Pacific Poker is an online poker site owned by Cassava Enterprises, Ltd. This site is known as the top ranking online poker room in the world. They offer tournaments and poker games like Texas Hold’em, 7 Card Stud, and Omaha Hi. Bonuses offered at this online poker room are instant where poker players are able to access and play with immediately. At Pacific Poker, online poker players can participate in playing for practice and real money.
Pacific Poker Signup And First Deposit Bonuses
A welcome bonus of 25% is instantly offered to all new players that open an online poker account at Pacific Poker. And while players are having fun they will have an additional 75% bonus waiting for them. In all, new Pacific Poker players get a 100% welcome bonus on first time deposits of up to $400. A $350 first time deposit will give the player an addition $350 total in bonus money. The player’s bankroll comes to a grand total of $700. However, there are conditions that go along with the bonus money given.
Pacific Poker Bonus Clearing Requirements
Of the 100% welcome bonus given, only 25% of that is instantly available to the new player at Pacific Poker. The remaining 75% is pending until cleared. New players who take advantage of the bonus must obtain bonus point (BPs) in order to clear the 75% of the bonus in pending status.
The number of bonus points given is ten for every one bonus dollar. For example, if a player deposits $200 for his or her first deposit, then he or she will get a matching bonus of $200 of which only $50 (25%) of that will be made available for a total of $250 to play with. Once the player earns 750 BPs, then the remaining balance of $150 will be released to the player for their online poker play.
BPs may be used for cash games, tournaments, casino games and casino tables. While a player gains BPs, he or she also is building Status Points that can be exchanged for real money. A bonus meter is displayed on the screen to show the player just how close they are to being able to use their pending bonus money.
Pacific Poker Loyalty And VIP Program
VIP status is given to any player who gets 60,000 status points in a year. Pacific Poker’s personal manager, who handles the accounts, contacts players with this status. If players reach VIP status on October 9, 2009, then they will remain a VIP until October 9, 2010. The duration of one’s VIP status lasts for a full year giving the players the opportunity to direct their focus on collecting more points to reach higher levels like VIP Diamond.
Pacific Poker Deposit Options
A person must first be a registered player at Pacific Poker online poker room before he or she can make a deposit of any kind into their site. Players are then able to make deposits into their online poker account through deposit options such as credit cards, debit cards, bank accounts on and offline, and e-wallet accounts. Some specific options in those categories would include: Visa, MasterCard, EuroCard, Diners Club, EntroPay Virtual Visa Card, Chinese Debit Cards and several more options shown at their Web site.
Online poker players of this room who reside in countries like Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom are known to use their credit cards or debit cards as means to fund their online poker accounts. Players will be given an identification number of the transaction and the amount. Basically, it is a receipt for their deposit but in their local currency and the currency of the United States of America.
Pacific Poker uses highly secured technology that involves advanced encryption, which ensures that its members know that their transactions are secure and safe all the way.