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To: Beat the Fish <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Beat the Fish wrote on the message board: > Poker.com Review (4.5 out of 5) > Bonus and Promotions: 4.5/5 > Fish Rating: 4/5 (Tuna.fish) > Tournaments: 3.5/5 > Software: 4/5 > Payouts: 4.5/5 > Customer Service: 4/5 > > This is a site that I just started playing at recently and I'm > impressed with their poker room overall. Also, their decision to > continue service to US players bumps them up another notch for me. > Poker.com is really trying to attract new players via lots of > promotions, and you can play in $35,000 worth of weekly freerolls by > playing a few hours at their ring games. Because of their heavy > promotion, this site is attracting mostly new and inexperienced > players to the tables. > > The competition is quite weak on this site, as you'll routinely get > lots of action for 3 or 4 calling stations at once. Poker.com has some > very soft small-stakes games and the occasional good $1/2 or $5/10 NL. > I also give them credit for their instant NETeller cashouts, which is > something more poker sites should consider offering. I would like to > see this site grow as they have some strong promotions for their > regular players. The type of player that this site is mostly suited > for is the casual low-to-medium stakes no-limit player who appreciates > big freerolls. > > Bonus (200% up to $600) and Promotions: > Their bonus payout structure is moderately easy to cash out if you > play fairly often. They've set up a "Comp Points" system, which gives > you points when you contribute rake. You'll receive the bonus in $10 > increments after accruing Comp Points. In terms of other promotions, > they're mainly in the form of freerolls. As far as I know, Poker.com > offer the most freerolls online - $35,000 worth every week. The > biggest prize pools are for players who have participated in raked > hands throughout the week and the largest event is a weekly $20,000 > freeroll. Poker.com is unique in that you get to play for 7 days worth > of the big freerolls for playing on the site. Because of the big > freerolls and the good deposit bonus, they earn a good score in this > category. > > Fish: > As is mostly the case with newer poker sites, the Poker.com > competition is very weak. Not only are they weak, these players often > get involved in enormous pots. At a typical no-limit ring game, the > average pot is usually over 40-50 times the big blind. You'll also be > getting great pot odds on drawing hands like suited connectors as it > is the rule, not the exception, to have 5 or 6 players seeing every > flop. I really believe that this site has some of the weakest players > online. What this adds up to is a lot of action on just about every > hand. Unfortunately, your premium hands go down in value with more > opponents, so tend to limit the field preflop with your big hands and > encourage action to get the right odds on your mediocre hands. > No-Limit ring games were previously limited to smaller stakes but as > the traffic has grown you can usually find games going at the $1/2 > stakes or higher. Limit games also remain popular into the middle > limits. > > Tournaments: > The Poker.com freeroll traffic is massive and, as mentioned above, > they are very generous about freeroll prize pools. They host several > $100 freerolls daily that are open to everyone, but the real rewards > are in their daily $500 and $1,000 freerolls, weekly $2,000 and > $10,000 freerolls, and a monthly $50,000 freeroll. These are open to > all players who have earned a certain number of "Comp Points" so the > field is usually limited to only a few hundred players. This is > typically done in a playing session or two for the smaller events and > over a few extended sessions for the larger ones. One thing that I > value in how a poker site runs their freerolls is how quickly it is > run. Freerolls here are typically over within a couple of hours, > making them very playable. Poker.com also offers a good number of > low-to-medium buy-in tournaments, but the traffic isn't too high yet > as the site is still fairly new. > > Software: > While the graphics aren't highly detailed, I like the software at > Poker.com and I think that it deserves a high score. First of all, I > appreciate when an online poker site actually creates original > software, not putting out another skin on someone else's engine. This > site has done that, and in terms of functionality, it's one of the > easiest to navigate. Instead of opening up lots of windows for new > games, they use tabs within the main software window, which I think is > highly innovative. Hey, so I'm a desktop clutter freak... I also think > that they had the right idea in creating some unique options at the > table. For example, they offer an animated smiley box that allows you > to laugh at your opponent's suck out or wave to a newcomer at the > table. Also, during all-in situations, they show winning percentages > for each hand similar to what you see on televised tournaments. Other > neat features include a rabbit-hunt on winning hands and the ability > to show only one of your cards after winning a hand. You can also earn > little stars and ribbons next to your name if you win tournaments or > other special events. While the lobby plays some cheesy muzak in the > background (you can disable it if you wish), the animations are very > smooth. Game speed at a full ring game usually runs about 45 hands per > hour, which is decent. Overall, I found this software very appealing. > > > Payouts: > In terms of payouts, Poker.com can potentially be one of the fastest > online so they deserve a good score. If you deposit and withdraw using > NETeller, they allow the opportunity to receive an instant credit to > your account up to the amount you deposited in the first place. This > is a unique feature, and one that should be adopted by more poker > rooms. Keep in mind that you will need to wait the normal amount of > time to withdraw over your deposit amount. My experiences were pretty > quick with this, and I had my NETeller cashout within 1-2 days. > > Customer Service: > While I think that it's best to offer all forms of support, Poker.com > does respond in a fair amount of time to e-mails, which is their only > form of service. I contacted them once before I set up my account, and > I received a personal response within 20 minutes. > > Player Traffic > Player traffic will probably be the biggest obstacle that Poker.com > has to overcome. However, I've been monitoring their progress and they > are improving ring game traffic as US players continue to join the > ranks. While this was a site restricted to tables under $1 stakes, you > can normally find a $1/2 no limit game going on and even the > occasional $5/10. While you can mostly find action at the small no > limit stakes, traffic is improving to include mid-limit games. > Tournament traffic is very good for their freerolls, and is about > average for events under a $10 buy-in. > > Best Features > The best freerolls. This is the main promotion for the site right now, > and the best ones with decent prize pools are the events that actually > require previous gameplay. > > Original software. I wish that more poker sites would add the all-in > winning percentages to their software. > > Soft competition. The flop percentages are extremely high with > opponents regularly playing too many hands for too much money. I > recommend raising your strong hands more than normal to thin the > competition as you'll probably still get plenty of action. > > Game Selection: Hold 'em, Omaha > Limits: Limit: 2c/4c up to $30/$60 No-Limit: 10c/25c up to $25/$50 Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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