While we know one can’t just point a finger to an online poker room and say that’s the best poker room on the internet, we also know that players can certainly use a few pointers, when they’re trying to decide which poker room(s) they should play at. On this page, we’ve listed online poker rooms that stand out from the rest, for one reason or another. Read on to see what makes these rooms special
Full Tilt Poker
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Growing Online Poker Room
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World famous pros
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A huge signup bonus
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Full Tilt Poker is quickly becoming one of the industry’s heavyweights. Due to their policy of accepting US players, even in the turmoil following the passing of the UIGEA in September 2006, they pretty much sucked up all the American players, who were quite unceremoniously booted from the poker rooms they had played at before. That meant a huge thrust for Full Tilt’s player traffic, but don’t you believe for a second that’s the only ace they have up their sleeves. Full Tilt has always been famous for the professional players who not only endorse the brand, but who also play at their tables on a regular basis. Players like Chris Ferguson, Clonie Gowen, Phil Ivey and Jennifer Harmann are available to play with regular players, like you and I. No other poker room is going to present you with so many possibilities to play with your poker heroes. (Full Tilt has a wide selection of pretty generous bonuses and promotions on offer, too)
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Deposit Bonus:
100% up to $600
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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PokerStars
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Best poker tournaments
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Reliable software
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If you’re looking for fish, PokerStars may or may not be an online poker room to your liking. It all depends on your luck. You see, PokerStars has some massive player- traffic, but in their case, this doesn’t translate into an abundance of fish. The problem could be the fact that PokerStars is a place where good poker players congregate, in order to take advantage of the best tournaments and some of the best promotions online poker has to offer. Sure, you may run into fish too, every now and then. Wherever there are many players, some of them are bound to be fish. In addition to their excellent tourneys, PokerStars also has the largest selection of poker variants on the internet. You’ll find 2-7 Triple Draw, 5 Card Draw, H.O.R.S.E, Razz and some extremely interesting, rake-free micro limit Omaha and Holdem tables. Endorsed by the trio of Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker and Joseph Hachem, Pokerstars is out there to give you as full an online poker experience as possible.
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Deposit Bonus:
100% up to $600
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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Absolute Poker
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Accept US players
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50-Seat to WSOP
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Bad Beat Jackpot
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Absolute Poker is one of those poker rooms, which actually benefited from the turmoil produced by the UIGEA. They’ve been able to allow US players since Oct 2007, and thus they attracted a large percentage of the American players who were forced to leave the other poker rooms which no longer put up with their presence.
The problem-issue for Absolute has always been their software, which, despite looking good, has had some performance issues on slower systems. They are however, very keen to listen to what their players suggest, in order to continuously improve their operation.
Player traffic is good, and the fish-factor is strangely good at the middle stakes tables and much worse on small stakes ones, because there are apparently plenty of good players there, multi-tabling, in order to unlock their bonuses or generate as much rake as possible.
Yes, that’s right, it is in the interest of players to generate rake, as Absolute Poker features a nice rakeback offer too.
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Deposit Bonus:
150% up to $500
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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Doyles Room
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110% up to $600
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$50,000 weekly bounty
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Accept US
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In order to keep its US player base intact, Doyle’s Room has recently moved from the Microgaming network to Cake. This move gave them access to Cake’s players while allowing them to retain their own player base. Thus, Doyle’s Room now offers a modern software package, reasonable traffic, excellent promotions and more than outstanding unique features.
The sign up bonus is every bit as competitive as any in the industry, and the in-house pro team made up of some of the biggest poker names, provides for great bounty tournament action.
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Deposit Bonus:
110% up to $600
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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PlayersOnly
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Accept US players
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$500.00 Freeroll
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$13k WSOP Prize Package
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Casino SportsBook & RaceBook
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A Cake network member site, PlayersOnly Poker accepts US traffic. As a matter of fact, US and Canadian traffic is all it accepts. This marketing approach may look weird at first glance, but apparently it’s paying handsome dividends: PlayersOnly Poker is one of the fastest growing sites of the Cake network. The offer a 100% match on players’ first deposits, up to $650 and they feature excellent traffic: about 1,600 real money cash players and 6,000 tournament players.
