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Hi all

I've played on Pacific poker for some
time, but recently some strange and very
unpleasant things has happened. I get an
e-mail from them telling me that my
ACCOUNT HAS BEEN BLOCKED.

The explanation is that they are
claiming that I've won funds from
players who have intentionally lost
money. (!!!)

Now, first of all, I wonder, why should
anyone ever use that kind of means to
transfer money, (dumping) when there's
a million of other (better)
possibilities?

I've supported myself from poker for
some time, and I never really had to do
any fishy stuff. I never did.

Pacific Poker are not able to offer any
kind of proof, they are just repeating
their yadayada. As it seems now, I've
lost several thousand dollars, and
looking at my most unpleasant incident
ever as a poker player.

Their interface is truly terrible, and
I've only played there due to the
generally lower level of the players.
Now I'm wondering whether it was really
worth it...!

You're obviously free to form your own
opinion, but I would advise you to be
careful. Unless you want to sue them,
there's nothing to be done when Pacific
suddenly decides to block your account
and collect your money.

I have read some of the responses and I
don't know what you are talking about.
This is the best place to get a sign up
bonus because you don't have to do
anything to get it!!! :)
All you have to do is deposit and you
immidiatly get the sign in bonus- no
need to play a set of hands or bet an
amount of money to get it.
one of the best poker rooms I am playing
on today...

While the games are "easy" the
frequent disconnections and technical
problems override any advantages and can
make playing on Pacific extremely
frustrating. I stopped playing there
for almost four months and then decided
to try again to see if the problems had
been corrected. I lasted less than 10
minutes in a tournament before I was
disconnected and my cards were folded.
I re-booted and again, my hand was
folded. It appears that nothing has
been done and the same problems are
going on at Pacific.

While I'm waiting for Party's next
reload bonus, I decided to try earning a
bonus somewhere else. Well, so much for
that. The bonus is nearly impossible to
earn. I'll probably end up with $5 out
of a potential $100.

Don't play here for the bonus. Play
here because the players are the worst
I've seen. I play a mix of $10NL and
$25NL. The reason for the mix is I play
the best tables I can find. What do I
mean "best table?" I shoot for 60% to
the flop and average pot 40% - 50% of a
full buy-in. I find these tables even at
1:00 am Hawaii time.

I was going to just pass through, but I
will likely stay until I am fully rolled
for $50NL, then move back to Party.

Interface: The poker client gets slow
sometimes, and I can't see the action
buttons once in a while (until I move my
cursor to where the button should be,
then it appears). But on the whole it
seems pretty solid. I game is so soft
it's worth a slightly less sexy
client.

Action: I don't seem to have a problem
finding a table when I logon. However,
I'm not terribly picky about my table.
I look for loose, action tables, but
sometimes I have to settle for less in
one or the other. I still find table
with about 50% to the flop, and high
average pot sizes.

Technical support: I got a quick
response from one email I sent. The
staff was prfessional. There's even a
24 hour number to call. The second time
I wrote, I didn't get an answer, but I
didn't get my confirmation email
either. I probably filled out the
comment form with the wrong email
address.

Ease of game: Where to start. Party
players are better than Bodog players,
Bodog players are better than Pacific
players. That's my opinion. 15.75
bb/100 (only 5 days, don't read into
that too much). Still, I get my good
hands paid off a lot. Sure I have to be
a little tricky, but with the nuts
staring them in the face, some of these
guys still CALL! Yes, call. Sometimes I
get lucky and they bluff into me, but
they also CALL. Go figure.

Bonus: Sucks. For every $10 wagered "in
a raked hand" (not wagered in all
hands) you get 1 point. 100 points earns
you $1. So, for every $1000 wagered in
raked hands you get $1. In aproximately
12 days (2-3 hours per day) I have
earned 230 points or $2.30. I'm on par
for the $5 I guessed.

