Sun Poker

Summary (6.8)

Sun Poker is the poker paradise where kings and queens play online poker. It is a decent online poker package with average verdicts in all aspects, aside from the excellent customer support. The software lacks behind slightly due to low functionality and perhaps a tad too dull graphics. Plenty of people play here, enough to engage players at low, medium and high stakes. The tournament list could be more generous than it currently is, but ring game players probably won't mind. The EveryPoker.com staff also wants to issue that the competition is rather tight at Sun Poker. In brief, Sun Poker is an interesting online poker client, but fails to stand out from the big boys of online poker.

Software (6)

Sun Poker uses licensed software from WaterLogic. It is powerful and mature after years and years of operation, but lacks behind in what the industry leaders of today provide. The lobby is of average type with little or close to no features at all. You have the regular menu, but you cannot sort between different stakes and limit types. The table offers more functionality but falls behind on features like player notes. It is fairly customizable but nothing out of the ordinary. This software is by all means not poor, but if good visuals and lots of functionality is your beef, look elsewhere.

Traffic (7)

Sun Poker has been around since poker first started booming on the internet. This usually transcends to high user traffic and Sun Poker is no exception. During peak hours, approximately 5,000 users sit down at the tables. Roughly one third of these players will be found at the ring game tables. 5,000 may not sound like much, but it is enough to provide for action at most of the stakes.

Tournaments (5)

The list of tournaments offered by Sun Poker is decent but nothing to hang up high in a Christmas tree. The regular potpourri of single and multi table tournaments is offered, including freerolls, satellites and private tables. Tournament and cash game leader board players are invited to exclusive $10,000 and $3,000 tournaments. Fans of satellites will find plenty of European Poker Tour tournaments as well as CPC tournaments and regular satellites to high cash prize tournaments online.

Game Variety (7)

Sun Poker is doing good in terms of game variety. All Texas Hold'em variations are available, 7 Card Stud is supported and Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo is there as well. We particularly like the one on one tables, which have become so popular that it deserved its very own section. Unfortunately, turbo or fast poker is not supported.

Soft Competition (6)

Every ocean is the home to a fish. Sun Poker is attracting a mixture of sharks and rookies who don't perform particularly well. The viewed flops percentage is unfortunately low and often below 50 % even at lower stakes. Tight play is not always equivalent to good play, however.

Sign Up Bonus (7)

EveryPoker.com and Sun Poker have teamed up to offer the best possible bonus to our visitors. New members will receive up to $600 in cold hard cash. On top of that, you also get a restriction free $20 instant bonus added to your account. To find out how you can claim it, read our Sun Poker coupon code page.

Loyalty Rewards (5)

MPPs are Sun Poker’s way to reward our loyal poker clients. Points are earned by playing at our regular cash game or ring game tables. Players are awarded MPPs according to how much rake they earn. For example, a raked pot worth $1 is equivalent to one MPP. These points can then be redeemed and used for tournaments and various gift shop items.

Promotions (5)

Sun Poker offers a decent sign up bonus and a loyalty bonus program, which is covered above this paragraph. Additionally, a bad beat jackpot is constantly ticking at a rate of $2,500 per day.

Support (8)

The support team at Sun Poker is of top notch quality. Customers are offered the regular e-mail support with fast response times, fax queries, a live help chat function and international telephone support. We recommend the live chat to get the fastest and cheapest response to your question.

Deposit & Cashout Methods (5)

Deposits: Visa, Citadel, Prepaid ATM, MasterCard, ECP, Neteller, FirePay, Wire Transfer, Money Order and Check.

Cash-outs: Neteller, FirePay, Citadel, Check and ECP.