PokerRoom.com Software

Pokerroom's software is good, but it is memory intensive and those players running it on Windows may experience bugs if they are running on small amounts of memory.

Players can utilize a download and non-download version of Pokerroom's software, as well as the ability to play through a cellphone. Pokerroom is also one of the few pokersites that supports Macintosh and Linux users.

Pokerroom's table graphics consists of a dark green felt, brown leather trim table and red-backed cards. Players cannot change the card back colors, although they may change the deck into 4-color mode. The background consists of tan leather chairs and a subdued red background. Players are given the opportunity to turn the avatars on and off. It's player notes feature, which can be tailored to suit your needs, is color-coded. A large text-box gives ample room for player notes. It also has one of the best on-table stat pages in the industry. Players may access the hand history function from the table.

Main menu items are easily navigable with the ability to switch between ring games and tournaments. The ring game menus provide players seeing the flop, average pot size and average hands per hour, on a table per table basis. Tournament information isn't as user friendly, however. Most of the in-game tournament information like which players are still playing, average stack sizes and tournament payouts are all web-site driven sub-routines which do not auto-update. This makes it difficult to track one's progress while actively paying attention to the tournament itself.

Players need to sit out of their table in order to access the cashiering services to the table. This can lead to missed hands and a failure to reload prior to the next dealt hand. Sitting out, while there is a waiting list at a table, can see a player taken off the table and his seat given to a player on the waiting list.

Overall, Pokerroom's software is decent and user-friendly.

PokerRoom.com Traffic

Pokerroom and the OnGame Poker Network remain strong players in the online poker market despite losing their American player traffiic to the UIGEA. OnGame has done a commendable job of replacing most of their lost clientele by marketing strongly in Europe. OnGame remains in the top 3 in terms of traffic.

PokerRoom.com Games

Pokerroom has a wide variety of cash games and tournaments to choose from.

Pokerroom's Fixed Limit Holdem runs from $0.25/$0.50 to $500/$100. NL and PL Holdem range from NL25 to NL10000. Omaha is available in both High-only and Hi/Lo formats. In the both formats, Pokerroom spreads FL from $0.25/$0.50 to $25/$50. PL Omaha ranges from PL25 to PL2000, whereas NL ranges from NL25 to NL200. 7-Card Stud High ranges from $0.50/$1 to $25/$50, with a majority of the traffic concentrated in the smaller limits. There is very little traffic in 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo, although Pokerroom does spread limits between $0.50/$1 to $25/$50, also. Pokerroom spreads 5-handed 5-Card Draw Poker. In Fixed Limit, the stakes are between $1/$2 and $10/$20, with decent action at all the limits. Pokerroom also has the PL variety of 5-Card Draw with maximum buy-ins between PL25 and PL200. There is a good amount of traffic for this game at Pokerroom.

Pokerroom offers many different types of Sit and Go [SnG] tournaments. Headsup SnGs, Short-handed SnGs, Full-table SnGs, as well as qualifiers to most of their tournaments and during the lead-up to the WSOP.

Pokerroom offers a large variety of tournaments to fit your specific game and buy-in level. Their largest weekly tournament is the Sunday "Big Deal" $100K guaranteed NL HE tournament with a $300+$20 direct buy-in and qualifier satellites as low as $7+$1. The "Big Deal" runs weekly on Sunday at 2PM EST.

Pokerroom offers a variety of $100 freerolls as well as VIP freerolls on a daily basis. The game selection covers all game types offered at Pokerroom including 5-Card Draw freerolls.

PokerRoom.com Promotions

Players who sign up and deposit at Pokerroom through one of ITH's links or banners are entitled to a 100% up to $1,000 first time deposit bonus. Players will need to use bonus code a10052 to receive the bonus. Once the bonus has been allotted, players will need to earn 8 Player Points [PP] for each $1.00 in bonus. Pokerroom bonuses are 100% lump sum bonuses, meaning that the entire bonus must be earned before it is awarded. Players have 60 days to fulfill the requirements for their bonus. Due to the incredible amount of bonus offered and the fact that it is a lump sum bonus, ITH warns it's players to only pursue what they can earn based on play time and limits/buy-ins played.

The Grand Tournament

The highly successful Grand Tournament is here to stay. It runs every month with the Grand Final taking place on the last weekend of each month. This is the biggest tournament held on Pokerroom with a prize pool usually in excess of $200,000.

