Paradise Poker
Paradise Poker has gone through many ups and downs since its inception. Beginning in 1999, Paradise poker was one of the first ever poker sites. It was one of the top sites until increased competition caused it to be taken by Sportingbet, Plc. in 2005. After the UIGEA, the site lost a large amount of players. This caused the merge of this site with another popular network, International Poker Network, in 2007. This was a very good moved as players now have access to a large customer base, and many new, inexperienced players.
Paradise Poker Offers
- Fast support
- Passive, inexperienced players
- Multilingual support
- Live poker events via satellites
- Poker Tracker
- $2.9 million monthly tournaments
- Bonuses
- Secure
Paradise poker now has access to a large customer base that plays loose in micro limits, and fairly loose all the way up to high stakes. The best action is in the Micro-Limit Hold’em and Omaha tables. Experienced players profit greatly from the site. Peak times gather about 3,300 real money players and 13,000 tournament players.
Paradise Poker Games Include:
- Texas Hold’em
- Omaha
- Omaha Hi-Lo
- Seven-Card Stud Hi
- Five Card Draw
All of the games are available in Limit, Pot-Limit, and No-Limit versions. As with most poker sites, most of the traffic is centered at the Texas Hold’em tables, but there are still many players at the other tables. Limits start off at 5¢/10¢ and go all the way up to $500/$1,000 at the Limit Hold’em ultra high-stakes tables. The games have become more diverse through the years.
Paradise Poker has several different promotions that are available to new players just signing up and bonuses for players who participate regularly. To start off, PokerListings players have a $1,400 bonus with 200% match. From there players can take advantage of reload bonuses, VIP bonuses, satellite tournaments, and referral bonuses.
Paradise Poker hosts many different tournaments, ranging from low to high stakes. League tournaments are usually considered the best, and are offered monthly. Most of the lower stake tournaments are fairly loose, but the higher stakes get pretty competitive.
The only downside to the site is that it takes time for new tables to open up. It also does not except U.S. players, but that is average for most of the sites. Ever since the U.S. banned credit card withdrawals from poker sites, many sites have pulled out of the American poker industry.