Virtual City Poker
Virtual City Poker is another operator of the
Prima Poker Network and has been since March 2003.
The benefit of playing on the network is the continual
strong flow of players, a result of many poker sites
all feeding through to one big room. Because of
the size of Prima, they also spread a good variety
of games from very low limit (easy pickings!) to
high stakes pot limit and no limit (great if you’ve
got the bankroll or good to just watch).
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Software / Graphics
Call me old fashioned, but there is much that you
can do to convince me that I’m anywhere but sat
in front of my computer looking at cards on screen.
(I’ve tried True poker, but it’s just too slow.)
The graphics are clear here and your hole cards
are easy to see. When the flop comes, the cards
are always visible, and they even have an indicator
that shows who has acted and what they did.. I did
have a few issues with the software when they first
introduced the Multi Table Tournament, as it always
seemed to freeze and was really slow, but I think
after constant calls from thousands of players,
they have ironed out these glitches
Deposits / Bonus
The reason that I chose this site was due to the
fact that there are so quite a few different sites
that operate for the prima network, but Virtual
city is one of the few that has the backing of a
large casino group. When putting down my hard earned
dollars, I feel that security of information and
credit details are a huge part of where I play,
and knowing that Virtual City comes under the highly
professional banner of CasinoRewards and is therefore
heavily monitored, I am safe in the knowledge that
all is secure, and when it comes to cash out it
comes safely and without hassle. The bonus was the
first thing that attracted me to virtual City Poker,
as I did not want to have to put up $100 that some
of the other sites have as a minimum deposit. $30
for $30 is good for me. As well as this Virtual
City Poker offer a daily prize of $250 for the highest
hand and a bad beat jackpot of a minimum $500.
Customer / Support / Security
Customer support is important to me as things in
the online world inevitably go wrong. The Poker
room shares the same support as the casinos attached
to it, so there is always someone on the phone 24/7,
and even though for big technical issues, the support
has to contact the Prima network (why the player
can’t contact Prima Poker direct, I don’t know)
you usually have any questions resolved within a
24hour time frame. Most quick questions I had about
my account or withdrawal, were answered right there
on the spot.
Live Games
This site has 5 Card Stud !! Not many online poker
rooms cover this game anymore, but as an old school
player, it’s great to find a site that not only
has it, but also has a whole bunch of players ready
and willing to play. Virtual city has all the big
games such as Holdem, Omaha and as mentioned above
5 Card and 7 Card Stud. It also has a whole spread
of games with heads up action, so if you can find
a willing partner, you can sit at a private table
and go back and forth.
Limits
I’m a middle limit player so Virtual City Poker
is right up my alley, but they do have all limits,
from very low 25c/50c all the way up to pot limit
50/100. A lot of people I come across say that they
like the micro limit (2c/4c) games offered at other
poker sites, but I find that no one is willing to
lay down a hand at that level, so I’d rather stick
to playing for fun than playing for such small limits.
Tournaments
If you had asked me about Tournaments at Virtual
City a couple of months ago, I would have told you
that the site was all about the ring games, but
low and behold, they introduce a multi-table tournament
platform. The site has gone up and up since this,
with player traffic shooting through the roof. They
offer daily freerolls starting at $200 and going
up to $3000 (Although you must have played in at
least 50raked hands to qualify for this one) They
also run a couple of daily satellites that feed
a big end of month tournament, where the prize is
usually flights and entry fee into a major land
based tourney (yes, we’re talking the World Series
of Poker or many of the WPT). Not bad on the back
on a $15 buy in. In summary because of the tournament
spread at Virtual city Poker, the ring games are
getting better by the minute and the money is flowing
right into my pocket.
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