Paradise Poker

Paradise Poker

Summary
In 1999 an online poker client named Paradise Poker was launched and that makes it one of the oldest poker rooms today. In 2004 they merged with Sportbetting to become the exclusive poker brand of the Sportingbet Group. Players from the United States are not accepted at Paradise Poker.
Paradise Poker has a loyalty program in which you will earn points as you play, those points can later be used to trade in for cash or for buy-ins for tournaments. They have a good vary of tournaments and games. The software runs smooth and it has all the useful features and graphics.

Software
Paradise Poker recently joined the International Poker Network and therefore they have started using Boss Medias software. During this change they lost many player due to the UIGEA laws in the United States, which made them pull out of the US market. They have a beautiful and calming backdrop of a paradise island. In the tables there are no graphics of players at the table, only names. Players can for example order food between hands to make the feeling more like a paradise. Of course they also got some useful functions such as, hand histories, player notes and real time table statistics. The software is updated frequently to ensure safety and stability, which results in minimal downtime.

Traffic
Paradise Poker has a good level of players and during peak hours you can find around 3,300 ring game players and furthermore 13,000 at tournaments. Most of the players are found at the Texas Hold’em tables.

Available Games and Stakes
Paradise Poker’s variety of games is good since the players have a lot to choice from. That includes Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Five Card Stud and Five Card Draw. They also feature a reduced deck 7-A version of Five Card Draw. These come in no limit, fixed limit and pot limit games. There is a large range of stakes at Paradise Poker. They range from micro limits up to $40/$80 in limit games and a maximum of $500 is no limit games.
There are a mixture of tournaments offered at Paradise Poker with assured monthly tournament prizes of $2.9 million. Included in these are freerolls, guaranteed prize tournaments and satellites to major poker events around the world.

Support and Money Payment Options
If you need any help while playing at Paradise Poker you can contact customer support. They are available via email, telephone or instant live chat and they offer customer service support in 22 different languages. They reply rather fast on support questions.

All of your transactions are safe and secure at Paradise Poker. They employ the latest technology in data encryption to ensure this is the case.

Payment options include; credit card, debit card, NETeller, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, wire transfer and bank transfer.