Reviewed Poker Rooms
When you first consider playing at a poker room, you are going to ask yourself a few questions. Which poker room should I choose to play at? What network does the room belong to, and how many players do they have at peak hour? Will they pay me when I choose to cash in?
I have made your choices a bit easier by actually playing at a number of poker rooms for you. Any room in the list below has been personally visited and played at by me. I have reviewed each poker room individually, and only quality rooms are listed here. If you are looking to start playing poker online, any of these places would be an excellent starting point.
Signup Bonus: $200 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 6000
Like most poker rooms in the Prima Poker Network, PokerTime is full of satisfying as well as frustrating qualities. Not with the best will in the world could the software be described as world class. Luckily neither could the players at the site. What we do like, however, is their "Big Stack... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $500 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 1100
You are greeted by live support as soon as you log in the first time. They can assist in any way and perhaps you will be enticed by an extra $10 by depositing right away. Otherwise our special deal with a $500 signup bonus and a monthly reload bonus should do the trick! Or perhaps you have your... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $240 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 4200
66Poker likes good poker. They have their own professional poker team which performs well. 66Poker also awards good play at the site, monthly with cash and periodically with trips to the big tournaments. 66Poker lives up to their motto of being: “The players’ site”. Everything promotes good poker,... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $750 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 2800
Absolute Poker is a well-organized poker room where the players particularly enjoy short handed ring games and tournaments. In the tournament area, the good selection of sit&go's deserves a special mention.
Absolute Pokers own objective is "To continue to be the best and most trusted." We feel... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (20%)
Players at peak hour: 8500
PokerRoom is the number one choice amongst the no-download poker rooms. The first pick is based on good trafic at good games in a creative poker room. PokerRoom is a leader. They were the first site to offer Java based software, making download non-essential. They were also first to include... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (50%)
Players at peak hour: 1100
Noble Poker is a solid poker room. There is no aristocratic perspective, rather a noble-minded approach to the game of poker. Still Noble Poker do their best to look like the king of poker, they do alright, at least resembling a prince. The interface is top-class. The promotions are both... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $200 (50%)
Players at peak hour: 1100
Fair Poker is a steady and interesting room in the iPoker Network. The interface is smooth and good looking. The signup bonus is good, often better than other room’s huge size bonus when the small print is taken into account. Furthermore the competition is soft.
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Signup Bonus: $100 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 900
If you did not know anything about the online poker world, wouldn't you guess that Poker.com would be a good place to start? In fact, it is a good place to start. Poker.com combines the advantages of a new poker room with some of the most important benefits of a more established room. The software... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 6000
Royal Vegas Poker is an intriguing name for a poker room. Although there is no royalty in Las Vegas, perhaps the name can be viewed as the kind of eclectic kitsch only possible in Vegas. The online poker room it self is a mish mash of good and bad. There is no royal treatment in a noble flawless... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $150 (30%)
Players at peak hour: 35000
Party poker is the biggest poker room out there. More and more players sign up each day. Many players begin their online poker career at Party Poker. This means a lot of things for you as a player. You will never have any problems with finding a game. You will also be able to find games with lots... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $600 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 2900
Here is a poker room that may appear to be on tilt. Please forgive the pun, but Full Tilt Poker is a stand alone poker room that has chosen its own route. They have gained far stretching endorsements from many top poker pros. Their signup bonus is huge. The software is one of a kind.
However,... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $50 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 4500
“Every day is a nice day to play.” That is the motto of Sun Poker. It is true, it is easy to enjoy your poker here. Recurring bonuses at a poker room with a good range of games and soft competition has that effect.
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Signup Bonus: $200 (50%)
Players at peak hour: 1100
Poker Ocean offers weaker than average competition and monthly reload bonuses. Poker Ocean strives to be the next big wave within the iPoker Network. The first wave is the $200 signup bonus and the surge is the $100 at a 100% match reload bonus which rolls in every month. The software fairly well... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $120 (50%)
Players at peak hour: 4200
It is Stingbet, not string bet. StingBet does not care for such. StingBet stands for good honest poker. The games, the software and the bonuses, everything stimulates good poker. The gaming variation is the best in the world – with three stud variations not found anywhere else. The software is hi... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 7200
Paradise Poker has been around. They have always been alive and well, now they have also started kicking again. Paradise was one of the revolutionaries and went online in 1999. They weren’t first but they were first to make it big. They remained the biggest site until Party Poker surpassed them... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 4500
Inter Poker might be too big already in order to be able to call them "up and coming". Their rapid growth and insolent, immoderate behavior warrants some kind of cheeky remark though.
Inter Poker has been online since 2001 and it is managed by the world's second largest casino, Inter Casino, so... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $600 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 4200
Royal Card Room focuses on a really good poker experience. Royal Card Room also wants you to get an opportunity to beat all the Europeans. RoyalCardRoom is part of the B2B network which is a strong European network. The software is high tech with loads of smart features. The software is geared to... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $600 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 700
Bugsys Club is a fairly new and small poker room. It has many – but far from all – of the drawbacks associated with a smaller poker room. This stand alone poker room has a spin to it which if not compensates for their size, at least balances or offsets the consequences. Bugsy’s Club is the third... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (25%)
Players at peak hour: 7500
Pacific Poker is one of a kind. What you get here can hardly be compared with any other poker room.
Pacific Poker is the sister site of Casino-on-Net which is one of the world's most prominent casinos. This means Pacific Poker is a serious player and that a lot of gamblers with less poker... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $650 (100%)
Players at peak hour: 7000
UltimateBet has taken the long road to success. Not in the sense that they have walked a long and winding road, no rather that they have set far reaching goals. They are not shy about promotions but the large traffic has mainly been attracted by the pure, yet broad, gaming experience. The good... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $999 (10%)
Players at peak hour: 2000
Bodog has the gentleman’s approach to gambling. They cater their players’ natural needs and offer a straight forward gaming experience. Amongst men of honor, incomplete choices or hassles with banking are unknown peculiarities.
Bodog Poker is rather new to the poker scene. The poker site was... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (25%)
Players at peak hour: 5300
Perhaps Ladbrokes Poker always was destined for success as the first leading European sports book to enter the poker market. The card room does not take US players for legal reasons. Even without this huge market they have managed to become a big player. Big sponsor deals and other activities have... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $100 (25%)
Players at peak hour: 3200
Golden Palace Poker is well known for their creative and effective publicity stunts. The poker room is colored by creative refreshing design. The poker players in the room are creative too, in most instances too creative for their own good.
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Signup Bonus: $0 (0%)
Players at peak hour: 30000
Poker Stars has resolutely taken a fight with Party Poker. Poker Stars wants to be the best. Currently, Poker Stars is the leader in online poker tournaments and is the second most popular poker site for cash games. In order to get to this position, Poker Stars has to offer more than Party Poker... Read entire review
Signup Bonus: $0 (0%)
Players at peak hour: 35000
Empire Poker is an adventurous poker room. First they were an up’n’coming room in the room in the Party Poker Network. Then in October 2005 Party Poker went solo and Empire poker became the largest player in the conglomerate of the disassociated old party Poker skins. Now Empire Poker is, as the... Read entire review
