Paradise Poker Review

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Name Paradise Poker Country Australia Network Boss Established 1999 Support email support Telephone 1-877-620-9013

Overall Rating 5.50 Software/Interface 6.2 Ring Games 6.0 Tournaments 5.5 Game Variety 6.3 Soft Competition 5.8 Signup Bonus 5.4 Frequent Player 4.2 Promotions 4.4 Customer Support 5.8 Deposit & Cashout 6.2

Throughout the years, Paradise Poker has proven to be a very secure and reliable poker room. Founded in 1999, the site is one of the oldest on the internet. Sportingbet Plc acquired Paradise Poker in 2004; since then, the popularity of the site grew considerably.

In 2005, Paradise Poker became the first poker room to host a $1 million freeroll with a free entry into a massive multi-table tournament. This poker room does not allow U.S. players since the fall of 2006 and, as a result, the player volume decreased significantly.

Paradise Poker recently joined the International Poker Network (IPN), a network of poker operators formerly known as the Boss Poker Network. Being part of this network guarantees that a wide variety of games and tournaments will be available at different levels.

The game variety of Paradise Poker is very good; they offer Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Limits define the maximum bet players can make in any betting round. There are three types of limits in poker: Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit. Full-table games are available, as well as short-handed and heads-up tables. Most of the traffic is concentrated at the No Limit and Limit Texas Hold’em tables, especially at the tables with the lowest stakes. Overall, the player volume is high at most stakes.

Paradise Poker has a wide variety of tournaments available. The guaranteed tournaments are the most popular multi-table tournaments at this site. These guaranteed tournaments offer great value even if not enough players register. The site constantly runs satellites with a small buy-in to win entry into higher buy-in tournaments and into live events such as the World Series of Poker. Paradise Poker has won awards for these tournaments, including Best Poker Tournaments 2006 from Casino Player Magazine.

The Players Club loyalty program of Paradise Poker is a standard VIP program where players earn points through their real money hands.  They play to win money or tournament seats. At the moment, the site does not offer merchandise for these points.

The download and setup of the Paradise Poker software is quick and easy, navigating the main lobby is usually smooth, despite certain flaws. The variety of options available is limited in comparison to other poker rooms; however, Paradise Poker has very good internet support, the list of tables is displayed in the middle of the screen, as well as basic features such as “find a friend”, average pot size, hands per hour, and flop percentage.

The game types are selected by pressing the buttons on the left. Multi-table is supported at up to five tables simultaneously; the software is decently suited for multi-table play. Game play experience is fully optimized by several customizable options. Players have the ability to control the animations, sounds, color of the deck, and a few other features which adds to the over all experience.

A fun feature of this software is that game sounds are played in stereo. The graphics and colors can be a little distracting but are certainly among the best in the industry due to the pleasant environment and feel provided, especially at the tables. Pictures or avatars to represent the players are not available. A note-taking feature is available, but in order to see the notes on a particular player, you have to place your mouse pointer over his/her name, which is annoying because most players don’t remember the names of the opponents they took notes on. This software doesn’t have a buddy list, though a “find a friend” feature is available. The hand-history function works well during game play and is easy to use.

At the time of this review, they offer a 100% up to $100 sign-up bonus. The players must transfer a minimum of $1 to receive the bonus. The bonus release is $5 for every 100 Frequent Player Points (FPP) earned. It is simple to earn points, players automatically accumulate Frequent Player Points by playing in raked cash games, multi-table tournaments and Sit n Go’s.

Paradise Poker offers quality customer support 24/7 via e-mail and telephone. The support agents are friendly; they provide fast answers with outstanding quality. There is no live chat available at the moment. A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section is available at the Paradise Poker website.

The software facilitates the access to all the account information. The cashouts are reliable as well, although not particularly fast. Security is the number one priority of Paradise Poker.

The personal data of the players is protected by SSLv3/TLSv1 encryption algorithm, which is the same level of security used by all major banks. Sophisticated collusion detection methods and random number generation and card shuffling techniques are used to protect the poker play of the customers.