Full Tilt Poker started up in 2004 at the World Series Of Poker, the room is backed by most of the top professional poker players in the world. The pro's not only endorse the site, they play there in low stake games to give everyone a chance to play against a top professional. Since opening in 2004 Full Tilt has continued to expand there operations by adding more games, stakes and more pros to the site. Full Tilt since launching has had the biggest signup bonus on the net, however the bonus isn't that easy to release. They recently opened the full tilt store which is a great addition to the site.

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Lots of high value promotions, innovative graphical interface, Full Tilt has a good selection of games to choose from including Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud, Stud Hi/Lo, and the unique game of RAZZ.

Very moderate traffic outside peak hours(Soon to change), The competition on Full tilt is quite strong, most of the players are good players.

Party Poker launched in 2001, the site is licensed and regulated by the government of Gibraltar. Party Poker's head office is based out of the United Kingdom, There customer support team is based out of India. Party Poker is the leading online poker site on the internet with 70,000 players online at peak times there's always a game to find. The sit and go's and tournaments always fill up fast so you don't have to wait around. They all different types of stakes and you can play poker with play money, they have the most play money tables on the net & hold daily freerolls.

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Massive poker community, wide variety of stakes available, multi-level table tourneys, great bonuses, great cashouts

A lot of maniac/loose players

PokerStars is one of the top poker rooms on the net, they host some of the best poker players in the world & have produced 2 WSOP champions, Chris Moneymaker & Greg Raymer. Alot of the top professional players play at PokerStars, including: Josh Arieh, Layne Flack, Chip Jett, Evelyn Ng, Scott Fischman just to name a few. They host a great weekly tournament on Sundays usually with about 2,000+ Entrants making a juicy prize pool of usually about $100K to first place. Poker Stars is excellent for sit and gos and tournament action, you start off with $1500 Chips in the sit and gos and blinds get raised slower then Party Poker which makes for more skill & less luck.

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Sit and Gos, custom image uploads, satellites and tourneys, cashouts quick and instant

Tough competition, customer service done only through email, no toll free line

PokerRoom.com was the very first online poker room, they started by offering play money in 1998 and didn't offer real money poker until 2001. PokerRoom.com is now ranked the 5th largest online poker room on the net. They always have games going, they even offer high stake cash games hosting a 100x100 blind NL Hold'em Cash game. They have excellent promotions and bonus points for players, the games have also gotten a lot software thanks in large part to there televised advertising that they have been aggressively pursuing recently.

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Fast and reliable software, with nice look and feel, 2 daily free roll tournaments of good value , 24/7 telephone support, easy note taking function, Good statistics functions

Scattered lobby info, platform has been unstable at times