Update: 05/01/2007 Plant stopped running real money games. They still have play money games.
Planet Poker was the first online poker room established on the net so they have years of experience. They have dealt over 18 million "real money" hands and they still deliver excellent service and have some of the best promotions online. The poker room is managed cardroom manager Roy Cooke. Roy has played tons of poker and is also a featured columnist for CardPlayer Magazine, one of the top poker magazines. Planet Poker is a great place for beginner online poker players to start because, being the first online cardroom, they had to make their software easy to learn and easy to use. Planet Poker is a friendly online poker room and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to try out online poker.

Planet poker is the worlds longest running online poker room and they pride themselves as being the most trusted when it comes to it's players security. They have top of the line encryption technology and are second to none when it comes to the security of it's players. Planet Poker prides themselves on offering complete customer service and outstanding software to ensure the safety of it's customers. They guarantee to look into any complaint a player may have. They also have "Planet Poker News" to keep you up to date on what's happening in the poker world. Table stats are clearly posted in the lobby area and hand histories are available to players that want them. Bottom line, Planet poker offers exceptional service along with unparalleled security and integrity.

Planet Poker like other sites, offers promotions and jackpots for it's players. Each month they offer new promotions to attract new players and they are constantly giving away free stuff and free cash. They offer plenty of "free-roll" tournaments where you can win lots of money. Planet Poker has introduced a new "Planet Points" system for it's players. The more you play, the more points you earn. For the next few days they will give you "Planet Points" anytime you deposit over $100. Planet Poker is holding tournaments where you can use your points as buy-ins and win tons of free cash. The more you play, the more chances you have at the free cash.

I have never lost connection with it while playing poker at their site. Chip stacks and pot sizes are always clearly visible and can always see how much money you or someone else at your table has. Playing at Planet Pokers tables are like other online poker sites on the web have alert sounds when its your turn and easy to use action buttons. Because of the simplicity of Planet Poker's software they are trailing other sites when it comes to their graphics. Their characters and chips are fairly simple and uninteresting.

Planetpoker offers a wide selection of games. They have every game a poker player could want. Not only do they offer texas holdem, along with Omaha high and high-lo and 7 card stud high and high-lo, but they also offer Lowball and Draw poker. They offer all these games at tables with limits as low as 5cent-10cent all the way up to $20-$40. Along with all this real money action, Planet Poker offers free tables for those that aren't ready to play for real money. Planet Poker offers tons of tournaments of all different poker games, with plenty of buy-in prices to choose from. They also offer tons of free tournaments where they give away free cash.

Players

Planet Poker is trying to attract new players all the time, they are the pioneer online poker site and therefore have a lot of great poker players playing at their site. I'm not saying it isn't possible to make money there, but most players there know what they're doing. Planet Poker has as many as 900 people logged on during their peak hours but they are not the busiest poker site on the web. With their easy to use software, their client base is growing everyday.