The 3D Poker room PKR celebrated its first birthday last Friday on the 17th of August, as the room is already a year old. The PKR room has unsurprisingly soared up through the traffic rankings in its first year, as the room offers features that no other poker client can. Large numbers of players have been attracted to the new software to try it out and see what all the fuss is about. All this attention through word of mouth and advertising has helped to take the room into the top 20 of poker rooms when it comes to player traffic.
PKR is a unique poker room as it offers an advanced 3D software client for its players to use and compete in against other players in the room. However, although the room may appear like a big 3D friendly game, PKR plays host to real money tables where players can sit down and play for real dollars at the cash and tournament games on offer. The software also allows its players to customize their own avatars that will represent them during game play. These avatars can also move around during the game and play with chips at the command of the player.
The room has spent a large amount of money on advertising, and it appears to be paying off well for them. The PKR Marketing Director Simon Prodger said, “We’re very excited about our first year results and it’s definitely cause for celebration. But we have no intentions of resting on our laurels. PKR has set very aggressive growth targets for the next 12 months and we’re looking forward to even bigger and better things to come.”
The future looks very promising for PKR, as many players are always entering the online poker scene and looking to try out new and advanced software. Here is a list of facts and figures from the room’s first year on the market as taken from CardPlayer.com:
- PKR.com has received 12.785 million visitsPKR.com receives over 50,000 unique log-ins per day
- Over 900,000 Players have registered on PKR.comUp to 7,500 players have been logged in and playing PKR at once
- $245,213,539.90 in bets have been placed on PKR870,554 real money Sit & Go’s have been played so far on PKR
- 15,665 real money multi-table tournaments have been played on PKR
- $32,119,224.53 has been won in tournament play on PKR
- $269,095.67 has been given away in freerolls
- A total of 160,773,844 real and play money hands have been dealt on PKR
- 18,325 Posts have been made on the PKR.com forum
The room also has a loyal set of affiliates working for them that are constantly helping to bring fresh new traffic into the room. If PKR plays its cards right over the coming months and years, it could well be one of the heaviest hitters in the online poker industry.
