888poker No Downloads

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888poker Overview

888Poker, previously called Pacific Poker, has been in business for quite a long time and can be considered one of the pioneers in the online poker craze. The site currently offers a fully featured sports book, casino games, and even online bingo, and all of that is in addition to the very juicy poker games you will find.

The 888poker software is very functional as well. Available in both installable and no download forms, the 888poker client is sure to satisfy your need, no matter which operating system you run. Once in the poker client, you will find that there are a very respectable number of games running, and there will be no trouble in finding an open seat to a fishy game at micro to low stakes. If you want to play higher though, the traffic will dry up, and you will have a hard time finding a game running, let alone a good game. The stakes affected by this seem to be $2/$4 and up. But below that you will have a blast making money like you own the greenback printer itself.

The main games available on the site are Texas Hold'em, with a modicum of Omaha tables offered as well. Omaha's traffic seems to be concentrated at stakes that are a lot below Hold'em, which is at or about 25c/50c blinds. You will also find 7stud and 7stud8 on tap at 888poker, but there are more like side dishes, because the traffic over there is abysmal. But still, it's nice that those games are offered as well.

All in all, 888poker is a solid offering as a poker room. The stakes do not go as high as we wish, but it's a fair trade-off for having access to countless of loose and juicy tables. With a full-fledged sports book, casino, and bingo facilities, you can't go wrong with 888poker for your gambling fix. Sadly, US players have to sit this one out as they are ineligible to play at 888poker as they have exited the US market.

No Download at 888poker

On tap you will find a fully featured no download client, which will work in most modern browsers and on most modern operating systems, without having to install absolutely anything, not even a plug-in of any kind. The no download client does not rely on Java either, which means that the graphics are a little better than what we've grown accustomed to when it comes to multi-platform apps powered by Sun's Java.

Basically, if you can visit the site, you can run its no-download client with its unique multi-tabling system which will cascade tables ad infinitum on your main monitor.

Here is how it works. Just log into one of the 888 sites (casino, sport, etc.) and then click the Poker heading. A new browser window will pop up, do its thing, and then BAM! Your lobby will show up, ready for you to take a seat and start betting and raising. Every table you open will be cascaded along the other tables, which means you can even multi table within that same browser window! Functionally, the client behaves exactly like it's supposed to and there is no real difference between it and the installed client, other than somewhat more lightweight graphics overall and different table graphics.

Pure win, notwithstanding your browser/operating system/platform. More sites should do the same!

888poker Bonus and Promotions

888Poker has a ton of promotions that are running all the time. For its first time depositors, 888poker offers a very juicy 100% up to $400. And the best part is that players will receive 25% of their initial deposit bonus instantly, credited as soon as you deposit to your account. The remaining 75% will have to be cleared, just like every other bonus. This means that if you take advantage of the whole bonus, you will have an additional $100 just for depositing the full amount!

Clearance of the bonus is done through real money play, which awards bonus points for money paid in rake. You will be able to earn bonus points in cash games, tournaments, and even in the 888 casino! The site goes as far as offering a bonus meter on each table to show you your progress towards the collection of the bonus in real time, which is a really innovative and welcomed feature. Oh, and the rate at which you will be earning bonus points is 10 points per dollar raked. Simple!

888poker Summary

888Poker brings a lot to the table that is very beneficial to poker players everywhere. The first thing you should note is that due to the presence of a fully-fledged online casino, a sports book for all your bet-on-sports fixes, and even the availability of online bingo, 888poker's poker tables are some of the juiciest and fishiest ones in the entire Internet! While you will have to sacrifice playing very high stakes in order to play juicy tables, it's a worthy tradeoff that will pay for itself in only a few sessions. In a nutshell, making money is quite easy at 888poker.

But not stopping there, 888poker went a step further by offering a no download client that works seamlessly! No plug-ins to install, no operating system check, no need for a specific browser or a few specific browsers only, no fuss. If you can visit the site, you can play in the no deposit client. The only actual requirement is that you need to have a fairly modern browser to take full advantage of the software, and as we know, most (if not all) good browsers are free, so you definitely don't have to pay a penny for the privilege.

And then 888poker also offers a juicy sign up bonus, which even awards a good portion of it instantly, making you capable of tackling higher stakes right off the bat! It is a rather unprecedented and unexpected goodie from the poker room, but hopefully other poker rooms will copy 888poker in this regard.

If making money is your goal in playing poker, then it pays (pun intended) to start playing at 888poker today.