Player's Only Poker Review

Home > Online Poker Reviews Date: May 21th, 2007 By: Jesper

The Quick Summary

Player’s Only Poker is a relatively new poker room on the Cake Poker Network. Player’s Only also offers a casino, a sportsbook and a racebook and is part of a small group of poker rooms that still accept U.S. players as well as U.S. credit card deposits. A group of poker players designed the Player’s Only Poker software, the graphics are nice and the functionality was kept a priority in order to emphasize on a really great playing experience. The software plays well and offers great support features.

Popularity: 7 of 10 - Good

The player traffic of Player’s Only Poker has increased incredibly quick in a short period of time. This poker room offers good game variety, including all variations of Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. The freerolls offered by this poker site are very well-visited and most include unique promotions.

The buy-ins of the several tournaments host by Player’s Only Poker will vary between $1 and $72. These tournaments are well structured; new tournaments are frequently being added, not just in Texas Hold’em. As of May, 2007, the peak cash-game traffic of this poker site is of 1,700 real-money players.

Security: 8 of 10 - Excellent

Financial security at this poker room is excellent. Sporstbook.com is the parent company of Player’s Only Poker. Even though Player’s Only Poker is a new poker room, Player’s Only has been a sportsbook and casino since 1996; Sportsbook.com is a company with a very solid reputation, no transaction errors have been reported.

Player Competition: 9 of 10 - Excellent

This poker site offers some of the juiciest and loosest games online. Most of the traffic is at the lower stakes, where the viewed-flop percentage reaches 50%-60% at full tables. A large percentage of the player base are newbies who come from the sportsbook and casino side of there business. This less experienced players makes for some pretty beatable action.

Site Software: 7 of 10 - Excellent

The software has good playability and runs fast, even with multiple tables open. Vital table statistics like hands played per hour, average pot and the viewed-flop percentage are supplied. A note-taking feature is available as well, though it might be a little difficult to use for some. Multi-table play is supported up to four tables simultaneously and is easy and smooth. The player is allowed to sit at any position around the table which is a very nice feature and can also view an unlimited number of tables. The software does not offer advanced multi-table functionality such as a mini-view feature or resizing.

The hand history is saved at any location that the player chooses on the local hard drive and also saves the player chat. This software is updated frequently; the graphics are clean and move fast, although they do tend to be cluttered and some players may have a hard time trying to get a good overview of the play. Quite a few nice avatars are available and all the sounds and most of the graphics can be turned on and off based on the players preferences.

Customer Support: 9 of 10 – Excellent

Customer support at Player’s Only Poker is excellent; the answers are quick and useful, the customer support staff of this poker room is knowledgeable as well as friendly. The site offers telephone, e-mail and live chat support.

Company Ethics: 8 of 10 - Excellent

The fast accumulation of players indicates that Player’s Only Poker is gaining satisfied customers and becoming widely respected. Providing outstanding customer support and financial security is a priority of this poker room.

Site Promotions: 7 of 10 - Good

The sign-up bonus is easy to clear; the new players who register and deposit money have 90 days to clear the bonus from the time of activation. The poker room also offers a loyalty system based on frequent player points.

Overall Review: 7.8 of 10 – Excellent

Player’s Only Poker is a great choice for most players. The tournaments are decently populated; the software is fast and playable and makes for a good playing experience while the support is great.

Final Result: We give Player's Only a final overall score of 7.8 out of 10.