William Hill Poker is one of the more popular poker rooms in Europe, with its soft games and good bonuses. It is one of the few UK rooms also open for US players. They use CryptoLogic platform, with a shared player base. The games are among the very loosest today, so if you are looking for an easy-to-win game this is a good room. The player volume has more than four-doubled during 2004, as they have introduced no-limit and pot-limit games. The software is quite functional, however the graphics are not the nicest. William Hill has a very advantageous monthly bonus scheme in which you get £25 to play 5 hours each month (converted this equals to about $40). There is also an open "proposition player" program, where you get paid to play in new and short-handed games.

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

The table graphics are plain and simple. Definitely no finesse here so for those that enjoy fancy player avatars or even using a preferred image as with Poker Stars, this is not the site for you. However, it has some of the best voice options available today. There is also a reasonable player options settings where you can change the look of the cards, sound and chat. You can play at as many tables simultaneously as you want, although the flip flopping screens can make play at more than one table rather hazardous as it is easy to press a button at the wrong table. We think that the colour scheme ooze more quality than most of the other Cryptologic-based poker rooms.

The Cryptologic network has increased greatly during 2005 which means that the ring game volumes at William Hill Poker are growing quickly with peak player volumes reaching around 10,000 with off peak at around 2,000 plus. William Hill Poker supports some of the highest online limit and no limit games. The action is often fast and loose. Sometimes extremely loose. The action is mainly at the Texas Holdem tables. However, there is definitely a growing interest in the Omaha and 7 Card Stud poker variants.

William Hill Poker's multi-table tournaments are reasonable whereas their Sit and Go tournaments are poor. It is difficult to get to play in a single table tournament as you can be waiting a very long time before it starts; only for the most patient. The multi-table tournaments occur approx. every 30 minutes or so. The tournament list has grown considerably in 2005 and now has a much wider range and frequency than a year ago, but there is still a great deal of catch up to the tournament leaders such as Party Poker and Poker Stars. As with almost all online poker rooms, there are qualifiers to the big poker events.

DEPOSIT OPTIONS:
Via Ecash Direct, you can deposit with VISA, MasterCard, debit card, EPC, check, certified check, wire transfer, money order, Citadel, NETeller, FirePay, TeleBuy, Basic 900pay.

CASH OUT OPTIONS:
Credit card, debit card, EPC, check, Citadel, NETeller, FirePay, wire transfer.

The support is good, with live online and telephone support, as well as email support.

Very attractive for the the smaller players getting the £25 each month after 5 hours of real money play.