Most poker rooms online are sharing players over a network to create a good activity on the tables any time of the day. This page will give you an overview as well as detailed information of all the different poker networks online and what poker rooms they are hosting.
Cake Poker Network is one of the highest recommended poker networks online. For the moment you can find 28 poker rooms located here, and they have recently added some very popular rooms such as Doyle’s Room just to mention one. Cake Network accepts US players, has good traffic and are known for their good promotions such as Gold Cards.
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Cryptologic Network is known for its top class poker software as well as high traffic basically any time of the day. Most of the traffic is of course on the Texas Hold em tables but you will also find good action on the Omaha tables or try Holdem Blackjack which is unique for Cryptologic Network. They are also offering some unique options in their software such as private tournaments.
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Ongame Network is one of the most popular networks for European players, and hold nr5 spot overall. They seem to be especially popular for sportsbooks who expands into poker, which means you can find a lot of fish at the tables on this poker network. Ongame offers some great bonuses for all active players and has a fantastic tournament schedule with more than $14,000,000 in guaranteed tournament prize pools every month.
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B2B Entraction Network is the fastest growing poker network for the moment, where they grew 108% during 2008. This shows in the player traffic, which is now very good with the average peak hour traffic now 2,660 and rising. They offer a unique VIP Loyalty program that spans the entire network, and this can be very valuable for players, especially the cashback rewards.
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iPoker Network is the third largest online network for the moment if you count active player volume. You should take into regards though, that iPoker does not accept US poker players. iPoker has steadily has good traffic, now showing around 5,700 at any given time of the day. Titan Poker has always been the largest poker room on this network. They offer some unique and very interesting promotions such as the Jackpot Sit & Go’s.
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Merge Gaming Network does now support 19 poker rooms and their software is known for a large range of different poker games and very good speed. It also covers some special functions such as Rabbit Hunting and Show One Card. The player traffic here is steadily good and they do accept US players. They offer some nice promotions for all poker rooms located on the network. These include many satellites to land based events and new players can look forward to many freeroll invitations. The main difference on this network is however the game selection which is massive, offering all common games as well as rare games such as Euchre Poker and variations of mixed games.
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Microgaming is previously known as the Prima Poker network, and supports more than 40 poker rooms. The poker software is appealing in many ways which has given them a steady base of loyal players since they started in 1994. The poker rooms here offers quite different promotions as Microgaming gives them quite free options for this. They are no longer accepting USA poker players since late 2008, but has still managed to remain a good player base and good traffic. Here you can find most poker games, even games like 5 Card Draw and 5 Card Stud.
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IPN Boss Media Network is now the 8th largest online poker network. They offer a very solid poker software used by some of the most reputable names in the industry. At peak hours you will find around 4,000 active real money players and their player traffic is climbing a lot lately. They do not offer any promotions for the entire network but the poker rooms are give room to offer some great unique promotions and campaigns.
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888 Pacific Network also called Pacific Poker Network. Well known for their massive online casino network, 888 Poker Network has grown a lot, because of the poker skin Pacific Poker. The software is used by other poker rooms but the traffic on this network is only from Pacific Poker room. They took a big hit when they couldn’t accept US players anymore, but can now show a fantastic player traffic.
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Action Poker Network is using the PlaySafe poker software and are lead by their top poker room TigerGaming. The traffic here is quite a bit lower than most poker networks but they can offer some rare poker variations such as Guts Poker and Chinese Poker. The tournament schedule is not very large, due to the rather small player base, but they give players good value in guaranteed and satellite tournaments.
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Everleaf Network is an established network since 2004 and can now present a rock solid poker platform. Supporting almost 30 poker rooms and can still accept US poker players. They are also known for using the best randomized shuffling software in the business. The traffic is far from the big boys in the industry but has seen a rise in the last year. Their software offers many unique functions for players.
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Cereus Poker Network is a new network developed by Tokwiro Enterprises supporting only the two poker rooms Absolute Poker and UltimateBet Poker. They have overcome a few bugs which is normal for new networks but can now offer a great software. In terms of US networks, Cereus holds 3rd position in traffic, just after PokerStars and FullTilt Poker. The promotions and VIP programs are very valuable at both listed poker rooms.
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