Pacific Poker Software

Pacific Poker has gone to great lengths in changing their image inthe online poker world. Once thought of as a cliunky poker add-on which was tolerable because the games were so soft, Pacific Poker's software is now very good.

Pacific Poker's table is represented by a large round green felt. Players have 5 table and room designs to choose from. You also can select their own avatar from a stable of 21 characters. Avatars can be turned off or on at the player's choosing. Their are 5 different card back designs to choose from. Players have a note-taking ability with auto-wrap text features as well as a standardized labelling tool for tagging players. Ubfortunately, there is no individual statistics screens at the tables.

T he main menu software has become quite easy to use. Players have a multitude of ways to filter the main menus to facilitate which types of tables they wish to play. Among the items available for players are Average Pot, Hands and a "Players Seeing the Flop" percentage [available under the information icon for each table]. The taskbar at top allows the players a variety of actions to make their gaming go flawlessly. Players also have their account monetary totals visible on the main menu.

Overall, the changes made to Pacific Poker's software have elevated both game play and enjoyment. Gone are the days of clunky software. The soft games and fish are still here in abundance, however.

Pacific Poker Traffic

Pacific Poker is an old timer in the history of internet poker. However, this site still remains one of the most vibrant in the online industry with traffic running daily from 5-10,000 players and peaking on the weekends into the 12-15,000 player range.

Pacific Poker Games

Pacific Poker has a variety of cash games, SnGs and multi-table tournaments to choose from. Whether you like Hold'em, Omaha or 7-Card Stud, you'll be able to find the buy-in or stakes that you prefer.

Pacific Poker offers Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7-Card Stud, and7-Card Stud Hi-Lo. Fixed limit games run from $.02/$.04 to $100/$200. Holdem Players can play in short-handed 6 player tables or 10-handed fullring tables. NL runs from NL2 to NL5000. PL runs from PL10 to PL200. The industry norm for NL/PL tables is 100 Big Blinds, thus a $0.01/$0.02 NL game is generally referred to as NL2.

Pacific Poker has small traffic at the non-hold'em games of Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo and virtually no traffic at either 7-Card Stud or 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo.

Pacific Poker has a wide variety of SnGs available to it's players. WIth buy-ins ranging from $0.50+$0.15 to $750+$35, players can find the SnG that is suitable to them. Players can play FL, PL and NL, although the vast majority is NL. SnGs are not available in games other than Hold'em. Players can also choose between heads-up, 6-max and full 10 seaters as well as in Multi-table SnGs as large as 50 players.

A variety of Multi-Table Tournaments are also available each day. Players can find the right buy-in, time, speed and prizepool to suit their playing needs. Pacific Poker hosts a weekly $80,000 Guarantee each Sunday.

Pacific Poker offers a lot of choices for the online poker player.

Pacific Poker Promotions

PPacific Poker offers all players from ITH who are eligible for their bonus to a 100% up to $400 first deposit bonus if they sign up and deposit with Pacific by utilizing one of ITH's banners or links. No bonus code required.

The Promotion is comprised of two bonus levels:
An Instant Bonus equal to 25% of the first deposit made by a new player.

A Pending Bonus equal to 75% of the first deposit made by the same player.

The Instant Bonus will be remitted directly into the new player's account upon his/her first deposit. Players will need to wager 20x the Instant Bonus before cashing out.

The Pending Bonus will be remitted to the player's account in one lump sum as soon as the player has collected 14 Comp Points per every $1 of the Total Bonus, all within 30 days of his/her first deposit.

$80,000 Guaranteed

Every Sunday at 3:30PM EST

Buy into the tournament for only $120+$12, play a Micro-Satellite for as little as 50¢ or win your seat for free from a Freeroll tournament.

When: Every Sunday at 3:30PM EST
Tab: '$80,000' tab
Tournament Name: '$80,000 Guaranteed' Buy-in: $120+$12
How much can be won? A share of at least $80,000

Rio Poker Fest 2008

Win a package to the 2008 Rio Poker Fest.

Here it is… your chance to win an expenses-paid trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to play in the 2008 Rio Poker Fest between March 14-16. You could win a share of at least $250,000 guaranteed.

