Welcome to Poker Paper's On-line Cardroom Review. With all of the on-line
options available, we have downloaded and installed all of the major operator's
software packages and provide you with a honest unbiased opinion of what is
available in the marketplace today. When deciding where to open an account
keep all of the factors in mind, including the all important bonuses.
For a quick review, have a look at our Comparison Table and if you want to
download the software or simply visit the web site, click on the links provided
below. Or if you are interested in a more detailed look at any of the cardrooms,
please read our detailed review by The PokerMD
Warren Karp.
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Comparison Table
Note on Bonuses: Keep in mind
that bonuses can be tough to compare because cardrooms offer different types
of deals. For example, some cardrooms may offer something like "$30
free on $30 deposit," and others may say "25% free on deposit
up to maximum of $50." If you plan to deposit $200, you'd be better
off in the second example, but if you plan to deposit less, you might be
better off in the first case. In any event, think of the bonus as just one
piece of your total decision. Also consider other important elements like
playing experience, number of active games, and betting limits. Also remember
that in order to be able to withdraw the bonus you need to play a number
of raked hands that equals at least five times the bonus amount (this is
a common online cardroom practice aimed at preventing players from signing
up and immediately withdrawing bonuses).
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| Empire Poker Lobby |
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| Empire Poker Table |
Empire Poker
Empire Poker is a different brand name that was created when
Party Poker partnered with another company to launch a poker room under a
new name. When you sign up at Empire Poker, you're essentially signing up
for Party Poker, and vice versa. You will play at all the same tables against
players who signed up at both Empire Poker and Party Poker. Empire Poker is
run by a different company and as the PokerMD says below, being a "skin"
of Party Poker, Empire has all of the action, but with more "perks"
for this reason it’s one of our favorite sites.
Bonus: First time Depositor 20% of deposit
to a maximum bonus of $100. Therefore, you max out the bonus if you deposit
$500. (Empire Poker offers one of the biggest bonuses in online poker.)
Loyalty Program: Empire Poker does not currently
run a Loyalty Program.
PokerMD Review: This site is a skin of Party
so the software issues are the same. Their management is different so you
may get better level-3 customer support. Their tournaments are sometimes an
overlay as their player base grows. Take advantage of this now before there’s
no longer an overlay.
They run their own separate promotions from Party and some of these are
to be rivaled in the industry. They also have a live support feature and the
deposit options are the same. This site now has a Poker School and special
incentives for high limit (VIP) players.
Empire is great at developing promotions that players want now, like tournaments
that award seats into the WSOP!
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| Party Poker Lobby |
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| Party Poker Table |
Party Poker
Unquestionably the largest and most popular poker room with
over 35,000 registered players. With savvy marketing, a solid playing experience,
constant tournament action, and excellent customer service, Party Poker has
earned its reputation as one of the top online poker rooms.
Bonus: First time Depositor 20% of deposit
to a maximum bonus of $100.
Loyalty Program: Party Poker does not currently
run a Loyalty Program.
* Party Poker is a charter member for the World
Poker Tour.
PokerMD Review: Party has the greatest number
of players by far and for it’s size you would think they have the best
software. This is not at all true. That being said it’s still the best
site to play on for live play, variety and worst players, and tournaments
for their size. They have multiple ways to deposit including their own service
and run great promotions.
Their customer service is lacking but they do have an online
live support feature that may come in handy. Unfortunately you may have to
use this service all too often.
Great promotion in the Party Poker Million, a once a year cruise
to the island of a million bucks!
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| PokerStars Lobby |
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| PokerStars Table |
Poker Stars
Pokerstars is very well known for their great tournament
software and it’s player friendly interface. In fact with their
picture option you can enter your own face! If you like tournaments than
you MUST sign up at Poker Stars.
Poker Stars has received a lot of notoriety when one of
their on-line players, Chris Moneymaker, won satellite tournaments at
Poker Stars to qualify for a seat at the World Series Of Poker. He won
both the title and the $2,500,000.
* Poker Stars now sponsors its own World
Poker Tour Event.
