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Overall Rating: 3.55

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US Players:

   No

Software Download Info:

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Network:

Boss Media - International Poker

Current # of Players (Fri May 16 2008, 06 PM):

5,543

Multi-Tabling:

6

Bonus:

€300 Welcome bonus on minimum �15 deposit! - Use Bonus Code: FTR

Minimum Deposit Amount:

$10

Minimum Deposit Options:

BankWire: �10, Check: �10, Click2Pay: �10, DiretTeller: �10, FirePay: �10, MasterCard: �10, Moneybookers: �10, MoneyGram: �10, Neteller: �10, Visa: �10

No Limit Ring Stakes:

�.05-.�10, �50-�100

Limit Ring Stakes:

�.10-.�20, �1000-�2000

Sit & Go Stakes:

�3 + �.15, �10,000 + �500

Player Points:

Yes

Nuts (Cool):

Good sized player base, easy to qualify initial bonus, can earn a large bonus amount for a small deposit, lots of fish. Great range of stakes. Many available games. Ease of transferring funds.

Beats (Suck):

Fold/Call/Bet/Raise choices do not appear until it is your turn. (Minor beats compared to nuts.) No U.S. Players.


has become one of the better poker sites on the Internet today. Since its foundation in 1999, it has had a lot of opportunities to learn, grow and prosper into the very profitable poker site as we now know it. Already a popular site, it was acquired by SportingBet Plc in 2004; a move which raised its traffic levels to new and impressive heights. Recent U.S. legislation has taken its toll on Paradise Poker causing them to lose their American players. To combat the sharp decrease in traffic, Paradise recently joined the International Poker Network. This was a wise decision on their part as it continues to offer decent traffic and a wide variety of games for all skill levels.

Among the popular game choices traditionally found on most poker sites, Paradise offers a choice of Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Five Card Draw and Crazy Pineapple. A wide range of stakes are offered with a decent amount of traffic for each, ensuring a game for almost anyone. You will find most people at the low/mid stake no-limit hold'em tables, but I did find quite a few high stakes games running. Also, their other poker games (other than hold'em) don't get nearly as much traffic but should be enough for you to find a game.

In addition to their cash games, Paradise Poker offers some excellent tournaments, the most popular being the “guaranteed” tournaments. In these tournaments, players are guaranteed a certain prize pool regardless of how many entrants there are. Each month there is €2,000,000 worth of guaranteed tournaments that players of all levels are able to enjoy!

ParadisePoker Lobby
ParadisePoker.com Lobby

ParadisePoker Texas Holdem Table
ParadisePoker.com Texas Holdem Table




One of the key issues in poker software today is language availability. Poker rooms that fail to establish a multilingual piece of software will ultimately suffer for it as many are catching on to its importance. ’s website and software is available in 21 different languages, ensuring a wide variety of people the ability to comfortably play on their site. This will ultimately help player traffic as well. Multi-tabling is important for seasoned players to be as profitable as possible and Paradise Poker has recognized this in developing their software. You can play up to 5 different tables at any given time and can easily switch back and forth using a handy ‘tables’ button located in the middle of the game screen.

The tables themselves are kept relatively simple, giving it a clean and attractive look. The blue color scheme fits perfectly with its overall theme. Players are given several options to control their playing environment from changing the color of the deck to the game’s sound effects which further enhances one’s ability to play comfortably. I enjoyed the minimal animation within the software as well. The manner in which the cards were dealt and swept off the table after a hand was over seemed quite lifelike. I’ve seen better lobbies around, but Paradise Poker’s lobby still gets the job done and is quite decent. It isn’t difficult to find any game of your choice at any stake, and that’s really the bottom line. Navigation is a breeze and won’t take much time to get used to at all.

For those who like to spread their funds around, Paradise has some great features in regards to money transfers. Because Paradise Poker is part of SportingBet Plc group, customers can easily interchange their funds between any Sportsbook betting, the Paradise Casino, and SportingBet gaming. Unlike many other poker sites on the IPN network, Paradise Poker does not use Webdollar. This means that your winnings are promptly paid and there are a wide variety of deposit and withdrawal options for you to choose from.

For the serious player, you will be able to obtain hand history files automatically from their site. These files are compatible with Poker Tracker, so keeping track of your results should not be a concern.


