The Quick Summary

Despite initial software issues, 888 Pacific Poker was a room that experienced great success in the early days of online poker, especially among US players. However, 888 Pacific Poker was one of the rooms hit hardest by the UIGEA and has since had to improve not only their software, but everything else as well.

Many of the changes – including offering 8 different languages – have paid off for Pacific and have helped them to win over new players.

Popularity: 7 of 10 - Good

Despite losing its US player base after the UIGEA went into effect, 888 Pacific Poker has managed to stay relevant in the world of online poker. The room is still pretty popular in Europe and one can expect to see over 2,000 cash game players and over 8,000 tournament players online during peak hours.

Security: 8 of 10 - Very Good

This is one place where people shouldn’t have to worry about the scandals that have plagued other rooms over the years. The 888 Pacific Poker “Dealer” is a top-of-the-line machine – MD5 Random Number Generator – and it ensures that every game and deal is consistently random.

Concerning their banking, Pacific Poker uses extremely advanced encryption technology to make sure that all of their players’ financial and personal information stays safe from hackers.

Player Competition: 7 of 10 - Good

888 Pacific Poker has always held a reputation of having lots of fish at their room and a quick visit to Pacific Poker will prove this reputation to be true. Being associated with the 888.com’s Casino-On-Net means that a lot of casual gamblers make their way over to Pacific to try out poker, usually with disastrous results.

Site Software: 6 of 10 - Average

Ease of use is definitely Pacific’s biggest virtue when looking about their software. There’s nothing fancy about the overly green look of the lobby but one will have no trouble navigating through it with the tab system at use here.

The look of the tables gets a little fancier since more colors than just green are used, but the drawback is that everything appears pretty small on normal-sized computer monitors; the resize option doesn’t help a whole lot either since the graphics get fuzzier when enlarged.

Customer Support: 8 of 10 - Very Good

People won’t have a tough time getting a hold of a 888 Pacific Poker representative since the room offers three different means of contacting them. Live chat, e-mail, and phone support – which provides a number for each region – are all given as ways of contacting the site. This may be nitpicking, but the only thing that they’re missing is fax support.

Company Ethics: 8 of 10 - Very Good

Pacific Poker has a zero tolerance for cheaters and promises to permanently ban anybody that is caught colluding. As a mark of their commitment to reducing cheating, Pacific Poker uses proprietary technology designed to catch colluders and other types of cheaters as well.

Site Promotions: 7 of 10 - Good

One area that really stands out with regards to Pacific Poker’s promotions is its deposit bonus method. Now the amount offered – 100% up to $400 – won’t blow anybody away but the fact that they give players 25% of the bonus upfront is pretty outstanding. This way, players can try the room out before they start spending their own money!

As far as its other promotions go, 888 Pacific Poker is pretty standard in comparison to other poker rooms. One interesting thing is that the prize packages they offer to land-based tournaments are unique within the industry; Slovenia, The Calgary Stampede, and the Caribbean are a few of the places that 888 Pacific Poker has sent people to in the past.

Overall Review: 6.7 of 10 - Good

Pacific Poker isn’t the flashiest room around but they do a great job in many other areas; security and ethics are at the top of the list. The fact that the competition is soft here is just and added bonus to a room that has made great strides over the past few years.

Final Result: We give 888 Pacific Poker a final overall score of 6.7 out of 10

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