888 Pacific Pocker Review

 deposit:

 25% up to $100 -or- flat $25 bonus

 Difficulty to clear:

 Difficult

 Expiration:

 90 days after initial deposit

 Method of tabulation:

 Amount wagered

 Details:

 888 Pacific's bonus-clearing requirement is different from that of most sites. You must "wager" 20 times the bonus amount within the first three months of opening your account. Thus, the maximum $100 bonus will require you to wager $2,000.

 Opinion:

 Wagering $2,000 is not as daunting as it sounds, especially at mid-to-high limits, but Pacific's 888 bonus is one of the most difficult in the industry to clear at low-limits. At $1/$2 level, a tight-aggressive player will average about $1 wagered for every hand played. This means that a $1/$2 player will need to play about 2,000 hands to clear a $100 bonus. Compare this to the ~550 required hands at Party or Empire, or even the ~1100 required hands at Paradise. Pacific's bonus structure is competitive with those of other sites at $2/$4 and above. Compounding the difficulty in clearing this bonus is the inability to play more than one table at once at Pacific.

 Optional deposit bonus:

 If you prefer not to initially deposit a large sum of money, you can still get a good bonus if a current Pacific Poker888 player refers you. You will receive a $25 sign-up bonus through this referral. Like the bonus above, you must wager 20 times the bonus amount to clear the bonus ($500 in this case). If you will be depositing less than $100, I recommend this method.

Usually 20% up to $100. Pacific occasionally runs a "Happy Hours" redeposit bonus that gives you a 20% bonus if you deposit during a two-hour window on a specific day. Cashout requirements are the same as those for the sign-up bonus.

 Hint:

 An easy way to check the amount you have wagered toward your bonus is to click on the "Cashier" button, then the "Bonus Points" button. Although the "Comp Points" total is unrelated to your sign-up or reload bonus, each Comp Point represents $10 wagered. So, if you need to wager $2,000 to clear a $100 bonus, you need to accumulate 200 Comp Points.