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Player
points are now standard in the industry. Be sure to
ask if the site offers points, how you earn them, and
what you can use them for.
Promotions
and Prizes. Every poker room should have a bad beat
jackpot and daily high hand! Free roll tournaments are
popular too.
Game
Selection. If you are simply looking for Hold'em,
every site offers a selection of limits of this game.
Most sites also offer stud and Omaha games, however,
you'll want to find one of the busier sites if these are
your games as it can be hard to find opponents at a good
variety of levels. For the most games anywhere - visit
the most popular online poker site - partypoker.com. For
the best online poker tournaments check out
pokerstars.com.
Rake
Structures. The rake taken by the card room has been
pretty much standardized across the industry. Be wary of
sites offering drastically reduced rakes across the
board. The rake is how the room generates its revenue
and if it is cutting its rake by more than 10%, then you
would be well advised to ask questions about the room
intends to operate and stay in business.
Fairness/Trust.
Most onlinepokerrooms are operating on a level playing
field. There are rumors of robot players and non-random
shuffling of cards that float through the chat rooms.
Rooms with such tactics will not survive long, therefore
you should investigate how long your card room of choice
has been in business. The three oldest rooms are Planet
Poker, Paradise Poker and The Poker Club. Our suggestion
is, visit www.pokerpulse.com - if the site is listed
there, it is probably legitimate.
Deposit
Methods. All sites take credit cards, most accept
Neteller and Western Union. OnlinePoker.cc endorses
Neteller as the best option for the player and currently
for the industry as a whole, however we look forward to
other legitimate processors entering the field and
ensuring that Neteller has to answer to its customers
and its competition.
Withdrawal
Speed and Methods. If getting your money fast is
important to you, check on the site's policies on cash
outs. If you use Neteller to deposit, you can get a
Neteller debit card which allows you to take your money
out through a bank machine. Make sure your site does not
limit your Neteller cash outs to the amount of your
deposit - you'll surely want to get your winnings fast
too!
Free
Poker. Most onlinepokerooms offer free poker or
practice tables where you can play poker for fun without
risking money. Free poker tables are generally offered
only as a way for players to 'try before you buy'. For
long term play money poker players, we recommend that
you play at a site that offers only free poker and no
'real' money such as playforfunpoker.com.
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