Planet Poker

  has been the first cardroom on the Internet and has celebrated their 5th Anniversary in 2003. They have offered a wide variety of poker games and betting limits. Endorsing this site has been the legendary ‘Mad Genius of poker’ himself, Mike Caro; a poker player and instructor, who has offered online tips and advice. Roy Cooke has been Planet Poker’s cardroom manager. Roy has played professional poker for 16 years and is currently the leading columnist for Card Player magazine.

  URL: http://www.planetpoket.com

  Games Offered:

  Fixed-limit Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud High/Low Eight or Better, Omaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better, Razz, Five-Card Draw, Five-Card Draw Low;  Pot-limit and No-limit Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Omaha High/Low Eight or Better.

  Betting Limits: 

  Would range from $0.05/ 0.10 up to $ 20/40.

  Promotions:  

  $100,000 progressive bad beat jackpots, a referral program and a loyalty program.

  Tournaments:

  Daily scheduled tournaments.You should check the Tournament Registration page for current information.

  Mac Compatible:

  No

  System Requirements:

  You would have to download software from the site. Windows 95 or later and a Pentium processor would be required.

  Poker Club

  would be one of the Internet’s original poker rooms. Established in 1999, it had originally operated under the name Poker.com.

  URL: http://www.thepokerclub.com

  Games Offered: Fixed-limit Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud High/Low   Eight or Better, Omaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better, Five-Card Stud; Pot-limit and No-limit Texas Hold’em.

  Betting Limits:

  Would range from $0.50/1 up to $ 20/40.

  Promotions: 

  Deposit bonus on initial sign up, frequent player points program, bad beat jackpots.

  Tournaments: 

  Single table tournaments that would last about one hour have been available 24 hours a day, 7days a week. Buy-ins would range from $5 to $100.

  Mac Compatible:

  No.

  System Requirements:

  Windows 95 or later.Software download requires 5 MB of hard drive storage. A 120 MHz Pentium processor with 16 MB of RAM would be needed to run. 800 x 600 or higher screen resolution.

  Poker on TV

  have featured software with high-resolution 3-D graphics and “chat boxes” to converse with other poker players.

  URL:  http://www.pokerontv.com

  Games Offered:  Fixed-limit Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud, Five-Card Stud, Omaha,   Omaha High/Low Eight or Better.

  Betting Limits:

  Would range from $0.50/1 up to $20/40,

  Promotions:

  News players would receive a sign-up bonus.  You should check their site for updates.

  Tournaments:

  None have been available at the time of writing. Tournaments have been planned for the   future.

  Mac Compatible: 

  No.

  System Requirements:

  window 95 or later.  Software download would require 5MB and of hard drive storage. A 120 MHz Pentium processor with 16 MB of RAM needed to run.

  Poker Room

  would only offer Texas Hold’em poker, but it has been one of the few sites that can be used easily from a Macintosh. In fact the site has been completely cross platform since it has used the Java scripts. 

  You should check out their statistics page.

  URL:  http://www.pokerroom.com

  Games Offered:

  Fixed-limit Texas Hold’em

  Betting Limits:

  Range from $1/2 up to $25/50.

  Promotions: 

  Deposit bonus on initial sign-up. Additional deposit bonuses would be based on a Player Points System.

  Tournaments: 

  Every day at 8 PM Eastern Time. Winner would receive $50 in real money.

  Mac Compatible: 

  Yes.Would require installation of Macintosh Runtime for Java (MJR) 2.0 or later.

  System Requirements:

  A web browser that would support Java 1.1 or later.  Internet Explorer 5.0 or later and Netscape 4.x or later would provide Java support.

  Poker Stars

  have offered a variety of special features with their player interface. 

  Software would accumulate statistical data on your play and on request, would email a summary to you. The statistical data has been intended to help you analyze your betting patterns and would only be made available to you, not your opponents. Poker Stars would have a feature that would allow you to make and save notes on your opponents for future reference.Again, the notes you make would be for your private use.

  URL:  http://www.pokerstars.com

  Games Offered:  Fixed-limit Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud High/Low  Eight or Better, Omaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better; Pot-limit and No-limit Texas  Hold’em, Omaha, and Omaha High’Low Eight or Better.

  Betting Limits:

  Would range from $0.50/1 up to $20/40.

  Promotions: 

  Current promotions would include a “Frequent Player Points” system.  You should check their Home page for additional news and promotions.

  Tournaments: 

  You should check their Tournament page for current schedule and details.

  Mac Compatible: 

  No.

  System Requirements:

  Would have to download software from the site in order to play. 

  You would need Windows 95 or later with at least a 100 MHz Pentium processor, 32 MB or RAM and 10 MB available hard drive storage.

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