Pacific Poker

This month Pacific Poker is offereing a nice sign up bonus, it is 100% up to $100

The best part is the way they work the bonus, when you deposit your $100 they deposit your bonus at the same time.

The only catch is you can't withdraw the bonus until you have cleared it by the play requirements.

I don't really understand the play requirements but I know you have to play a lot.

Here is the cool part, I found out they will let you withdraw your original deposit any time you want. So I deposited $100 got my $100 bonus then the next day I withdrew my $100 leaving their bonus money in my account.

I thought they would really harass me when I tried to make the transfer to my Neteller account, but nothing, they just transfered the money without a problem.

With their money I started playing and I hit some lucky cards as soon as I got on the table, I am up $35 without risking any of my money which is very cool.

The only problem is I know the play requirements are a lot and I can't decide if I am better off just keeping the $35 or keep playing and try to clear the bonus and get the other $100 in my account.

The main problem is at the lower stake game on Pacific Poker they charge a 10% rake, most other poker sites charge a 5% rake, and playing a lot and paying twice the rake really makes a difference in my game.

Other differences with Pacific Poker:

• restricted to only playing one table at a time
• can't see the chat so nobody uses it

Each time you log in you are required to enter your password, for me this is kind of a pain because noone else ever uses my computer.

One of the nice features about this site is on the main screen when you log in they have your account balance, I don't know why all the online poker sites don't do this.

You can easily see how much money each player has on each table before you load up the table, this is a really nice feature if your a little short with your bankroll.

 January 12, 2005

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