Virgin Poker

Network

Virgin Poker is on the Boss Media Network. This Boss skin was created in 2005 and they have worked hard to build up a reputation and a player base. There are a number of other big name sites using the same software, such as Poker Heaven, but we at raisetheriver think Virgin will be easily competing for the top skin at Boss media in the near future.

General

You won’t find any US players on Virgin Poker as they are not allowed due to the rulings in the US. The site is mainly frequented by European players. Virgin has a unique player points system. They are called V-Points, where 1 point has a cash value of you GB penny or £0.01 ($0.02) The beauty of Virgin Poker is that they are able to call upon the resources of their sister companies and as such they have the ability to offer things such as Flights in exchange for the V-Points and offer excellent unique tournaments. Most recently the Virgin Festivals have been going down quite a storm in the UK with another sell-out expected in April 2008.

Games

Holdem- NL, PL, FL
Omaha Hi – PL, NL, FL
Omaha Hi-Lo –PL, FL
7 Card Stud Hi-Lo – FL
7 Card Stud – Hi –FL
5 Card Draw

The ring game traffic is usually not too bad, but as you can imagine, due to being a mainly European base of player, the better traffic is usually around early-late evening GMT. You can expect to find in excess of 2400 players playing the cash games at these times and most levels of buy in have decent traffic. Unfortunately the games are usually pretty quiet in the early mornings, but that is to be expected. A majority of the games are the NLHE, but you will find ok traffic in the other forms of poker too.

The tournament traffic is very good with over 6000 players playing at peak times. The only issue is that there are not enough guaranteed tournaments and the tournaments do not start regularly enough, with as a rule one starting every 15 minutes. Virgin Poker do run lots of satellite games to events such as their Festivals, the WSOP,EPT, WPT and many more. Virgin also run some very good free roll events for new players and are apparently trying to make themselves the number one site for “Poker Virgins”!

Software

The lobby of Virgin Poker is a bit of a problem in our opinion. Negotiating it is not all that smooth and the fact that the filters are pretty useless does not help either. If you are trying to find ring games it’s not too bad, but the lobby doesn’t update with the full tables fast enough and you may find yourself continually going to full tables and having to return to the lobby.

The actual game play is slick and smooth and very little trouble is had with lag. There is a problem that you cannot re-size tables, making it difficult for multi tablers’ and a bit of a pain if you like to see what is going on at all your tables. Another issue we feel could be a problem is that the chat box does not have a profanity filter meaning all kinds of swearing can be seen, which is a real shame. Overall though these are just cosmetic issues and doesn’t affect the game play.

Support

Virgin Poker offers excellent support, with live support, a telephone support department and even email support, which means you always have someone to help when required. The technical knowledge has not been found wanting as of yet, which is also a good sign.

Payment Options:

Virgin Poker use a cashier service called Webdollar, who take a share when you come to withdraw any funds, which is a shame, but a number of poker sites use these cashiers companies and unfortunately its unavailable. What I will say is to make sure you keep your webdollar pin safe as without this you cannot withdraw any monies.

Visa. MasterCard, Firepay, wire transfer, paysafe Card

RaiseTheRiver Opinion and overall Rating

We at raisetheriver think Virgin Poker is quite good, but could definitely improve in certain areas, mainly improving their lobby to be just as helpful to tournament players as it is for ring game players. The rakeback deal (see below) is an average one, but the V-Points are probably one of the best points systems out there on the net, especially with the fact that you get the benefits of the Virgin group behind it. We would recommend Virgin to all players as a good solid reliable poker site without any frills and excellent customer support.

RaiseTheRiver rate Virgin Poker 7.0/10

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