Review of Everest Poker

I was weary of trying Everest Poker. I had never heard of it and I usually do not enjoy playing at sites without thousands of players. Still, this site had a bonus program I wanted to try and the graphics are really attractive. Once I started playing I was enthralled by a number of unique features I ended up really wishing other sites had.

The interface is really attractive. I felt closer to a real game here than at any other site. Normal chairs surround a realistic table with attractive avatars. The buttons are easy to read and allow you to make most decisions prior to your turn. The one thing that sets the site apart from the others I have played is the previous hand feature. It shows you the winning hand and the hand you had, even if you folded. This gives you a good idea of how other people are playing and how often you are making the correct decisions. I was really fascinated by this feature and used it often to analyze the play of the other players. Lastly, the chat feature shows the cards you are dealt making it easy to look back if you are playing multiple tables and easily forget cards.

I cannot tell if I liked or disliked the way the games were listed. The search feature allows you to find exactly the game you are looking for. If you want to play No Limit at a $1 table it is easy to just see these tables. I did not like the fact that there was no way to join a wait queue for a particular table. I love finding the table with the loosest (worst) players and taking advantage of them, but I do not want to sit there and watch the table for a seat.

The players were very interesting. I was the only player at most of the tables from the United States. This was a new experience for me. I often could not understand the words being yelled at me, which was a good thing because I did very well at the site. The players were relatively poor. Most of them simply called whatever was bet and raised infrequently. Just play tight and raise when appropriate. If you do you should have no problem making a profit.

Signing up was fairly easy. There were two pages of basic information to fill out and I did not have to wait for an email to play. There were no registration verifications or credit card problems. Depositing money with Neteller was instantaneous. The bonus was unusual. The site gives you a $100 bonus regardless of the size of your deposit. $1 is credited to your account for each $100 wagered in the games. That is a long time to wait for a bonus, but you can’t beat the fact that you can deposit $10 and get $100 bonus.

The games move fairly slowly here. There is way too much time to make decisions, and the players use it all. For instance, players are given 20 seconds to decide whether to muck their cards or not. The tournaments are also very small due to the number of players on the site. Most have no more than 100 players and they only run hourly. For new players this site has some very nice options. The tables start at .02 cent blinds, there are free single-table tourneys which actually pay the winner ten cents, and there are $1 multi-table tournaments with no rake. This is a good site to practice at.

Poker Columnist
Gary Steele
www.poker-programm.com