Virtual City Poker review:
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)
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
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, 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 offer a daily prize of $250 for the
highest hand and a bad beat jackpot of a minimum $500.
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 cashout, were answered right there on the spot.
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.
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, the ring games are getting better by the minute and the money is flowing right into my pocket.
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