Paddy Power Poker Review

Signing Up

9/10

Being an existing Paddy Power customer I was able to use my sportsbook login details to gain access into their poker site, the installer literally took seconds to download via a broadband connection and about a minute to install.

Within another minute, I had transferred funds from my sportsbook to the poker account. Very straightforward indeed.

Software

8/10

A textbook lobby with a simple looking interface, which makes navigation throughout the whole site a doddle; there are filters under each section to further reduce the amount of time spent looking for a suitable game.

New customers are able to access their entire hand history since joining the site, existing customers are able to retreive their hand history from as far back as March 2008, there's unlimited space to write player notes on each opponent and you can play up to 15 tables at a time...it might be a good idea to pick up a few LCD monitors in the Points 4 Prizes store first though!

Tournaments

10/10

Sit & Gos

9/10

The Sit & Go scene on Paddy Power is well populated and rather friendly, I played mostly at the $5 and $10 levels where the tables filled quickly and the action was'nt overly loose, I noticed the traffic up to the $200 buyin Sit & Go's was plentyful, so whatever your stakes there's a game just about to begin.

For those of you with a high win rate, Paddy offers Jackpot Sit & Go's where players can earn huge cash bonuses for winning 4-6 (depending on stake level) tournaments in a row, or, a small cash consolation prize for finishing 1st or 2nd in 4-6 consecutive Sit & Go's; the current jackpots for the $2, $5, $20 and $50 levels are $2k, $50k, $55k and $100k respectively; bear in mind the jackpots are progressive so are likely to fluctuate, details of the jackpots can be found on the Paddy Power website under the promotions tab.

Banking

9/10

Depositing and withdrawing money can be done via a number of methods, all major debit and credit cards are accepted, aswell as Neteller, Moneybookers, bank transfer and even by sending a cheque.

The processing time is immediate for all methods other than bank transfer and cheque, which take 1-5 working days.

Standard of Players

9/10

There's a strong European tone to the site with a significant amount of English and French.

Loyalty Promotions

8/10

Promotions are rife on Paddy Power, at the time of writing, there's a rather hefty 150% first deposit bonus where they give you $600 for depositing $400, players earn this bonus by accumulating Paddy points while they play at the real money tables.

Paddy points have many uses; you can buy cool stuff from the 'Points 4 Prizes' store such as poker tables, Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox games, DVD's, MP3 players and even LCD monitors.

If you play a lot of poker you will be eligible for the Paddy VIP program where you can earn up to $600 in cash per month by trading in your Paddy points, you will also be able to earn these points more quickly if you have VIP status.

There are also several daily tournaments which you can enter using your Paddy points too.

Their Bad Beat and Bubble bonuses look useful; if you suffer a bad beat having gone all in preflop with a dominating hand, Paddy refunds your stake in the form of a tournament token for the next Bad Beat or Bubbles tournament.

If you finish on the dreaded bubble in one of these tournaments, Paddy generously gives you a free entry into a $50+$9 Jackpot Sit & Go!