Sky poker is a poker room that offers a unique experience for poker fans. It is owned and operated by BSKYB. Sky Poker is a must for every Texas Hold?em fan that's looking for a little extra. Registration is quick and simple and there's no download required. When you log in for the first time, you see a clean, crisp interface with nice graphics. The most unique aspect of Sky Poker as opposed to regular poker sites is the regular tournaments on TV that are broadcast in real time. There are some excellent features during Sky Poker game play such as the 'notes' feature which allows you to put a little annotation that relates to an individual player. The bad thing about Sky Poker is that it is only available in Great Britain and a handful of other European countries.

Sky Poker offers a £1.000 + £10 tournament ticket on your first deposit. There are no minimum deposit required to get this bonus, it all depends on the number of Sky Points you earn playing real money games at the site. You will earn ? 5 for each 75 Sky Points you earn. It is very difficult to say how much value this promotion, actually have, as the calculation of Sky Points is difficult. Basically you earn a number of Sky Points for each 20 raked hands you have been dealt cards in. This number varies from 1-30 points depending on the table limit, and this makes it a little difficult to calculate how much you actually pay in rake to earn these points.

Sky Poker offer Hold?em, Omaha and Stud poker. There are mostly games running in British peak hours. If you have ever dreamed about being a televised poker star you should look out for the many daily tournaments marked with TV - tune in and feel the fame.....

Sky Poker is a new poker room, and utilizes a very unique web based software (java client). It means, no lengthy downloads, and you do not need a poker client installed on your computer. The lobby is easy to navigate around, as it has a very simple and friendly design. The table graphics are visually simple and easy on the eye. Players can select from a range of avatars as well, which adds that bit of personality to proceedings. A good and simply flash software for the casual player. Sky Poker does not offer any download version of their poker client, and is also not that good for multi-tabling.

The nature of this poker room does not lend itself to attracting many sharks. A lot of the players on this network were lured in at the opportunity to have their game broadcast on television. The games are all quite easy since they are mostly played for small stakes and the tournaments are also quite soft since the structures are not good enough to appeal to sharky players. Most people who play on Sky Poker are recreational players.