Planet Poker was the primary internet casino room, up and running years back in `98. They are a stand alone internet site and don`t have other skins or affiliate sites. The application and graphic art are unique, even if a tad dated, however, they`re presently working on improvements on both elements.

Some of the primary positive factors regarding the room is that they do offer a fair number of tournaments; they have 6 years of online experience; plus, they are set to update the software. You may well be able to get into a competitive game just about anytime you get the urge to. PlanetPokerCom has an exceptional choice of games, among them Texas holdem, Omaha, Omaha (8 or Better), Seven-card stud, Stud (8 or Better), `Best Low Hand` poker, LowBall, and also 5-Card Draw Poker. However, you might have a problem searching out a casino table for non-hold card games unless it`s during popular game times. The amounts of the website`s poker table wagers are decent if you plan to play at the low dollar value limits, ranging from $0.05/$0.10 to $15/$30. Where the software`s concerned, they have been running beta tests for a couple of months, and if all goes well, they`ll have the new software ready sometime in the next couple of months.

The negative things concerning PlanetPoker are a tricky set-up for their competitive matches and a lack of sit and goes. In order to get in the tournaments, you`ve got to select"Tournaments" at the beginning of the game page, just under the phrase "POKER GATEWAY." You will then be sent to a web-page which lists the scheduled contests on it. If you click on"Tournaments" among the lower tabs, you only see the contests currently going on. One final point I`ll talk about here is this--they do not have sit and goes, which might be a major concern with a number of players.

PlanetPokerCom offers a twenty-five-percent bonus with your first deposit, up to $50. They also have occasional two thousand dollar bad-beat winnings. Planet Poker takes FirePay, NETeller, P$E Direct, Click2Pay, credit cards, wire transfers, VIP Sports, Bingo Vega, Casino Vega, plus personal checks.

If you look over the site and like what you observe, sit in on two or three card games and see whether you enjoy it. The contests can be tricky when you`re new; however, the site presents lots of them, along with a reasonable, if not large, number of gamers playing at the cash tables.

Pros:

- a good assortment of free rolls
- a large variety of games
- one-of-a-kind software, no skins or partner sites
- unique ambience of the web-site

Bad:

- puzzling plan for competitions
- not enough sit and gos
- the software and graphics are becoming a bit behind