Pokerchamps is a relatively new poker room with two of the founders being the legendary quad WPT champion Gus Hansen and the Swedish poker-wiz Erik Sagström. At the moment only Texas Holdem Limit and No Limit and Omaha Pot Limit are available. However, Omaha Hi/Lo and Seven Card Stud are in the pipeline. As Pokerchamps uses proprietary software (rather futuristic) and is not part of a network, the software is unique to Pokerchamps and the player volumes at the moment are fairly low as it is a new poker room. However, Pokerchamps has the potential to become a serious poker room contender with advanced software and functionality.

The games are loose. One of the most attractive features is the Rakeback (CashFlow) loyalty programme whereby you as a player receive cash back based on the number of raked hands played. The rakeback is between 5% to 50%!!! The more you play, the higher rakeback percentage tier you move up to. However, the downside is that you have to start from scratch every week and very hard to reach the 50% level.

Player volumes is fairly low at the moment with often less than 1,000 players logged on at any time. The cash games have at the moment more players than their tournaments. Excellent software for those that like to play at more than one table like their 2, 4 or 6 player table interface.

• Texas Hold Em
• Omaha

The only real complaint with the player tables is that they are rather on the small side. Luckily for those that like to play at more than one table simultaneously, there is the excellent 2, 4 and 6 table modes. This is critical as the buttons are set very close together and easy to misclick if you are in a rush. Excellent player notes function, player note facility and easy to switch between lobby and table. Everything is colour coded to assist you when you play. Somehow the player tables seem to be geared for those that are accomplished Internet poker players. Definitely potential to become one of our favourites. Some of the larger poker networks such as Prima Poker and Cryptologic could learn a thing or two from the interface of Pokerchamps.

SINGLE TABLE MODE

TWO TABLE MODE

Only Texas Holdem No Limit and Limit as well as Omaha Pot Limit supported at the moment. However, Pokerchamps will introduce Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo in the near future. Currently, there are no real high stakes tables and most of the action is at the lower end. Almost no action at all at the Omaha tables. With player volumes so low, it can be difficult to find a game off peak. This is a shame as Pokerchamps is a huge advancement over the more established poker rooms. Hopefully, we can assist in improving the situation.

Pokerchamps has tournament traffic of around 1,000-1,400 real money players during peak hours. Considering that they are a new poker room, it is quite impressive traffic as they are not part of a network. Clearly indicates that the volumes will grow quickly.

DEPOSIT OPTIONS:
VISA, NETeller, and Wire Transfer.

CASH OUT OPTIONS:
NETeller, Wire Transfer or Check

Pokerchamps currently only offer e-mail support. In our tests, the response times have been fairly quick and very helpful. We would still prefer live chat and/or 24/7 telephone support.

Pokerchamps run the CashFlow or Rakeback scheme whereby frequent players can receive a weekly rakeback of between 5% to 50%! depending on number of raked hands played. Only negative is that you have to start over every week and it takes nearly 24 hours per day of play to get to the 50% rakeback (which is understandable). However, this is a serious proposition for the serious poker player!

If you want to test your skills against the best like Gus Hansen, Pokerchamps is the place to be. Whenever you see the Player name of GusHansen at one of the Pokerchamps player tables, it is the man himself, Gus Hansen!