Captain Cooks Poker is a “network skin” which is part of the PrimaPoker Network, with its shared player database. Prima Network has grown quickly in 2005 and now has well over 10,000 players online at peak time and several thousand off peak. With a 50% initital deposit bonus up to $200, Captain Cooks Poker should be of interest to any poker player intending to play a lot. If you know how to use the bonus schemes, it can make a huge impact on your overall bankroll. Why keep playing on one of the poker rooms on the Prima Network once you have cleared the initial sign up bonus? Worthwhile to sign up to another room connected to the same network and do the same as you will still be playing against the same opponents - software the same, players the same, just a new sign on bonus to clear and then you can move on. With 3,000 to over 10,000 players online at any time of the day, Captain Cooks Poker will most likely have a game for you.

• Texas Hold Em
• Omaha
• Omaha Hi/Lo
• Seven Card Stud
• Five Card Stud

Very basic table layout. No player avatars and no options feature to set up your individual player preferences and there is only limited sound (just when cards being dealt). Clear design and uncluttered. Cards are very clear so no confusion with which suit they are or flickering screen. Essentially quite easy to use with good hand history to the right. Sure it doesn't have some of the more useful stats functions and the bells and whistle attached to the player preferences, but provides an easy on the eye playing experience.

Captain Cooks Poker ring game traffic is quite high. The ring game traffic at peak times is around 3,000 players. Fairly limited game variety. However, the action tends to be loose and fast. A lot of short-handed tables (max. 6 players) and plenty of high limit tables.

Captain Cooks Poker's multi-table tournaments have improved greatly in 2005. It can now rival the top poker rooms. Plenty of freerolls, guaranteed prize pool tournaments and qualifiers to the large hi-value poker tournaments. There is good action throughout the day with several thousand tournament players logged on most of the day. Lots of Sit and Go tournaments as well. There is something for every taste. Below are some of the higher value daily guaranteed tournaments as well as some of the regular guaranteed poker tournaments.

DEPOSIT OPTIONS:
VISA, MasterCard, prepaid ATM, NETeller, FirePay, Wire Transfer.

CASH OUT OPTIONS:
Cash out to credit card only against prior purchases make, remaining balance is paid out via various "web wallets" (NETeller, FirePay, Prepaid ATM, etc) and check.

There is telephone support and e-mail support. However, email support often has slow response times but average response times now are claimed to be 6 minutes! There is freephone 24/7 telephone support which is slowly improving. It depends on the time of the day you call how helpful they are.

There is now a new loyalty programme where there used to be none. Based upon raked hands, loyalty points are accummulated which can then be turned into real money. Presume they are still developing the loaylty scheme as it does nothing to excite us to take our pants off.