Paradise Poker (www.paradisepoker.com) is one of the many well known online poker sites available to you as a poker player. What do you need to know to decide if its a site youd like to play on? Here are a few factors for you to consider:

1. Free Rolls

Right now, Paradise is offering a million dollars worth of prize packages for this years World Series of Poker. This means you could find yourself at the final table of the Main Event on ESPN for absolutely no cost! You can earn a seat in a free roll in different ways, from earning one through extended play on the site to just being one of the first thousand or so to sign up. The site will direct you on how to get into a free roll. Since it costs you nothing, you have nothing to lose. They can be great fun and potentially lead to great rewards.

2. 50 Percent Bonus

Nearly every poker site offers a deposit bonus for signing up, and Paradise Poker is no exception. Bonuses are a nice way to get some experience on a new site without risking too much of your own money. Paradise offers one of the juicier bonuses, with 50 percent added to your initial deposit (up to a maximum of $100). Input the code CARD6 when prompted.

3. Longevity.

Paradise Poker is one of the oldest online poker sites, having been in continuous operation since 1999. This kind of longevity indicates a safe and secure site, one you can trust with your hard earned poker money.

4. Strong Support.

Paradise Poker is owned by Sporting Bet Plc., a publicly traded British company that is the worlds largest betting company, famous for being the first in the United Kingdom to offer tax free sports betting. Having such a solid company behind Paradise is another testament to the safety and security of the site, which is of the highest level.

5. Game Selection.

In addition to the traditional games like Hold`em, Omaha, Omaha Hi Low, and Seven Card Stud, Paradise Poker is one of the few online poker rooms to offer draw poker. Draw poker, where you are dealt five cards and then have an option to replace one or more cards before the showdown, was the most popular form of poker in the early days but has become almost extinct in the modern era. Paradise Poker also features a game called Pineapple. Pineapple is similar to Hold`em except that you are dealt three cards instead of two, or four as in Omaha. You discard one of the three, either before or after the flop depending on the variant, and then play the rest of the hand as regular Hold`em. Pineapple is offered at a few live (also called brick and mortar) casinos, but is rarely offered on line.

If these factors make Paradise Poker appealing to you, log on, download their software and give them a try, taking advantage of the first deposit bonus. You can always shift to another site if you find Paradise isnt what you expected. Good luck.