The action at is by no means scarce. At any point in a day you’ll find a decent amount of activity and it greatly improves during peak times. Its traffic can easily reach over 10,000 players during peak hours. After the United States created the UIGEA and ultimately withdrew its citizens from the global online gambling market, Paradise Poker struggled with the loss of a lot of traffic. In an effort to correct the issue, Paradise teamed up with the International Poker Network to boost its traffic levels and it did wonders for the site. Had they not joined forces we may not be seeing the amount of action we’re able to see at Paradise Poker today. As with many poker sites, you may have to wait some time to fill a high stake table, but this is not all that uncommon. In short, Paradise may not see the dominate level of traffic a few other sites receive, but it still brings in plenty of action to be played and is considered one of the better poker sites around.


has all the necessary support services available and goes beyond in offering a live chat feature. I’m always pleased to see customer support offering live chat because it’s a very quick and efficient way to get your questions answered with very little added fluff. In testing the live chat support I ran into a few minor issues with the customer service agent. I think for the most part it was an isolated issue, but it was annoying nonetheless.

Their customer service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ready to answer any questions you may have. In addition to their software and website, customer support is available in all of the 21 offered languages as well. One thing I wasn’t fond of was the lack of a FAQ page. Their website has a FAQ link, but says “FAQ coming soon…” For being around as long as they have, I would have expected to see something under FAQ – even if just temporarily. Rest assured they will have one available soon, as FAQs tend to alleviate a lot of confusion before players turn to customer support.

Overall, Paradise’s customer support is a great service. I’ve come across many bad customer service departments and despite only minor issues Paradise Poker definitely doesn’t fall into that category. Their service is fast, and very helpful.

E-mail: admin@sportingbet.com
Phone: 0800 028 0348 (Toll Free for UK, other countries available, see their website)


The players I saw at were not very good. When I signed up for my first tourney at ParadisePoker, I accidentally chose limit instead of no-limit. I find no limit more exciting so I didn't give the limit tourney 100% of my attention. I was doing some web work and watching tv as the tournament went on. The players in this Paradise Poker SnG were loose-weak. I won the tournament by being selective about my starting hands but then betting at almost every chance once I got involved.

You can check out screen shots of this sit and go here. Anyway, I took 1st place.

I wish all online players were like the opponents I faced at ParadisePoker. When I had good cards they would call my bets and pay me off. When they had good cards they wouldn't bet and I would get to see all 5 board cards, sometimes for free.


usually offers an initial deposit bonus of €100 for all deposits of at least €5. This means that just for signing up they will credit your bonus account with €100. Once your bonus is credited to your account you just need to start playing at any cash tables or real money tournaments and you will earn points towards redeeming your bonus.

However, as a special offer only available through FTR, Paradise Poker has increased their standard bonus for anyone who signs up through FTR. Instead of the standard €100 bonus, Paradise will credit your bonus account with €300 on a minimum €15 deposit! If you only use the minimum deposit, this is a 2,000% increase on your initial deposit! In order to qualify for this exclusive bonus you have to make sure to signup through the links on this page and enter the Paradise Poker Bonus Code FTR when making your first deposit. This bonus will be filtered into your real money account the more you play, therefore rewarding your hard work at the tables. Here is how it is earned:

You must earn FPPs by playing in real money cash games. These FPPs are earned at the rate of 1FPP for every €0.25c raked. The bonus release is €5 for every 100 FPP points earned. So in total you need to earn 6000 FPPs to release the entire €300. This bonus is nice for the fact that you don't need a large bankroll to collect a nice bonus, but keep in mind you still have to earn it. Earning it with only a €15 would be very very hard, so I recommend you have more than that to play with.

Paradise Poker’s loyalty scheme rewards players in other ways as well. For both single table tournaments and multi table tournaments, players will be awarded 4 frequent player points for every €1 in tournament fees. FPPs will also be awarded in cash games for every €0.25 raked, as mentioned above. Using these FPPs you can choose to enter into cash tournaments or satellite events for free.

Paradise Poker offers another great promotion called Poker Ladder. This promotion gives cash players a chance to position themselves at the top of the ladder and earn some really nice prizes in the process. Every week the top 20 players in each ladder will share €6,400 worth of cash prizes and an additional €19,000 in monthly prizes. From 5c to €2,000, each cash table level qualifies against one of three ladders: Low, Medium and High. No matter what stakes you play, there’ll be 1000’s of € worth of prizes for the best cash players at your level in the Paradise Poker Ladder!

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Overall Rating: 3.55




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 “Updates” by givememyleg, 30 Jan 2008

Interface:  4/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  4/5   Bonus:  5/5

Paradise Poker has updated many things including its new bonus!



