Is instant poker as good as the download versions? Not at the moment!
If you compare Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars mac client with an instant version from any of the competitors then you’ll see that Full Tilt and PokerStars is way ahead. It is faster to load, faster to start tables and have more features.
An instant version works well when you are using a computer on which you aren’t allowed to install software.
Many poker rooms today have both a download version and an instant version of their poker client.
You can …

PartyPoker can make it a lot easier for players using data on which operating system the players use.

Image 1. PartyPoker’s start page.
I am using a Mac and went to partypoker.com to play some poker, on the start page there is a huge button saying ”Download Now”. I clicked on the button expecting to download the poker client.

PartyPoker’s Instant Play page.
But it didn’t start to download the poker client, insted I was transferred to a page for PartyPoker’s Instant Play (a poker client you run in your browser). That would have …

There is a difference between a portal offering games in the browser or games played in a downloadable client.
If you offer a downloadable client then your goal on the portal is to get players to download the client. The goal is very different when you want players to be able to find and play games instately on the portal.
I think that Casino Club has missed that. The instant games portal is just a copy of the download version. A portal for instant games must be “alive” and not static. Therefor …

Today many of the largest poker networks give mac users the possibility to play poker in their network.
According to Pokerscout.com the largest poker networks are;

PokerStars
Full Tilt Poker
iPoker Network
PartyPoker
Cereus Network
Everest Poker
Microgaming
Ongame Network
IPN
CakePoker Network

In all but 3 ( iPoker, Everest Poker and CakePoker Networks) a mac user can play poker, either with an instant or a download version of the poker client.
It is great to see that mac users can play poker as well. The number of mac users increase so it is a good business decision to offer a version for …