Pokerroom.com Review

PokerRoom.com has made giant strides in the past two years and has now entrenched itself as one of the best online poker rooms. Poker Room has by far the best no-download poker software in the industry. The graphics in both the download and non-download version in our opinion is the best there is by a long margin. Poker Room is continuously being updated with new features and usability is constantly being improved (not that it is required).

PokerRoom.com used to have most of its players in the Hold`em and tournament games but this is gradually changing as the traffic has grown. Poker Room now boasts over 5 million registered members.

I personally started playing at PokerRoom.com recently and have found that the more I am getting into this poker room, the less I am enjoying other poker rooms. The graphics is simply excellent and navigation is intuitive. I play a variety of games have found very short wait times. I also find the action to be very soft right up to $5/$10 NL Hold`em levels. I love the community features in the "Pokah!" section. This is probably one of the most active online poker communities in the world.

I would also recommend PokerRoom.com to novice poker players. The reason for this is they have some cool structured promotions aimed at new players, and some really good beginner tournaments. They cater for all types of players, up to professional levels. Poker Room has also just launched a mobile poker room.

PokerRoom.com has some amazing bonuses and promotions:

• 0% bonus up to $100
• Free $2 ticket to "Shark Cage" beginner`s tournament
• $5000 prize pool and WSOP seat in "Ace of Aces" tournament
• Play for a chance to win a $240,000 sponsorship to become a poker pro
• WPT qualifiers
• Too many guaranteed tournaments to mention

Loyalty Scheme:

• Player points are earned on all play and can be traded for cash bonuses

Rake:
The rake was recently adjusted and is now on par with industry average.

Traffic Volume and Activity:
January 2005 at peak hours - Real money ring games up to 3000, tournament players up to 11,000.

Software Features:
The software is awesome. I`m not going to say much more, check it out. The Pokah! community has great features like message boards and groups, where you can sign up to an interest group and play with the same people regularly. There are tons of very useful content and articles being posted daily. Great stats features to track your own play.

Games Supported And Limits:
Traffic is very concentrated on Texas Hold`em. There are pot and no limit games as well as Omaha and seven-card stud (Hi and Hi-Lo) There is a No Limit Omaha version as well). Five Card Draw his also available. New Chinese Poker (Arrange 13 cards into 3 different poker hands).

Deposit And Withdrawal Options:
Money bookers, PrepaidATM, Firepay, Neteller, Click2Pay, Delta, Solo, Switch, Visa, Mastercard and more

Player Skill Level:
Competition up to $5/$10 NL Hold`Em is relatively soft in comparison to other poker rooms. I have also found that up to $20 Sit& Go`s the action is reasonably soft. In speaking to some friends, up to the $200 Sit&Go level is also apparently quite soft.

Player Services:
Customer service around the clock, although I have had no reason to really contact them, and I have cashed out more than once.

Downside:
You have to enter the table screen to view vital statistics like view flop % etc.
We find faults with very little else