Paradise Poker
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Summary
Paradise Poker is one of the top five leaders in online poker, in terms of software quality and traffic. The site used to be the uncontested leader in online poker, but with the “poker explosion”, and the introduction of certain “mega-cardrooms” Paradise Poker has lost the top spot. However, with the introduction of their multi-table tournaments Paradise Poker’s popularity is currently on the rise again. They are one of the best sites in terms of game variation, security, and support (emails only, typically receive response within 15 minutes). They are known for their quality of players, some say that the best online players play at Paradise Poker. Games are typically tight and aggressive, with view flop percentages generally ranging from 30-50% (as opposed to the “wild” 50-80% games of other online card rooms), and even lower at the higher limits. Some players believe that the tables at Paradise Poker are “hard to beat”, others enjoy the site because there are less variables (“maniacs”) to throw their game off. Whatever your preferences, becoming a profitable player at Paradise Poker proves that you can profit at any online poker room.
Software & Graphics
Paradise Poker’s software is excellent, it has a very appealing look and feel to the online poker player. Their software is efficient, esthetically pleasing, and carries very nice sound effects that many players find soothing. The software is also one of the fastest and most reliable in the industry. Standard functions include player statistics, table statistics (including percentage of players seeing the flop), and player notes. Seasoned online poker players prefer Paradise Poker’s software.
Traffic
Paradise Poker used to be the worlds largest site in terms of player volume, prior to the surge in poker popularity, but still remain in the top five. Paradise Poker is known for their high volume of tournament players, as a result they have a large volume of tournaments at all times of the day, and hold many large tournaments with very large prize pools. They were one of the lasts to introduce the “multi-table” tournaments, but since they have there traffic has been increasing steadily. Paradise Poker also has steady traffic to some of the less popular, but interesting game like five-card draw, five-card stud, and crazy pineapple. Traffic statistics are estimated at 3400 ring game players at peak times and almost 5000 tournament players simultaneously at peak times.
Sign Up Bonus
When opening an account, use the following link and bonus code. You must download and install from this link, then use the below bonus code when you make your first deposit:
FIRST25 -- 25% match on initial deposit. (Maximum Bonus: $50)
Click Here! -- Limited Time Offer - 25% bonus up to $50 Free at Paradise Poker.
Promotions
Paradise Poker’s promotions are considered standard. Recently they have begun a campaign of $50,000 guaranteed prize pool tournaments that run every day, and cost only $30 to enter. Other current promotions include Superbowl deposit bonuses, $2 re-buy and add-ons, Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day specials, along with seats into the Paradise Masters $1 Million main event and this year’s World Series of Poker! Check the easy to read calendar of events located on their website for up to date promotion information. Paradise Poker also offers a slightly less than industry standard sign up bonus of %25 up to $50 match on initial deposit.
Financial Security
Excellent. Paradise Poker is very secure, the site has been around longer than most sites and will be around for a lot longer.