What: Rio Poker Fest 2008 qualifier
When: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4:30 EST
Where: Register under the 'Live Events' tab
Buy-in: Monday & Friday - $50+$5
Wednesday - $20+$2
Prize: The top player from each qualifier wins a package to the 2008 Rio Poker Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between March 14-16, including flights, accommodation, and your seat [worth $2,000] to play for a share $250,000 guaranteed.

Win your seat to a qualifier from only $3+$0.30 in one of Pacific Poker's satellites, or buy-in direct.

Canadian Open Poker Championship

The 2008 Canadian Poker Open Championship will take place at Alberta’s Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary from March 5 – 9, 2008.

The Main Event, which begins on March 6, will be in a heads-up format and limited to 128 players.

Following is a schedule of events, all of which are NLHE:
• March 5: $500 no-limit hold’em charity event (5% of proceeds go to Breast Cancer Research)
• March 6: $5,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em main event
• March 7: $1,500 six-player shorthanded no-limit hold’em event
• March 8: $1,000 no-limit hold’em event
• March 9: $500 no-limit hold’em event

Qualifiers run each Saturday at 4:30PM EST and direct buy-in is $100+$10. Or qualify in sub-qualifiers running throughout the weeks for as little as $0.55+$0.05.

Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot:

Play on Pacific Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot tables and win big if you lose the hand with Four-of-a-kind 8s or better.

Contribution: 50¢ from the pot

Winning Distributions
80% of the total Jackpot amount will be distributed. Pacific Poker will replenish the Jackpot with another $5,000 each time the Jackpot is hit.
The Jackpot will be distributed as follows:

50% to the Bad Beat Jackpot winner

25% to the winner of the pot

25% to be split between the other seated players who actively participated in the hand.

Bad Beat Jackpots will be paid out on real money Hold'em games with table stakes $2/$4,$3/$6,$5/$10 only.

Progressive Royal Jackpot:

Play on Pacific Poker's Royal Jackpot tables and hit the Jackpot if you win with a Royal Flush, Straight Flush or Four-of-a-Kind.

Contribution:
50¢ from the player

Winning Distributions
Every time the Jackpot is hit, 80% of the Jackpot amount will be distributed. Pacific Poker will replenish the Jackpot with another $5,000 each time the Jackpot is hit.
The Jackpot will be distributed, to the Royal Jackpot winner only, as follows:

100% to a Spade Royal Flush

10% to all other Royal Flushes

2% to a Straight Flush

0.5% to Four-of-a-Kind

Royal Jackpots will be paid out on real money Hold'em games with table stakes $1/$2, $2/$4, $3/$6, $5/$10 only.

Turn Comp Points into bonus MONEY!

You can earn free dollars just by playing the games you love. For every $10 you wager on a raked hand you will receive 1 Comp Point. Every 100 comp points may then be converted to $1.

Please note that tournament play does not accumulate comp points.

You can view your balance and convert every 100 comp points into $1 cash at any time by visiting the Cashier in the Pacific Poker Lobby.

You’ll be surprised at how quickly you can earn points, so start earning and converting now.

Refer A Friend

Refer your friends at Pacific Poker and receive $150 for each friend referred. Your referred friend will receive $50.

For the Referred Friend to qualify for this offer, s/he must open an Account and make a minimum deposit of $30, within 30 days of receiving the invitation email. An immediate $15 bonus will automatically be added to the Referred Friend's Money Play account. To receive the remaining $35 of the bonus, the Referred Friend must accumulate a minimum of 888 comp points* within six months from their initial deposit. The bonus will be available for cash out once the Referred Friend bets 20 times the bonus amount.

For the Referring Friend to qualify for this offer, s/he must have a Money Play Account to which the $150 bonus will be credited. If not, s/he will not be entitled to the bonus. In addition, for the Referring Friend to receive the bonus, the Referred Friend(s) must open a new Pacific Poker Money Play Account and submit a Deposit of $30, or more, to that new account no more than 30 days after the Referring Friend has submitted the invitation. An immediate $30 bonus will be added to the Referring Friend's Money Play account. To receive the remaining $120 of the bonus the Referred friend(s) must accumulate a minimum of 888 comp points* within six months from their initial deposit.

*1 comp point is collected for every $10 wagered.

