Poker Site Summary:

Although Players only has been around for over 10 years, their Poker addition, is of the newer features for users to enjoy. Sign up now and get a 100% match sign up bonus up to $1000 of free poker money when making your first deposit!

The Cake network has done an amazing job with their software due to recent upgrades. In addition, they have made an unusual venture to only offer their services to players in the US! The software at Players Only Poker is now slick and fast. The lobby maintains the preferred "tabbed" browsing, while also displaying all the vital information. During table play, the game is fast and exciting and it is very easy to see who is in the hand. It also offers note taking and hand histories, as well as multi tabling capabilities.

The game variety is slightly lacking at Players Only Poker only offering Hold 'Em, Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. However, additions of 7-Card Stud and 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo will be added in the near future. The traffic at Players Only Poker is ranked in the top 15 rooms in the world. You can find 800-1,000 real money ring game players, and 1,500-2,000 real money tournament players at peak hours.

In addition to their monthly $100,000 freeroll tournament, Players Only Poker also offers many other great prize packages including SuperBowl Tickets, and tons of cash! The rake is rather attractive with only 5% up to $2 being taken out of each pot. Due to regular upgrades and maintenance, Players Only Poker offers a safe and secure environment.

Ring game traffic (7/10)

6,000-7,500 ring game players at peak hours real money ring game players at peak hours.

Tournament Traffic (8/10)

The traffic reaches somewhere between 30,000-50,000 real money tournament players at peak hours.

Game Variety (8/10)

Good, thanks to the leading volume in all games hosted; Holdem, Omaha and 7-Card-Stud in both High and Hi-Lo. Sit'n'Go tournaments are offered from $200 levels down to $5. Stakes offered in the Holdem section are(1) Limit Texas Holdem from $100-$200 down to $0.5-$1 and (2) No-Limit/Pot-Limit Holdem from $10-$20 down to $0.10-$0.25. There are currently no shorthanded Omaha games available.

Software & Graphics (8.5/10)

With its phenomenal growth, Players Only Poker has added servers and increased bandwidth in order to secure full reliability at 100,000 simultaneous players. Players Only Poker has very good quality nowadays, in line with or better than most competitors. Four simultaneous tables per player is allowed. Unfortunately, the view flop percentages are not presented, neither are hands per hour rate. (This has the benefit though, that the looser games are "protected"). You see the average pot size of the last 20 hands. The personal playing statistics function is somewhat rudimentary, but works well. Player notes function is included as well as instant hand histories.

In October 2005 a new platform was launched which removed the Players Only Poker players from the skin sites and now lets them play at their own private tables. Also new features like black jack, deal-making, and side bets are available while playing at a poker table.

A nice feature is the very smooth table resizing option(which is especially good if you play on a lap top or other small screen).You have the option to "auto resize" all open tables meaning will resize and spread out evenly on the screen by the click of your finger.Resizing does not work for Omaha and 7-Card Stud games. In sum, the software is good today after improvements to support the record-braking traffic.

Rake (5/10)

Players Only poker's rake is not so attractive, as it highly disfavors the low limit games. The higher limit games actually have a comparably low rake.The rake runs as high as 10% in $0.50/$1 and $1/$2 games, as 50 cent is raked when the pot reaches $5. This holds true also for the tournaments,where good value only is provided at the higher stakes. 20% fee in $5games and 8% fee in $100 games.

Soft Competition (6/10)

Players Only poker's rake is not so attractive, as it highly disfavors the low limit games. The higher limit games actually have a comparably low rake.The rake runs as high as 10% in $0.50/$1 and $1/$2 games, as 50 cent is raked when the pot reaches $5. This holds true also for the tournaments,where good value only is provided at the higher stakes. 20% fee in $5games and 8% fee in $100 games.

Loyalty Bonus (8/10)

It gets better and better, now there are both a big frequent player points program as well as numerous re-deposit promotions in which you get 15%-25%up to $100 maximum.

Financial Security (8/10)

It gets better and better, now there are both a big frequent player points program as well as numerous re-deposit promotions in which you get 15%-25%up to $100 maximum.

Support (9/10)

Sign-Up Bonus In $: $1000

·Deposit Bonus In %: 100%
·Referral Bonus Per Friend: n/a
·Bonus Expiration Time: 90 days

Bonus Code: STARTPK

·Clearing Requirement: 300 Points = $10

Clearing Requirement:
·5 Points to earn FREE $25