ThePokerResource.net believes that the most vital information for online poker sites that we can provide you with is through our precise and updated Poker Rating System. Our research is ongoing, and the completed results so far have been gathered after detailed analyses through real money game play. This section will explain what factors were considered for each category, and why. For those of you starting out in the online poker world, this section can be a valuable source to learn precisely what to look for in a good poker site before depositing any real money, as well as things to consider about a site while you have money deposited with them. Regular online poker players will also find this section useful for similar reasons, maybe learn something new from our updated ratings, or can provide their own opinions for us to consider in our scoring.
For our poker ratings, there are certain aspects of a poker site we feel are most important to consider when deciding which one may be better than the next. Comprised of the various scoring factors are six categories that sum up our ratings: site/services, software/graphics, games, players, promotions, and rake policies.
To simplify our results, a weighted rating of 1-10 is shown for each category, which is a percentage representation of the total weighted score out of a possible 100. Each category is given a value (possible points), depending on the significance we feel the category should play into your poker site decisions. Therefore, what we consider as the three most important categories (site/services, software/graphics, and games: variety/action) each have a possible score of 20; followed by 15 possible points each for the players: variety/action and promotions categories; and a possible score of 10 for the rake category. So each poker site receives a total weighted score out of one 100 possible points. Also, note that the current average score on our list is 84.95, so any total score near that number would rank the site average and in the middle.
If you have a preference for certain site features or categories over another, you can click on the column headers in the table above to sort the site rankings by that category, as well as learn more details about the scoring of each site within that category. The menu in the upper-left of this page will link to the same. One very useful section is the detailed explanation for the Promotions category, which includes a full list of poker sites ranked by promotions rating, along with their bonus codes/info and download links. |
