PlayersOnly Review

PlayersOnly is a massive gambling site that offers players the chance to play in a casino, an online poker room and a sportsbook in one place. This all-in-one gambling site opened for business in 1997, during the early years of internet gambling. Over the years, they have expanded and are now considered one of the largest and most successful gambling companies on the internet.

Originally, PlayersOnly.com was opened as a place to bet on sports. They reached major success with their sports betting operation quickly and decided to expand into casino gambling as well. Both aspects of the betting site performed so well that they decided to get into internet poker in 2006.

PlayersOnly.com Sportsbook

PlayersOnly got its start and first major success as an internet sportsbook. Today, they continue to show why they got off to such a solid start. With a betting lineup that includes every major sports in the world and lots of betting options within each sport, it’s clear that PlayersOnly still knows its sports.

Sports bettors will find the most betting options for each sport during that sport’s prime season. The types of bets include match bets, proposition bets, team totals, individual player props, the margin of victory and predictions of who will win major tournaments. During the off-season, the betting is limited mostly to futures for the upcoming season.

The odds for the various sports bets at PlayersOnly.com are always comparable to the odds you would find anywhere else. Reduced juice Fridays give players (-105) odds on basketball bets instead of the usual (-110). If basketball is your thing, PlayersOnly.com is the place to join.

PlayersOnly.com Poker

Growth at the PlayersOnly.com poker room has picked up considerably over the last year and continues to show improvement. The poker room has a mixture of cash games, tournaments and sit-n-gos at a wide variety of stakes and in multiple poker variations. The Texas Holdem tables are by far the most active, followed by Omaha and then other poker variants.

Players can get started in the cash games at stakes as low as $0.02/$0.05 or as high as $50/$100 no-limit. Traffic at all levels has grown quickly and games can now be found at all stakes. The competition is generally softer than average at all stakes. This may be because PlayersOnly.com is still one of the newer internet poker rooms.

The daily tournament offering at PlayersOnly.com has also increased to the point where a new tournament is always starting. There are tournaments at all stakes, with buyins ranging from a few cents to a few hundred dollars. They host a $50,000 guaranteed tournament every week and a $100,000 guaranteed every month. Overall, the tournament selection at PlayersOnly should satisfy all but the highest of high rollers.

The poker software underwent a major upgrade recently and it now looks and functions very nicely. Many new features were added during the last upgrade, including things such as an improved bad beat jackpot, a time bank for difficult decisions, a deal-it-twice option, rabbit hunting and expose one hole card. These features don’t drastically change the experience, but they do add a little flavor that most poker sites don’t have.

PlayersOnly.com Casino

The PlayersOnly.com casino has a little more than a hundred different casino games to choose from. The game types include table games such as blackjack, traditional games such as craps, plus a long list of video poker and slot machine games. There is also a nice selection of virtual sports games and scratch cards.

There are two options for accessing the PlayersOnly casino games. For the best experience, players can download the full casino and have it on demand at all times. For players on the go, there is also a quick no-download casino that can be accessed via any standard web browser. The graphics aren’t as nice on the no-download casino, but it allows for quick access and minimal fuss.

Betting limits at the casino range from $1.00 to about $200 depending on the game. If you need higher betting limits, customer service is willing to grant them. The payouts can become quite large, as evidenced by constant six figure jackpots. As of the time of this writing, the highest progressive jackpot was sitting at nearly $320,000.

Deposit Bonus

PlayersOnly has two different deposit bonuses that new players all qualify for. First time poker players can sign up and get a 100% deposit worth up to $1,000. This bonus basically doubles your first deposit for up to $1,000 extra. The standard bonus is only $650, but if you use the Playersonly.com promo code IG1000, the maximum bonus jumps up to $1,000.

The poker bonus is automatically placed in a pending account and then released in $5.00 increments until the entire bonus has been released. For every 75 VIP points you earn at the poker tables, $1.00 of the bonus money is considered cleared. VIP points are earned at a decent pace by playing in real money tournaments and cash games.

The casino and sportsbook share a standard 10% unlimited deposit bonus. Any amount you deposit into the casino or sportsbook will be matched at a 10% rate. So if you sign up and deposit $200, you’ll get an extra $20 to go along with that.

Deposit Options

When you’re ready to play for real money, PlayersOnly has a variety of deposit options that are easy to use. The minimum deposit online is $20.00 and the maximum is $1,000 a day or $6,000 a month. If you need higher deposit limits, you can contact customer support and they will verify your identity then set you up with higher limits.

The accepted deposit methods at PlayersOnly include:

• Visa / MasterCard
• Eco Card
• Cash Transfer
• UseMyWallet
• Moneybookers
•  Neteller

Customer Service

The customer service department at PlayersOnly is well above average for the industry. First of all, they have a comprehensive knowledge base that can answer most of your questions without even having to pick up the phone. If you can’t find your answer there, the support team can be contacted 24 hours a day by phone, e-mail and live chat. I used their live chat feature just a few days ago to ask about a bonus and they were courteous and helpful.