Hi! Before start, take notice of the
post date (just one poster before me
posted this year:) ). First of all, you
should know I am from Europe, so I
can't have any nettelter or firepay
accounts. I have been playing for real $
for 1 month now, and the reason I chose
them to kill my money is because they
were the only company in about 10 I've
tried that would accept my credit card.
I also appreciate their bonus system as
other posters, but, good people, things
are changing for the better. I cahsed
out and I received my money to my credit
card in less than 48 hours. Support is
ok, though not that fast as Party's
support team. I saw many people
complaining about disconnects - it only
happened to me when I was listening to
music on my pc (which is 7 years old
:)), downloading a movie AND someone was
downloading some materials from me.
However, there is a tendency to lag
while playing at 4 tables in my case,
and if it disconnects, your seat is
still available for you for some time.
That's right, playing at 4 tables. At
first, I have noticed one couldn't play
at multiple tables, but after a few days
I actually did that. I thought there was
a small bug the first time I've tried,
but now I am certain they didn't have
the feature the first time I tried. The
only thing bothering me is being fewer
players comparing to, let's say,
Paradise Poker

As the other reviews stated, there is
some easy $ to be made on this site.
The only problem is waiting up to 10
days after you cashout to get your
money. If the Mafia or some drug
dealers are after you for money, don't
play Pacific Poker to get it. You will
be killed and your cashout will be going
through AFTER your funeral.

I've given this site two chances over
about two years. The second time was a
worse experience than the first.

Their software seems to be incompatible
with something in my set-up and I'd
warrant that I am not the only one.
Their tech support has done nothing for
me and seem relatively unknowledgeable.

Likely a fine site for MSIE users and
basic PC morons but if you've got
anything "normal" on your PC, beware
that you may suffer constant disconnects
and time outs which will only cost you
money.

For me, it was simply impossible to play
at all. Luckily, I only lost bonus
money.

I do believe that the tournaments are
pretty soft, though, since I would end
up in the top 1/2 without even being
able to play a single hand.

No multi-tabling, by the way. Overall,
a poor site. Probably the worst I've
been to.

Wow. Superfishy site. It is such a shame
that you cannot multi table and that
staying connected is an issue. I play at
all the usual sites and rarely have any
problems. For some reason though, I can
only stay on Pacific for about fifteen
minutes at a time. Hopefully, they will
upgrade their software and server
someday. Also, this delayed cashout
system is not good for me. I am
accustomed to seeing funds hit my
Neteller account within two hours.
Having to wait several days is
unacceptable.

The software is awful and the
disconnects are frequent. I've played
at three
other poker rooms and never seen one
quite so many problems. The
software is clunky to use, the buttons
are in awkward spots, there is no spot
that shows the total 'pot' including
the current bets (only the previous
round
of betting). The software frequently
disconnects you about twice an hour, and

there is not all in protection, your
hands are immediately folded when you
disconnect. I found myself tilting
simply due to the disconnects. It
disconnected me and folded my nut hands
on a few occasions costing me a
few big pots. The software also limits
you to playing/viewing only one table
at a time, this kills your hourly rate
and makes table selection more
difficult.

It's been posted that the players are
very fishy here. Its true, however i've

noticed that the fish typically sit down
with the minimum buy in, and if they
happen to double up, they leave the
table and go to a new one, where they
can buy back in for the minimum.

The only redeeming value here is the 25%
sign up bonus that you get upfront
as soon as you deposit.

My suggestion is to try some of the
bigger poke sites where you'll find
just as
many fish, but have a better overall
experience.

Yeah, not so pretty to look at.
Software seems a bit clunky and
unreliable. Hopefully, software updates
will rectify much of these problems.
Much of these reviews have mentioned the
poor software. However, more
importantly, many of these reviews have
also mentioned HOW EASY IT IS TO WIN
MONEY HERE. This is true for the
ring/cash game player. An enormous fish
bowl just sitting there. I don't play
tourneys here so I can't talk about
that. The ring game is easy, stick with
it.

Pacific Poker is, in my opinion, the
worst online pokerroom. The interface is
just aweful. It looks like a seedy dive
casino, complete with vomit-coloured
seats and ghetto playing cards. Don't
kid yourself: appearances make a
difference when you're playing
countless hours at the same site. The
actual software is horrendous. The
pop-up info bar (listing the winning
hand and amount won) overlaps the Post
Blinds bar for a few seconds, so you
only have a few seconds to manually post
your blinds. The clock is also terribly
inaccurate, as I've had my hands folded
with 2-3 seconds left on the ticker. The
game options are terrible: you have to
bet whole dollars, so you can't match
the pot properly once they've raked say
$0.40 from an $8 pot, leaving $7.60. I
find that annoying. Also, they have no
option to automatically list the size of
the bet or the pot unless you hover over
it, which is pathetic. The bonus is good
for a first-time deposit, but then it's
nothing special. You can't even
multitable on this site: I guess having
more than 1 table open would make your
screen look so ugly it would shatter.
Honestly, this is the trashiest poker
site on the net, and I'm puzzled why so
many people play there, other than the
fact that it was one of the first online
pokerrooms. No new player should look to
this cardroom. You'll thank me later.

