Paddy Power Poker Review

About

Lets kick off the Paddy Power Poker review by telling you who they are. Paddy Power Poker is part of the largest bookmaker in Ireland and it is through their sportsbook that they made their name. A PLC with a fun image, Paddy Power has developed a reputation for innovation in betting entertainment.  That fun element has made the researching and playing for Paddy Power Poker review a fun experience.

Software and Playability:

Paddy Power Poker is powered by Playtech, one of the leading software providers. This made the Paddy Power Poker review much easier to write as it is as quick and smooth as the top poker rooms we review and it is regularly updated to ensure safety and stability. The poker room is classic in design and is easy to play on.
Key features we found whilst writing the Paddy Power Poker review include player notes and hand history these allow you to maximise your online poker experience. You are not able to customise your screen as much as you would at other rooms but the basic functions are available and that you would assume is the most important thing.

Welcome Bonus:

Paddy Power Poker will more than match your first deposit offering a 150% bonus up to $600 they release your bonus in $5 increments which equates to 450 Paddy points. In order to achieve the maximum, 48,000 must be earned. Paddy Power Poker offer you 90 days to achieve bonus from the time of your first deposit.
 

Earning Player Points:

Paddy Power Poker offer an interesting VIP scheme in which you achieve ranks as if in the military. Every month they asses your activity and as a Private you can earn 20 Paddy points for every $1 paid in tournament fees. In Ring games, they offer you up to 13 points per hand. Just for example, if the rake taken is $1, you will earn 3 points. The higher your VIP rank, the more you can earn. As a general, for the same hand, you receive 5.5 Paddy Power points.  Whilst writing the Paddy Power Poker Review we got ourself to bootcamp and started to climb the ranks and unlocked some of our bonus.   We didn't get to general but we were high up enough that if we wanted you to run around your back garden with a broom above your head then we could shout in your face till you were covered in spit and you'd have to do it.

Games

Games and People:

The game selection at Paddy Power Poker is fairly limited however they do host the standard Texas Hold’em, Seven-Card Stud, Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo. These options are available on the ring games and multi-table tournaments. Tables are also available in heads-up, full and shorthanded formats.

Being a part of the iPoker network, there is a steady volume of traffic available through this room. At peak times there can be 20,000+. As a beginner playing at Paddy Power, on this network, you will find the full range of abilities to test you and progress your game.

Tournaments and Promotions:

Every day Paddy Power has a number of exciting low stake tournaments and freerolls such as the lunch time fast-food freeroll with a $50 prize. Big money guaranteed tournaments are available everyday and the showcase event is the Sunday $200,000 guaranteed freezeout.  Whoever came up with the name lunch time fast food freeroll is a genius. 

In addition to the plethora of multi-table tournaments, sit-and-gos and freerolls whilst researching the Paddy Power Poker review we found there are a number of special feature tournaments such as: Paddy Whackers where you get additional bounty payments for knocking out the Paddy Power team. Satellites qualifiers to major tournaments including The Asian and UK poker tours and the Irish Open are a great addition.  You won't be surprised that Paddy Power Poker usually sponsor the Irish Open and as a growing poker room they are developing some great players.

Customer Service and Security:

Paddy Power Poker simialr to many other poker rooms we review, use SSL mechanism, that is to say that information them with with is encrypted so that hackers are not able to view this from the outside. 128-bit SSL Encryption is used on all pages of our payment system. Another important measure used by Paddy Power is the Firewall. Basically this sits between them and the Internet, providing further protection against non-authorised access. You will see a padlock in the bottom corner to indicate that a page is secure.  I'll be honest in saying that part of our rigourous review process does not include hacking poker rooms to put their encryption software to the test.  Would you hack Irelands largest bookie?  No I didn't think so and we aren't that stupid either.

 
Paddy Power Poker operate 24 hr assistance to its players through email, Instant Chat and telephone.  Whilst writing the Paddy Power Poker review I spoke to a person named Al.  I don't know if its his or her  real name but I asked them a few questions about the poker room and they were really friendly and provided all the answers.  And to make it a little more unsociable I contacted them at 0600.  Only hardcore players are working the tables at that time of day!   We haven’t heard of any serious complaints around either the security or customer service at this room.

Depositing and Withdrawing:

Then only thing in Paddy Power Poker review that let them down was there depositing methods.  Compared with many other rooms the options appeared narrow for the user.  They accept your usual, credit and debit cards; Visa, Mastercard, switch, solo and Laser plust cheques, bank transfer and Neteller and bill pay. The minimum deposit is Euro/£10. Withdrawal can be done through cheque, bank transfer and credit card. The minimum is Euro/£10. Paddy Power don’t charge for any transactions which is a redeeming feature.