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 Pacific Poker
is owned by 888 Holdings, a public company on the London Stock Exchange. 888 Holdings also owns Casino-on-Net, one of the best
known Internet casinos, where over twenty-five million players have played since 1997. Also known as 888.com, the cardroom operates
under a license granted by the Government of Gibraltar. Free and real money games as well as multi-table tournaments are offered.
Be sure to check out their Player's Club which offers a wealth of information on cardroom promotions and tournaments. Besides
a normal download client, there is a no download Mac application compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. Their Poker School
takes poker beginners and players new to playing online through the basics. Games are offered in
Danish,
German,
Spanish,
French,
Italian,
Dutch,
Portuguese and
Swedish. (Review in
Japanese,
Greek,
Russian,
Finnish.)
New players get a first time deposit bonus, usually up to $500. Real money deposits can be made via Neteller, Maestro, FirePay,
credit cards, wire transfers and other options.
You can choose avatars and decide which sound and visual effects, like deck color, you want to run or you can turn them completely
off. You can play multiple tables in cascade or tile view. Keyboard shortcuts can be used to make choices like using the
"B" key to bet or "R" key to raise. The colorful game screen offers three-dimensional characters.
The Game History feature allows you to see your played hands in a regular game or tournament. One table sit n' go can be
played with accelerated blind structures called Fast, Nitro Extreme, and Nitro Ultra. They also run heads-up tournaments.
Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi, Omaha High Low, 7-Card Stud, and 7-Card Stud Eight or Better are spread. Limits begin at $.05/$.10.
They also spread No Limit tables for blinds as little as $.05/$.10. The game lobby also links to other available games, like
backgammon, bingo and casino games.
The site runs satellites for the World Series of Poker. You have plenty of ways to win seats into the satellite by playing
SnGs or multi-table qualifiers. Rebuy and add-on events are among the daily tournaments. You can also conveniently set the
tournament starting time data to your own time zone.
Regular players earn comp points. You earn bonus points for every bet placed during a raked hand. These points are convertible
into cash where one hundred comp points equals $1. They also reward you for referring your friends. You get $100 for every new
player you sign up and that new player receives a $50 bonus.
In addition to poker games, you can also access other 888.com games from the poker lobby like backgammon, bingo and casino games.
In 2005, the parent company of Cassava Enterprises had an initial public offering of its poker/casino assets as 888 Holdings.
October 2006, in response to
United States legislation,
888 Holdings announced they would no longer take US-based players.
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