888poker review
Solid recreational room with the best no-deposit welcome in the industry. Not the place to grind serious rakeback, but the entry-level experience is hard to beat.
The scores
Welcome bonus
100% first-deposit bonus up to $1,000 with code NEWBONUS.
Variable via 888poker Club (Gold Tokens). BLAST Cashback 10-50% running as a current promotion.
Pros
- Genuine $20 no-deposit welcome, actually useful
- Recreational player pool with mandatory straddle tables
- Slick redesigned client (888poker 8)
- Regulated in more European markets than ACR
- Snap Poker is a clean Zoom clone
Cons
- Loyalty program is thin compared to GG/ACR/CoinPoker
- Smaller MTT guarantees
- Player pool has shrunk vs 2015 peak
Rake and rakeback
Weighted contributed. Reasonable caps. The NL100 cap is $3.00 at a flat 5.00% rake percentage.
Effective rakeback for a 100k-hand/month grinder works out to Variable via 888poker Club (Gold Tokens). BLAST Cashback 10-50% running as a current promotion.. Compared against the full rake comparison table, that places 888poker toward the bottom of the field.
Traffic and player pool
Peak cash 24-hour traffic of approximately 2,100 concurrent. Our internal pool-softness score for 888poker is 7.8/10, about average for the field.
Games and formats
Payments
888poker accepts:
Currencies supported: USD, EUR, GBP, CAD.
Licensing
Government of Gibraltar; UKGC; MGA; AGCO; AAMS; ARJEL; DGOJ. Operating since 1997.
Should you play here?
Solid recreational room with the best no-deposit welcome in the industry. Not the place to grind serious rakeback, but the entry-level experience is hard to beat.
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