing you to practice and build up your bankroll and they are still adding new features and games all the time.
Deposit Bonus: Up to 50% rakeback program, plus periodic deposit bonuses
Available Games: Texas Hold 'Em & Omaha. Omaha 8 or Better, 7 Card Stud, Stud 8 or Better coming soon.
Deposit Options: Neteller, Visa & Wire Transfer.
Plundercove Review: We've been playing at Pokerchamps for a while now during its Beta tesing phase and we like it a lot
There are still freerolls every 2 hours - great for tournament practice and for building up your bankroll a bit for free.
We like the way the software works. You can have up to 4 games running at once all in one window making it great for people who like playing multiple games at once. It's also really easy to see what's going on in the tournament your in. There is a info tab with tournament info that's there all the time - no scrolling info that quickly disappears like on most other sites. Everyone's current tournament positions are also displayed next to their name at the table.
The chat window is also nicely sized, meaning that you can easily see what happened in pervious hands (on many other sites the info has scrolled away before you can see who won). Bet amount and the pot size are also very clear.
And the best thing of all...no annoying "characters" as your table - just the cards!
All in all, we think it is a great site, especially now that there are some more real money games available.
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Pacific Poker
Pacific Poker is a long established poker site, having been in operation since 1996. With a wide number of deposit options and a great deposit bonus, its one of the top places to play poker online.
Deposit Bonus: 25% on initial deposit up to $100
Bonus Points: Earn comp cash as you play which can be converted to cash at any time
Available Games: Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Omaha 8 or Better, 7 Card Stud, Stud 8 or Better
Deposit Options: Credit Card, Debit Card, Neteller, Firepay, eCheck & more
Plundercove Review: I have just recently started playing at Pacific Poker. The software download and istallation was easy but my Adware/Spyware checker did come up with a couple of programs running after the install so you may want to be aware of this when installing the software.
I signed up for a real money account but didn't actually deposit any money - later that day they had deposited a free $10 in my account for me to play with, which was a nice bonus that I hadn't expected.
There are plenty of games and tournaments going on, with tournaments starting as low as 50c buy ins. I have found that in tournaments it's quite hard to keep track of what's going on in the tournament as a whole: I couldn't tell what was happening at the other tables and it wasn't easy to find information about the payout structure etc once in the tournament. The blind structure is very clear with a clock to say when the blinds will next go up.
Pacific Poker has a lot of deposit options. I have yet to withdraw any money but I haven't heard any negative comments about them in this respect.
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Ultimate Bet
Ultimate Bet is another very popular online poker site with over 10,000 players on at a time. Ultimate Bet offer a wider number of games than most sites, plus they have many low limit games for those just starting out.
Deposit Bonus: 20% on initial deposit up to $100
Bonus Points: Earn Ultimate Points as you play which can be redeemed against anything from playing cards to cruises and motorbikes.
Available Games: Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Omaha 8 or Better, 7 Card Stud, Stud 8 or Better, Triple Draw, Pineapple
Deposit Options: Credit Card, Debit Card, Neteller, Firepay, Check & more
Plundercove Review: I've been playing at Ultimate Bet for quite a while now and overall it has some good features.
One thing that I really like about Ultimate Bet is that the cards are very clear and you are always sat in the same position at the table. This makes it a lot easier when you are changing tables in tournaments - no looking round to find where your new seat is.
They have plenty of low and high limit games going on at any time. The one problem I've had is that it can be hard to get on the very low limit Sit & Go's at peak times: You can click on one as soon as it appears in the tournament list and it can be full up by the time you make it there. The lists also move around quite a bit - I have known people to accidently enter higher buy-in events than they intended because of this, so keep an eye on the tournaments you are clicking on.
I have experienced a couple of software freeze ups while playing, but all in all it's been a pretty good site to play on.
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Party Poker
Party Poker is one of the biggest poker sites wih over 50,000 players on at peak times. Offers satellites to the World Poker Tour Party Poker Million
Deposit Bonus: 20% on initial deposit up to $50
Available Games: Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Omaha 8 or Better, 7 Card Stud, Stud 8 or Better
Deposit Options: Credit Card, Debit Card, Neteller, Firepay, eCheck & more
Plundercove Review: Party Poker, what can I say? I play there quite a bit, but am often annoyed.
The software is easy enough to get used to; navigation on the left and a list of games on the right. The list of games changes pretty quickly, and you can sometimes click into a game that's already over, but it's not a big deal. Just leave the table and you're back to the list of games.
The truly annoying aspects of Party Poker come in once you're seated.
First, it seems like every 19 year old, cocky prick under the sun plays at Party Poker. There's at least one idiot at every table, and some linger well after they've been knocked out harassing the players still at the table. I mostly play the freebie tournaments, and maybe it's different in the real money games, but Party Poker shows an amazing capacity for idiots, so I'm not convinced. On the flip side, it's easy enough to turn off chat, so this doesn't have to be a problem.
The other really annoying thing about Party Poker is the actual game play. It's a bit like a cattle auction. The pace is lightning fast, with little time to make bets, read the cards, etc. It's not so bad in hold 'em where you only have a few cards to consider, but in other games like 7 card stud, hi-lo split, a bit more time would be helpful. This is especially true at the end of the hand where the pot, and potentially a half dozen side pots, is divvied up. I find I often spend the first half of the next hand sorting out who had what...
Really annoying elements aside, there's always a game available at Party Poker. It's a Monday at 2:34 PM EST and there are over 31,000 players logged in.
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AbsolutePoker.com
Absolute Poker is currently offering a great deposit bonus - 35% up to $210. They also offer satellites to both the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.
Deposit Bonus: 35% on initial deposit up to $210
Bonus Points: Earn points from the Absolute Rewards Program which can be redeemed against Absolute Poker merchandise
Available Games: Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Omaha 8 or Better, 7 Card Stud, Stud 8 or Better
Deposit Options: Credit Card, Debit Card, Neteller, Firepay, eCheck & more
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