Sky Poker - Review

Sky Poker is a brand new poker room where players from around the world can compete at the world's favourite card game: Texas Hold'em Poker! There's no download needed and registration is fast and painless so you can be playing within minutes. The customer service is quick and helpful and the software boasts some cool extra features. In addition Sky Poker hold "The Open" tournament every night which is broadcast on Sky 846, so you can get famous too. Sky Poker is a great place to learn and hone your Texas Hold'em skills. Sign up today and start playing!

Sky Poker are the relative new-comer to the online poker world. The have developed their own Flash based java client, so the poker is instant play, with no download needed. Registration is very easy and you can use your existing Skybet account to play poker.

The Sky Poker lobby has a very simple design which makes it easy for the user to find what they want quickly. The lobby is also quick to update which is essential for a good poker room. There's a good "buddy" list available too, though unfortunately there's no table stats such as average pot size and flop percentages. A good feature is that all games are played in £'s.

The poker tables have a really fresh design which are easy on the eye and make them fun to play at. Each player can choose his or her own 2D avatars, which don't interfere with the gameplay, but do add a bit of fun to the proceedings. There's also a good hand history function which shows what players mucked at showdown.

As with most poker rooms, users who a play extended sessions should use the four-colour deck available. The game play itself runs at a moderate pace, the only hold-up you'll have is waiting for beginner players to make relatively easy decisions.

The software has some neat features much targeted at the beginner player. There's the Hot-O-Meter which gives a opinion on your holdings pre-flop and offers advice like "fold-em" or "on fire". There are also good online poker video tutorials which are designed to give beginners an introduction to Texas Hold'em. Unfortunately the only poor feature which could be of detriment to beginner players is that once you have folded your cards still remain on screen for you to see what might have been.

Overall SKY poker have created a good alternative to the normal online poker mould and it seems to be paying dividends in attracting new players to the game. This is a really good room for a beginner player.

Sky Poker had a difficult job of creating a player base from scratch, but they've seemed to acquire a relative wealth of player in a short amount of time. This acquisition has mainly been down to some great tournament offers and the fact that you can appear playing on the Sky Poker Channel 846. Who doesn't want to get on TV?

The traffic is predominantly tournament players, though there are cash games running throughout the day. At non peak times there are cash games ranging from microstakes to £2.50/£5. At peak times there are many more tables and higher stakes available. Many of the games are 6 max though there are full ring games available too.

Sky Poker has a wide mix of ability, many are beginner players, therefore good players should make consistent money at Sky Poker. This should only get better as more beginner players sign up thanks to TV promotion.