Purple Lounge Software

Purple Lounge has decent, if toned down software. Their tables are two-tone purple in a radiant sun motif. The reddish-purple chairs are upon a grape-colored carpet. Even the player placards are purple. The purple-backed cards can be set to four-color mode, making suit determinations much easier. Players are offered large table, standard table or mini-view table size options. Purple Lounge has very good note taking capabilities with automatic text wrap feature and the ability to color code opponents as the player sees fit. Purple Lounge has a good statistics screen. If purple is your color, you'll feel right at home.

The main menu is well-laid out with a number of filters available to make a player's navigation easier. Cash games and tournaments can be toggled in the left-side filters. However, if there are more than one page of tables for selection, they are laid out in contiguous pages which make it much more difficult to maneuver in and filter. Setting a filter by buy-in, for example, will not alter the entire page layouts from one page to another, but rather only on a per page basis. The cash game menus include hands per hour as well as player percentage per flop.

Purple Lounge's software is a bit slow, however. Items requiring refreshing sometimes take a while to do so, especially the tournament leaderboard screens. Like the main menu screens, the tournament position pages are contiguous and very difficult to navigate.

However, more importantly, the table software at Purple Lounge flows with very few hang-ups and slowdowns in the action. Players always know where they are at in the hand as the player placards darken when players fold or sit out, and a nice optional feature of the red and green placard borders help differentiate between who has done an action and who is still awaiting an action.

Purple Lounge Traffic

Purple Lounge as part of the large Microgaming Poker Network has decent traffic. Ranked within the top 10 in online poker traffic, players will usually be able to find the right cash game and tournament of their liking. Purple Poker's main traffic across all cash games is both in NL Holdem and in shorthanded 6-max tables.

Purple Lounge Games

Purple Lounge offers Holdem, Omaha High, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-Stud and 5-Stud as well s Multi-table Tournaments [MTTs] and Sit and Gos [SnGs].

Holdem Poker is the staple of Purple Lounge. Tables are offered in fullring, 6-max, Heads-up and turbo modes. Players will find fixed limit traffic at most limits, especially 6-max tables. Full ring fixed limit is only consistent at limits of $1/$2 and below. Fixed limits run from $0.05/$0.10 to $100/$200. Pot-limit is offered but rarely gets any traffic. NL has buy-ins ranging from NL10 to NL20,000. Play is predominantly 6-max up to the highest buy-ins, although fullring can be found as high as NL100.

Omaha High and Omaha Hi/Lo, though offered in fixed limit and no-limit are most prevalently trafficked on the Pot-limit tables, once again with the majority of play happening on the short-handed tables.

7-Stud and 5-Stud get very little traffic, and usually at the very lowest microlimits.

MTTs get a very decent turnout. Players can find many tournaments and structures to suit their taste. Whether those tastes are guaranteed prizepool tournaments, freerolls, turbo tournaments or qualifiers to bigger events, all can be found at Purple Lounge.

SnGs are offered with buy-ins as low as $0.90/$0.10 up to and including $1000+$50. Players may play 2, 3, 5, 8 or 10 handed. There are also 15-seat [3 tables of 5], 20-seat [2 tables of 10], and 30-seat [3 tables of 10] SnGs. Purple Lounge also offers turbo SnGs, satellite SnGs to the $100K weekly guaranteed tournament and "Rounders" SnGs. These are step tournaments where progressive good showings can land you at the 5th round and the $3,000 first place prize.

Purple Lounge Promotions

Purple Lounge is offering players who sign up and create real money accounts through one of ITH's banners or links an exclusive bonus offer in the form of one of two types. Only one type of bonus can be chosen.

1. Players can opt for a 100% up to $1,000 first deposit bonus. Players need to acquire 20 raked hands for each $1 in bonus [which never expires] and the first $50 of bonus will be released after the player has accumulated 1000 raked hands. Thereafter, each 500 raked hands will further release another $25 in pending bonus. This process will continue until the entire bonus has been released.

2. Purple Lounge is giving away FREE $10 to get you started! It's simple, we are giving a free $10 to every player that opens a Purple Lounge Account and makes a deposit within 24 hours of creating their account. Just download our free Poker / Casino software, register a REAL player account and make a deposit.
This Poker promotion can be combined with the $1000 poker match bonus or the $100 Monthly casino match bonus.

3. As always, players who sign up and make their first deposit will be credited with a $3 bonus that they can play with immediately.

Finally, players making a withdrawal before the bonus conditions have been satisfied may forfeit their rights to any further bonus entitlements under the first deposit Terms and Conditions.

