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The Poker Club started out in December of 1999 as Poker.com, changing its name to The PokerClub in 2003. Unfortunately, they didn't keep the old name, and Poker.com is now a separate poker room that, incidentally, seems to be doing better than its pint-sized predecessor. Oh well.
The Poker Club does have decent gameplay, and fast-paced software. They also offer a lot of promotions to keep players coming back for more. If you have the patience to wait for a table at your desired stakes, this could be a nice, relatively beatable, intimate cardroom to add to your rounds. Novice players will like their micro-micro limits (my term, not theirs) and their comparatively shark-free waters. Heck, if you're feeling lucky, go be the shark.
This may be your chance to try out those teeth you've been sharpening.
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Bonuses
25% Signup Bonus up to $100
Daily $400 High Hand Bonus
Hefty Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot (minimum $2000)
"Aces Never Lose" Bonus - generous consolation prize if you lose with pocket aces (only during listed hours) |
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Promotions
Frequent Player Points (FPP) - mostly for Freeroll entries
Daily1000 FPP Freeroll
Daily $50 and $60 Freerolls
$10,000 Month's End Freeroll
Monthly $500 Gold Club Freeroll
Weekly $2500 Guaranteed Tournament
Twice weekly Player's Club Tournaments ($250 and $500 Guaranteed)
Twice weekly "Bring a Buck" Tournament ($150 Guaranteed, $1 buy-in)
Daily $500 Guaranteed added to prize pool Tournament
"Trish's $40,000 Platinum Series" for Platinum Club members ($2,500 prize pool)
"Texas Shootouts" (3-player Turbo tournaments, winner takes all)
World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour "Destination - Bellagio" Satellites |
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Software & Graphics
Fast and smooth, if plain
Similar in a lot of ways to Microgaming's Prima Network (though smaller)
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Game Variation & Limits
Holdem, Omaha (hi & hi/lo), 7-Card Stud (hi & hi/lo), 5-card Stud
Micro-limits as low as $.01/$.02
Limits up to $30/$60 (though not a lot of action at the higher stakes)
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Traffic
Much smaller than at the big name sites
Most of the action is at the lower limits
In fact, it's often hard to find tables at desired stakes off-peak days/hours
Their Pot Limit tables, however, are quite popular
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Competition
Easy without being so wild and unpredictable as to defy all logical poker strategy and thus counter its inherent ease (as is the problem with so many "easy" sites)
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Rake
Average with a $3 cap
No breaks on the rake (in other words, No Flop/Still a Drop, Micro-Limits still have a rake, and no apparent minimum pot size before rake is taken)
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Customer Service
Live 24/7 chat
24/7 telephone and email support (prompt email responses at all hours.)
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Deposits & Cashouts
Deposits - Neteller, Visa, MasterCard, InstaCash
Cashouts - Neteller or Bank Draft only
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Ease of Use
Lobby stats - average pot, players/flop
Ongoing Best Hand (showing novice players best possible hand they could make at any given point in a hand)
Auto-play buttons (though poorly placed on screen)
Hand history
Site navigation could be better (links hard to read, some dead links, layout confusing)
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Leading room in the Power Network with which it shares software and a player base