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In my quest to play poker all over the place, I found myself joining PokerRoom.com. One of the things that drew my attention was the no download ability. At Pokerroom.com, you can either download their software or play right in your browser. The advantage of downloading the software is the statistic ability. If you play in the browser, you can’t keep track of your stats. For Mac users, the ability to play in the browser is a huge one. Some Mac users, like me, probably have Virtual PC (that allows us to run Windows programs on the Mac). However, it can be slow and cumbersome with some programs. I would not recommend Mac users waste time with the download version at PokerRoom.com. The browser version works very well.

My initial thoughts on PokerRoom.com are good ones. I really like the site’s setup and options. The software is graphical, so you see character players at the table. The flow of the game is very nice. You can earn player points with each raked hand and it’s very easy to keep track of your progress as you have a very nice account and profile page. Poker Room is definitely not your typical scaled down version of poker.

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The traffic at Poker Room is really nice as well. I have yet to have any trouble finding a game no matter what time of day or night it was. Whatever your limit, Poker Room has a game for you. Ok, maybe if you are Doyle Brunson and have to play million-dollar buy-ins, this won’t work. For the rest of us, it’s great. All the usual suspects are here: Limit, No-Limit and Pot Limit as well as lots of tournament action.

It seems, according to my initial assessment, that the site has players of all skill sets (or no skills at all). This is a good site for even the new player to come and learn at. I would say that earning the Bonus Cash is of low to moderate difficulty depending on the monetary level you play at. Poker Room gives you more than enough time to get your bonus cash—even for the semi-casual player. That’s a big plus in my book. Not everyone plays Poker every day.

Overall, I am giving PokerRoom.com 4 out of 5 aces. I really have no complaints other than a couple times the game has crashed on me. Both times it happened at the start of a hand, so perhaps it’s a starting error that my computer did not like. It’s nothing that has me worried and it might be my computer’s fault. So why only 4 aces then? I normally reserve the 5th ace for websites that wow me and go well beyond the call of duty. If you are looking for a place to play poker, give PokerRoom.com a try.