Pacific Poker is one of Europe 's top poker rooms and owned by the 888 gaming group. They offer some of the fastest poker tournaments available online in addition to seats to live events across Europe . Pacific Poker is available in a Mac friendly version with an instant play client along with various languages. They are licensed and regulated by eCogra and the government of Gibraltar with a certified and tested RNG. Pacific Poker does not accept players from the US . Other features include an in house casino, easy to clear signup bonus and a bad beat jackpot.
The bonus available at Pacific Poker is very easy to clear and most players can do so within a few sessions. Currently they are offering a 25% match up to $50 with a 20x rollover rate to unlock it. What this means is you must wager your bonus 20 x the amount awarded before you will receive it.
The level of competition in this room is fairly weak especially in the tournament department since Pacific offers some high action turbo games. You will also notice a considerable amount of weak players in the cash games which is attributed to the attached casino. The % of players who see the flop can reach as high as 60%.
Ring games are available in your standard variations, with Pacific Poker supporting; Texas Holdem, Omaha , Omaha Hi Lo, and Stud. The room is consistently busy throughout the day even with the loss of US players they are still able to attract well over 8,000 real money player making most stakes action packed at all times. The majority of players who do play cash games are found at the Holdem tables and Omaha Hi Lo. The room caters to low to medium stake players with micro limits starting at $0.02/$0.04 and increasing as high as $25/$50. Pacific Poker takes a 5% rake and will never exceed $3 per hand.
The tournaments here are some of the fastest online with speed tournaments available in not only sit and go format but regular scheduled events. Pacific Poker also supports freezeouts, guarantees, re-buys and satellites to live events. Freerolls are available daily for new depositing players and loyal players. All of the tournaments are supported in Texas Holdem with buyins starting as low as $1 and extending up to a few hundred. The largest guaranteed tournaments available at Pacific are the $50,000 daily with qualifiers and satellites available for as little as your frequent player points. Sit and Go tournaments are very popular reducing the amount of time needed for a game to fill. During any of reviews of the room we have never had to wait more than a couple of minutes for a game to begin and the room features step tournaments giving you more value for your money.
The poker room went through a big overhaul in software within the last year updating not just the platform but graphics as well. The poker room now offers 3 dimensional avatars which are not only clean but created with high resolution graphics adding to the quality. You will have access to all of your vital statistics, both in the lobby and at the tables. The lobby supplies you with the average pot size, hands per hour, average chip stack and % of players who view the flop. Your game stats are available at the tables along with an instant replay feature. This option will allow you to review the previous hand played in full animation. You will also be able to download your hand history if you need further statistics. Other options available include; multi-tabling, four colour decks, speed controls, dealer voice and player search tools.
Pacific Poker support is available through email, live chat and phone. All of these methods are answered quickly. If you choose to use the toll free number to contact the company you may want to check the Pacific Poker website since they offer various numbers depending on the country you are calling from.
