Pacific Poker

Pacific Poker is part of the 888 Holdings group, the company behind the world's largest online casino. As you can imagine, this means a lot of wild casino customers at the poker tables. Combined with lots of promotions, that also means a lot of Texas Hold'em players come to Pacific Poker for juicy high-action tables and good bonuses.

The No-Limit and Pot-Limit cash games are strongly recommended for players looking to make a profit. Viewed-flop percentages are often in the high 50s and 60s - sometimes even up in the 70s - which is pretty ludicrous. No-Limit games are easilyamong the juiciest and loosest online.

The upgraded Pacific Poker software offers players a lot: great graphics and functionality, improved search functions and layout, nice looking 3-D avatars, integrated casino and bingo play, an always-visible cashier and improved multi-tabling abilities - up to 16 tables can now be tiled or cascaded at one time (8 cash and 8 tourneys).

Other nice functions that stand out are the password-protected SNGs and the hand histories, which now support writing on your hard drive and importing to the major hand analysis software tools.

Pacific Poker has also introduced a no-download client for Mac and Linux users. The new software is very sleek and competent and offers most of the functionality of the download version, although some 3D functionality and a few cosmetic features have been left out to keep the client light and quick.

All variations of Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo are available. Real-money player statistics as of February 2010 show 2000 ring-game players at peak hours and 8000 tournament players at peak hours.

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Bonus Code and Promotions (9)

All players who sign up via Pokerlistings link are eligible for an exclusive $$400.00 bonus at
125% match.

Pacific Poker bonus code for PokerListings players: No code required - just sign up through PL link.

Bonus Payout: Players receive up to $200 at 50% match as an instant bonus immediately credited to their account. An additional 75% up to $300 is a pending bonus released in a lump sum once cleared. The pending bonus is released when the player has collected 10 bonus points per every $1. Clearing period is 30 days from first deposit.

Loyalty Program/Promotions

As of June 2009, Pacific Poker has a brand new rewards program for its players that is one of the most lucrative online. As soon as you become a real-money player, you're automatically part of the rewards program and your points start building with your first pocket cards.

As you play you collect both Status Points and Reward Points. The higher your status, the more Reward Points you get. Reward points can then be exchanged for real cash, tournament entries, merchandise and more.

Pacific Poker also offers reload bonuses roughly every other month. The bonuses are usually very good with a 50% deposit match up to $300-$500.  Players can also earn a $50 bonus for each referred friend while the referred player receives $25.

Exclusive Offers for PokerListings players:

Monthly $1,000 freerolls $1k cash freerolls for PokerListings players. Feb 7 & Mar 7; Qualify with 100 points in previous month.

Weekly $500 freerolls Weekly $500 freerolls for new players every Tues. Just deposit and play.

> Sign up through a PokerListings link and receive a $500 bonus at 125% deposit match

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Tournaments and Freerolls (9)

Pacific Poker has a nice variety of tournaments, with buy-ins from $1 up to a few hundred. Tournaments are busy, fast and very loose with play at any level among the loosest and juiciest out there. Even the bigger buy-in tournaments offer relatively loose play.

Aside from its crazy loose play, Pacific Poker is also known for its Daily Challenge series. Buy-ins range from the $12+$1.20 rebuy ($10k guarantee) on Thursdays to the flagship $75+$5 ($50k guarantee) on Saturdays to the $100+$9 High Rollers event on Tuesdays ($10k guarantee).

All tournaments draw a very solid amount of players - the $30+$3 Deep Stack on Fridays ($15k guarantee, 5,000 starting chips) in particular offers great value and play. Also drawing a lot of traffic are the frequent qualifiers to big live and online poker events like the European Poker Tour, Aussie Millions and Irish Open.

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Software and Graphics (8)

The Pacific Poker software is privately owned and developed and shares no player base outside the 888 network. The software has been through several updates since the site launched, but in May 2007 and again in early '08 it underwent some significant changes.

The previously ok software is now a veritable monster, offering great search functions, 3-D avatars, mini-view functions for multi-tabling, instant access to the cashier, bingo and casino games and a vastly improved look and feel.

Among the new features: Three table views to choose from, six action buttons in every view, info boxes right at the table during tournaments showing key stats like players remaining and stack sizes and a new unique sit-and-go tab.

Pacific Poker has also added a no-download client with the same basic functionality as the download client although some 3D graphics and a few cosmetic features have been left out.

The latest version of Pacific Poker's software also supports play at 16 tables simultaneously with smart functionality for turning off chat massages, changing your table view and in tournaments a player can view the tournament stats without leaving the table.

Other smart additions are the "confirm all-in" feature, chat callouts right at the table and an action hand replay. For a free and direct Pacific Poker download, click the download link above.

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Soft Competition (9)

Pacific Poker has some of the juiciest games online. However, the viewed-flop percentages at $15/$30 tables have dropped to about 65-70% (at best) from a previously whopping 85%.

Thanks to Casino-on-Net's operations, there are many less-experienced poker players often with a sweet tooth for gambling. At peak hours, you typically find one or two full-ring games (10 players) with a viewed-flop percentage in the 50s or 60s. If you are looking to make a profit, the Omaha Hi-Lo tables are very good as well.

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Support (9)

The support at Pacific Poker is very good, with knowledgeable and friendly staff that provide e-mail, live chat and phone support.

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Deposit Withdrawal Options (9)

Deposit Options: VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard, Diners Club, Solo, laser Debit Cards, Maestro, Bank transfer, Boleto, Deposito Refrenciado, European checks, E-checks, PayPoint Invoice, Wire transfers, Commerzbank OnlineBanking Web, Deutsche bank 24 Direct Debit, Dresdner bank InternetBanking, ELBA, Direct Debit, eNETS, hansabank, Neteller, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy, ACTeCASH, Moneybookers, ukash, bank transfer, PaysafeCard, EntroPay, PayPoint, Dankort debit card (Denmark), Nordea online bank account (Sweden/Finland), Paypal (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and UK).

Withdrawal Options: Visa, Mastercard, Debit Cards, Neteller, Moneybookers, PayPal, wire transfer (direct bank account transfer) and bank draft (cashier's check). Withdrawals are held for three days before processing.

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