Virtual City Poker Review

Virtual City Poker room is a sister poker room to Golden Tiger Poker room whom we also feature. Virtual City Poker sets themselves high standards and aims to supply a great game of poker for their players. As part of their commitment to this they have recently introduced a brand new player loyalty program through the Poker Rewards site.

In essence play at Virtual City, Golden Tiger 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. For regular players 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: Virtual City Poker 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 and Golden Tiger Poker behind them Virtual City 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. Virtual City 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 Virtual City 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: Virtual City Poker 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. Virtual City 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 Virtual City 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 at Virtual City, Golden Tiger or Poker Rewards 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: Virtual City Poker in keeping with the other two poker room in the stable is a good poker room for regular players. Of particular benefit is the loyalty program which allows you to play at any one of the three poker rooms and carry the bonus you've earned with you.

In addition you'll find many short handed tables too, a nice introductory bonus and a clear overview of the entire betting process on offer. Remember to check out the Event Calendar for a run down of all the tournaments etc that are regularly featured.

Overall the style of Virtual City makes it more of a poker room for players already conversant with playing the game. Whilst some information is supplied about the games etc they do not include a lot for those just beginning to play.

However if you are playing online you'll find Virtual City has some of the wildest ring games around. Together with the benefit of having a choice of where to play and a very good loyalty program they're well worth a visit.