Formerly known as Pacific Poker, 888poker is a branch of 888 holdings, one of the world’s largest online gambling companies.

In the early days of internet poker, Pacific Poker was one of the heavy hitters but traffic there fell away after the UIGEA legislation was passed in the USA. Having recently rebranded, 888 are putting a huge marketing effort into their poker offering through great signup bonuses and VIP promotions.

The quality of their product is reflected in the fact that they are by far the fastest growing online poker room in the world today.

888poker games offered

888poker offer all of the popular online poker variants. Of course, most of the traffic is there to play No Limit Holdem, but the Pot Limit Omaha numbers are very respectable too.

They also offer Omaha Hi/Low, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Although the traffic for these games is quite low you won’t have any problem finding a game at small stakes, particularly in the European evening time and at weekends.

Sit'n go and multi-table tournament players will also be satisfied with the level of traffic, the number of variants on offer and regular guaranteed prize pool tournaments. The highlight of the week’s tournament schedule is the Sunday $100k Challenge.

They also have satellites to major live events such as the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour and 888poker’s own live event tour, the SuperStack series. 888 are also a satellite partner for the tournament with the largest single day field in history, the Super Poker Event of Europe.

Thanks to the co-branding with the 888 sports betting and casino sites, 888poker has some of the softest games on the internet, packed with novice players looking to gamble, but word is spreading and the sharks are starting to head there for their prey in recent months!

888poker Promotions and VIP Offers

New players at 888poker can expect to receive a 100% deposit bonus up to $400, and they also run a promotion where new players receive $8 for free when opening their account with no playing requirement to earn it.

Along with their welcome bonus, new depositors also get free entry into a $3,500 freeroll and free entry into a $100k Challenge satellite tournament.

Their generous VIP system is tiered based on how much you play every month, and there are also two extra tiers based on annual play for their most loyal players. Your VIP status is determined by the number of Status Points you accrue through real money play. Players who achieve monthly VIP tier statuses can cash in their points to boost their bankroll and also have access to VIP freeroll tournaments.

If you achieve the annual VIP tiers, you’re guaranteed to keep them for the entirety of the following year, and you’re given extra special treatment which entitles you to a personal account manager, VIP hospitality at live tournaments, discounts in the online gift store, access to $29,000 in freerolls every month, and the ability to trade your points for cash at the rate of $10 per 1000 points.

Away from the VIP system they’ve got some great on-going promotions that add serious value. For example if you win both of the Monday Twins tournaments in the same week they’ll give you $10,000.

Even if you finish in the money in both you’ll get free entry to the following week’s tourneys!

888poker software

Since rebranding, 888poker has made some significant improvements to their software. The most impressive of these changes is the introduction of ‘PokerCam’ tables, where players can see their opponents at the table through the use of web cams.

This is a great innovation and adds a new dimension of fun to the games. Aside from this, the software is robust and easy to play on, although not as pleasing to the eye as some rival sites, particularly when it comes to multi-tabling.

The lobby is easy to navigate and there is also a ‘no download’ option, meaning that you can play right in your browser, in other words from any computer you log into.

Summary

888poker is the fastest growing poker room in the world. The generous tournament guarantees and very soft games with ever increasing traffic make it a very good room to play at least some of your poker.

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