888poker - Possibly the Softest Games on the Internet

888poker

Accepting
US Players No

Originally known as Pacific Poker, 888poker has the well-earned reputation for the softest and juiciest games in online poker. 888poker also features great guaranteed tournaments and a no-download version that comes in very handy for many of us.
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Bonus Information

Deposit Bonus
$400
Bonus Match
100%
Referral bonuses
$50

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Quick Facts

  • No US players
  • No-download version
  • Great guaranteed tournaments
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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Soft Holdem games
  • Good promotions
  • Great new Poker 6 software

Cons

  • No US players
  • Thin game variety

888poker Facts

Name
888poker
Website
www.888poker.com
Download
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Established
2002
Country
Gibraltar
Auditor
PWC
Software
888
Players
10000
Software Size
15.4

Score

Poker Traffic
7
Software & Graphics
7
Bonus and Promotions
8
Game Variety
5
Soft Competition
9

Step by Step Instructions

  1. Choose “Click to Play”, follow the easy instructions and get started right away.

  2. Register your own real money account.

  3. Make a deposit to claim your sign-up bonus. Enjoy!

  4. Start Playing Poker

Full Review of 888poker

Summary of 888poker

Formally known as Pacific Poker, 888poker is a classic poker room known for its very soft games with lots of action - especially at the Texas Holdem tables.

The site is run by 888.com, AKA the Casino-on-Net Group, one of the world's largest online gambling operators. This creates a major influx of casino players, which partly explains why the games at 888 are so nice and loose.

Since the recent Poker 6 software upgrade, 888Poker is also looking better than ever with over 100 new features and great new multi-tabling options.

888poker unfortunately doesn't accept US players right now, but that could change again. As it is, Europeans dominate the player base and peak hours usually coincide with European evening time, around 2 p.m. (EST).

Promotions and Bonus Information

As for promotions, 888Poker offers a number of tournaments with guaranteed prize pools. As an example they recently hosted a $250,000 guaranteed tournament with a buy-in of $88 +$8. There are always new promotions at the site, and the freerolls are well worth checking out, too.

888Poker offers reload bonuses roughly every other month. The bonuses are usually very good with a 50% deposit match up to $300-$500. Referral bonuses and loyalty bonuses are also good.

The bonus points program features points that can be converted into cash. For ten dollars bet in raked hands the player earns one point, and 100 points correspond to $1 in cash.

Poker Traffic

Ring-game traffic is mainly concentrated at the limit and no-limit holdem tables. Around 90% of the players can be found at the holdem tables, but there’s also some action at the Omaha hi-lo and Seven Card Stud high tables. During peak hours, there are approximately 2,000 real money ring game players at the site (July 2010).

When it comes to tournaments, 888Poker offers satellites to most of the major live poker events. 888Poker also runs daily $5,000 and $10,000 guaranteed tournaments, and there’s a healthy amount of tournament players at the site, up to 7,500 real-money tournament players at peak hours (March 2010).

By the way, peak hours on 888 occur are European evening time, usually around 2 PM (PT). Players looking to play long sessions or at varying times of day should be able to match the peak times of 888Poker with that of other sites, such as Full Tilt Poker.

Software & Graphics

For a long while, 888Poker only allowed you to play one table at the time, but they’ve made several large improvements to their software culminating in the recent upgrade to the Poker 6. client

Now you can play up to 16 simultaneous tables and play flows without trouble.

The look and feel of the poker client has also been hugely improved. A great deal of customization is possible and you can redesign your playing environment by choosing from a range of avatars, different card designs and different backgrounds etc.

888Poker also has a great search function and a Java client if you can’t download the Windows client.

Game Variety

Like its software, 888Poker’s game variety has improved significantly over the years. There are limit, pot limit and no-limit holdem tables available, along with both high and hi-lo Omaha, and Seven Card Stud tables. Full-table and short-handed games as well as heads-up tables are all available for most variations.

As for tournaments, they are played out in Texas Holdem only. There’s a decent amount of freerolls, as well as tournaments with buy-in from $1 to hundreds of dollars. They are mostly extremely loose, no matter the buy-in. Quite a few of them offer guaranteed prize pools, and there are satellites to the big live events.

More About

888.com is a leader in the international online gambling scene and is under license by the Government of Gibraltar. Read more about 888.com and 888Poker.

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