Texas Holdem Poker

	Basic Details
	Country of Origin	:	Gibraltar
	License	:	Gibraltar
	Year of Foundation	:	2002
	Software	:	888
	Size	:
	Audited By	:	PWC
	Language	:	English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Czech, Lithuanian, Latvian, Russian, Estonian
	Accepts USA Players	:	No
	Bonus	:	$400

Pacific Poker Review

Pacific Poker is a part of the 888 Holdings Network, the founder of the largest online gaming network, Casino-on-net. 888.com offers players a wide range of games that include Poker games, Casino Games, Bingo Games and Sports betting with all the games integrated for easy access from one site to the other.

The mixed community of players makes the games loose, providing a lot of excitement at the poker tables and more frequent chances of winning the pot. One can find some of the craziest bets on pots with more than 80% of flop percentages to be seen, giving you vast opportunities of making profits here.

Software:

After its recent makeover, the Pacific Poker website has some great features added to the previously dull and not so well functioning software. The lobby is now attractively designed and allows you to filter through the games with ease. This helps to narrow down your search to take you quickly to your desired game. The software itself has received a massive upgrade making it more functional and offering smooth playability.

The tables are large and organized while the cards are easily visible and clear. Customizable 3-D avatars have made a huge amount of difference as players can adjust the size of the window they wish to play at. Buttons are easy to maneuver and the 30-second timer keeps the games rolling at a steady pace.

Also available are turbo tables if you are interested in faster game play. The Pacific Poker software is offered in Java as well as downloadable versions. This allows Mac and Linux users to also enjoy the game, a feature not to be found at any other gaming site.

You can also view your hand histories through the graphic replay of the played hands. Pacific Poker also offers players a notes facility, an insight into the flop percentages and the average pot size are available too.

Games:

Games offered at Pacific Poker include the all-time favorite Texas Holdem in Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit, Omaha, Omaha High-Low, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud High-Low. Limits start as low as $0.05/$0.10 making it possible for micro players to attempt games as well. The limits can go up as high as $75/$150. The Fixed Limit games are considered a more lucrative option as the games here are loose and give players more chances of making profitable wagers.

Tournaments:

Pacific Poker offers various single table tournaments, multi table tournaments, satellite tournaments and sit and go tournaments with low buy-ins. Also there are the regular tournaments with guaranteed pool prizes and the competition is not very strong, making it easy for players to win the pot. The sit and go tournaments are generally 3 to 5 handed instead of the common 9 to 10 at the other poker playing websites.

Weekly tournaments are also available with freerolls that are especially on offer for new players to Pacific Poker. Each Sunday there is an assured event that many players look forward to. There is a lot to be made here provided you have the patience and can withstand the high rake applied by Pacific Poker on each pot.

Bonus/Promotions:

New players get a 100% sign up bonus of up to $400 when they open an account at Pacific Poker. However, this bonus can only be received if you can wager a minimum of 20 times the amount on live games. You have 30 days in which to clear this amount. There are no other bonuses on offer but Pacific Poker presents some good promotional offers.

Promotions include freeroll tournaments, bad beat jackpots and other jackpots that carry a luring amount of cash prizes. You can also earn Loyalty points for every raked hand that you play with $10 earning you one comp point. When you accumulate 100 points, $1 is credited into your account. You can gather these points and cash them later or use the funds for buy-ins to live tournaments.

Support:

The customer support team can be contacted via telephone from the provided toll free numbers for various countries. Apart from this you can contact them through email, live chat or look up the FAQ section for possible answers to your queries.

Payment Methods:

There are several ways in which you can deposit and withdraw money such as Neteller, Credit/Debit Cards, FirePay, Bank Wire and a few others. Withdrawals may take a little longer to cash.

	Basic Details
	Country of Origin	:	United Kingdom
	License	:	Malta
	Year of Foundation	:	2005
	Software	:	iPoker Network
	Language	:	English
	Bonus	:	100% Upto £100

Virgin Poker Review

Since its inception in the year 2005, Virgin Poker has come a long way to becoming one of the best gaming sites today. With its rewarding schemes and easy to play techniques, Virgin Poker has become a hot favorite with both amateurs as well as experienced players.