 “Paradise Lost” by Treviboy, 27 Jun 2007

Interface:  3/5   Action:  2/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  2/5   Bonus:  1/5

I have left Paradise poker and will play there no more. I played there for 18 months but lasted only a week at their re-vamped site. There were so many things I didn't like about it. Mostly, as mentioned elsewhere, I got stuck with $4.90 in their Sporting bet limbo, which has a minimum of $5 to transfer. That is straight out thievery, especially when one is not told that that is the case beforehand. Also, I played for entertainment, not the big bucks, and was quite happy to pay for it with no plans on ever reaching the huge amount required for a cash-out. They took away the 2c-4c games, which I enjoyed, alas no more. A colleague also tried and failed to obtain her largish slot winnings from them. A picture is forming here.....Paradise Poker stinks and is getting stinkier. I have moved to Pacific Poker and am quite happy there.....so far. Paradise Poker gets a thumbs down from me.



 “New Paradise” by Dutty, 04 Jun 2007

Interface:  4/5   Action:  4/5   Support:  1/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  3/5

I used to love paradise, however, I have come across a couple of problems recently. Since paradise has been taken over by Sportingbet.com, your money is automatically transfered from Paradise to sportingbet and you have to transfer it back to paradise everytime you log in. Initially this was not a problem, however my funding has now dropped below $5 (no I am not a big fish in the world of online poker), and there is a minimum transfer of $5!!! So I now have $4 sat on a sports betting site that I am not interested in!!! I have contacted their customer support twice about this matter to date, and still have not recieved a reply from my e-mails. They have live support (like using msn messenger), which I contacted only for them to tell me that they could not help as this is technical support and to e-mail the site, which I had done twice already to no avail. I feel that Paradise are holding players to ransom in order to make people invest more and more money onto their site. I used to love paradise, but if customer services cannot reply to e-mails, then it makes me think that they do not care about their customers, just how much money they can squeeze out of my wallet.



 “Not as great as before” by steve, 20 May 2007

Interface:  3/5   Action:  1/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  4/5   Bonus:  2/5

Since leaving the US market, Paradise traffic has dropped dramatically, so games aren't as plentiful as they once were. It's still a good room for fish, but I prefer to play where the big action is - that seems to be Full Tilt or PS.



 “Money Handling” by Mrs Palmer, 10 Sep 2006

Interface:  3/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  1/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  3/5

They hit my credit card for three deposits only added two payments to my acct. I got my bank to reverse the third payment. Paradise banned me and were very rude when I pointed out that they only deposited twice to my acct. They then demanded I provide paperwork to back up what I had said. All in all they are very poorly managed, not like other sites I have dealt with. PartyPoker, Poker4Ever, Absloute all get 9 and 1/2 thumbs up. Paradise get 1 kick in the back end.



 “Paradise” by Skreeter, 03 Jul 2006

Interface:  4/5   Action:  4/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  5/5   Bonus:  4/5

It's fairly easy to use. Looking through the tournaments can get a bit annoynig sometimes, trying to find the type you are looking for. I've signed up for a couple rebuy's by accident, which I don't like playing. The Table interface is decent, although I prefer to see characters. Tournament action is fairly weak, but there are always people playing. During people hours you may have to wait a bit to get onto a table. I can't comment on customer support, luckily haven't had to deal with them yet. I have been playing for about a month, but I play an average of 12 hrs. a day. I know I have a lot to learn, but it is too easy to make money on this site. I have not made any money on another site, and while I seem to have gained a bit more ability, I now have $150 approx. which I made in the last 20 hrs. This is the first I've played .50 blinds and it is not much challenge. Just make sure to leave a table if you think it's real tight, or you aren't doing well. This site is full of maniacs. I haven't played much the past few days, and cleared 200 points with little problem today. I can't stress the need to switch tables if you feel the players are too experienced. good luck, hope my rambling review is a bit of help



 “Paradise” by andy609, 16 Apr 2006

Interface:  5/5   Action:  4/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  5/5   Bonus:  5/5

My favorite room. The initial deposit bonus is great; I earned it very quickly even at $10 nl. The interface is pretty good, my lone complaint is that when you make a note about a player, it does not indicate so on the player's name. The games are easier here than at Party Poker, imo. Finding a good table has never been an issue.



 “Long Time Paradise Player” by Jiggus, 06 Nov 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  5/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  5/5   Bonus:  2/5

Hmm,... I get a kick out of the losers who pan Paradise, alluding to "foul play" or what have you. I've played on Paradise for almost over two years now. Simply the best I've encountered. Ease of buying in with a credit card, great support when needed (which for me has only been for non-technical matters), good, fast graphics and loads of games. I've played on many other sites and Paradise is far superior. The ones I haven't played on are because it's such a royal pain in the posterior (not to mention expensive what with all the hidden costs) to actually open an account that I've given up trying. UB would be a great example. Until one comes along that has all that Paradise has, I don't think I'll switch again. Tried it a while ago and had naught but grief.



