Absolute Pokeris a high-quality poker, medium sized poker room that is growing at a steady rate. The site is cleanly structured and organized in such a way as to make it one of the more pleasant navigational experiences for an online poker room. Absolute Poker allows you to play at three tables simultaneously and has a 100% up to $750 bonus offer running at this time, as well as many good free rolls, WSOP free rolls, and a weekly re-load bonus.
Bodog has been a sports book since 1995 and opened a poker room in September of 2004. (Currently Canadian residents are not allowed to join Bodog.) Bodog has frequent tournaments, satellites and freerolls and a generous point system. A new site attached to a sports book where gamblers frequent makes for some of the best poker games you will find anywhere. The software is top-notch with a sleek look and superior playability. Bodog also has a generous bonus for referred friends where you can earn as much as $200 with a 40% match up on your friend's first deposit.
Party Poker is one of the original online poker rooms . It has by far the most poker players and the widest selection of games. They have original tournaments, huge cash giveaways and monthly freeroll tournaments. They also have the “easiest” games as they continue to attract a large influx of new players and gamblers. They have beginner's tables, which are exclusively for players with new accounts for up to 40 days. Party Poker is a great place to start.
PokerRoom.com is on the ONGAME Network, the 3rd largest network behind Party Poker and Poker Stars. You can download PokerRoom.com or play it in a Java-based environment with no download. Established in 1999 this is one of the Internet’s longest running poker sites. For 2005 and 2006 Pokerroom.com was voted Poker Site of the year.
Full Tilt opened for real money in July of 2004. They have professionals who promote the online poker site and play there, such as Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Eric Seidel. Each online poker player chooses an avatar that can display different emotions. They currently have a wonderful sign-up bonus, matching up to $600 and releasing the bonus in increments of 20% directly into your account.
Pacific Poker is a high-traffic site with some of the best Hold’em games online. At this time you can only play one game at once, which is a good place for a beginner to start. It also seems to force a lot of anxious players into playing too many hands. Pacific Poker is connected with the world’s largest casino - Casino on the Net - so you get a lot of gamblers in these games. The software is below standard and sometimes slow, but they are making improvements on it.
Ultimate Bet has a sleek look, top-notch software and a limited time 100% deposit bonus up to $650. They have a great frequent player program and several pros such as Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth promote the site. They sponser and send several players each year to the the WPT Classic in Aruba.
Doyles Room is a mid-traffic site endorsed by the legendary Doyle Brunson. They have soft competition and a great number of tournaments and free-rolls. Good live and e-mail support. With a first time deposit there is a 110% bonus and the books Super System I and II
Paradise Poker has high traffic and reliable, fast software. The rooms have a sleek look and feel. Paradise offers a wide variety of games to choose from including stud, five card draw and crazy pineapple. They only have support via e-mail, but it is reliable and quick. The site has relatively few promotions and no frequent player rewards.
Poker Stars has a 100% up to $50 deposit bonus and is 1st in traffic for all online poker sites. They have knowledgeable and quick e-mail support and a sleek look with the most reliable software online.They have rake-free micro-limit games, which is a great place for the new player to start with a limited bankroll. Stars is known for its great variety of tournaments and offer lots of special promotions, including the annual World Championship of Online Poker. They now have a generous Frequent Player Points scheme. The competition is softer in tournaments than ring games.