The web page is simple and easy to maneuver. You are offered a variety of games to choose from, which include Texas Hold’em, 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Stud, Omaha and Black Jack. You can also select the kind of tournament you would like to play.

A main attraction, is the V-points that Virgin Poker has to offer you. These V-points can be cashed in lieu of Virgin Products, Virgin Mobile top ups, Virgin air miles or instead to play more poker. Some other schemes are, giving away of exciting prizes such as, Virgin Wines, Virgin Vouchers and Virgin Experience Days to the lucky winners of Virgin Poker.

More so, Virgin Poker has a sign-up scheme which entitles you to many benefits. These are:

100€ Welcome Bonus:

This allows new players a full sign-up bonus of up to a €100., which means that if you make a deposit of €80, then Virgin Poker will add another €80 to your account and this will be released as real money in sums of €10 when you play at the table.

Virgin Loyalty:

If you introduce your friends to the game, Virgin Poker will reward you with an additional €25 for every friend referred. And as soon as your friend has played 500 raked hands, this payment will be released in to your account.

Final Table Return From A Live Event

Try and win a Virgin Poker satellite tournament which will entitle you to a live poker event, and if you are able to reach the final table, Virgin Poker will sponsor you for the event next year too. It will be an all expense paid trip including travel, accommodation and an entry to the live tournament.

Virgin Poker Points

These are redeemable Virgin Points which you can earn when you play a “raked hand” at a cash table or an MTT or STT. The higher the stakes the more you will be able to earn as V*POINTS. A V*POINT can be earned by all the poker players whether they be big-time or small gamblers.

Virgin Rake

This is a new scheme, where Virgin Poker is dishing out an additional 5000 bonus points for those who rake in the most money. However this is only for Virgin Poker players.

Virgin Free roll

For those who are new to the game and need some practice, there is a €35 free roll, absolutely free!

This free roll begins at 18:30 GMT everyday for which you have to register after which you can click on the free roll option and see it roll in front of your eyes.

Apart from this you can also earn a 25,000 V*Points free roll on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays.

Final Table Free roll

By making three consecutive final tables, you can qualify for a seat at the special €15,000 final table. All those who qualify will win money while the winner gets €3,500.

Virgin Poker Tournaments

Tournaments include, WPT qualifiers, EPT qualifiers, daily $50 free roll, 100,000 V POINTS free roll along with a cheap stakes tournament with an entry fee of only 10c.

When the bubble starts to roll around, the nerves start to settle in, especially in a larger poker tournament. You have been playing for hours and you sure don’t want to walk away with nothing. Now look around the room and see how many other stacks are being held onto with white knuckles and you will quickly realize that this is the time to make your move.

In order to make this work, you are going to have to have a table with some short stacks on it and you are going to have to be in position on them. If you are, you can turn up the heat and really increase the size of your stack during a period when most players tighten up.

The ideal situation will have a few stacks shorter than yours after you when you have the button or are on the cutoff. You want to be able to go hyper aggressive on these guys and not be in a position to be knocked out of the tournament if you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar. While you cannot push without a hand, anytime you see decent cards, you are going to want to put pressure on the smaller stacks and force them to either fold or put their stack in the middle.

You are obviously not going to have perfect hands every time, but suited connectors and just about any A will do in this situation. You don’t have to have the best cards to put your money in the middle, but they do. If they have been playing tentatively this point, what makes you think they are going to change with money on the line?

They won’t! If they have allowed themselves to get that low on chips and hung around this long, they are not all of a sudden going to turn into a kamikaze when they have a shot at getting their entry fee and a little bit of profit back. Are you going to get called at times, absolutely, but as long as you are not putting more than 30-40% of your stack at stake, the risk is worth the reward.

On the occasions that you do get caught, you can back off again and wait out the bubble. The more hands you win, the more aggressive you should get. This is a great time in the tournament for big and medium stacks to absolutely take over and build their stacks for a run at the final table. This situation may not come up very often, but when it does, you have to take advantage of it and make as much as you can before play loosens up when that bubble is broken and everyone is back in the money.