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Reviews of the Best Online Poker Sites
Each poker site review on this page takes a look at the individual site's software, sign up bonus, player traffic, player competition, banking options, and support team. Our poker reviews aren't like most - we don't just assign each room with a 90+% score then encourage you to sign up. Our poker reviews give you an in depth look at each poker site, including screenshots of the poker room's software, detailed explanations of bonuses and promotions, and honest opinions about the sites. Click any of the links below to read full poker reviews:
Sportsbook.com is primarily an online sportsbook, but they added a poker room a few years ago and we love it! Sportsbook poker is known for having a great rewards program, super customer service, and fishy competition.
Players Only uses the same software as Sportsbook and resides on the same network, so you can expect a very similar experience. However, Players Only is aimed at a "younger" crowd and Sportsbook goes after "older" players.
Bodog Poker is our third-favorite online poker site. Bodog offers easy to beat competition, tons of deposit methods for USA and non-USA players, and great overlay tournaments with huge guaranteed prize pools.
Ultimate Bet is one of the larger online poker sites and has the backing of numerous poker pros like Phil Hellmuth. We love Ultimate Bet's huge sign up bonus, casino side games, and swift payment processing.
Aced is a relatively new online poker site, but they have set themselves apart by offering cool promotions like their "Outs" rewards program. Aced also accepts all USA players and has some of the best poker software online.
Full Tilt is the second biggest online poker site in the world, so they naturally offer more real money games than other poker sites. There are hundreds of real money games running at all hours, including Hold'em and Omaha tables.
Party Poker is the third largest online poker site in the world. Party Poker offers Beginners' Tables where new players can compete against other new players so the level of competition isn't as high.
Just in front of Full Tilt, PokerStars is the biggest poker site in the world. There are ring games, sit and go's, and multi table tournaments, offered in Hold'em, Omaha, and many more variations like Badugi and H.O.R.S.E.
PKR is unique because they offer 3D poker games. Every other poker site only offers the basic 2D views, but PKR has taken the game to a whole new level with realistic environments and graphics. I highly suggest checking them out.
Titan Poker is a smaller poker room that doesn't accept USA players. However, if you are outside the USA Titan Poker is an excellent option for playing real money poker games (Titan offers ring games, sit and go's, and tournaments).
Make sure to bookmark this page, as we plan on adding more poker site reviews soon!
How We Ranked the Poker Sites
The poker rooms above are listed in specific order - the best poker sites are at the top, followed by the more run-of-the-mill poker sites towards the bottom. The rankings aren't a "paid placement" system either - we put each poker site where we truly felt they belonged. Here are the factors we used to rank the poker sites:
Overall Reputation/History
A big factor in our rankings was each site's overall reputation and history of business. The poker sites on this list are 100% safe to play at, and have provided fair, secure online poker games for years. We refused to list any brand new poker sites or small skins on shady poker networks because there is always a chance that players could get ripped off. If you stick to the poker sites above, you are assured of a safe and pleasant experience.
Deposit Bonus
Every online poker site offers some sort of deposit bonus to entice players to make a real money poker deposit. Although some bonuses are bigger than others, often times the smaller ones are best because they are easier to clear. All poker bonuses have "clearing requirements" that force you to play poker to earn your bonus (in order to prevent fraud). Bonuses with easier clearing requirements are more valuable than bonuses with steep, hard to clear requirements. All of our poker site reviews analyze the bonus size as well as its clearing requirements.
Poker Software
The software at each online poker room is very important, so each site's software was a big focus of our poker site reviews. We took a look at the software's ease of use, download size, glitches, and availability to Windows AND Mac poker players. Also, we provide screenshots of each poker site's poker table so you can get a feel for the room.
Ring Game and Tournament Traffic/Ease of Competition
Another important ranking in our poker room reviews was each site's player traffic levels as well as the ease of competition. Rooms with lots of player traffic as well as easy-to-beat competition gained favor in our poker reviews.
Deposit Methods and Support
The final things we looked at were each site's deposit methods and support team. Favor was given to poker sites that offered plenty of deposit methods like credit cards and eChecks, as well as poker sites that offered knowledgeable support teams that were quick to respond.