Smooth, reliable software.
Excellent VIP/loyalty program.
Wide variety of promotions including great deposit bonuses and multi table tournaments with big prize pools or entries to major events.
Cons
Action can be slow, especially during off-peak hours.
Sit and Go players might be disappointed with selection and frequency of games.
Everest Poker is quickly becoming one of the top poker rooms for international players. Not only do they offer services in over 20 languages, but players will be able to choose which currency they would like to use. Everest Poker offers a fully stocked tournament line-up including seats to live events. The poker room has been named the 2008 WSOP sponsor. Other features include; plenty of freerolls, guaranteed tournaments including a $100K and fast payouts.
Everest Poker bonuses are available for new and loyal players. Currently all new players who sign up using the bonus code (enter code here) will receive a 100% match up to $100. This bonus is cleared instantly meaning when you begin to earn Summit Points (frequent player points) and leave that table, your bonus will be credited to your account. This bonus is released at a rate of 1pt/$0.07 in bonus dollars awarded.
Like all poker rooms the competition will vary based on the level of game you are playing. At Everest Poker the micro games spreading up to the $3/$6 limits generally have a viewed flop percentage of 52% peaking as high as 57% while the higher limits is reduced to 35%. We recommend paying attention to lobby statistics and the tables if you will be playing higher limit games.
Everest Poker offers Texas Holdem and Omaha only. There are no other games available but in the same note they are not lacking in traffic either. In 2007 the poker room was ranked 6 th largest among all others. Beginners are welcome and with play money and real money tables available. The stakes start as low as $.02/$.04 and climb as high as the $25/$50. With the poker room's player base, you really shouldn't have any difficulties finding a game within your bankroll. Everest Poker takes a 5% rake from each pot capped at $3 per hand. The poker room supports the no flop no drop rule.
If you're a tournament player than we are sure you will find something in the line-up Everest has put together. The poker room always has a new promotion available typically packed with seats to land based events. The most popular promotion available is the “Everest Poker Avalanche Series” which provides players with the chance to win a seat to a live poker match consisting of 10 players and a $1,000,000 prize pool. They boast a great weekly line-up of guaranteed tournaments with a $100,000 GP available every Saturday, in addition to the daily freerolls for new depositing players. Other tournaments include the Chip and a Chair which is a $1 buy-in NL Holdem. Sit and Go tournaments are available as well as a tournament leaderboard featuring a high and low limit leader board.
The software is provided by Grand Virtual Technology and offers a stable and secure program backed by speed. Everest Poker does not incorporate some of the high tech features other rooms have included but you will find some great custom features available along with the staples we expect to see. Once you have downloaded and installed the software you will find the lobby to be very clear of any clutter and easy to use navigation system. All of your vital statistics such as the % of players playing the flop along with average pot size and hands per hour (+125) easily located within the lobby menu. Multi-table players will have the ability to play up to eight games at once with a resize tool to fit the games on one screen. In the lobby menu you will have custom options allowing you to choose your preferred seats, choice of coloured decks and if you need hand histories they will be available to download on to your hard drive. Overall it offers a solid poker room and we have found it to perform very well.
Everest Poker only provides email as their means of customer support. It is available 24/7 and response time is standard.
Current deposit options offered at Everest Poker include: NETeller, Visa, MasterCard, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, Paysafecard, bank draft, ECO Card and 1PAY.
