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PokerRoom Back in the Real Money Game

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Are you a player searching for something new? You might want to try out the new and improved poker interface over at PokerRoom.com. After a two year break from the world of online poker, players can once again take part in real money games from one of the first poker websites to offer players the chance to play poker online for real money.

PokerRoom.com has reentered the online poker market.

Poker players throughout the globe have been waiting in anticipation for the reveal of the website that serves as one of the big comeback stories of 2012. After nearly two years out of the poker scene, the website is back and ready for players to take on the game, make their first deposit and become part of the popular online poker community.

Players can make a deposit at PokerRoom.com of $100, $500 and $1,000 and get one hundred percent deposit bonus. This can increase playing time, and allow the player to get some practise in at real money games without ripping through the online poker account. Players can convert these credits into winnings that can be cashed out of the game on the basis of poker points that are accumulated.  For each eight points that are accumulated through the account, players can clear a percentage of the online deposit bonus.   Points are earned at PokerRoom on the basis of playing in regular cash games, poker tournaments, and you can even earn points by setting up your real money home poker game.

PokerRoom.com is back and ready to offer players the experience that comes with being one of the first online poker websites to offer players real money poker games, as well as the first company to offer players on the Mac computer the chance to download software to play online poker. This expertise and history in the online poker world is going to lead to big things in 2012 for online poker at PokerRoom.com.

PokerRoom May Offer Cash Poker Games Once More

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According to recent reports, PokerRoom.com may soon reopen to offer cash poker games online.  PokerRoom originally opened in 1999 as a play money poker site.  A bit later, it was among the first online poker sites to offer real money poker online.  It rose to prominence during the poker boom but started on the decline in 2006 when the site was forced to pull out of the US market.

PokerRoom Could Offer Cash Poker Games Once More

Rumors regarding the site reopening began a week ago when Josef Rantamäki, a SEO manager at bwin, tweeted that PokerRoom would soon reopen its doors.  He later retracted that statement when pressed.

This seemed like a bit of clever hype until Tuesday when PokerNewsBoy revealed that the decision to reopen PokerRoom is not yet official.  Sources at bwin told PokerNewsBoy that they are “strongly considering” opening the once famous online poker room.  If the site is not reopened, the site is still due for an update and may be used to support other parts of the Ongame Network.

Why PokerRoom would reopen at the present is unclear.  The current online poker climate would seem to be counterproductive to starting a new online poker venture.  However, PokerRoom did have a history of security and integrity, something that has taken a hit due to the antics of PokerStars, Full Tilt, and UB.

PokerRoom was innovative during its 10 year run as an online site.  They were not only one of the first sites to offer real money poker games, but they were the first site to offer a Mac client.  Also, PokerRoom was the first poker site in history to receive the seal of approval from eCogra.  ECogra is now a respected regulator in the e-gaming industry.

Should PokerRoom reopen, it will be interesting to see how many people return that used to play at the site and how many will give the site a try as an aftereffect of the Full Tilt and Absolute Poker sagas.  Absolute Poker and Full Tilt are now all but extinct.

Unfortunately, PokerRoom will not return as a US poker room, choosing to wait until the legal climate in the US is sorted out.  In the meantime, other players around the world will have yet another option for online gaming should PokerRoom choose to open its doors once again.