Poker Site Summary:
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Paradise poker was one of the sites that was greatly affected by the US ban, however, they still boast decent traffic and a very safe and secure site. Since Sportingbet PLC merged with Paradise, they are able to offer very good tournaments and prizes. Due to their recent merge, Paradise now offers an excellent casino and sportsbook for those die hard gamblers.
Due to the fact that they have been around since 1999, their software is very fast and reliable and offers very nice playability. The games offered are Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Draw. They offer No-Limit, Pot-Limit, and Fixed-Limit. Full-table games, short-handed, and heads-up tables are all available. Paradise Poker offer plenty of tournaments and freerolls with good value.
Paradise Poker has 1,000 ring game players and 10,000 tournament players at peak hours as of May, 2008. Overall, Paradise Poker offer relatively loose games and software that plays well, is very stable and secure and relatively fast. The software is updated now and then to ensure safety and stability, with almost no downtime as a result.
Ring game traffic
Score: (8)/10
Paradise Poker has 2,500 ring game players at peak hours. (May, 2008)
Tournament traffic
Score: (8)/10
Paradise Poker has 10,000 tournament players at peak hours. (May, 2008)
Game variety
Score: (7)/10
Paradise Poker offers Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Stud. All games are offered in No-Limit, Pot-Limit, and Fixed-Limit. Paradise Poker also offers Full table, Short handed and turbo games. There are high-limit tables as well, however the majority of traffic is focused on the lower stakes.
Software and graphics
Score: (7)/10
In addition to a very nice look and feel, due to their recent upgrade, Paradise poker offers a very stable and reliable software. They offer table statistics in the lobby, as well as note taking ability at the tables. Their statistics are not the best, however, they do provide some good information.
Rake
Score: (7)/10
Paradise Poker's rake is slightly higher than the industry standard at 10%. The tournament fees get cheaper, at 8%, when you reach the $100 level.
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Soft competition
Score: (8)/10
Since their most recent merge with a large network, Paradise was able to get a lot of sportbook gamblers on to their site, which usually make for some juicy games at the No Limit tables.
Loyalty bonus
Score: (6)/10
Paradise Poker offers reload bonuses on a regular basis.
Financial
security
Score: (8)/10
With no reported problems this site security gets a high score.
Support
Score: (7)/10
24/7 support: Yes
Support Features: Email and Live Chat
Email confirmation/receipt: Yes
Speed: Fast
Knowledge: Good
Avg. NETeller pay out time: 24 hrs
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