888 Poker is part of the 888.com company which is a publicly traded poker room in Europe. The poker room has been in the industry since the rage of online poker first started. They offer an impressive line up of tournaments, highly populated ring games and are backed by financial security. The poker room supports a certified random number generator tested by third parties and is owned by Cassava Enterprises (Gibraltar) Limited. One thing to note is the software is on its own network so all the players that are in the room are playing at this room.

 

Tournaments

888 Poker offers some of the fastest tournaments online. I don’t think I have come across any other room who offers super turbos quite like these, especially in tournament formats. Hosting these fast games can also bring some extremely loose players and 888 Poker is known for supporting its fair share of maniacs. Average viewed flop percentage can peak at 55% in the NL micro games

 

• Games
  

  Ring games are available in your standard selections and no mixed games are supported at this time. The room is typically European with the vast majority of players coming from this region. This means peak hours will be based around this timezone. You will find stakes as low as 1p/2p and climbing up to 100/200. The highest stake that can be found during peak hours is the $20/$40 in Texas Holdem NL. Omaha games are well populated and if you have a good understanding of Omaha Hi Lo you can defiantly profit from 888 Poker. The average view flop percentage is 60% which goes with the general consensus that this room has a lot of juicy games. 888 Poker offers Texas Holdem, Omaha, and Stud.

• Competition at 888 Poker

  Before you start playing tournaments at 888 Poker there are two things you should take into consideration. These games are amazingly fast and you should expect some maniac players to be playing some wild games. If you prefer not to get involved with games like this than you will need to pay attention to which tournament you are registering for since 888 offers many that super turbo. 888 Poker hosts your standard tournament, re-buys, turbo and super turbo. In the turbo games the levels increase by every few hands instead of an allotted time bank. 888 Poker offers many of guaranteed payment tournaments with the largest being the $150,000 GP during the week.

• 888 Poker’s Software

  The software is very reliable. I have never experienced a lag on this site and the speed has always been premium. They recently went through an update which has been an improvement to say the least and the software is at a top performance rate. The graphics are clear and sharp with 888 enabling 3 dimensional players and the ability to customize your background. Players can multi table up to eight tables simultaneously with very little effort. The lobby and tables both provide detailed statistics that every player now requires. Overall it features an easy to use program with key strong points being the stability and the newly updated software.

• 888 Poker Deposit Bonus
  

  The 888 Poker bonus allows player to claim a 25% match up to $100. 888 Poker will release your bonus into your account once you have met the poker room’s requirements by wagering at least 20 times the amount of the bonus. The bonus is difficult to release if you are playing micro games.

• Customer Support

  Support is available every day of the week with toll free numbers witin the UK and wait times to speak to a 888 support staff kept to a minimal. Email on the other hand can take slightly longer which is mainly due to the amount of players using this option. They also provide live support chat.

• Deposit and Withdraw Methods

  Deposit options include; VISA, UKash, bank transfer, PaysafeCard, MasterCard, NETeller, Citadel, FirePay, Wire Transfer, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy, ACTeCASH