Hits
- Live 24-hours chat and telephone support
- Micro-limit tables with low rakes
- Daily free roll tournaments
Planet Poker Review
4.12 / 10
Planet Poker was the first real money online poker room, launching January 1998. The traffic is quite good, typically among the top dozen. Planet Poker has a good support and a great game variety, with lowball, razz and five-card draw and nice promotions. There are a loyalty program and refer a friend program. The site has a...
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Info
- Name Planet Poker
- Website www.planetpoker.com
- Established n/a
- Country n/a
- Auditor n/a
- Software Party Poker
- Size 3.64 MB
- Email n/a
- Telephone n/a
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Score
4.12/10
- Total weighted score 4.12
- Software & Graphics 2
- Ring Game Traffic 2
- Tournament traffic 1
- Game variety 5
- Rake 6
- Soft competition 4
- Sign up bonus 3
- Loyalty bonus 5
- Promotions 6
- Support 6
- Financial security 7
- Deposit & withdrawal options 6
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Bonus Info
- Sign-up bonus in $ $50
- Deposit bonus in % 25%
- Referral bonus per friend $50
- Clearing Requirement
- Bonus expiration time
Game Volume
2.2/10
- Game Peak hours
- Cash game 200
- Tournaments 200
Special Features
- Great game variety, with lowball, razz and five-card draw
- Loyalty program
- Membership referral scheme
Special Bonus Details
Support Quality
6.0/10
- 24/7 Support Yes
- Website FAQ Yes
- Support features Email
- Email confirmation Yes
- Speed Ok
- Knowledge Ok
- Friendliness 50%
- NETeller payout time n/a
- Withdrawal smoothness 50%
Hits
- Live 24-hours chat and telephone support
- Micro-limit tables with low rakes
- Daily free roll tournaments
Misses
- No great look and feel in software
- No sit-and-go tournaments
- No multi-table playing support
- No statistics functions or note-taking
- No lobby information on view flop percentage and hands/hour
- No advanced buttons for automatic play
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Summary (4.12)
Planet Poker was the first real money online poker room, launching January 1998. The traffic is quite good, typically among the top dozen. Planet Poker has a good support and a great game variety, with lowball, razz and five-card draw and nice promotions. There are a loyalty program and refer a friend program. The site has a nice vibe, but the software is quite dated with few advantages. Real money player statistics: 200-250 ring game players at peak hours, 300-400 tournament players at peak hours.
Ring Game Traffic (2)
At peak times one can find 200-250 real money ring game players.
Game variety (5)
Very good game variety, with hold'em, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, seven-card stud Hi and Hi-Lo, razz, draw, lowball. There are also heads up games, no-limit in hold'em and pot-limit in hold'em. Razz and lowball online are quite unique at Planet Poker at present.
Soft competition (4)
We have limited playing experience lately, but the competition should be quite good, so it is not very easy to make money just by playing tight and aggressively.
Loyalty bonus (5)
There is a frequent player scheme where Planet Points are earned for each raked hand, that the player participate in. Points are redeemable for tournaments buy-ins and merchandise.
Support (6)
The live 24-hours chat and telephone support, combined with the e-mail service provides a good support.
Deposit & withdrawal options (6)
Deposit options:
VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay, P$e-direct (US only), bank draft, wire transfer, money order, personal check, VIP Sports, Casino/Bingo Vega.
Cash out options:
NETeller, FirePay, P$e-direct (US only), wire transfer, check, VIP Sports, Casino/Bingo Vega. (VISA at maximum of total deposits)
Software & Graphics (2)
The software level is clearly below average standard, with no statistics or note-taking functions. The graphics are not attractive, with old looking interface. There are no advanced buttons for automatic play. Hand histories are available via email or HTML.They need to do a major upgrade of this software to not continue to loose ground.
Tournament traffic (1)
At peak times the traffic reaches around 300-400 players. There are multi-table tournaments. However, there are currently no sit and go tournaments.
Rake (6)
The rake is quite attractive, especially at the low limit games (from $0.05/$0.10 to $0.5/$1). For the tournaments the charge is average, at around 10% for the various levels, including the lowest.
Sign up bonus (3)
There is a 25% deposit bonus, limited to $50. Restrictions are not stated clearly on site.
Promotions (6)
Planet poker has good promotions. There are daily free roll tournaments and sometimes special promotions. $50 is paid for as member referral bonus, where the friend makes a deposit on minimum $50 and plays approximately 100 rakes hands (less in high stakes over $3/$6 and more in low stakes under $3/$6). The endorsers Mike Caro and Roy Cooke take part in the games at a regular basis.
Financial security (7)
Should be clearly secure, as one of the top 20 poker rooms in the world, with no earlier recorded problems. High score.