The Grand is played on the last weekend of the month. You can buy-in for $1000+$40 or qualify from as little as $1+$0.10 via the many daily qualifiers.

The Grand is a $1000+$40 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold’em freeze out tournament with starting stacks of 10,000 and blind increases every 30 minutes. The Grand tournaments take place over two days, making this a completely unique event. The way it works is that it starts on the Saturday at 7:00PM GMT and after 6.5 hours the tournament is paused only to regroup on the Sunday at 7:00PM GMT.

There are two routes to qualify for The Grand, either through a four stage SnG route or through a four stage scheduled Multi-Table tournament route.

Both routes have the same buy-in for each of their four stages. The difference between the two routes is that the Multi-table route is scheduled at various times throughout the week and the SnG stages start when enough players have joined.

Stage One Qualifiers cost $1+$0.10

Stage Two Qualifiers cost $7+$0.70

Stage Three Qualifiers cost $30+$3

Stage Four Qualifiers cost $120+$10

Players may enter the various stages as they see fit, either climbing the ranks from the Stage One, or buying in direct for $1000+$40. It is completely up to the player. Good Luck!

$150,000 Big Deal Sunday

Every Sunday at 12:00PM EST, Pokerroom hosts the $150,000 "Big Deal" Tournament. Direct buy-in costs $300+$20, although players can qualify for the tournament for as low as $1+$0.20.

ChampionChip Final

Pokerroom runs a monthly $500,000 Guarantee tournament called the ChampionChip Final. The next ChampionChip Final will take place on Sunday, August 3rd at 8:00PM CET. Direct buy-in is $220+$15. Satellites as low as $1+$0.10 are running daily. Don't wait to qualify.

Grand Series of Poker

Between the 21st and the 30th of November Pokerroom will be running a series of poker tournaments (the Grand Series Of Poker). With a total of 8 events that will all count toward a leaderboard where the top 100 will compete for a ticket to their Grand Slam Final. There will also be one daily qualifier to the Grand Slam Final during the GSOP period. 

So you can choose to go for the Grand Slam via a GSOP event, the leaderboard, the cheap qualifiers or buy in directly. Regardless of what stakes you favor for tournament play you will have multiple choices of getting entry.

The Grand Slam Final will take place on the 7th of December and have a $5000 buy in.

The GSOP Main Events:

Aussie Millions

Compete for Millions in Melbourne. The Aussie Millions is one of Team PokerRoom.com's favorite events on the Live Circuit, so don't miss your opportunity to join them down under. Event dates are January 18th through to January 24th.

US$18,000 Package

AU$10,500 Buy-in to the Aussie Millions event

AU$2,200 Buy-in to the 6-handed No-Limit Hold'em event

11 nights at the Crown Towers Hotel. Approx. $4,000

US$3,000 for spending and flights

There are plenty of different ways to qualify for the Aussie Millions, with qualifiers starting from as little as $1+$0.10. Or of course you can buy straight in to the $500+$40 Online Final and take a direct shot at one of Pokerroom's VIP packages. Don't miss this chance to win the trip of a lifetime.

Online Live Finals happening Sundays at 3:00PM EST/7:00PM GMT on these dates:
October 12th
October 26th
November 9th
November 30th
December 21st
December 28th
January 4th

The Bounty Pays Aussie Millions Packages
Qualify for the Aussie Millions via The Bounty. The top two places of The Bounty pay out $18,000 Aussie Million prize packages.

Refer-a-friend

Telling your friends about playing at PokerRoom.com is fun but now it can also mean free cash for the both of you.

When your friend makes a first deposit and earns 150 player points by playing any of our games for real money, we will add $50 to their account (real money). We'll add $50 to your account (real money), when you have earned an additional 150 player points after your friend's first deposit. The referred friend must also earn 150 player points before your bonus is credited.

PokerRoom.com Stability

Pokerroom is a large internet poker site with longevity in the marketplace. Cashout speeds are comparable with industry standards, and generally accelerate with player tenure. Licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, your money and play are secure at Pokerroom.

