If you happen to be on the PKR.com mailing list then you received an email today that certainly caught your eye, just like it caught mine. PKR sent out a spiffy looking graphic email that said "What's The Big Idea?" and the email was titled This Is Big. So, what is this big idea all about?
Well, apparently PKR thinks that they're getting up there with the big dogs in England when it comes to online gaming sites. At the bottom of the email, they say they want to be big, "As big as Betfair and Ladbrokes." For those of you who don't know, Betfair and Ladbrokes are the two major online gambling companies in England that cater to the English market.
So, is PKR just getting a big head, or do they actually have something to talk about? I did a little research, and at the time of this posting there are 1,050 real money cash table players on PKR, one of the highest totals I've ever seen at the site. At Ladbrokes, a site that routinely exceeds 1,000 cash game players, there were 950 active cash table players online. And at Betfair there were 906 real money ring game players online.
When I saw this information, I was shocked. PKR, only launching within the past year or two, has already eclipsed the two giants in the England online poker market. So apparently, the claims they're making in their email aren't far off at all, and are actually already true. Great job PKR, you're really making strides!
Have you heard of PKR Cheats? Read that article to see if they're for real, or fake.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
PKR Rakeback Offers - 30% and up to $2,000
PKR Poker continues to grow and is now considered to be the fastest growing poker room on the Internet. PKR is really increasing the amount of real money players they have at the tables and as a result are now offer bigger and better events. If you are a big limit player, a frequent player, or even a casual player, rakeback at PKR is something you don't want to miss out on.
If you have not joined PKR yet, then make sure to check out this PKR Rakeback page to get started. You will automatically receive 30% PKR Rakeback for life, plus you will also get a special PKR Poker sign up bonus with that, anywhere from $50 to $2000. If you already have an account with PKR, then you will need to contact them to be switch to rakeback. You shouldn't create a second account as you may run into multiple account penalties.
All rakeback that you earn will be deposited into your account automatically on a monthly basis. If you aren't very familiar with what rakeback is, then read on. Rakeback is where you receive part of the house rake that is taken from the table, back into your account. You can see how this could add up to quite a bit especially if you muli-table and play some of the higher limits at PKR. Just head to the PKR rakebake page linked to above to get all the details about this special offer.
If you have not joined PKR yet, then make sure to check out this PKR Rakeback page to get started. You will automatically receive 30% PKR Rakeback for life, plus you will also get a special PKR Poker sign up bonus with that, anywhere from $50 to $2000. If you already have an account with PKR, then you will need to contact them to be switch to rakeback. You shouldn't create a second account as you may run into multiple account penalties.
All rakeback that you earn will be deposited into your account automatically on a monthly basis. If you aren't very familiar with what rakeback is, then read on. Rakeback is where you receive part of the house rake that is taken from the table, back into your account. You can see how this could add up to quite a bit especially if you muli-table and play some of the higher limits at PKR. Just head to the PKR rakebake page linked to above to get all the details about this special offer.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
PKR Announces Six New Freerolls
PKR.com has announced a slew of new freerolls that players can gain real money experience in without having to make a deposit. Every one of these tournaments runs daily, and there is no buy-in fee or requirement, literally anyone can play. We'll give you the full schedule, as well as the prize pools right now...
The first freeroll is a $10 freeroll that runs every day at 11:45 GMT. The second freeroll is a $20 freeroll that runs at 14:15 GMT daily. The third one - a $10 prize pool at 15:50 GMT every day. Fourth, they have a $20 freeroll at 17:40 GMT. The fifth freeroll is a bigger one, with a $50 prize pool running at 19:20 GMT every day. And finally, the sixth daily freeroll is a $20 freeroll at 23:10 GMT.
These new freerolls that PKR has added may be small as far as the prize pool goes, but the experience a new player will gain (as well as possibly the bankroll) make them well worth it for players who are new to the game. Plus, besides these daily smaller freerolls, PKR runs premium freerolls that have huge prize pools.
To play in a premium freeroll, you have to earn a set number of PKR points throughout the month. The premium freeroll is a $10,000 prize pool on the last Sunday of the month. Enjoy!
Want to play PKR? Check out this PKR Download page.
The first freeroll is a $10 freeroll that runs every day at 11:45 GMT. The second freeroll is a $20 freeroll that runs at 14:15 GMT daily. The third one - a $10 prize pool at 15:50 GMT every day. Fourth, they have a $20 freeroll at 17:40 GMT. The fifth freeroll is a bigger one, with a $50 prize pool running at 19:20 GMT every day. And finally, the sixth daily freeroll is a $20 freeroll at 23:10 GMT.
These new freerolls that PKR has added may be small as far as the prize pool goes, but the experience a new player will gain (as well as possibly the bankroll) make them well worth it for players who are new to the game. Plus, besides these daily smaller freerolls, PKR runs premium freerolls that have huge prize pools.
