Golden Tiger Poker Review

Golden Tiger Poker room is a sister poker room to Virtual City whom we also feature. Golden Tiger pride themselves in offering you an exciting, reliable and trustworthy online service and as part of their commitment to improving their services they have recently introduced a brand new player loyalty program through their Poker Rewards site.

In essence play at Golden Tiger, Virtual City or Poker Rewards and the loyalty points you earn as you play go into the one pot which you can use at any of the other poker rooms.

Become a VIP at one Poker Room and you are a VIP at all Poker Rewards member rooms. It's one of the best poker loyalty programs you'll find.

What They Offer

Games: Texas Hold'em - Omaha - 7 Card Stud - 7 Card Stud - 5 Card Stud and 1 on 1.

Sign Up Bonus: 50% deposit match bonus up to $200 free.

Banking: Deposit with Credit Cards, Neteller, Wire Transfer, Eco Card, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, Firepay, Citadel Commerce, UseMyBank, Payspark.

Withdrawals: Check, Wire Transfer, ACH, Prepaid ATM, Neteller, Click2Pay, Firepay, EcoCard, Gaming Card, Payspark.

Promotions: Golden Tiger normally feature high value promotions and they offer Bad Beat and Magic Hands promotions as well. A Tournament Calendar is also available to view which will show you all the up and coming events, promotions and tournaments simply by selecting any given day of the current month or months ahead.

A monthly newsletter is also be sent to all their members with recent tournament news, upcoming events and other poker articles featured.

Financial Security: With the strength of the Poker Rewards members behind them Golden Tiger Poker presents no problems in this respect.

Auditing: To ensure absolute game fairness the Microgaming software used to host their games is independently audited by one of the world's biggest and most respected accountancy firms.

The audit ensures that the cards dealt all have an equal chance of being selected. Golden Tiger Poker has absolutely no ability to influence or alter the software in any way. This completely guarantees game fairness for all players.

Support: Customer support at Golden Tiger Poker is offered by means of toll free telephone numbers for the US - UK and 3 additional countries. Residents in countries out with these areas can email the support team with their number and they will call you back. Two other email addresses cover General Enquires and Marketing.

Download, installation, purchase and cash-in help sections fully cover these areas with graphics and text advice on hand as is a comprehensive FAQ's page.

New Player Assistance: Golden Tiger offer a limited amount of game information to assist new players. Visit the site and you'll find text information on each type of featured game with game descriptions and a Glossary of all the poker terms you'll come across together with tips on how to play.

Play For Fun: Yes. Golden Tiger Poker players use the same software and the same poker room to play for free, it's only the tables that vary. Everything in the free game is identical to the real game, its all live and fully interactive.

Rake: The rake is the amount of money that Golden Tiger Poker takes for moderating the games. This applies to games without an ante. The rake equals 5 percent of the pot and is never more than $3.00.

Loyalty Bonus: Available through the Poker Rewards loyalty program. Every time you play a raked hand or enter a tournament on either site or Virtual City Poker you will be earning more loyalty points. You can access your account and check the status of your points whenever you like and when you wish to use your loyalty points, you can direct the credits to either poker room.

Hand History: Each played hand is assigned a unique number, which can be used to access a report of the hand’s activity. If you have questions regarding a certain hand, right click on the table and select the “Previous Game Hand History” option. In that page, enter in the game number and click on “Look up.” You may view the history for any hand in which you played.

If you do not know the number of the hand you wish to view, work back from the number of the current hand in the hand history page.

Our opinion: Golden Tiger Poker is a decent poker room but one which we feel is more suited to those players who are already playing poker online. For those of you who are just venturing out in the game you won't find a lot of information to help you develop your skills but you can download the software and play for fun for free if you like.

Players already conversant with the game will enjoy the fine graphics and will find some good player volumes and some decent promotions on offer. Being part of the Prima Poker network means you're also guaranteed some of the wildest ring games around.

Of particular benefit for regular players is the fact that you can play at any one or all three of the poker rooms in the loyalty program and reap the rewards to use as you wish.

For those of you who are already playing it's a great way to move from one poker room to another and keep the benefits you've accrued.