 “Paradise poker rocks” by rolledupaces, 05 Aug 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  5/5   Support:  4/5   Fish:  4/5   Bonus:  4/5

Paradise Poker is the best site out there. One of the main attractions for me is that they offer the widest variety of games. You can choose from no limit games everywhere between a $2 max buy-in to $500. Their limit games range from $.02/.04 to $40/80. They also have 7-stud, Omaha, blackjack, draw poker, 5-stud, Pineapple, Hi Lo, 1-on-1 tournaments, mini-tourneys, etc. For the price variability, the ease of the interface, and poor players abound, PP is the nuts.



 “Paradise Poker Room - Not Bad!” by Slumpy, 01 Aug 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  3/5

Solid choice to play at, definitely worth playing to earn the bonus. Easy $100. Paradise should be included into your list of poker rooms. I've been a member for a few years here, and although I play at half a dozen other rooms, I often go back to visit Paradise if I get a reload bonus or something. I still prefer keeping most of my action at Party Poker, you can't beat the player base and number of tables for cash games.



 “PARADISE u have got to be kidding” by pro, 15 Jul 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  3/5   Fish:  3/5   Bonus:  3/5

U have got tobe kidding me, after reading the reviews on paradise i could'nt stop laughing. I would to hear these players comments in a few months from now. I will give everyone a heads up on the site. If u like bad beats you have come to best place bar none. I know alot of players that have played here including myself and we will never put another penny into it. Its the worst [believe me] If you dont go all in with 10 2 or 7 4 for ex. and you will win more times than not,yes its that bad. No disconnects LOL its bad for it. I really wonder who actually wrote these reviews.I kind of expect some foul play here. I can't wait to tell my player buddies, it will be good for a laugh or too. U HAVE BEEN WARNED



 “Best so far...” by dstir2, 24 Jun 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  4/5   Fish:  5/5   Bonus:  4/5

I have tried bodog, empire, pacific, and now paradise in that order and have been very impressed w/ paradise. the cards are true, they even have there shuffling reviewed by J.D. Power & Associates, which gives out quarterly reports confirming their validity. The interface is very solid, disconnects are non-existent. It is full of fish, even though they are tight fish. just play looser than usual and you'll be fine. I can't tell you how many ppl even at the 50 and 100 nl tables are playing k4 offsuit in early position! Its great. Honestly, this is the first place I have played at where I am not nervous. I feel truely comfortable at these tables, anytime. I strongly urge all to give it a shot, what've you got to lose?



 “Good Site” by nickvinin, 23 Jun 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  4/5   Support:  4/5   Fish:  4/5   Bonus:  3/5

Site is one of the best I have found. I play mostly 1-2 limit and 10-50 limit tourneys. Find some players will call everything and beat you every now and then but in the end the best player seems to walk with the money. Highly recommended.



 “My Favorite Site” by okspeck, 21 Jun 2005

Interface:  5/5   Action:  5/5   Support:  5/5   Fish:  5/5   Bonus:  5/5

Paradise Poker has many great benefits. First off, the interface is my favorite of any site. I like the anonymity of not having icons and being able to order drinks/food instead. There are a decent number of fish in any given room, and always plenty of tables with an empty seat or two at any level. Their support is great, and with a 50% bonus, this site is hard to beat. Also, one of beats listed below has been corrected. The fold/check/bet buttons appear before your turn now. Highly recommended.



 “Fantastic Site” by SDmarlowe, 09 Mar 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  5/5   Support:  4/5   Fish:  4/5   Bonus:  3/5

This is one of the better sites I have played on. The NL Hold em miney tournaments is where I do most of my gaming, and you can always find a game no matter what the buy in. The rake isnt rediculouse like Party poker, and nither are the amount of bad beats,(even though it has its fair share like poker any where in the world). Theres also a pretty good mix of good and bad players, but I do find more fish early in the mornings pacific standard time. Another cool thing about the site is that it offers non traditional and classic games like Pinapple, 5 stud, and draw poker. Over all thumbs up to Paradise Poker.



 “Paradise Poker Review” by Eric, 05 Mar 2005

Interface:  3/5   Action:  3/5   Support:  2/5   Fish:  4/5   Bonus:  4/5

The interface at Paradise is kind of unique. They have cool features like the ability to order drinks. One thing I don't like is the way the Raise/Call/Fold buttons fail to appear until it is your turn. The action is pretty good. It isn't as busy as Party but then again who is? The Customer Support seems fine, they claim to answer emails very quickly, but couldn't find a phone number. The Ease of Game/Fish is excellent. I ran into some really bad players there. The bonus is great too, it comes out fairly quickly and it is easy to monitor.

 



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