Pacific Poker Bonus

The poker arm of 888, Pacific Poker offers new depositors a 100% to $400. Now here’s where Pacific Poker really shines. 25% of your bonus appears in your account instantly. You don’t even have to play to have access to it. You can unlock the remaining 75% of your bonus by racing up Bonus Points. Just claim 10 Bonus Points for each $1 of bonus money. As another bonus, you’ll be eligible to play in the site’s $500 First Depositors freerolls for seven days (and you can play in every single one of those $500 tournaments if you wish).

Pacific Poker Overview

There are several tournaments that make Pacific Poker the destination for many of the top online poker players across the globe. Aside from the 25% instant bonus, which means money instantly appears in your account rather than through accumulating Comp Points, Pacific Poker also boasts an $80,000 Guarantee once per week and a $20,000 Guarantee every single day. There are plenty of daily freerolls offered as well as $500 New Depositor freerolls. Royal Flush and Bad Beat Jackpots add to the excitement at Pacific Poker’s tables and trips to the World Series of Poker and many of the top events throughout Europe make Pacific Poker a must for any serious online poker player.

How to Download

Downloading Pacific Poker is simple if you’re a Windows user. All you have to do is visit the site and you’ll instantly be prompted to download the software. If you’re one of those Mac users out there, you can launch a Flash-based version of Pacific Poker if you have Safari 1.0+ or Firefox on your computer. This means no one is left out in the cold. Windows users can also take advantage of the Flash-based client if you’re playing on a computer that you’d rather not download the software onto.

U.S. Player Policy

Pacific Poker does not accept U.S. players. If you’re in the United States, you’ll need to head elsewhere to play online poker.

Customer Service

There are several ways you can reach Pacific Poker’s customer support. If you’re in the UK, pick up the phone and dial 0-800-032-4228. If you’re in Germany, you can call 0-800-181-7431. Finally, if you’re Down Under in Australia, call 1-800-153-466. If you’re anywhere else, there’s an online form you can fill out as well as Live Chat support. I used the online form to ask a Mac-related question in the middle of the day and received a response in an hour.

Tournament Information

Two monster events define Pacific Poker’s tournament offering. The first is an $80,000 Guarantee tournament, which is among the largest weekly tournaments offered at an online poker site. What more do you expect when you have a goliath company like 888 behind you? The buy-in is $132 and you can satellite your way in starting at a ridiculous 65 cents – no, that’s not a typo. The tournament runs every Sunday at 19:35 GMT and is the premier tournament offered on Pacific Poker.

Another tournament you’ll want to check out is the $20,000 Guarantee, which runs every single day. Like the $80,000 Guarantee, the $20,000 Guarantee starts at 19:35 GMT. The buy-in varies by day. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the tournament is $38 to enter. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the $20,000 Guarantee has a price tag of $55. Both provide you with an excellent shot at your piece of $20,000.

Major Promotions

Weekly Freerolls
Paciic Poker is big on offering freerolls to its members. Check the tournament lobby for daily $50 and $100 freerolls. On Saturday afternoons, make sure to look for a $1,000 Depositors’ Freeroll. Anyone who deposited at least $50 in the previous week can register to play a tournament with one thousand bucks on the line. Don’t forget that new depositors are also eligible for $500 freerolls.

Progressive Jackpots
There is a progressive Royal Flush Jackpot on Pacific Poker. For a contribution at the beginning of a hand, you’re eligible to win a percentage of the jackpot.

There is also a progressive jackpot offered for Royal hands, which occur if you win with a Royal Flush, Straight Flush, or Quads. Bad Beat Jackpots are also available. In order to qualify, your four eights have to go down in smoke to another hand. It’s happened before, so cross your fingers and hope Pacific Poker dishes you a bad beat when you play. Play on the Jackpot tables in order to be eligible.

Poker School
One of the features of Pacific Poker that I really like is Poker School, which gives newbies advice and tips. There is a full section of forum posts that you might find useful as a beginner as well as strategy articles to read. Animated videos of how to navigate the tournament lobby and other sections of Pacific Poker are also given. It’s a way for anyone to feel comfortable before they sit down at a table on Pacific Poker.