Bonus: Poker Room offers a deposit bonus
of 20%, up to a total of $100. However, in order to collect your bonus,
you must earn 10 player points per dollar of bonus. For example, to collect
$20 of your bonus, you must first earn 200 player points. Please read
about the Loyality Program (Below) on how the points are accumulated.
Loyalty Program: Players accumulate points
by playing in raked ring games, in multi-table tournaments, and in sit
& go tournaments that include a tournament fee. One (1) point is awarded
for playing in each raked game when the rake reaches:
$0.50 for fixed limit games with stakes $0.50/$1.00 and
lower
$0.75 for fixed limit games with stakes $1.00/$2.00
$1.00 for pot limit games, no limit games, and fixed limit games with
stakes $2/$4 and higher
Five (5) points are awarded for each $1 in a tournament
fee (rounded up) - for example, in a tournament with $20 buy-in and $2
tournament fee, each player will be awarded 10 FPPs. Another example is
a $5 buy-in Sit & Go tournament with $0.50 fee - 3 FPP will be awarded
to each player in this tournament.
These points are redeemable for special tournament buy-ins,
promotions, as well as various other prizes which will be announced from
time to time.
PokerMD Review: This is by far the best
tournament software in the industry and home of the World Championship
of Online Poker (WCOOP). The 11 events this year had a total prize pool
of over 2.7 million.
Their live action is nowhere near the competition as a
whole, but I really like the NL and PL games. This site also has the best
customer support in the industry. E/mails are returned in what seems like
minutes sometimes. Most outcomes are fairer than expected.
This is a site to be trusted. They just joined the WPT
and held their first event on a boat in the Caribbean. It was a great
success and will be repeated.
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| UltimateBet Lobby |
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| UltimateBet Table |
UltimateBet
Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and many other official Pros play
here "officially" and many others "unofficially".
They have a $5/$10 No Limit and a $25/$50 No Limit. The big game is watched
by many and played by most of the pro's online.
Bonus: As well as offering a 20% Match
Bonus for new players, UltimateBet also have regular freerolls, High Hand
Jackpots, and frequent player tourneys and prizes.
Loyality Program: UltimateBet has the Ultimate
Players Club. In our opnion one of the best loyality programs available
today. You are able to redeem your points for trips to Las Vegas and to
Tahiti. Freerolls, poker books and even a genuine Harley-Davidson FatBoy™.
You earn UltimatePoints for every minute of real money play, every raked
hand, bonus ponits on real money tournaments and for starting real money
games.
* Ultimate Bet is a charter member of the World
Poker Tour.
PokerMD Review: UltimateBet has one of
my favorite features on the Internet. their mini-view allows you to play
at four (4) tables at a time without a window ever covering the other.
As long as your playing Hold em, this is a great feature. This site also
has Triple Draw Lowball in both the A-5 versions and the 2-7 (Kansas City
Lowball) as well. Their tool bar version of the pre-set and betting buttons
are among the most user friendly in the industry. Play with newbie’s,
Pro’s and Me on this site.
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| Pacific Poker Lobby |
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| Pacific Poker Table |
Pacific Poker
Pacific Poker has a wide range of betting limits to accommodate low and high-stakes
players, a great reputation for reliability, a top-notch playing experience,
and some great technical features, including a no-download playing option.
Bonus: First time depositor 25% up to $50. Therefore,
you can max out the bonus by depositing $200 in your account.
Loyalty Program: Pacific Poker offers a simple but nice
loyalty program called the Player's Club. Whenever you play, you'll earn points
for each real money hand. Every $10 you bet becomes 1 bonus point, and every
100 bonus points can be converted into $1 of real cash for your account. Doing
the math, then, for every $1000 you bet, you get an extra $1 in your account.
So, nothing to get too excited about, but keep in mind that a casino's poker
rake isn't that high, so the loyalty-to-cash perks they can offer for poker
aren't as high as for other games.
PokerMD Review: This is a great site for beginners and those
who want to play with beginners. It’s not heavily attended and the games
go a bit slow, but if your looking to play with the “new to the game
crowd”, this is the site for you. This site is owned by 888 or better
known as Casino-on-net, the biggest online gaming company out there so reliability
and integrity are never in question. They offer all games and tournament,
but all in the LIMIT versions only.
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