Poker Room Full Review
Game Variety, Limits, and Traffic: A
Poker Room belongs to the Poker Network, which contains such rooms as
Eurobet and Hollywood Poker. There is very good traffic at this site, as
it is normally the third busiest sites online, behing PokerStars and Party
Poker. Six games are currently offered here: Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo,
7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, and 5 Card Draw. The traffic here, as in
most sites, is centered primarily in hold'em. Limits in hold'em range from
$.15/$.25 to $50/$100 in No Limit and $.15/$.25 to $500/$1000 in fixed
limit. At peak hours, Poker Room has about 3000 ring game players and
13,000 tournament players.
Software: B
For players who focus their attention on one table, Poker Room software
is excellent. It runs very nicely without mishap and overall looks nice.
Detailed stats including such things as Hourly Win Rate enlighten players
to information they may not previously have known about themselves and
prove decent tools in evaluating your overall game. Poker Room's weakness
lies in the multitabling. Multitabling at Poker Room is particularly
stressful as the software runs very quickly, especially on all-ins. The
check/call/raise buttons are easy to misclick and the player time clock is
shorter than at most other sites. These components make multitabling
somewhat difficult; however, the seasoned Poker Room player can eventually
overcome these annoyances. A Java version of the software is available
online, making Poker Room a very popular site for Mac users. Other
features include the introduction of "Mobile Poker", in which players can
play from various cell phones if ever in need of a quick fix.
Softness of Games: B+
This rating applies only for the lower stakes at Poker Room. At $.5/$1
and below, the games are relatively fishy, and a decent player can make a
good profit. Above these stakes, however, Poker Room becomes a whole new
ball game. I have found these players to be extremely loose preflop and
tight postflop. This should give rise to very good profits from aggressive
play postflop but I have yet to find a good overall strategy on
Poker Room. Feel free to send me a note in our Contact Us section if
you have found a solution this these games.
Promotions: A-
Poker Room's deposit bonus is a relatively good one. The bonus is
relatively slow to clear at lower stakes, but at higher stakes the bonus
clears very quickly. Poker Room also offers various reload bonuses that
are easy to cash in on, some worth up to $200. The Frequent Player Points
that build up are used to clear the bonuses. These points are used to buy
into various lucrative freerolls as well as eventually be redeemed for cash
rewards. Poker Room offers an instant $10 after 1000 FPPs, and will offer
more money the more FPPs are turned in. Players who accumulate the most
points are rewarded with prizes up to $250 and one player has a chance to
become a professional poker player at Poker Room, getting buy-ins to
tournaments worth about $240,000.
Deposits/Withdrawals: B
Poker Room accepts deposits from VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay,
900Pay, PrePaid ATM, MoneyBookers, Delta, Switch and Instacash. Cashouts
can be made to NETeller, FirePay, PrePaid ATM, courier check, and check.
The average NETeller cashout time is 1-2 days.
Support: C
Poker Room currently offers only email support, which is often quite
slow. The average response time is over a day and many of the questions
are not properly answered..
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