The Skinny: Pacific
Poker, also known as 888,
is a long-time quality poker room that
boasts solid traffic, smooth software
and a kick ass upfront deposit bonus.
888 / Pacific Poker does not accept USA
Players and they are now down to an average
of 1,000 or so real money players at any
given time. Of these 1000 players, most
are bad.
Pacific Poker
INSTANT CASH Bonus! 25% up to $100
I give this an A+ deposit bonus - Not
because of the size of the bonus, but
because they give it to you right up front
instead of having to grind out raked hands
to release the money. Very Nice. Deposit
$400, your account has $100 bonus added.
The Players at
Pacific Poker.com are some of the worst
players on the net.
I think this is because a large portion
of 888's traffic comes from their online
casino which is huge. This pattern of
big casino that has added a poker room
is very similar to the players at Bodog
Poker, which are also horrible. Go get
your $100 bonus and make easy poker money
at Pacific. The players there suck.
I really like that they give you your
deposit bonus up front, which is nice
to get a quick boost to the bankroll.
There is also rumor that they are considering
acquiring Poker Stars, but keeping Poker
Stars excellent software, support and
customer service.
The
software is very clean and stable - no
frills but just clean and easy to use.
It is not a flashy poker room (although
every single banner they have flashes
and is annoying) the software is simple,
clean and efficient. It is easy to use
and easy to get the information you need.
It certainly doesn't offer the flashy
interface of FullTilt Poker but it is
similar to has undergone extensive upgrades
and the gameplay progresses much faster
now with a very clean, smooth and solid
running software.
They are constantly upgrading their
poker room client at 888.
All the right buttons are available
Like Check/Fold/Raise and they are in
the right places. It is similar to Paradise
Poker in style and layout. It's not
flashy like Fulltilt and Poker Room,
but it's actually a nice break not distracting
you from the poker essentials. The lobby
is very basic and not too informative,
this could use a little work in my opinion.
I'd like to see more table stats so
I can easier choose my table.
Reasonable traffic across all levels.
A lot of traffic at the Omaha tables
especially. Probably one of the most
active omaha sites online. Especially
if you are looking for games other than
no-limit cash games. . You can find
a game running twenty four seven. One
thing that was suprising was that they
do not offer any No Limit Ring Games.
They have plenty of no limit tournaments
and they all get solid traffic. They
have some very nice guaranteed tournaments
to choose from.
Game Stakes Offered at 888
Stakes range from 1c/2c up to $200/$400.
Casino Games like Craps, BlackJack,
Roulette, Video Slots, Video Poker as
well as online poker.
No Download Option - Mac Friendly
Option
888 Poker was a pioneer in the Macintosh
Friendly online poker room and they
offer a no download option so you can
play right from your internet browser.
The 888UK
Poker Open II is going to be an
awesome poker tournament! This is one
that I would love to play in. It's over
a million dollars and 1st place takes
home $500,000. There are satellites
online to qualify.
Overall, Pacific Poker is good, publicly
traded, online poker site with strong
financials, stable poker client software,
great instant deposit bonus and weak
competition.
