Holdem Poker is a relatively new poker room owned and operated by the Swedish based Ongame group which includes Pokerroom.com and Euro Poker. Anyone familiar with Pokerroom.com will recognise the user interface and player tables immediately. Essentially the software has been lifted from Pokerroom.com and rebranded with the Holdem Poker logo. The graphics is top notch, server reliability has improved greatly and ranks amongst the top now, and plenty of short-handed tables ranging from heads up to 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 players.

Excellent tools for the serious player like easy to use statistics and player notes. Holdem Poker offers great statistical analysis of your game. With a Java applet facility, it is an obvious choice for Mac and Linux users as no download is required. Great player volumes although the majority of games are currently at the lower end in ring games but excellent traffic for the tournaments. 5,000 plus off peak and often over 10,000 players online at peak hours.

Good deposit and withdrawal facilities which are now much faster and directly onto your CC, debit card or current account, 24 hour help desk, great graphics and software, rapidly increasing player volumes and this has meant much softer games are now available. Easier to make money than before. Some do complain that the graphics are a bit too dark and heavy on their computer. Great tournament schedule, always tables available as new ones are generated when the existing tables fill up. The new team competition adds greatly to the social environment of online poker.

• Texas Hold Em
• Omaha
• Omaha Hi/Lo
• Seven Card Stud
• Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
• 5 Card Draw

The main interface also has a general chat room where people can say all sort of things. However, it is particularly useful if there is a problem or you have a question which you can post in the chat room and generally someone has the courtesy to answer.

The player tables are rather dark. The graphics is top notch with interesting player avatars, and during Xmas they have come up with a Xmas-theme. Easily accessible statistics and player notes functions as well as easy to use player settings. The only drawback really is for people who like to play at more than one table simulatenously; some complain that the buttons are located too close to each other which means that it is easy to click the wrong button when you are struggling for time.

The chat is for the players only. Although others can view the play, they cannot chat with the players. Furthermore, if a player is particularly annoying, it is possible to MUTE that particular player or now even possible to vote that player off the table.

At the main interface it is possible to manage your player settings such as the ability to choose whether to reveal a won hand that has not been called, automatically wait until the Big Blind reaches your seat when you join a table as well as enable statistics (which is a useful function if you want to analyse the randomness of the Random Number Generator).

There are plenty of Texas Hold Em ring games at all times of the day. However, there are few players of the other forms of poker. In essence, pokerroom.com is primarily for those that have a preference for Hold Em. Whereas there are often thousands of players at any time of the day playing Texas Hold Em, there are rarely over 50-100 players for any of the other forms of poker. What sets Pokerroom apart from many other poker rooms is that there are plenty of tables with various numbers of maximum players. From heads up to 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 player tables.

Holdem Poker has a very strong daily tournament schedule. There are daily $1,000 and $500 freeroll tournaments. There are frequent $5, $10 and $20 multi-table tournaments as well as single table tournaments ranging from $5 + ($0.50 fee) to $100 + ($8 fee). Below are, however, a list of the main multi-table tournaments:

There are plenty of qualifiers to the big guaranteed events. The Freerolls fill up very quickly so you have to register as soon as they open for registration (normally 1 hour prior to start). Holdem Poker has a very popular multi tournament schedule so plenty of action.

DEPOSIT OPTIONS:
VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, Delta, Switch, ePassporte, Moneybookers, Firepay, Prepaid ATM

CASH OUT OPTIONS:
VISA, NETeller, FirePay, Moneybookers, PrePaid ATM, courier check, normal check, directly back to CC or Checking Account

No Fees charged on any deposit options!

Holdem Poker has one of the best Support Service amongst all poker sites. There are three ways of contacting them: via the live chat on the main lobby interface, via e-mail and 24-hour telephone. Whenever there have been problems, the telephone support have been able at most times to recognise the problem, analyse the problem and either deal with the problem immediately or refund as they promised. Top marks for their knowledgeable and able 24-hour telephone support.

Holdem Poker runs a player points loyalty programme. Each day $1,000 is given to the Top 50 players with the most raked hands. Then, on a weekly basis, players who have gained 150 player points get a free ticket to a $3,000 added freeroll. 500 player points in one week entitles you to a free ticket to a $6,000 freeroll. Then from time to time, players get other tickets to special freerolls where the winner get a seat at the $1,000 per seat New Year special, or where player points can be converted into tournament tickets for free. Definitely one of the best player points loyalty programmes around.