Complete Virgin Poker Review

The Virgin brand is well known for creating a smart, attractive product that people enjoy using, and Virgin Poker is no exception! Based around the Boss Media software network, Virgin Poker combines a solid poker interface, with an in-depth site, packed with helpful video tutorials and aids. Regular tournaments, an excellent loyalty scheme and quality customer support make Virgin Poker an ideal place for beginners and experienced players alike.

New players at Virgin Poker can take advantage of an excellent 100% match bonus of up to €100. Like most Internet poker rooms, to earn this bonus you will need to deposit and play, as the bonus is paid out based on rake, with €10 being earned for every €30 in rake. Still, this is a lot quicker to earn than many poker room signup bonuses, and you have up to 180 days to earn it back before the offer expires.

Unique to Virgin Poker is it’s V-Points system, where points are earned for every hand played and tournaments entered. What makes the system special is the wide variety of ways in which you can spend these loyalty points, which becomes possible because of the wide scope of the Virgin brand. Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles, Virgin Vouchers for Virgin stores, mobile phone top-up-cards, and digital downloads are all available. Of course, if you prefer, you can exchange your V-Points for cash at any of the virgin gaming sites.

Virgin Poker is part of the iPoker Network, which is widely regarded as one of the softest poker networks by many players, mainly because so many non-dedicated gaming and sportsbook sites are on the network, providing a steady stream of inexperienced players. Another consequence of this situation is that the majority of games take place in the micro limit range of below $1-$2. Still, due to the size of the iPoker Network, you can pretty much always find a game even at higher rakes, and the play can still be very loose.

Virgin Poker uses the Boss Media network software to run it’s poker room. It’s one of the older poker room software system around, and lacks quite a few of the features found in most newer poker software, but it’s had time to become very solid and reliable, and is ideal for new players due to it’s straightforward layout and simplicity. Virgin Poker supports an extra feature of allowing multi-play with up to 5 simultaneous tables for advanced players.

The promotions on offer at Virgin Poker are very good indeed. In addition to the signup bonus for new players Virgin Poker offer a €25 Refer A Friend bonus and a Beat The Bubble feature where you can claim back your stake in any Guaranteed Prize tournament, if you place just outside the cash winners. Also on offer is a daily €35 Freeroll tournament, available to all players. Finally a very special feature of Virgin Poker is that if you make it to the final table of any live event via a Virgin Poker Satellite Tournament, then next year, Virgin will provide you with an all-expenses paid seat at that same tournament!

Virgin Poker provides an excellent range of tournaments, although many cater to new and or casual players, such as daily Freeroll tournaments, 10c re-buy tournaments with no rake, and the Final Table Freeroll tourney for players who make the final table in 3 consecutive Guaranteed Prize tournaments. Still, there are plenty of tournaments for players with deep pockets, with weekly Guaranteed Prize tournaments of up to €100,000 and a total monthly guaranteed prize fund of over €2,500,000! Virgin Poker also runs satellite entry tournaments to many of the big live poker events such as the European Poker Tour and the Irish Poker Open.

As a brand, Virgin always try to put the customer first, and Virgin Poker is no exception. In addition to the fantastic range of poker tutorials available on their website, Virgin Poker provide 24 hour direct telephone support that is toll-free to UK players, as well as excellent and very professional email support, with replies often arriving in under one hour.