Sun Poker
Why Play at Sun Poker?
- Exclusive $250 first deposit bonus at 100% match, only for Pokerlistings players
- Monthly $100 loyalty bonus
- Multi-currency play
Screenshots
Score
- Software & Graphics
- 7
- Ring Game Traffic
- 7
- Tournament Traffic
- 7
- Rake
- 5
- Soft Competition
- 6
- Game Variety
- 5
- Sign-Up Bonus
- 6
- Loyalty Bonus
- 5
- Promotions
- 6
- Support
- 7
- Financial Security
- 7
- Deposit & Withdrawal
- 7
Game Selection / Volume
- Cash Game
- 1,500
- Player Volume Peak
- 9,500
- Tournament Volume
- 8,000
- Tournaments
- 8,000
- 7 Card Stud Hi
- 80
- Heads-Up Poker
- 190
- Omaha
- 170
- Limit Texas Hold'em
- 400
- Omaha Hi-Lo
- 50
- Texas Holdem
- 1,400
- Omaha Hi
- 120
- No-limit Texas Hold'em
- 1,000
- 7 Card Stud
- 80
Support Quality
- 24/7 Support
- Yes
- Web site FAQ
- Yes
- E-Mail Confirmation
- No
- Speed
- Very fast
- Knowledge
Support
The support at Sun Poker is quite fast and of good quality. Sun Poker offers telephone, chat and email support. The support staff is knowledgeable and friendly.
Full Review
Sun Poker uses CryptoLogic's platform with its shared player base. The games are on the looser end today, so if you are looking for soft games, this is a good place to choose. The network and player base was growing at a very high rate in 2004 and 2005, but took a dive with the U.S. player ban. It is still, however, among the top 10 in the business.
The software has good functionality and the lobby got a well-deserved makeover in 2006, giving it a cleaner and more usable look. The monthly reload bonus of $100 is awarded after a new deposit of $100. For release, the bonus requires 500 raked hands to be played, which typically takes about 25 hours at one single table. There is also an open proposition player program where you are paid to start up new games or play in short-handed games.
The games offered at Sun Poker are Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo. The games vary between No-Limit, Pot-Limit, and Fixed-Limit. Full-table games, short-handed and heads-up tables are all available. Real-money player statistics as of May 2012 show 1500 ring-game players at peak hours and 8000 tournament players at peak hours.
Overall, Sun Poker offers some of the looser games online and software that plays well. The software is updated frequently to ensure safety and stability with little downtime as a result.
Reviewed by: Pokerlistings
Bonus Code and Promotions
sign-up bonus
At 100%
Promotions Summary
Sun Poker offers nice promotions, including the open proposition player program for all real-money players, where the player gets $10-$30 pro rata (i.e. $1-$3 per six minutes) for any amount of time playing at a specified table. Each specified table only pays the player for a maximum of two hours ($20-$60). There is also a progressive bad beat jackpot and a royal flush jackpot through which players can add to their bankroll.
Reload Bonus
Sun Poker offer monthly reload bonuses to all players. The bonuses are very nice and give up to a $100 bonus at 100% match on all deposits over $20.
Loyalty Bonus
Sun Poker do offer a loyalty system, and all new players start with 50 points. The points can be used in tournaments with real cash prizes. You will accumulate Sun Poker poker points by playing in a raked pot in ring games, in tournaments, and by overall time spent playing. Points are awarded ranging from a maximum of one point, when $1-$3 was paid in rake, to a minimum of 0.10 points when $0.05-$0.20 was paid.
For tournaments, you will accumulate Sun Poker poker points for every $1 in fees paid in tournaments you enter. Six points are awarded for every $1, so you will get 30 Sun Poker poker points for entering a tournament with an entry of $50+$5 (buy-in fee). The player points can then be used to purchase items in the loyalty store or be converted into tournament buy-ins.
Sun Poker also offer a refer-a-friend scheme where the player easily can earn $25 for each friend he refers to Sun Poker.
Sign-up Bonus
Receive a massive $250 bonus when signing-up via Pokerlistings. The bonus consists of up to $100 at 100% match on first deposit, which is released after 500 player points, and an additional $150 released after the player reaches 2,000 total player points.
