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Overall:
4/5
Bonus and Promotions:
4/5
Fish Rating:
3/5
(Fish that bite back?)
Tournaments:
4/5
Software:
4/5
Payouts:
4/5
Customer Service:
5/5
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Overall:
4/5
One of the best initial attractions of
Sun
Poker is their monthly player bonus. Not only do you get a 100%
deposit bonus at $50, you can earn a monthly bonus of $100. It's basically
like getting your deposit bonus back each month. This is also a
popular international site, as they offer games in Euros, Pounds,
and U.S. Dollars. For the best value, you should stick to the $
games whenever possible. I'll go into that a little more later.
The player traffic has been increasing over the past few months, and
they're beginning to offer a large amount of satellites into live
tournaments. Overall, this site is the best choice for
players who love bonuses, but their other features still make this a
strong poker room. Please note that we have lowered their overall
ratings due to not allowing US players.
Bonus (100%
up to $150) and Promotions:
4/5
Our visitors are eligible for a deposit bonus at 100%, up to $50. The first $50 comes from a 100%
deposit match, and another $100 for the monthly reload bonus. Be sure to use
our link
to earn the full $150 bonus. No bonus code is necessary.
As mentioned above,
Sun
Poker also has
a very unique loyalty program. Each month, you're eligible to
receive a $100 bonus directly from them by making a new deposit and
playing each month. They're rewarding you for playing regularly in
their ring games, and you'll need to play a certain amount of raked
hands to clear the bonus. This should be fairly quick for middle
stakes players, but may be difficult for low-limit players.
I
suggest playing at multiple tables and/or tables with high average
pots if you're looking to go for the monthly bonus at
Sun
Poker as a smaller
player. The raked hand requirement is only 200 hands, which is
pretty low. This can be a really neat promotion if you plan to stick
around at their site. They also offer a prop player program, in
which they'll pay you to start off new tables. You can earn between
$10-30 for each hour of play.
When you're logged into the software,
you will occasionally receive messages asking you to start new games
at a specified hourly rate. If you know the games, this can be a
nice bonus. Besides
that, Caribbean Sun offers a Bad Beat Jackpot, a Royal Flush Jackpot,
and special promotions to earn poker books and merchandise. Overall,
they offer a large amount of regular promotions.
Fish:
3/5
The
Sun
Poker network also offers a well-known
casino that is frequented by European players. These players have
spilled over into the poker room and are largely inexperienced.
However, they also tend to be pretty aggressive.
The percentage of
players seeing the flop is about average in 30-40% at mid-stakes
tables, but the average pots are larger than average. You should
stay on your toes and I recommend playing even tighter than normal
since you won't be getting to see many cheap flops. If an aggressive
player is sitting to your left, you should be slowplaying if you
limp in since he's likely to raise you if he senses weakness. A
higher average pot also means that you can mostly play smaller
stakes than you normally would.
Tournaments:
4/5
The tournament traffic at
Sun
Poker has been
increasing due to heavy international marketing and the increase in traffic from
other sites on the Cryptologic network. They've started to offer
more events, including lower buy-in tournaments for new players or
those on a limited bankroll. These usually can attract at least
100-150 players. This site offers a fair amount of guaranteed prize
pool events, which usually attracts the most participants of all
their offerings.
Besides peak daytime/primetime hours, one advantage
is that you'll often see a boost during late night/early morning
hours due to the large amount of European players on other network
sites. Satellites into live events are also numerous here.
Software:
4/5
First of all, I like the color
scheme that
Sun
Poker went with. Mostly, you won't hear very positive
reviews of this software online, but I don't really see why. In my
opinion, most players overemphasize the importance of software to a
poker room. If it runs quickly, deals the right cards, looks decent,
and keeps track of my money I'm pretty satisfied.
This software
isn't bad visually, and in terms of features it offers everything
that you need for online poker. The graphics aren't very original,
but
Sun
Poker probably has my favorite color scheme on the network.
The biggest positive to the software is the game speed, which
usually runs full tables at 60+ hands per hour. Also, try playing at
U.S. Dollar tables exclusively since the maximum rake is 3 currency
units and 3 Euros or Pounds are worth more than Dollars.
Payouts:
4/5
The actual cashout process at
Sun
Poker doesn't take too long and you'll probably have your money
within 24-36 hours. They've recently done away with the old PIN
requirement making for a more streamlined process.
Customer Service:
5/5
The customer service is very extensive
here. Of course, they offer standard e-mail support, but also provide a
telephone number and a live chat option. They are a good example of
what every poker room should offer for support.
Player Traffic
The ring game traffic has always been
their strongest point, and tournament traffic is starting to
increase. I think that a lot of new players are going with them
because of their promotions, so they've steadily been doing better
in this area.
Best Features
 Very good player loyalty program. This
is one of the few sites out there that gives a monthly bonus
to players for a pretty low amount of raked hands.
Large pots and aggressive players. It's
great to let these over-anxious players take control when you really
have the best of it. You'll build a nice pot and then confuse them
at the showdown.
Good customer service. I appreciate the
live chat option, so us antisocial players need only type in we need
immediate resolutions.
Game Selection: Hold 'em,
Omaha, Stud
Limits: Limit: 25c/50c up
to $150/$300 No-Limit: 15c/30c up to $10/$20
Deposit Methods:
NETeller, Citadel, ECP, Pre-Paid ATM, major credit cards, checks, and money orders.
Tips: Since the
players at
Sun
Poker
tend to be overly aggressive, let them do your bidding for you when
you have a real monster hand. If you hit something like the nut
straight, nut flush, or a full house on the flop, slow down a little
bit. If you just called preflop with a raise out, let the preflop
raiser keep control of the hand on the flop. If you're first to act,
just check to him and let him try to bluff you off.
When the action
gets back around to you, just take your time and casually call his
bet. Keep this up on the turn, and hopefully he will improve his
hand. Just meekly call again on the turn. On the river, you can
consider check-raising this time if you're sure he will bet, or just
time your time and bet out if you think he's been bluffing. The
point is that you can use player's aggression against them,
especially when you have a big hand.
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