Pacific Poker Review

Background

Pacific Poker is managed and owned by one of the largest online gambling websites, 888 Gaming. It is known for a constant flow of new players from its casino, providing ample opportunity for loose games.

Promotions & Bonuses

Pacific Poker has a signup bonus of 25% up to $100. There are regular free roll tournaments with money special promotions available. Player can also earn points that can be converted into money, good for higher limit players.

Competition & Traffic

Pacific Poker offers some of the loosest play going around. This means that with some skills, you can achieve nice winnings here. At the same time, it is forgiving to beginners, making it an ideal platform on which to gain invaluable experience. Highly recommended to a casual recreational player and it is very friendly to beginners.

Real-money player statistics at peak time indicate about 2000 ring-game players and about 7500 tournament players. These numbers are on the rise though as the room receives a lot of exposure through Casino-on-Net.

Software

Pacific Poker software offers good graphics and functionality. There is integrated casino and bingo play, replay of hands (useful for reviewing your play) and up to four tables can be tiled or cascaded at one time. Unfortunately there are still some bugs with the software and it can be slow at times and thelobby is not as user friendly as on some other sites. There is a Java version that does not require a download, so it can be played by Mac and Linux users as well.

Games Available

Pacific Poker offers Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha hi/lo, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud hi/lo. Most games are limit, although Texas Hold'em is offered in limit, no limit, pot limit and in tournaments.

Customer Support

Pacific Poker provides support via phone, live chat and e-mail. The e-mail response can be a bit slow, but the support staff is knowledgeable and it is of a good quality overall.