Pacific Poker has seen a great amount of growth over the last 12 months to become a favorite poker room for good deal many Texas Hold'em players looking for very "juicy" high-action tables and lots of promotions. No-limit and Pot-Limit cash games were launched this past January, with the usual loose/wild action, strongly recommended for players looking to have a fair shot at winning. There are many special promotions (such as money added and free rolls). Pacific Poker is part of the group behind the world's largest casino - Casino-on-Net since - so there are a lot of ?wild? casino customers at the tables.
Pacific Poker has one of the worst software offerings in the online industry, and that is with improvements in 2005. The reason that they are considered a top site is because of their games and promotions, not the look of their site. Even after 3 rounds of upgrading and enhancements, the software is rather slow with minimal graphics.
Great, but it is very concentrated to two areas fixed limit Holdem ring games and Holdem tournaments.
There are, on the norm, 2200-2600 players at peak hours, out of which at least 85-95% is in the Hold’em section. Most of the other traffic is in Omaha Hi-Lo and 7-Card-Stud High but Hold’em is still king no matter how you want to look at it.
Due to the incredible growth during the last 12 months, Pacific Poker now boasts tournament traffic of 3500-5000 real money players at peak hours every day.
The game variety for Pacific Poker is mediocre at best because there are Holdem, Hi and Hi-Lo in Omaha and seven-card stud. There are also heads up tables. There are micro-limit tables down to $0.05/$0.10. Max limit is $15/$30 in all games, except for those heads up ring games which still has only $3/$6 limit on the game no matter when and where.
The rake is at the average of the industry, with better offers at micro-levels and somewhat better at the highest stakes. Pacific Poker has a ?No Flop - No Drop? rake policy, like most sites. This translates to the fact that Pacific Poker only rakes the pot when the flop is reached. A maximum of $1 is raked out of the pots up to $1/$2 games. At limits below $1/$2 the house takes, always, less than $1, which gives good value for those less risky low limit players. At higher limits, $2/$4 and above, Pacific Pokers rake structure is very similar to other online gaming site.
As a signup bonus to new accounts at Pacific Poker there is a 60% bonus up to $100 for the initial deposit, which is above average when compared to other sites.
There is a loyalty bonus at this site and it is for every $10 bet on raked hands earns you 1 Bonus Point, 100 Bonus Points can be converted to $1. If you are a more serious player that can turn into a lot of extra cash on hand for more games.
The support system here has good response times at the email support level. However there is no way to receive live help and the telephone support is typically very slow. Many players have also complained about the support in Gibraltar, as they are slow to resolve blocked accounts, etc.
The Pacific Poker site is a very secure one that leaves a comfortable feeling to players as it should because the mother company is a well-established player.
There are many different Pacific Poker Deposit and cash out options that can be considered:VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Citadel, FirePay, Wire Transfer, bank transfer, PaySafeCard, BBL Home'Pay, check deposit, PrePaidATM and several others.
The cash out options are as follows:Credit card, Debit card, FirePay, NETeller, PrePaidATM, Wire transfer, bank draft. They have improved their ability to get you your money quickly, which is an improvement from years past.