The Quick Summary
VC Poker (Victor Chandler Poker) is yet another sportsbook operation that decided to open a poker room. Since its inception into the online world, VC Poker has become one of most popular European rooms and is heavily skewed towards cash game players.
People won’t find a great deal of action in the higher stakes, but they will see a lot of games going on in the lower limits, most notably from $0.02 – $50.
Popularity: 7 of 10 – Good
This is another site that doesn’t allow US players, but that hasn’t really slowed VC Poker down much; their cash games are as hot as ever and peak hours always seem to feature over 1,000 real money tables running simultaneously. The numbers for the site really seemed to have jumped up ever since VC joined the iPoker Network.
Unfortunately, the tournament crowd here doesn’t seem to be on par with the ring games. This does seem to be improving to a certain degree though.
Security: 8 of 10 – Very Good
Accuracy and safety are two things that VC Poker stresses when keeping track of people’s personal data. The company makes sure to store collected information in a secure environment; being in business for so long has made VC very good at doing this.
Player Competition: 7 of 10 – Good
As is the case with a lot of poker rooms run by sportsbooks and/or online casinos, VC Poker has a decent population of fish. People can find somewhat soft competition all the way up to the $50 range in No Limit Hold’em, but things will get considerably tougher when playing in anything beyond this range.
Site Software: 7 – Good
Along with the number of players, the software for VC Poker has gotten much better since the move to the iPoker Network. Everything runs smoothly and there are rarely ever any glitches when playing in games.
But there is some debate when speaking of how the cards and chips are displayed – This stuff appears much larger than it normally does at other rooms. One crowd likes this unique trait of VC Poker while another sector argues that the enlarged cards and chips are nothing but a distraction and a nuisance to play.
Customer Support: 7 of 10 – Excellent
One thing that is nice about VC Poker’s support section is that they provide a FAQ section that helps both the representatives and players by cutting down on unnecessary questions. When the FAQ section fails to answer questions, people can always move along to the e-mail, phone, or live chat options to get their problems solved.
Company Ethics: 8 of 10 – Excellent
Victor Chandler is one of the most trusted names in any form of online gambling today; the company has been in existence for over 60 years which is something very few operations within the industry can tout. In all of this time, the company has remained top notch from an ethical standpoint.
Site Promotions: 6 of 10 – Good
New players can expect to not only cash in on a $600 deposit bonus right off the bat, but they can also get entered into a $1,000 freeroll after signing up. Aside from this generous (but typical) bonus, people will earn Loyalty Points which can be used to enter more freerolls and to get cool stuff from the VC Poker Store. Other stock promotions include the refer-a-friend bonus, Royal Flush Fortune, and the Bad Beat Bonanza.
Overall Review: 6.8 of 10 – Good
Reliability is certainly one positive thing that comes with playing at VC Poker. The simple fact that the room is owned by the Victor Chandler operation is enough to bank on having a good experience as a member of VC.
The room doesn’t really do anything marvelously to make it stand out against the competition, but it does seem to do everything adequately. This makes VC Poker worth a try.
Final Result: We give VC Poker a final overall score of 6.8 out of 10
