888 Poker Review - 9.3/10

888 Poker, formally known as Pacific Poker, is one of the biggest networks in the poker business, currently ranked as the 4th largest. With so much on offer it’s no wonder they are keen to promote themselves on pretty much every high profile televised sports events.

Software and Graphics

888 are celebrated for their Proprietary software, which they use across their full range of online sites. 888 poker have created an elegant, yet functional poker room available both on download or instant play, should you get the urge to have a quick game.

The client is in USD and is easy to navigate with very cool features to make it your own, players can customise their appearance with unique avatars, fancy Spiderman holding your cards to trap other players in a web of bluffs…maybe not? How about this, you can save all your favourite tournaments by listing the different categories, in which you are interested, onto your own Favourites section. This nifty feature helps sift through the hundreds of tournaments that 888 is home to and gives you quick and easy access to them.

Games Variety

888’s variety of different games and tournaments which are available is staggering, ranging from small to outstandingly large guaranteed pots - $100,000 every Sunday, live poker events, qualifiers such as the Aussie Millions and the WTP, private games, a huge selection of tournaments, hundreds of cash tables of all stakes and last but not least web cam tables! Thought you got away with that terrible poker face? Not anymore! There is a game for every Tom, Dick and Harry depending on your preference and wallet size, buys-in’s can start at $0.02 and can reach a shocking $860!

888 has decided not to publish their online players stats, but as it’s in the top 5 for cash tables I think we can assume it’s pretty high!! Over the past 6 months 888 has seen an increase in the number of active players, we felt that the selection of freerolls and guaranteed tournaments was abundant. But 888 appreciates poker players love of hosting lads/ladies poker nights, so they have cleverly created the private tables function where you can create your own table and invite your mates to play. This ingenious idea has brought the fun of a poker night to something which is accessible to everyone no matter if you live on the other side of the world or have kids and simply cannot leave the house for the whole evening.

Promotions:

By choosing 888’s poker site players are greeted with fantastic promotions, such as a £5 free for all, even before you have made a deposit, so you can check out the room and the level of "fishiness" before making a cash deposit.

As one of the big supporters of Premier League football, 888 offer players the chance to win exclusive box tickets to selected football matches. Their FPP program gives you access to the 888 rewards store equipped with iPads to expensive headphones, the store is stocked with all the latest and best gadgets a player could ever wish. They even have a "him and her" section.

Our Verdict:

This poker site is pretty good; with relatively easy registration and plentiful deposit methods newbies and poker enthusiasts can enjoy the full poker experience of a land based casino.

888 Poker Pro’s

• Huge variety of games and Favourites function
• 4th Largest poker room as determined by their cash tables

888 Poker Con’s

• Perhaps not quite as straightforward to use as other sites