$500 dollar first deposit bonus.
$200 dollar no deposit monthly bonus.
Excellent high stakes game selection.
Cons
Sometimes limited game choice for fixed limit games or lower limits.
Seven Card Stud and Omaha are limited in both game selection and action.
Cumbersome and sometimes slow deposit and cashout options.
Poker Plex is a Cryptologic poker room which means they are not available to US players. The poker room features over $4 million dollars in guarantees tournaments each month as well as the ability to win seats to live events through weekly qualifiers and satellites. Poker Plex is licensed in Malta with top level security available for players. They are currently running two big promotions in addition to their sign up bonus, featuring a massive $300K WSOP Freeroll as well as seats to the Caribbean Poker Classic. In addition to all of this they also offer one of the best player reward programs `Poker Plex Hardcore Club` which gives away multiple prizes including seats to the WSOP just for being a loyal player.
Poker Plex is currently offering a 100% match deposit bonus up to $500 for all new players. This bonus is divided into two parts with the first offer a match up to $200. The bonus is deposited into your Poker Plex account in $10 increments once you have earned the required amount of frequent player points. After you have cleared this bonus you can earn the additional $300 by accumulating a total of 5,000 points within the first 30 days of your initial deposit. Players will also receive additional re-load offers monthly in addition to entry to new player freerolls.
The competition in this room varies from your typical beginners which are typically found at the low limit tables, right up to some very skilled opponents in higher limits. Overall, the room presents and average viewed flop percentage of 55% with most low limit stakes providing plenty of action.
The table games are quite active throughout most of the day with Texas Holdem, Omaha , Omaha Hi Lo, 7 Card Stud Fixed with No Limit, Pot Limit and Fixed Limit supported. These games do dip in volume once the peak hours are over but players shouldn't have too many problems finding Holdem tables running. The player base is continuing to grow and at the moment we found over 2,100 real money players during active hours. Poker Plex takes a 5% rake with a no flop no drop rule in place.
Poker Plex offers a decent tournament line-up and is currently running a great promotion for the 2008 WSOP by offering a $300K WSOP Freeroll. To enter you must become a real money player and simply earn the required amount of comp points. Once you have done this you will gain access to the weekly qualifier which is awarding seats to this huge event. Poker Plex will be sending 100 players to this year's event via this freeroll. The regular tournament schedule also features re-buys, freezeouts and guarantees with tournaments starting as low as $1 and increasing from there. Sit and Go tournaments are available, but we found a significant wait time for a game to fill and start. All of the tournaments supported at Poker Plex are formatted for Texas Holdem.
Poker Plex is using Cryptologic software and although it performs well in terms of speed and functions it doesn't offer anything over the top like some rooms. Players will have access to hand histories as well as in lobby stats showing the average pot size, hands per hour, and % of players seeing a flop. All of your betting options are clearly marked as is the games so navigating and playing is very simple. The graphics could use an update but at least they don't make your games lag. Multi-tabling is available for up to four games at once with resizing tools, full view mode and cascading tiles available. Multi-currency play is available, so if you prefer to play poker in Euros or Pounds this is an option. Overall they offer a quality product.
Support is excellent with quick response times and efficient staff. If you do need to contact Poker Plex you can use the live chat feature or send them an email. Response times are always down to a minimal but if you do send them an email, please wait a few hours for a response.
