Paradise Poker (6.22)

Software
Players will feel like they are in paradise, as the light colors, sand, and palm trees set the scene of what is to be paradise.

Paradise Poker’s software is relatively simple, clean, and easy to use. Users should have no problem finding their way around the interface.

Games are sorted in tabs and filters are available including stakes, average pot, players, etc. which is pretty consistent across all poker software.

Audio is decent and you will hear the sounds of chips being pushed around. That’s about it though, nothing fancy.

Standard across all online poker sites, Paradise Poker includes a chat window where you may chat with other players as well as view in-game actions.

While you can multi-table at Paradise Poker, you can’t resize tables. This will be a huge problem for players who wish to tile tables across their screen.

Note taking is also available at Paradise Poker as players are able to take notes on their opponents during play. Simply click on a username and write a note about that player by selecting him/her on the list.

Hand histories are stored both on the software by clicking on support > hand history > open, and on your local hard drive. The hand histories on site shows hand histories in text and graphical format.

Game Selection
Game variety at Paradise Poker is decent. They’ve expanded their game library by including exas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud Hi, Five Card Stud and Five-Card Draw in limit and no limit format. Traffic is heavily weighted at hold em games.

Competition
Paradise Poker has some of the softest competition around. Some players just never get tired of calling.

Traffic
Highest traffic times are in the afternoon, usually when everyone gets off of their day jobs. When it’s late at night, however, traffic drops significantly, as it is hard to find a full table. Tournaments especially dry up in the evenings.
Weekends draws a lot of people as usual and are probably their peak days.

Support
Paradise Poker offers support in all three forms: online chat, telephone, and email.
Email tends to be the slowest and online chat is the most preferable if you wish to get immediate answers.

Bonus/Rakeback
Paradise Poker offers a very attractive 200% bonus up to a maximum of 1000 Euros. Don’t worry, Paradise will convert your money to Euros if Euros is not your native currency. You will then have to clear the bonus.

Rakeback is offered by liquidpoker as high as 30%

The rake at Paradise Poker is on par with industry average at 5% with a $3 maximum rake at any game. There is a "no flop, no drop" policy that lets pots won pre-flop go without a rake. A rake rebate is applied to Fixed Limit poker where a maximum of $1 rake is taken from 10¢-$2 games. For everything else, the site takes a 5% rake topped at $3.

Deposit/Withdrawal Options
Players hoping to deposit within the first 30 days of their first deposit will be rejected for withdrawls until after the 30 day period.
Listed below are the deposit and withdrawal options available at Paradise Poker:

Deposit Options: Credit/debit card, Click2Pay, paysafecard, Neteller, Moneybookers, money transfers, bank transfers

Withdrawal Options: Credit/debit card, Neteller, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, Bank Wire Transfers, Cheque/Cashier cheque.

Security
Paradise Poker is secure, as it is a part of a larger network, Sportingbet, Plc., that includes sports betting, backgammon, video games, etc. If any section of their network were to be jeopardized, it would create a domino effect, compromising their whole network. Sportingbet, Plc. is also listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Paradise Equity (do you have any?)
While there may be no support for a poker tracking software, players can find soft competition at Paradise Poker. What’s more, you can play for Euros, Pounds, or U.S dollars, no matter what currency you’ve deposited in; how cool is it to win in foreign currency?!

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