PKR Poker

Posted by Lassieham , 10/07/09

Overall score: 3.0 / 5

Network: Independent

Country of Origin: UK

Established: 2006

Accept US Players: No

EU Based: Yes

The site in General
PKR Poker is known to be the innovator of 3D poker room. Poker players can choose their facial structure, hair color/style and many other visuals of their graphical image. If you are one of the players who enjoy the entertainment part of playing poker, then PKR Poker is a great poker room to be at. PKR Poker is a new players market and a poker site that is extremely fun to use. And If the poker player wants to play for fun and not the money then PKR is the place to be.

Big name Pros
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Bonuses
PKR Poker rewards the poker player when they earn PKR Points via ring poker games and poker tournaments.  Relying on the size of the pot, the poker player can earn up to 150 points per poker hand and you will need 125 poins for every $1 bonus. Adding to the cash bonus the poker player will receive entrance into the weekly $1000 new poker player freeroll which has some valuable prize pool for new players.

Software
Playing poker at PKR is an absolutely unique experience, with their Emote Control Technology these are often the same games, but seen and played in a totally new way. The absolutely 3d software really puts you at the table in a way that other software simply fails to do. Features that are specifically noteworthy at PKR.com include the ability to alter your character's appearance in terms of clothing, accessories and looks, the use of body language, the facility to do chip tricks and even the options to give a tell during your hand – and all of this is against the different backdrop  settings like the Met Bar, Vegas High Roller, Cruise Ship or Basement Bar.

Tables
The poker player can change the angle of the camera as to view the poker table from any angle that the player prefers. PKR poker newly updated their software and it is multitabling friendly.


Layout  

Special Features
PKR.com points system works out as free money for those that collect them, for example if you collect 135,000 points you can get $600 cash to play with for free. Additionally, there are always cash match bonuses offered by PKR, especially for its high-roller customers.

Player Traffic
The traffic at PKR is fast growing and during the latter part of 2007 and early 2008 the software has been heavily marketed attracting lots of new players and growing the traffic.  The traffic still cannot rival the bigger poker sites, but PKR offers something different and this is slowly but surely attracting more and more players.

Ease of Game
This is one of the major benefits to PKR - the 3D video game software is attracting a whole new type of player to online poker and the good news for experienced players is that this new type are inexperienced casual players, which means that we have seen some of the softest competition at PKR that we have seen in a long time.  Experienced players really can take advantage of this and make some serious profits from this soft competition, however there is limited traffic on higher stakes tables as most of it is focused on the mid to low stake tables.

Game Variety
PKR Poker today offers the generally known poker games as; Texas Hold’em, Omaha , Omaha Hi/Lo. The traffic is mostly concentrated towards Texas Holdem ring games and tournaments however there are some other varieties available.

Tournaments
There are multiple tournaments running hourly. On the weekends you have a $5,000 guaranteed tourney, and in additional you have a $1,000 guaranteed during the weekdays. Sit N go tournaments also seems popular for the lower poker stakes  PKR holds around 10 daily freerolls with the popular event requiring poker player points to enter.

Cash Games
Blinds are established at the limit poker tables from the smallest limits, as low as $.02 with big blinds up to $100/$200, but not much traffic at the high level. No limit poker games are available at $.01-$.02 blinds up to $5-$10


Rake Info
The Rake on PKR is in line with industry norms and generally works out at approximately 5% of the pot up to a maximum of $3 per hand.  However on the lower stake tables the maximum rake taken can drop to as little as $0.25.


Rakeback
PKR offers all SmartGambler players 30% rakeback which is paid directly to your poker account at PKR on the 10th of every new month

Deposit/Withdrawal
PKR offers a number of the most common forms of deposit.Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Switch, Solo, Neteller, Moneybookers, Click2Pay.  Withdrawals can be made via all the usual methods and processing times are very fast.

Support
PKR offers the most accessible customer services facility in the online poker world. Offering its customers a user guide and an interactive knowledge base there is every opportunity for customers to help themselves online. Should it be required however the customer services staff members can be reached via online chat and site based email.

support@pkr.com


As a valued SmartGambler  player we are offering a 100% deposit bonus up to $800 using the code “SG800”

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