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Deposit Bonus:
100% up to $650
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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Bodog Poker
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What’s Bodog’s gimmick? You may wonder…Well, actually, there’s no gimmick at all. Bodog Poker is a very serious and well-established poker site, one that’s been online since 2004. Bodog itself has been a recognized brand among sports bettors and casino players since 1995. Bodog Poker is one of those poker rooms that have seen an exponential growth in recent years. They’ve embarked on a massive advertising campaign a couple of years ago, and as a direct consequence, there’s no longer a shortage of poker players at Bodog. Many of their players sign up through their online casino and sportsbook, which usually means that there are lots of fish and fairly loose tables. Bodog also runs some of the most famous and generous, completely free, poker freerolls on the internet. (their $500 guaranteed doesn’t require you to have a real-money Bodog Poker account) The graphics of their software is not much of an eye candy, but it manages to stay stylish and functional at the same time, without looking good. Bodog’s 24/7 phone and online support is one of its most appreciated features.
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Deposit Bonus:
110% up to $1,100
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Party Poker
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Player-traffic wise, Party Poker is, beyond doubt, the biggest and most important online poker room. It had also been considered the one that was the “fishiest” too, until rumors started to surface stating that the fish-pool at Party Poker was beginning to dry out. I can’t elaborate on speculations any further, all I can do is serve you the facts: there are around 80,000 players on Party Poker on a weekend night, and if you tell me that there aren’t enough fish among that many online poker players, I must say, there’s something seriously wrong with things then… It’s either that suddenly everyone’s learned to play like a pro, or that you are bigger than average fish yourself. Anyway, the fish factor has represented Party Poker’s biggest attraction for years, and voices suggesting that it’s no longer what it used to be, are probably just trying to create hype over nothing. You’ll find about 40,000 people at Party Poker’s tables during weekdays as well, so I suppose all you have to do is look hard enough and pay attention to table selection, and you’ll be all right.
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Deposit Bonus:
100% up to $500
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Bonus Code:
PKR500
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US Accepted
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bwin Poker
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Europe’s biggest sports betting provider, bwin is also a major player on the online poker scene. It may turn out to be instrumental in the reversal of national bans on online gambling and poker due to the research it conducts in problem gambling and prevention methods. Sign up to bwin Poker now and enjoy their excellent software, nice traffic, loose competition, generous sign-up bonus and unique features.
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Deposit Bonus:
100% up to $500
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Bonus Code:
STAN500
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US Accepted
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Titan Poker
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Titan Poker is a pretty large poker room, which offers a good match on your first deposit (more than a 100%, currently). It is known for its stiff graphics, and good, low buy-in tourneys. Indeed, if you’re looking for high-buyin, high-prize pool tournaments, Titan may not be the place to come to, but if you have limited funds at your disposal (like most poker players do) you’ll love it here. Besides the regular tourneys, you’ll find tons of satellites and sub-satellites, as well. About the level of competition at Titan: it’s not supposed to be particularly stiff or loose, either. Reviewers usually agree that there are some pretty good poker players playing in there, but with a little luck, you’ll find your fish, too. I must be the luckiest person on earth in this respect, because, whenever I played at Titan I happened upon some fairly loose tables with some pretty good value in them. It’s also been said that the software is buggier than what you’ll find in other poker rooms. On my part, I cannot confirm that. Everything seemed OK when I played there.
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Deposit Bonus:
150% up to $500 + $50
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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US Accepted
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Mansion Poker
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Mansion Poker now offers you the convenience of the iPoker software and iPoker’s huge player traffic. Sign up, get your first deposit bonus (100% up to $600) and start unlocking it in real money games. If you’re looking to start a bankroll, bonus redemption is not the only way: play in one of the $50 or $100 beginners’ freerolls and earn your stripes. Playing in the jackpot SNGs will offer you the opportunity to take down some mind-boggling prizes.
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Deposit Bonus:
100% up to $600
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Bonus Code:
POKERSTOP
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US Accepted
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