Pacific poker: It's like dating someone
who is hot but is dumb as can be- they
look great and the relationship perks
are great. However, you find that you
often can't stand being around the
person despite/except for the perks.

Since the object of online poker is to
win money, it can be trying when you
have monster hands get disconnected on a
regular basis. Any decent player knows
that the goal is to win one to three
monster pots per hour and to protect
your money the rest of the time. You
will find yourself screaming at the
monitor on several occasions.

The card shuffler seems to be a little
sketchy as well- more flushes than
normal and more two matching cards on
the flop than normal. The sucky
players/fish profit from this, but this
pitfall can be avoided fairly easily.

Collusion is a concern as well- I've
actually witnessed idiots recruiting
people to collude while talking on the
regular chat.

Yes, the graphics are decent and the
bonuses are very good. Customer service
has been very good as well, often
comping players who get screwed over by
the software in tournaments. However,
it's up to you if this is enough to
warrent using PP on a regular basis.

I have been on Pacific Poker for about a
month now and have had more problems
with this site then the others I have
played. The action gets frozen in
mid-play and I have to re-start the
computer to come back to the game to
find that my hand is folded and I have
lost chips! I never had this problem
with PartyPoker ever. As far as the
fish action, and I hope I am not a fish,
I have found that on the average, a
reasonably good player wins 1-2 big
hands per hour with the low-limit
(.25-.50, .50-1.00) rooms being the best
for quick profit. The bonuses are great
but if you use the "add a friend"
bonus, you better make sure you read the
fine print about real-money accounts. I
signed up my brother on his computer
with my Neteller money and was denied a
bonus in his or my account. Overall,
Pacific plays ok but the interface
problems are irritating at the least.

I signed up for pacific because of the
free $10 they give you (i'm underage so
i can't deposit). I expected to bust
out sooner or later due to variance, but
caught a nice run and got it up too $60,
2 weeks later and i'm on $300, all from
play at .05/.1 NL.. this place is
beyond being a fish bowl.. its like
the seafood markets on saturday morning.
Big fish, little fish, gold fish..
this market doesnt sell shark though.

If you are looking for a place to make
money, don't look any further!
In the lower limits, 70% of the players
seeing the flop is not uncommon, and
that without much pre-flop raising. Even
on higher limits, you have percentages
of up to 60% seeing the flop, which is
unbelievable.
It is very nice that the bonus is
available immediatley available, so you
can play with it from the beginning. Of
course, to withdraw it, you have to
wager 20 times the bonus-amount, but to
be able to play with the bonus
immediately is great.

mega bonus money for first time deposit
and for friend referal. they have
cheaper buyins then partypoker so you
can spend time practicing and make your
$ go further.

I've been at Pacific for 9 months now.
How is it that no-one seems to be a fish
apart from me. I play $30 heads-up and
$20 sit and goes. It is costing me a
fortune due to the numerous amount of
players that are somewhat better than
me. I used to get disconnected loads of
times but not since I have gone on to
broadband. So if all you sharks fancing
a bit of feeding time just look for my
name and come to feast.

Signed up for Pacific 1 or 2 days ago.
Jumped in on the play money to test out
the interface, and it was terrible.
Felt like everything was moving in slow
motion. I wasn't planning on playing
there, but this morning I got an email
from Pacific Poker telling me there was
$10 waiting for me in my account. I
logged in, and sure enough, I had $10 in
my account.
Since I now had some free money, I
figured I'd play some NL$10. The game
was laggy as all hell. I play on a high
speed cable connectin (5mb/s down, 512k
up) and there were multiple occasions
where I was forced to fold my hand
because I ran out of time. This would
be fine, except the timer wasn't
moving, and then all of a sudden it
showed zero and my hand was folded
without warning. I had nothing else
running on my computer except the one
table I was playing on.
The first time my hand was folded, I
had QQ and flopped trips. As I'm
adjusting the betting slider (maybe took
7 seconds at the most) my hand was
automatically folded without warning.
There was no bet to me, and instead of
making me check, it made me fold. Then
the 2nd time I flopped a full house, and
the EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. My hand
was folded because I ran out of time
(even though I didn't) and it folded me
instead of letting me check.
I would have been super upset if I had
actually deposited money and this
happened to me.
Besides the interface sucking, and the
game timer being buggy, Pacific is
great.

This place is a freaking aquarium, at
least up to and including the $20 SnGs.

