The Gaming Club Poker Review

Are you looking for a good room to play poker? You might try the Gaming Club Poker Room. While it may not always be rated number one, it is still a pretty good site for playing online. There are many great promotions used to bring people to the site. They are sponsoring many offline tournaments as well and you can find many promotions to help bring people in to this fast growing site. There are many different games, including more aggressive games for the more advanced players.

As of August 2005, the real money statistics are 3000-3500 ring game players at peak hours, 3500-5000 tournament players at peak hours. You can get a special $300 bonus if you use NETeller as a deposit. You can also use the demo code pl300 from PokerListings and you will be eligible. You can check out the website for more information on bonuses and sign up specials.

The graphics and software are not the greatest on the site but they are not bad either. Some people will agree that simpler is better. The software speed is faster so you can keep up with the quick speed of the games and hand history is available through an HTML page and via email. You can also use the chat area on the right to see information such as who called what, etc. there are still some areas for improvement on the software to make it top of the line in online poker rooms but it is not bad as it stands now.

Gaming Club Poker has a high ring game traffic. In fact they are at the top of the industry. At peak hours, the ring game traffic is about 3000-3500. Tournaments are also very popular. The real money players have many massive free rolls and at peak hours you can see between 3500 and 5000 players.

The site is good on variety because they offer the standard games (Holdem, Omaha, seven-card stud and five-card stud) and there are no Hi-Lo versions. There is very good volume for the pot- and no-limit players in Texas Hold ‘em. There are also many short-handed tables with a maximum of 5 or 6 players so if you like smaller tables, this is for you.

The rake is not as good as it could be. The pot- and no-limit at Gaming Club Poker is raked at every $5, which is good. The lower straight limit games (up to $1/$2) are capped at $1.50 which is high compared to most games. The tournaments fees are 10% for entries ranging from $10 up to $50. For the $100 tournaments, the fee is $9. So there could be some room for improvement here but still it is ok.

There is a loyalty bonus offered to frequent players, both a telephone and email customer support options and they offer financial security so you can feel safe playing online. Deposit options include VISA, MasterCard, prepaid ATM, NETeller, FirePay, Moneybookers, EcoCard.

Cash out to credit card only against prior purchases make, remaining balance is paid out via various "web wallets" (NETeller, FirePay, Prepaid ATM, etc) and check.