Poker World.com Overview
recently (April 2009) joined the Cake Network, giving them a much needed boost in traffic. They join sites such as Sportsbook, Players Only, Doyle's Room and, of course, Cake Poker. They immediately go from one of the smallest networks out there (Gold Chip, where they were the largest member) to a top 10 network with a lot of momentum.
At PokerWorld, you can play all the usual varieties of poker including Limit, Pot-limit and No-limit Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, and Stud Hi/Lo. There is a wide range of levels available from the micro at $.02/$.04 to the high stakes of $500/$1000. Cash games are pretty busy thanks to the traffic they gained by joining the Cake Network.
As for tournaments, PokerWorld is not too shabby in that area either. Sit & Goes seem to fill fairly quickly at the smaller stakes. In guaranteed tournaments, PokerWorld offers over $5 million per month in guarantees! That includes $10k and $25k daily tournaments, a weekly $100k tournament and a $250k guaranteed tournament every month. Despite Cake being one of the fastest growing networks, it is still on the smaller side so you can expect some nice overlays on their guaranteed tournaments.
PokerWorld rewards frequent players with Frequent Player Points (FPPs) and Gold Chips. Players earn FPPs by playing in any real money game. Once you earn enough FPPs you will be rewarded with a Gold Chip. The more Gold Chips you amass in a month, the easier subsequent Gold Chips will be to earn. Gold Chips can be used to buy into tournaments or to purchase merchandise from the PokerWorld Mall.
Poker World Software Interface/Usability
The software at (along with other skins on the Cake Network) is considered some of the best in the industry. They use an overhead 3-D view, which is very nice to look at although it does use up some computer power. It is probably not the best for multi-tabling. However, it would be difficult to play too many tables at a time here anyhow, so that’s not generally an issue.
The lobby is laid out in a simple format. Everything is clear and easy to use. There is a filter available to do some basic screening by number of players, stakes, and table speed. The tournament lobby is also very well organized. When you select a tournament to look at, it opens up a separate lobby with additional information. This is a nice feature, since you can continue to browse the main lobby while you have the tournament lobby open.
At the tables there are a number of nice options available. They are fully re-sizable and there are options for how much chat you want to display, the color of the deck - both front and back, and a choice of backgrounds. There is also an option for a specific buy-in amount and auto re-buys, so that you always have the exact stack you want to start with on the table. Live chat support is always just one click away, with a button near the top of every table window.
There are also buttons to get your instant hand history and to view some of the table stats such as ‘view flop %’ and ‘average pot’. On the subject of hand histories, they are saved to your hard drive so that you can import them into a tracker, but you cannot use a HUD or any real-time program while playing.
PokerWorld.com Poker Room Action
The action at has increased dramatically since they joined the Cake Network in April 2009. Traffic was the one thing that was really holding PokerWorld back from being a good poker room. They have great software, very good promotions, and already had some pretty bad poker players practically giving away money. Now that they've joined Cake, they inherit all of the traffic from across the network, which is considered a true moneymaking network as it was built up with a lot of pretty poor players. Of course, now that it's growing so much there will be more good players but, don't worry, the cash cow opportunities are still to be found.
PokerWorld.com Ease of Game, Ease of Making Money, Fish Rating
was considered one of the fishiest sites on the web when they were part of the Gold Chip Network. Now, they've changed networks. Lucky for us, though, they were the largest site on the Gold Chip Network and they brought most of those fishy players with them! True, there are going to be more decent players now that they are on Cake but, remember, Cake is not a multi-tabler's dream site by any means. You can't even use a HUD while playing there, so many of the "sharks" and the "rocks" are going to just choose to play elsewhere. Hey, that's just leaves more fish for us!
Poker World Coupon Code, Bonuses, and Promotions
If you've been thinking about looking for a new site with a good bonus to grind out, look no further than . Not only do they have some very good action (with plenty of bad players throwing money around) but they offer one of the best bonuses out there, especially for American players.
PokerWorld offers a 110% first time deposit bonus, up to $600. This bonus is paid out in $10 increments, so every $10 of the bonus you earn will be automatically added to your real money account. You earn the bonus by accumulating Frequent Player Points (FPPs), which are awarded for real money games. FPPs are earned in ring games at a rate of 1 FPP for every $1 in rake. According to an email from PokerWorld support, it takes 166 FPPs to clear 10 bonus dollars.
The great thing about PokerWorld FPPs is that they are paid to the exact cent. So if the rake is $1.39, you would receive 1.39 FPPs. Tournament players will receive 7 FPPs for every $1 paid in tournament fees. You can look at your pending bonus and the amount of FPPs needed to clear it under the "Pending Bonus" section of the Cashier tab. The bonus must be cleared completely within 90 days of your first deposit or you will lose the remainder.
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Poker World.com Customer and Technical Support
has all the options you would want from a support desk. Many times you can answer your own questions using the FAQ. When that doesn't work, Live Chat is available for all players and there is a button at every table for quick access. You can also email support or fill out a feedback form to submit. Support contacted via email returned a proper answer the same day. The website clearly lists their address, telephone and fax numbers so reaching them should never be a problem.
Email - support@pokerworld.com
Phone – 1-800-289-3040
Technical/Customer Support by welcometojamrock on 22 Sep 2008
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