OverviewPokerroom.com is the result of what happens when a company gets all the right people together. It boasts cutting edge graphics, a solida and reliable poker client, and tbest of all is that the competition is pretty soft. Go fish! Another great feature of Poker Room is that they have a Java version of their software which works as a non download game that also works on Apple Macs.
Bonuses
Use this special link to Poker Room to get 50% of your first deposit (up to $200 bonus.) Poker Room sent us this special link for PokerTips.org users. If you do not use a link from this site, your bonus may be as low as 20% up to $100.
Promotions
Poker Room has a lot of interesting promotions, and they add new ones fairly often. Visit their website to see the latest details about all available promos.
Their most famous promotion is their $5 Million Guaranteed tournament. This is an online tournament with a $5000+$20 buy-in that will take place November 4, 2006. The final 45 players will play live in Barcelona, with a first place prize of at least $1 million.
This $5 million guaranteed is similar to another promotion they have ran for awhile, their “Grand Tournaments.” These are $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em events. There is no entry fee to this tournament (Poker Room will not charge an extra fee in addition to the buy-in like most poker rooms do). For most tournaments that have a $1,000 buy-in, the poker room charges about a $60 entry.
PokerRoom has a lot of smaller promotions as well. They have a player points system where players can enter freerolls and other tournaments by earning player points. They also have a lot of unique tournament structures available to players. For example, they have a “Cannonball” tournament, which is a tournament that starts off as a turbo tournament but the later stages are ran at a normal pace.
Cashouts
PokerRoom is pretty good about cashouts. Request a cashout to Neteller and you have it the next business day.
Competition
The competition at PokerRoom is about average. Some of the games are fairly loose-passive, but there are also a lot of rocks on this site. No-limit games tend to be a little easier than the limit games on average.
Game Information
The site displays the flop % and average pot size which is very nice. This allows you to tell quickly how loose/aggressive a table is.
Customer Service
Poker Room has both email and phone support. The phone support is among the best I’ve seen. The operators are very succinct and knowledgable. Most of their customer service is dealt through email. Unfortunately, they sometimes take a frustratingly long time to answer emails and do not always answer your question directly.
Ring Games offered
Texas Holdem, Omaha hi-lo, Omaha, 7-stud, 7-stud hi-lo, 5 card draw
Ring Games stakes
Fixed Limit: $.15-$.30, $.25-$.50, $.50-$1, $1-2, $2-4, $3-6, $5-10, $10-20, $25-50, $50-$100 , $250-$500, $500-$1000
Pot Limit/No Limit: $.05-$.10, $.10-$.25, $.25-$.50, $.50-1, $1-2, $2-$5, $5-$10, $10-$25, $25-$50, $50-$100
Tournaments offered
Texas Holdem, Omaha hi-lo, Omaha, 7-stud, 5 card draw
Tournaments buy-ins
Single: $5 up to $500
Multi: $5 up to $1000
Deposting options
Minimum Deposit: $10