To play in a premium freeroll, you have to earn a set number of PKR points throughout the month. The premium freeroll is a $10,000 prize pool on the last Sunday of the month. Enjoy!
Want to play PKR? Check out this PKR Download page.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Online Poker Strategy - Improve your Table Play!
With the rapid growth that PKR has seen from the start of it's launch, has been coming tougher competition. PKR Poker still offers some of the softest competition of any poker room out there, but that doesn't mean you can't earn even more money from them or stay up to date with the latest strategy. As the traffic continues to grow, you will probably see the competition getting better, as is typical with any larger room.
PKR offers quite a few unique features, such as the PKR Emotes that may give tells to players. Learning the type of players at your table is key and if specific players use certain emotes in specific situations. This is a small thing to improving your game. Coinflippoker.com of one of the largest Internet Poker Strategy websites out there. You will find all kinds of poker strategy to help your game, and the best part is that it is 100% free.
Simply check out the website when you get some free time and you should find plenty of strategy articles to keep you busy for time to come. They have been around for a while and are steadily increasing the amount of strategy offered on the site.
Coinflippoker.com also offers several different PKR deposit bonuses that all new players are eligible for. Make sure to visit their PKR Bonus Code page if you have yet to play at the room. You will find bonuses ranging from $50 all the way up to $2k.
PKR offers quite a few unique features, such as the PKR Emotes that may give tells to players. Learning the type of players at your table is key and if specific players use certain emotes in specific situations. This is a small thing to improving your game. Coinflippoker.com of one of the largest Internet Poker Strategy websites out there. You will find all kinds of poker strategy to help your game, and the best part is that it is 100% free.
Simply check out the website when you get some free time and you should find plenty of strategy articles to keep you busy for time to come. They have been around for a while and are steadily increasing the amount of strategy offered on the site.
Coinflippoker.com also offers several different PKR deposit bonuses that all new players are eligible for. Make sure to visit their PKR Bonus Code page if you have yet to play at the room. You will find bonuses ranging from $50 all the way up to $2k.
Monday, April 14, 2008
3D Poker Seeing Growth
Since the initial launch of TruePoker.com, the first 3D poker site, there has been an exponentially increasing interest in the idea of 3D online poker. Although TruePoker.com didn't have the graphics or traffic to really create an interest, it got the ball rolling, and now a few other sites have picked up the slack.
The main site of course is PKR.com. This is the best out of all the 3D poker sites and is actually a major player in the online poker market which is something no other 3D poker room can say. The rest of this article will talk about how PKR came along, and how they continue to show growth in a competitive market.
Stacks Poker is the site that really started the 3D poker revolution. They generated a huge buzz with in game video previews of their software, and had every poker forum on the 'net chatting about how excited they were to beta test the software. Then, the beta test came out, and all that buzz was lost.
Reviews claimed that the software was shaky, the program was very resource intensive, and the graphics weren't all they claimed to be. After the disappointing beta test, Stacks ending up cutting their losses and shut the site down, never to be seen again...
Then PKR came along with basically the same marketing ploy. Make awesome software, get people excited, and actually LAUNCH your site. This worked out, and PKR now has over 2,000,000 registered players with over 8,000 people online at peak hours. Everyone said it couldn't be done, but it was, and PKR is showing great success.
The main site of course is PKR.com. This is the best out of all the 3D poker sites and is actually a major player in the online poker market which is something no other 3D poker room can say. The rest of this article will talk about how PKR came along, and how they continue to show growth in a competitive market.
Stacks Poker is the site that really started the 3D poker revolution. They generated a huge buzz with in game video previews of their software, and had every poker forum on the 'net chatting about how excited they were to beta test the software. Then, the beta test came out, and all that buzz was lost.
Reviews claimed that the software was shaky, the program was very resource intensive, and the graphics weren't all they claimed to be. After the disappointing beta test, Stacks ending up cutting their losses and shut the site down, never to be seen again...
Then PKR came along with basically the same marketing ploy. Make awesome software, get people excited, and actually LAUNCH your site. This worked out, and PKR now has over 2,000,000 registered players with over 8,000 people online at peak hours. Everyone said it couldn't be done, but it was, and PKR is showing great success.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
PKR Runs Terminator Tournaments
PKR is running new tournaments that are attracting tons of players because of the big twist. They look just like a normal tournament, and feel just like a normal tournament, but there is one big change. Every player you knock out is worth extra money to you, so everyone is going for the knockout blow. You can really take advantage of this, and we'll get into how to win these below...
How it works is that everyone in the tournament has a bounty on their head, and if you knock a player out, you win the money that was his bounty. Also, every time you knock someone out, your bounty increases as well, so you become a more worthwhile prize for your opponents. The bounty prize pool comes right from the main prize pool, and is usually about 50% of the total prize. So, in a $10 tournament, $5 will go to the prize pool, and $5 will go to your bounty.
