The iPoker Network has a new member to its growing roster of poker site giants, and it’s off to take the online poker scene by storm. Introducing Poker770.com, the 3rd most popular poker site in the net—a poker site so popular that it has managed to gain more traffic than the formidable Party Poker room! But that’s sort of a mystery in and of itself, what with its library of pretty standard games. What exactly does Poker770.com has that other poker sites don’t have? Well, if you’ll just take a look around the site, you’ll soon find what you’re looking for. It will soon become apparent that the enigma behind Poker770.com’s popularity isn’t so inscrutable.

The primarily French site mainly concentrates on getting players from France and other French-speaking countries, despite the fact that it’s available to players worldwide. Nevertheless, despite having to deal with French sensibilities when it comes poker, no such culture or language barrier exists with Poker770.com, with the site supporting Danish, Finnish, German, English, Italian, Norwegian, Japanese, Icelandic, Polish, Swedish, and Spanish players. The iPoker Network does not discriminate in regards to nationality, and the kind of poker Poker770.com transcends all culture barriers. You can even have the chance to meet or play with sponsored players on the site (known as “Team 770”) and their spokesman, Fabian Barthez.

Features and Benefits

Whether you’re out for some casual poker gaming among online friends or you want to raise the stakes and take up the challenge of meeting head-on more advanced players and stiffer competition, Poker770.com is the perfect place to poke around, pardon the pun. Table selection is a must for this website, because with carefully picked tables, iPoker’s Poker770.com delivers to you one of the best, most enjoyable, and certainly most rewarding online poker experience you’ll ever have in your entire life.

Play blisteringly fast games with software that’s just full of features and pleasant surprises. From the multipurpose history icon at the table (which you can use to go back and look at previous hand and how they were played) to the topnotch statistic recording (which records how well you’re playing, how much money you’ve won, and what skills are you good at), you’ll quickly see why Poker770.com is really setting the bar on how high-quality online poker should be played. With such high-performance gameplay, the not-unwelcome $500 match bonus and 24/7 live customer support is understandably just icing to a delicious, chip-filled poker cake.

Player Traffic and Competition

Player traffic in Poker770.com is mostly concentrated on the Texas Hold ‘Em games; during peak hours, though, there’s quite a bit of decent traffic at other stakes and games. Tournaments have satisfactory amounts of traffic for low and medium buy-ins, while special tournament promotions help in drawing the attention of the much coveted soft competition demographic. On that note, because it’s so intuitive and easy-to-play, the player base, the level of competition at Poker770.com is below average, with many loose and casual gamers.

Yes, as noted, advanced competition is still available in the site, particularly in the tough fixed limit tables and the slightly less tough no limit games and higher Sit and Go games, but the majority of the poorly skilled player base would rather play at the iPoker Network’s casinos. Still, these “fish” can easily be tracked down and milked for all their worth if you have good table selection skills.

In any case, you can make use of the reduced traffic in higher stake games and tournaments. More to the point, you can find lots of guaranteed tournaments with good overall and lots of freerolls because of the small number of participants. The smaller, shorthanded Sit and Go games run around the clock, and eventually get to a cool $200 amount. If you want to try out exclusive, truly high stake tournaments that many a typical Poker770.com player will balk at, then try out the Maldives Super Satellite, where you can win a $9,000 prize package for two to the luxury Meedhupparu Island Resort in the Maldives.

Software and Gameplay

Right off the bat, it’s important for customers to understand that Poker770.com doesn’t have the best graphics in internet poker. However, whatever it lacks in eye candy, it certainly makes up with its player intuitiveness, plus it has an old-school, circa-90s gaming feel to it that a certain age demographic will undoubtedly enjoy. Besides which, when it comes to card and gambling games, “substance” beats “flash” every time.

Functions like the Buddy List, at-a-glance statistic display, a fully realized avatar (which, unfortunately, is limited to only 10 designs), and, most importantly, user-friendly gameplay makes the Poker770.com room a lot more playable than many “all flash, no substance” games. There are even games that are completely rendered in Flash, but can still not beat the intuitiveness Poker770.com is renowned for.

Everything Else

Poker770.com is no exception to the rule that nearly all casino and poker sites follow: 24/7 customer service that’s accessible via email, live chat, and telephone, plus bonuses galore. For example, if you were to lose your initial deposit, Poker770.com will refund it up to €30 (approximately $50); just mail promotions@poker770.com with your username and the bonus code “NANA”, and you’re good to go.

On top of that, Poker770.com is also willing to match your initial deposit with up to $500 in bonus cash that’s paid in increments of $5 for each 500 points you earn. Earning points is also easy; you can either earn 20 points for every $1 you pay in tournament fees, or earn up to 10 points for every raked hand you join in if you play cash games.

So what’s the bottom line? Poker770.com is yet another site that suits novice and casual players best, while competitive players aren’t exactly gypped with the variety of bonuses and cash they could earn with such a loose competitive base. Give it a try and see for yourself Poker770.com’s many benefits.