I would suggest that you check out the reviews of all of the major sites. They are extremely comprehensive and should point you in the right direction. The link for our online poker room reviews is at:
http://www.tworags.com/index.php?ACT...s&todo=summary
You'll find a link to each review along with links directly to each site's signup page. When you use our link to sign up, in most cases you will get a reload bonus -- e.g., for every dollar you deposit, the site will give you extra money into your account to use.
The three main sites I play are partypoker, pokerstars and bodog. Here are my pros and cons:
1) partypoker: tons of players so easy to find a game. For cash NL they have mostly short-handed tables and they don't have heads-up sit-n-goes, but all in all, they will have whatever type of game you want. Good tournaments and their software is fine. It also works with pokertracker which is good and bad. On the good side, you can keep track of all of your hands and stats and also monitor the stats of your competition. On the bad side, other people will be monitoring you.
2) pokerstars: not as much traffic as party, but they have plenty of games and it's never difficult to find a game. The graphics and software are first-rate and their tournaments are plentiful and very well run. They also offer lots of 10 handed NL games and heads-up sit-n-gos. Pokertracker also supports pokerstars, so read my comments above about this. Most people believe that the quality of play on pokerstars is better than on party.
3) bodog: their software is very cool and takes a different twist than the other sites. You can play one table while watching up to two other tables in a small window (picture in a picture). The sofware also has some other cool features that are not available on the other sites (see our review at
http://www.tworags.com/BodogPoker.html). Pokertracker does not support this site, so while you cannot track other players, they cannot track you. Also, the better players like to use pokertracker to gain an edge, so by and large these players skip Bodog which can give you an edge if you're a better player.
If you're using a Mac you might want to try Pokerroom.com which features a java interface which supports the Mac platform really well.
Another thing to consider is Overlays -- some sites, in an effort to attract players, offer guaranteed tournaments. Basically they set a guaranteed prize pool regardless of the number of entrants. This often means that you get an extra 'overlay' on your entry fee in the form of the prize pool given. We explain this and examine the various overlay tournaments at:
http://www.tworags.com/index.php?ACTION=overlays
Please feel free to respond if you have any more questions!
- S