As a added bonus Sun Poker is now offering Pokerlistings players an exclusive monster freeroll, called the "Sky's the Limit Freeroll." It's for all Pokerlistings players who earn 1,000 MPPs at SunPoker.com before April 30th. For every 10 people in the field, $1,000 will be added to the prize pool, with NO MAXIMUM on the final total!
Bonus Payout
Bonuses at Sun Poker usually clear at a rate of $1 per five player points earned. The Pokerlistings specific bonuses clear at the following rates: the 100% match up to $100 on first deposit is released after 500 player points, and the added $150 after an additional 1500 player points, making the maximum bonus a whopping $250 released after 2,000 total player points.
> Sign up through a PokerListings link and receive a $250 bonus at 100% deposit match
Bonus Details
| Max Bonus | $250 |
| Regular Bonus | $100 |
| Match Bonus | 100% |
| Refer a Friend Bonus | $25 |
Tournaments and Freerolls
Tournament Traffic
Real-money player statistics at Sun Poker show 8000 real-money tournament players at peak hours, as of May 2012.
Tournaments
Sun Poker hosts many tournaments with buy-ins as small as $3 and some higher buy-in events reaching into the hundreds of dollars. The tournaments are fairly well populated, relatively slow and quite loose. Play at most levels is on par with the standard for the industry, although some of the smaller buy in tournaments can be very loose. Sun Poker offers guaranteed tournaments with prize pools between $5,000 and $25,000 which draw a large number of players. Besides the guaranteed tournaments, Sun Poker also offers plenty of qualifiers at all levels for big live and online poker events such as the European Poker Tour.
Software and Graphics
Software summary
Sun Poker runs on software developed by Cryptologic and shares players with other poker sites on the Cryptologic network. The software is a full-feature software and has pretty much all the functionality that players have gotten used to in online poker software - it runs fast and smooth, with good playability. The software allows for taking notes on the opposition during play and the lobby supplies vital table statistics like the viewed-flop percentage, average pot, and hands played per hour. The software also offers graphic display of the latest hands played and hand histories are available on request. In addition Sun Poker is one of few major poker rooms to offer multi-currency deposit and play. The Sun Poker software supports play at six tables simultaneously and multi-table play runs smoothly. The software is updated somewhat regularly with some downtime as a result.
Statistics
The data and statistics functions in Sun Poker's software allow you to take notes on your opposition during play, and the lobby supplies vital table statistics like viewed-flop percentage, average pot size, seated-player's stack size and hands played per hour. Players can see the most recent hand in a graphic interface right at the table; complete hand histories are also available by request. The hand histories are relatively easy to work with, even though the ones received by request tend to be a little harder to analyze.
Multi-Table
The latest version of Sun Poker's software supports play at six tables simultaneously. Multi-table play usually runs smoothly, but some disconnect problems have been reported when playing several tables at Sun Poker. Sun Poker isn't suited for multi-table play; although the tables are relatively clean, the software is somewhat slow, which does not work well together with the relatively short time limits that players have to act. The tables are also a fixed size and there is no mini view or other multi-table special function.
Graphics
The graphics of the Sun Poker software are clean and crisp, and recently the lobby has gotten a well-deserved facelift making it easier to navigate. Sun Poker does not support avatars or special color schemes, something that keeps the software very clear and easy to understand. The table functions are easy to learn and well-oriented on the table's classic green felt.
Special Features
The Sun Poker software offers the basic features and sports some innovative ones. Sun Poker offers a proposition play program where players can earn money when competing at tables appointed by the software. There is also the option of not showing the player location, something that some players really appreciate. Sun Poker is also one of few sites that not only offers deposit and withdrawal in different currencies but play in different currencies as well to accommodate customers from all over the world.
Soft Competition
Hits and Misses
Hits
- Loose and juicy games
- The "One Sick Promo" promotion, awarding players amazing prizes
Misses
- Greatest traffic only during European peak hours
Info
- Name
- Sun Poker
- Web site
- www.sunpoker.com
- Established
- 0
- Country
- Curacao
- Auditor
- PWC
- Network
- Cryptologic
- Size
- 7.5 MB
- support@sunpoker.com
- Telephone
- 1-888-477-2239
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