Golden Riviera Poker - US Player Policy
Golden Riviera Poker is one of the internet sites in the online poker world that accepts players from the United States. While this acceptance is perhaps not as strongly advertised as it would be on other poker websites, it is nevertheless something that is most definitely there. The payment options, support and even the website options can all be catered towards players from the United States and for that reason more than a few US based players have chosen to make Golden Riviera Poker their home base of operations for online poker.
Golden Riviera Poker - Poker Software
TThe software that is used by Golden Riviera Poker was initially created for them by the Microgaming Corporation. Microgaming is an excellent software developer that is known for having some of the most secure software around. The software security combined with ultra-secure servers used by Golden Riviera Poker has created one of the most secure poker websites in history. This, combined with the excellent standard of play that you can get from Golden Riviera Poker, makes an overall software package that is extremely difficult to beat.
Golden Riviera Poker - Game Play
In terms of the game play that you can get from Golden Riviera Poker, all of the main variants are available. Mostly however, Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha and Seven Card Stud will be the regularly populated games. They have multiple betting structures available for them and limits that run the gamut from micro to macro in size. Golden Riviera is part of the Prima Poker Network, which is why it is able to give its players this amount of choice in the cash game poker they want to play.
Golden Riviera Poker - Tournament Information
Tournament information on Golden Riviera Poker is easily available through accessing that particular tab in the lobby and once you have accessed it you can see that you have ready availability to both sit and go tournaments are well as tournaments scheduled by the Golden Riviera Poker administration. In the former category there are buy-in fees as low as a dollar and sit and go tournaments available for every variant and betting structure. Fill up times are around average and you can multi-table in order to enjoy a high level of sit and go tournament action. The latter category has regular tournaments, freeroll tournaments, freeze out tournaments, shootout tournaments and guaranteed tournaments as well.
Golden Riviera Poker - House Rake
The house rake at Golden Riviera Poker is a little bit complicated, although full details about it can be found on their website. For the most part, the rake is influenced by the particular betting structure, the limits and the number of players in the hand (it is not at all influenced by the particular variant of poker you happen to be playing at the time). The rake varies from 5% to 10% depending on the particular combination of the above stated factors and is only taken if there is a flop in the hand.
Golden Riviera Poker - Bonus
There are two major bonuses available from Golden Riviera Poker. The first of these is known as a no deposit bonus, which as the name implies means that you can get this bonus without actually making a deposit. All you have to do is join Golden Riviera Poker, open a real money account and register a valid credit card in order to be eligible. Once you have done those things, simply e-mail the support personnel in order to get the bonus. Once you have played through the $10 no deposit bonus and you want a little bit more, then you can go for the first time deposit bonus of 100% up to $1000.
Golden Riviera Poker- Traffic Report
Because of the US presence on the website, the evening hours in the United States eastern seaboard can be considered the peak hours of Golden Riviera Poker. During that time, the range of players that you can find on the website is 15,000 to 20,000. As the evening becomes the morning, that number will drop to between 5000 and 10,000, before bouncing back up to 8000 to 15,000 by the time the afternoon rolls around. These traffic numbers put Golden Riviera Poker firmly in the average to above average range in terms of the traffic that they draw.
Golden Riviera Poker- Player Competition
Because many of the players that play at Golden Riviera Poker are looking to collect that bonus, it might actually be quite difficult for you to find games at the medium and higher limits that are soft. At the lower and micro limits however, soft games are exceptionally easy to find. The same is true for sit and go tournaments and freerolls, although with soft competition comes a higher variance in your stack swings as well.
Golden Riviera Poker- Player Options
There are a variety of player options available to people that use the Golden Riviera Poker software. Such options include multi-tabling, the use of preset options in order to make a decision before the action is on you, the ability to take notes on opponents, the ability to use a four colour deck, the ability to view your session statistics and the ability to request a hand history whenever you want. These are all relatively standard options that are available from most software packages in the modern online poker world.
Golden Riviera Poker- Customer Service
E-mail Support: enquiries@goldenrivierapoker.com <mailto:enquiries@goldenrivierapoker.com> (for general questions), accounts@goldenrivierapoker.com <mailto:accounts@goldenrivierapoker.com> (for account related questions), support@goldenrivierapoker.com <mailto:support@goldenrivierapoker.com> (for technical issues) and promotions@goldenrivierapoker.com <mailto:promotions@goldenrivierapoker.com> (for issues related to bonuses or other promotions).
Phone Support: Numbers are available on the website for telephone support in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Taiwan, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.
Deposit Options
1) NETeller (non-US)
2) Click2Pay (non-US)
3) Moneybookers (non-US)
4) InstaDebit (non-US, non-withdrawal)
5) UseMyBank (non-US)
6) ECO Card
7) Ukash (non-US)
8) PaySafeCard (non-US)
9) UseMyWallet
10) Bank Wire (non-US, non-withdrawal)
11) Credit Card (Visa and MasterCard)
12) UK Debit Card
Golden Riviera Poker- Cashout Policy
Cashouts are done through the same method used to deposit unless that method does not support withdrawals, in which case the depositor may designate another method. In the event that other methods are not acceptable, Golden Riviera Poker will write the depositor a check.
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