PokerRoom.com Security

Pokerroom uses the state of the art SSL encryption software to ensure that your information is secure. They are likewise licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. Pokerroom uses the services of a major online credit card payment processor to handle all credit/debit card payments. With many years in the online gaming industry, Pokerroom has fostered good working relationships with the cashiering services they use. Pokerroom employs anti-collusion software and a random number generator to ensure that all games are fair, and that all players are secure in their online experience.

PokerRoom.com Customer Service

Email Customer Service at Pokerroom is very hit and miss. Pokerroom provides live chat customer service, but does not provide telephone customer service since they banned American players. Turnaround time for emails can be anywhere from a few minutes to several days. Customer service replies are generally helpful in resolving any questions or issues you may have. Pokerroom has a very good FAQ system which will answer most questions.

Poker Tracker Compatibility with PokerRoom.com

Poker Tracker supports only cash game hand histories from Pokerroom. Holdem, Stud and Omaha tournament hand histories are not supported at this time. Should this change in the future, ITH will update this information.

Ability to Multitable at PokerRoom.com

Pokerroom allows up to 4 tables to be played simultaneously.

Multiple PokerRoom.com Accounts per Household

Pokerroom limits the number of accounts allowed at any one household to one account holder. Player's found in violation of these terms and conditions are subject to having all accounts blocked and all monies seized and confiscated. Pokerroom reserves the right to request a photocopy of a Government ID card to validate a player's identification.

PokerRoom.com Reload Bonus Frequency

Pokerroom reloads generally occur 10-12 times per year. Most have 60 day expiration windows, and they run the gamut between poor [10% up to $100] and very generous [50% up to $200]. Pokerroom reload bonuses tend to have 10x PP/$1.00 clearance requirements.

PokerRoom.com Tournaments with Overlays

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

Despite the disallowance of Americans to the Ongame Poker Network, Pokerroom and the other Ongame sites still maintain a sizeable site traffic which makes overlays a hit and miss proposition. The best time to be granted an overlay in a Pokerroom guranteed tournament will occur in the early European morning hours.

Maximum Amount of PokerRoom.com Bonus

$1,000.

Bonuses Cleared During PokerRoom.com Tournaments

At Pokerroom, bonuses can be cleared by tournament play. You receive 5PP per dollar paid in fees. For example, if you play in a $20+$2 tournament, you will earn 10 PP for that tournament. PP are awarded when the tournament finishes.

Time Allowed to Clear PokerRoom.com Bonus

Bonuses at Pokerroom have a 60 day clearance window from the time of deposit.

PokerRoom.com Withdrawal Restrictions

There are no withdrawal restrictions, and your bonus is unaffected by withdrawal prior to completion of bonus clearance. It is suggested, however that you wait 48 hours before withdrawing.

Bonus as a %age of PokerRoom.com Deposit

100% up to $1,000.

Are PokerRoom.com Bonuses Stackable?

Bonuses are stackable at Pokerroom. You must clear the first bonus before moving onto the next.

PokerRoom.com Bonus to Table or Cleared?

The bonuses at Pokerroom are paid at 100% after satisfying the clearance requirements.

Can PokerRoom.com Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?

As part of the Ongame Network, Pokeroom shares it's tables and players with all members of the Ongame Network. You may have an account at all of these skins, and you may chase bonuses at all of them

Bullajami Discretionary PokerRoom.com Bonus Rating

Piscivorous Discretionary PokerRoom.com Bonus Rating

For some reason I always ran very well at Pokerroom and the now defunct Holdem Poker [which was absorbed by Pokerroom]. It seems I'd make $200-$300 everytime I chased a $100 bonus at either. However, many ITHers didn't run as well here and had many complaints about chasing bonuses at OnGame sites. Part of the knock against Pokerroom [and OnGame in general] are it's draconian rake at limits below $5/$10 and the hard time it is for players who chase their bonuses at limits of $1/$2 and lower. From my own personal experience, I find that I was able to clear an entire $100 bonus at Pokerroom in around 2600-2800 hands of $1/$2 or between 1000 and 1100 hands of $2/$4. Although, by no means, a quick-earning bonus, even at $1/$2 we're talking about 70 hands a day over 40 of the 60 days a player has to clear the bonus., depending on how loose the table are that a player is currently on. Unable to play at OnGame as an American, if the UIGEA ever gets repealed, and OnGame allows Americans back, I will re-establish my presence at Pokerroom, as I have always enjoyed both their bonuses and cash game limit tables.

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Pokerroom 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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