Stability

Pacific Poker is owned and operated by Cassava Enterprises of Gibraltar. Cassava Enterprises also currently owns Casino-on-Net. All monetary transactions are handled by Intersafe Global, a sister company to Cassava Enterprises. Both Cassava and InterSafe Global are owned by 888 Holdings PLC, which is a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange. Pacific Poker, through Cassava Enterprises has been a member of the Interactive Gaming Council since 1997 and is registered, incorporated and located in Gibraltar.

Security

Pacific Poker utilizes an MD5 RNG for it's games which is tested periodically to ensure it's customers that each shuffle is fair and uncompromised. All transactions at Pacific Poker are handles by InterSafe Global which uses sophisticated RSA key encryption technology. All transactions and personal information are stored on secure systems protected by the latest firewall technologies. Pacific Poker has developed and utilizes state-of-the-art proprietary software to seek out and identify players who may be colluding or attempting to fraud Pacific Poker or their players.

Pacific Poker Customer Service

Pacific Poker has two modes of customer service interaction: Email and Toll-free Telephone service. Players looking for immediate assistance would be best served in calling Pacific Poker directly to resolve their concerns. Pacific Poke rdoes not have 24/7 online chat support at this time. Should this change in the future, we will update this information.

Poker Tracker Compatibility

Pacific Poker is compatible with Poker Tracker for both cash and tournament Holdem play as well as Omaha and Stud cash game play. Players will need to download and purchase a copy of IdleMiner's Pacific Poker Hand Grabber. Cost is $49.95. Players can download this product by clicking on the links at Poker Tracker.

Ability to Multitable

Players may now play on up to 4 tables simultaneously at Pacific Poker. Previously only one table was allowed.

Multiple Accounts per Household

Pacific Poker allows multiple household accounts. However, only one player per household will be entitled to an initial deposit bonus at Pacific Poker. Pacific Poker reserves the right to request governmental ID for account verification.

Reload Bonus Frequency

Pacific Poker offers very few bonuses. In fact, Pacific Poker hasn't offered a generic reload bonus to it's customers since 2004. There are reports by ITH members that Pacific Poker does mail out reload bonus codes to some members on their mailing list, but neither the terms nor the criteria for doing so is public record.

Tournaments with Overlays

A tournament overlay is the result of guaranteed prize money that is not offset by the participant's buy-ins. As such, all freerolls and FPP freerolls always offer an overlay.

Pacific Poker does not generally run tournaments that garner overlays. However, some of the smaller guarantees that run after 9:00PM Pacific Poker Time, do offer slight overlays.

Maximum Amount of Bonus

$400.

Bonuses Cleared During Tournaments

Players can clear their bonuses at Pacific Poker through tournament play. Every dollar spent paying for tournaments and fees count as having wagered against their bonuses. Rakeback is 55% of the tournament fees paid.

Time Allowed to Clear Bonus

Players have 90 days to play through their 1st tier requirements. Failure to finish the playthrough may result in a portion of the remaining un-played-through amount forfeited to Pacific Poker.

2nd tier requirements is 30 days from first deposit.

Withdrawal Restrictions

Players cannot cash out the bonuses at Pacific Poker until they have wagered 20x the bonus amount at cash game tables or through SnGs and tournaments. Players may withdraw non-bonus money prior to clearing the bonus at Pacific Poker.

Bonus as a %age of Deposit

100%.

Are Bonuses Stackable?

Due to the dearth of reload bonuses at Pacific Poker it is unknown whether bonuses at Pacific Poker are stackable or not. If more information becomes available in the future, ITH will update this information.

Bonus to Table or Cleared?

The initial deposit bonus is added directly into the player account as soon as their initial deposit is made, This bonus is playable from this point forward.

Can Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?

Pacific Poker is a sole proprietor as they have no skins or other pokersites sharing their tables.

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Pacific Poker is one of a few sites on the internet [Bodog is another] that puts a player's bonus money directly into their accoutn as useable, playable money when they make their deposit. Despite some of the drawbacks like not being able to cash it out or the smallness of the bonus, it is usually very easy to work their bonus off in the timeframe allotted. These bonuses are always nice because they provide an immediate boost to a player's bankroll and players who wish to spend time at a site like Pacific Poker will appreciate a boost of this nature. Pacific Poker's only negative with regard to their bonus is that they have not had a reload bonus since 2004.

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Pacific Poker is not currently on the Free Gift Offer program. Should this condition change in the future, ITH will update this information.

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