Besides the MTT terminator games, there's also a Terminator Two style game, where it is a heads up tournament with bounties on everyone's head. As you knock out your heads up opponent and face a new one, your bounty increases as well. These tournaments also reward you with PKR points depending on the tournament fee.
The final terminator game that PKR offers is the Terminator sit and go. In this one, it is a normal one table sit and go, but 100% of the prize pool goes to bounties. So, your only goal in this game is to knock people out. You could get 4th, which would normally be a losing place, but if you knocked out the other 6 people you'd have won a big amount. In this game, focus on the knockout.
How it works is that everyone in the tournament has a bounty on their head, and if you knock a player out, you win the money that was his bounty. Also, every time you knock someone out, your bounty increases as well, so you become a more worthwhile prize for your opponents. The bounty prize pool comes right from the main prize pool, and is usually about 50% of the total prize. So, in a $10 tournament, $5 will go to the prize pool, and $5 will go to your bounty.
Besides the MTT terminator games, there's also a Terminator Two style game, where it is a heads up tournament with bounties on everyone's head. As you knock out your heads up opponent and face a new one, your bounty increases as well. These tournaments also reward you with PKR points depending on the tournament fee.
The final terminator game that PKR offers is the Terminator sit and go. In this one, it is a normal one table sit and go, but 100% of the prize pool goes to bounties. So, your only goal in this game is to knock people out. You could get 4th, which would normally be a losing place, but if you knocked out the other 6 people you'd have won a big amount. In this game, focus on the knockout.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
We Test Out PKR Support System
When it comes to online poker customer support is a huge part of whether a room succeeds or flops. Having a great support system gives players tons of confidence to play at the room, and will continue to deposit and play without worry. However, having a shabby support system will quickly kill your room because players will withdraw their funds and move on.
So, since we're a PKR.com specific blog we decided to test our PKR's support system and give you a full review. We'll start off by introducing their system. They offer 2 options of support: email and live chat. We wish they had a phone number you could call, but we'll have to deal with it. First we'll discuss the email support.
To send an email to PKR you use their email form. You have to enter your Name, Email Address, Subject, Message, and you have the option to attach a screen shot for a technical problem. After completing the form, we waited for the response. It arrived within the hour which isn't bad for online poker email support.
Ok, so now we'll try the live chat. This is where PKR really shines. After entering some basic information, the pop up live chat box came up, and told us we'd experience a wait of 23 seconds. This wasn't off at all, as a support rep quickly responded and offered help.
Overall, PKR has great support, especially for a smaller sized room. For more information, read here about PKR poker.
So, since we're a PKR.com specific blog we decided to test our PKR's support system and give you a full review. We'll start off by introducing their system. They offer 2 options of support: email and live chat. We wish they had a phone number you could call, but we'll have to deal with it. First we'll discuss the email support.
To send an email to PKR you use their email form. You have to enter your Name, Email Address, Subject, Message, and you have the option to attach a screen shot for a technical problem. After completing the form, we waited for the response. It arrived within the hour which isn't bad for online poker email support.
Ok, so now we'll try the live chat. This is where PKR really shines. After entering some basic information, the pop up live chat box came up, and told us we'd experience a wait of 23 seconds. This wasn't off at all, as a support rep quickly responded and offered help.
Overall, PKR has great support, especially for a smaller sized room. For more information, read here about PKR poker.
PKR Updates 2K Bonus Requirements
As you have probably ready from other posts, PKR offers up to a $2000 bonus. When this bonus originally released, it required players to deposit a minimum of $2000 to get this bonus. The requirement of this offer is still a bit, at a $1000 minimum deposit amount.
It didn't seem that the 2k PKR bonus offer was very popular with the original requirement, so hopefully the lowered deposit requirement will help. The biggest problem still remains with the fact that PKR has a maximum daily deposit limit of $800, unless you get that raised by following a series of steps.
In order to raise your deposit limits; You must send in photo id (Drivers License or Passport), a copy of your credit card that will be used for depositing, and documentation that shows both your current address and your full name. The details of this offer can be found on this PKR Bonus Code page.
Other than the 2k PKR bonus offer, there hasn't been too many changes. PKR has continued to improve their tournament schedule, and now offer a guaranteed tournament of 100k every month, which shows just how well PKR is growing.
It didn't seem that the 2k PKR bonus offer was very popular with the original requirement, so hopefully the lowered deposit requirement will help. The biggest problem still remains with the fact that PKR has a maximum daily deposit limit of $800, unless you get that raised by following a series of steps.
In order to raise your deposit limits; You must send in photo id (Drivers License or Passport), a copy of your credit card that will be used for depositing, and documentation that shows both your current address and your full name. The details of this offer can be found on this PKR Bonus Code page.
Other than the 2k PKR bonus offer, there hasn't been too many changes. PKR has continued to improve their tournament schedule, and now offer a guaranteed tournament of 100k every month, which shows just how well PKR is growing.
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