Pacific Poker Review

With so many online poker rooms to choose from, it's essential that you read up-to-date reviews of poker websites before you choose a site to open up an account with. Reviews are one of the most important tools at a poker player's disposal. They help players decide where to play and why.

Pacific Poker is a very popular online poker room run by 888.com, a giant in the Internet gambling industry. Pacific Poker has a reputation for having some the lightest poker competition on the Internet. The site has been heavily advertised, and is known for offering tons of promotions. Because so many new players choose this site as their entry into the world of online poker, the opportunity to rake in big bucks is huge. This high concentration of newbies, however, also has its dangers. You could be betting a lot of chips on what you know is the best hand at the table, only to be sniped on the river by some maniac holding on to a flush draw. Poaching new players is a slippery slope, and if you can avoid the crazies, you can come up at the expense of those players who are less-experienced.

Pacific Poker pays quickly, and they have a number of deposit options. Players can fund their accounts using NETeller, Firepay, wire and bank transfers, Visa or MasterCard, Citadel, or PaySafeC. The site's customer service is solid. Pacific poker offers 24 hour support, seven days a week via, phone, chat or email.

Pacific Poker always has decent bonuses. New players can signup, deposit up to $100, and receive a 25 percent cash-back bonus. The only restriction is that players must wager 20 times the bonus amount within a 90 day period. Nifty loyalty bonuses also make this site cool. If you invite friends to Pacific Poker, you get $50 for each pal.

The software program used by Pacific Poker is average at best. The tables are pretty plain, and opposing players are represented only by a name, and not an avatar image. The biggest drawback to Pacific Poker has to be the fact that you can only play at one table at a time.

If you prefer a more comprehensive software presentation, you might want to look elsewhere. But Pacific Poker's consistent traffic, concentration of beginners, and multiple deposit and customer service options, make this online poker room a decent place to play. Most of the players who visit Pacific Poker play Texas Hold'em poker. There's always tons of players in the Texas Hold'em, ring games and Texas Hold'em tournaments. Pacific Poker has weekly $25,000 and $50,000 guaranteed pot tournaments, as well as weekly qualifiers for the 2006 WSOP. If you're looking to improve your Texas Hold'em skills, or just earn chips at the expense of inexperienced Hold'em players, then Pacific Poker is definitely an online poker room that you need to check out.

Rick ?Stone Face? Ellers started playing poker while he was a paratrooper stationed in Fort Bragg, NC. He currently writes part time for PokerListings.com where you can learn how to hone your Texas Holdem skills and find information about Poker Tournaments around the world.