Key Tournaments
Pacific Poker fairs alot better in terms of tournament variety. As well as a plethora of freerolls and micro buy-in tournaments for as little as $0.88, there are round the clock satellites to live events, including the Aussie Millions, Poker Boat Tour and 888 Pacific Poker Open. There are numerous, mid stakes rebuy tournaments, and the $109 buy-in, $10k guaranteed Tuesday Challenge caters for the highrollers.
Game Variety
Pacific Poker offers a decent variety of poker games: Hold'em (No Limit, Fixed Limit, Pot Limit), Omaha (Hi, Hi-Lo), 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, however there are no Razz and mixed games. There are also games with a progressive bad beat jackpot.
Traffic
Cash game traffic is centered around the Hold’em games, but a decent amount of players can be found in Omaha Hi Lo and 7 card stud. Cash game traffic tops 2,500 at peak times. You'll never find problems joining games up to the $2/$4 level. From $5/$10 onwards, play tends to centre more around heads up, with a host of regulars.
Rake
Rake at Pacific Poker is in accordance with the industry average and like most sites adopts a 'no flop, no drop' policy, which means the pot is only raked when the flop is viewed.
For Limit games, rake is 5% up to $15/$30 blinds, where it drops to 2.5% with a max cap of $3 for a full table. It drops even more for the nosebleed stakes.
For No-Limit and Pot-Limit, rake at the micro-stakes is a little over 6%. From 5¢/10¢ up the rake is 5% up to $25/$50, where it's a flat $3.
Cap at a full table is $4, which is approximately $1 higher than the average site.
Competition
There are a lot of loose games at Pacific Poker, with viewed flop percentages hitting 70% at some tables. Where most sites have Hold’em as their primary fishing grounds, PacificPoker’s Omaha Hi Lo games are fairly loose as well. Due to the influx of gamblers (Casino-on-Net operates the biggest online gambling network and has been around since 1996), low and mid stakes games really are juicy. A lot of the players on Pacific Poker are weak, passive calling stations, so any tight aggressive player with an eye for a good value bet should prosper.
Support
The Pacific Poker support email is support@pacificpoker.com, and there are also phone support (800-480-5186) and live chat options as well. Live chat can take a few moments for operators to log on during peak hours, but for the most part all support is quick and effective.
Deposit & Withdrawal Options
Deposit Options: VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard, Diners Club, Solo, laser Debit Cards, Maestro, Bank transfer, Boleto, Deposito Refrenciado, European checks, E-checks, PayPoint Invoice, Wire transfers, Commerzbank OnlineBanking Web, Deutsche bank 24 Direct Debit, Dresdner bank InternetBanking, ELBA, Direct Debit, eNETS, hansabank, Neteller, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy, ACTeCASH, Moneybookers, ukash, bank transfer, PaysafeCard, EntroPay, PayPoint, Dankort debit card (Denmark), Nordea online bank account (Sweden/Finland), Paypal (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and UK).
Withdrawal Options: Visa, Mastercard, Debit Cards, Neteller, Moneybookers, PayPal, wire transfer (direct bank account transfer) and bank draft (cashier's check). Withdrawals are held for three days before processing.
