Everest Poker

Everest-Poker is the best site for european players. I've played there for one year now. At the very beginning there were only very few players and it was hard to find a table, especially above the micro-limits of fixed limit. But Everest reacted and reward limit-players with freerolls and other promotions. Even the higher SnG and MTT are running now 24/7 with lots of entrants. Of course the traffic is not that high as it is at Pokerstars or other major sites, but you will always find a table or more. The main reason for playing at Everest are crowds of fishes. Even at higher limits you will find players that hardly can spell P-O-K-E-R. 60% seen flop and huge average pots. They also improved the software. So you no longer need to re-login after you've been disconnected. The graphics and sounds are also very good. The only thing I miss are resizeable tables. The support is not that good. It took 3 days until my last request was answered. But at least I can communitcate in my language - German. I hope that Everest will keep up the good work. It has lots of potential to get a really big one.

my .02, as it seems this article hasn´t been updated for a while. the software is still functional, they had an update for the cards and it´s now possible to play more than 2 hours without getting eye-cancer. the avatars are a bit annoying and on 4 positions at the table you can hardly see the button behind them. turn them off. the number of players online isn´t displayed, but i´ll estimate it close to titan poker. the days of only one running $25NL table are over, now you´ll find up to 50 (6max and full ring) the fact, that the tables are rotating and you´re sittin on the same seat at every table makes multitabling much more easier, it takes a short look and you dont have to look for your seat when an active table pops up. the competition at the low-stakes is (even for that limit) really soft. in peak hours there´s lots of raising and all-in action going on, you´ll see hands shown down i wouldn´t even have pushed in my first party-play-money games a year ago. lean back, take their money. sng and mtt players have to adjust their early stages play, as the initial M here is 66 (i remember party was 33) and you have to get used to start with 100 chips. one BIG NUT: since i´m playing there (6 months now) one bonus i chasing the next one. i received $100 sign up, followed by 25, 75 and right now i´m clearing another $100. i don´t ask why, it´s free cash. the technical support is great, you´ll get fast and detailed replies. two beats left: u cannot resize the tables, which is really annoying with more than one table runnig and my last vashout into neteller took 48 hours.

Mainly just want to offer a clarification of the hand history issue on Everest. The Hand History option is not great here, but still better than e.g. Pacific. While one cannot get anything other than the 'chat' format with the graphical suit illustration, it IS possible to access seperately from the tables chat function. One can go to the "My Account" section and see tables from the last year and hands from the last three months. Not ideal, but better than nothing.

I do not play cash tables... STT, H2H, or MTT. That having been said, here is my take on Everest Poker. Overlook the clunky lobby interface, its functional. They have a "filter." Name the stakes, game, and number of people. It lists those tables. At the table lose the avatars, otherwise it's too crowded. The table rotates so you are at bottom center, no more, "Where the hell am I?" when your MTT table breaks. The software functions well. The slider is not on steroids or in warp drive. You can type in a bet. Bets and chip stacks are plainly shown. When "folding" they animate the pocket cards as being mucked on the table. No problems cashing out, less than 24 hours into my Neteller. Never dealt with tech support so I dunno. As far as finding games well, I play STT's, H2H, and MTT's I never have a problem finding something going on. Bonuses, nothing to shout about, but the best feature, the one that keeps me going back: you NEVER make an actual cash deposit to make a cashout. You don't have to play a Freeroll with 500 fish only to bust out after 2 hours and miss the money. They offer a free buy in 10 top limit game. Pays 5 cent, 3 cent, 2 cent for 1-3. Take your nickel, go to the 5 cent NL ten top. Win that, go to the dime table or even the twenty cent table. Win that... go to the fifty cent table. Win that and go to the two dollar table. Get the idea? I started on the free table, played 6 hours and cashout $25.00 Not a lot of money... but I never made a deposit. I had a great time and some very challenging games. You could take your winning and go to the cash tables but if yer thing is STT's then Everest is a blast. They also offer daily MTT for $1 and there are always 200-300 or more in that. Start at the free table and earn you entry fee. The only drawback is that you have to get used to starting with 100 chips. The blinds start at .50/1. Just move the decimal and think that its 1000 with blinds starting at 5/10 if you like, but trust me, once you get used to it, it makes playing NL a whole new game. Once you are past the free table, the blinds go up 10 minutes, very generous compared to some places. The only place with blinds longer is Poker Stars with their 15 minute blinds (that I know of). The other biggie is their "Satellite Tokens." Most place, you win a satellite, you are tied into a certain tourney, at a certain time... win that, you are again forced to play when they decide in the semifinal and so on. You play for "Satellite Tokens." These are used to play in a tourney of your choosing at a day and time convenient for you. They do not expire. You even may accumulate them and then use a group of them to buy into a big buy in Sattelite. Imagine starting completely free table and work your way to a $100 Satelite to the WSOP. Imagine winning that. You think you can play poker? Start with ZERO and win your way to the WSOP. Everest Poker is a hidden gem. You simply must try it.

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