Dude, who cares what a poker room looks
like?!?! You play poker to look at a
nice graphic of a table? What matters
is making money. Obviously, you can't
do that or you would know what makes a
poker room strong and what makes one
weak. For those of you out there
looking for a new poker room to play in,
if you want a nice pretty picture, watch
TV. If you want to make money at no
limit hold'em, try PacificPoker.

i've made a lotta money on pacific.
tables are decent. tournaments are
always happening. only major complaint
is their interface. the interface is
close to horrible. chief complaint,
while your typing in the chat box if
your turn comes around the hotkeys get
activated. if somewhere in your
sentence you type the letter "r" for
raise and "f" for fold you
unintentionally follow these actions.
i've had many occasions when this
happened and lost alot of money.
otherwise fishes are abundant, support
fast, and bonuses great.

---Ive been playing on Pacific Poker for
about 2 days now, and already ive
encountered more problems than on any
other site ive played. The
Interface/Software is horrible...ive
been disconnected in the middle of hands
about 5 times in 2 days, i NEVER had
this problem with other sites. The
Interface is outdated and makes gameplay
hard to follow.
--- However the action in the rooms is
great, i couldnt believe how bad the
players were. Pacific is definitley easy
money
---- Havent dealt with Customer support
yet, so i cant comment right now.
--- Like i (and many others in these
reviews) said before, this place is a
fishbowl, easy money to be found in any
game.
--- The bonus is the reason i started
playing on Pacific, 25% up to 100 for
the initial bonus, but you have to wager
20x the bonus in gameplay before you can
cash it out...it seems like this could
take a while, but i wouldnt know, cause
theres nowhere on the site to find out
how far along you are in clearing that
mark.

Pacific is currently one of the biggest
fishbowls on the internet. It's like
Party without the multi-tablers! Makes
for a great 5th table. The $50 NL is
fishy and has 100xBB stacks (Party has
only 50xBB stacks.) 3/6 plays softer
than the Party 2/4 game. The UI is
buggy and the chips are offset a little
from the chairs which makes reading the
action a little difficult until you get
used to it.

Having tried quite a few I favour
Pacific Poker for its excellent
tournamemnts. You seldome have to wait
long for anyting from a Free Roll or $1
game to much bigger games including $100
tourny and a daily $30 Game with a
guaranteed prize fund of $20,000. Most
of the tourney's have a guaranteed
prize fund which is honoured even if
they dont get sufficient players. Also
there's no suddent compulsory blind
atne for every player ever hand, that
kicks in half way through the tourneys
of other sites.For those who want to
play the raked tables, theres similar
range of choices and pleny of action of
differetn games hi/lo etc, 7C'stud etc.
even a 5/10cents game for the tame.
Tried the others, come back to Pacific
every time.

Pacific poker is amazing! i have played
there for a few months now, (after
starting out at Party.) I find this site
simple, down to earth and great! The
customer support takes about 2 or 3 days
to get though which i admit isnt great
but otehr than that everything is super!
the bonuses are more than generous.
There are planet of fish, if you know
where to look. dont go to the lowest
limit tables because that is where the
people spend their spare change :P the
fish will be arround the $1 - $5 stakes
tables. The layout of the poker table is
as simple as it gets, which is good
beccause you dont get distracted by the
graphics. The tomrmanents are second to
none! everyday at 14:30 or 15:30 there
is a $500 feeroll whereas the top 90
laces are paid and it is limited to 1000
players. (you have to sign up half an
hour before) so you can actually make a
bankroll without depositing. (i made
over $100 before my first deposit, won a
fiver and built it up.) this is THE
poker room to be ad. Oh ea the gameplay
is supoer simple and str8 forward!

Pacific poker doesn't really stand out
among all the other poker rooms. Their
cashout time isn't great (I think) and
I don't really like the layout. Oh,
the customer support kind of takes a
while too. Roughly 3 days for response
time.

PacificPoker has an interface which is
slow and simple. The number of players
is growing but they still have a ways to
go in order to catch up to PartyPoker. I
never seem to have to wait for the $5 +
.50 No Limit Holdem tournaments so the
action levels are fine for me. The
technical support is excellent, I've
called the 800 number late at night and
been assisted right away. The ease of
game seems about average. I've read
elsewhere that they have a lot of fish
but for me the players just seemed
average and not exceptionally bad. The
bonus system is outstanding. I was able
to cash out everything, both profits and
bonus after playing in just 5
tournaments. I then received an email
for another $25 bonus so I joined back
up and kept playing.