Deep Purple $20,000 Freeroll

This brand new tournament rewards Purple Lounge's most loyal players by giving them the chance to win $20,000 every single month.

The rules are simple:

The tournament will run once a month on every 2nd Saturday of the month.

Anyone who has played at Purple Lounge at real money tables within the previous month will automatically have a seat.

The more often you play at Purple Lounge in the previous month, the deeper your starting stack.

The deeper your starting stack, the more chance you have of winning.

How do I get a deeper stack?

Play between 1 and 5 days and start with 2000 chips.

Play between 6 and 10 days and start with 4000 chips.

Play between 11 and 20 days and start with 7000 chips.

Play more than 20 days you will start the tournament with the maximum 10,000 chips.

The definition of one days play is 2 hours at the tables e.g. playing 4 tables for 30 minutes only will not qualify.

The tournament will run every 2nd Saturday of the month – you can find it in the lobby under "Freerolls".

EPT Copenhagen

The EPT Season 4 is dealing the cards once again and Purple Lounge wants to send you to the EPT Copenhagen Scandinavian Open, a four day event to be held at the Casino Copenhagen in Denmark.

From February 19th to the 23rd, the lucky winners of the EPT Copenhagen qualifier prize packages will participate in this prestigious Texas Hold'em No Limit EPT qualifying tournament while enjoying Europe's oldest kingdom.

Direct buy-in for the February 10th super satellite at 1:00PM EST is $1,450+$0

Satellites as low as $11+$1 are running daily in MTT and SnG types of qualifiers.

Prize packages include tournament buy-in, accomodations, $600 travel and $500 spending money.

$175,000 Sunday Guarantee

Every Sunday at 3:00PM EST, Purple Lounge hosts their $175,000 Guarantee tournament. Direct buy-in is $60+$5 and players may win their way into the main event for as little as $6+$0.50 playing in one of many daily satellites offered each week.

$50,000 Saturday Extreme Stack

Each Saturday at 2:00PM EST, Purple Lounge promotes their $50,000 Extreme Stack Freezeout. Direct buy-in to this tournament is $100+$25, with satellites running throughout the week for as little as $10+$1. Players start with 5,000 chips and the blinds increase every 20 minutes.

Mad Dash for Cash

Purple Lounge's monthly Mad Dash for Cash has grown again and you'll notice they've added to the prize pool for the second month in a row! It's now tipped the $40,000 mark so this month there's a chance to get a bigger slice of the pie.

This month the highest raking Purple Lounge player will win $3,500 and the player with the highest number of raked hands stands to win a fantastic $10,000 US Dollars.

What if I don't win the top prize?
Every player in our Purple Lounge Top 50* will be rewarded at the end of the month!
The other 49 places will be paid out, as below:
1st Top rake for month $3500
1st Top raked hands for month $8,000
2nd $6000
3rd $5000
4th $2500
5th $1300
6th $1000
7th $750
8th-10th $600
11th-20th $500
21st-30th $350
31st-40th $200
41st-50th $100

Bad Beat Jackpot

Four of a Kind or better is beaten. The loser of the hand receives 50% of the progressive bad beat jackpot, the winner gets 25%, and the remaining 25% is split among the other players in the hand. Both of the winning and losing hands must use both hole cards to qualify.

Stability

Purple Lounge is a part of the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker Network, and shares tables and players with all of the other members of the network. Purple Lounge is owned and operated by Purple Lounge Ltd., United Kingdom. They do not state who they are licensed by, nor any other affiliations they may have.

Security

Purple Lounge and www.purple-lounge.com are wholly owned and operated by Purple Lounge Ltd, a UK based online gaming company. Purple Lounge uses the Microgaming software designed and maintained by Microgaming Systems. This software includes a 128-bit SSL encryption system for protecting the players personal information and cashiering. PriceWaterhouseCoopers audits the MicroGaming Network's [of which Purple Lounge shares the tables and players] software and RNG to ensure a truly random shuffle.

Purple Lounge Customer Service

Purple Lounge's customer service has greatly improved their customer support email turnaround times. Two emails to their customer service were turned around and answered in a little more than an hour. Responses are legible and understandable, but not always to the point. They also boast live chat [through their banking screen] and have telephonic customer service as well. Their number is +44(0)20 7758 3342, and they can be contacted Monday through Friday between 9:00AM and 6:00PM GMT. Payouts according to members of ITH suggest that payouts via NETeller are very quick and reliable, taking, at most an hour for turnaround time.

Poker Tracker Compatibility

Purple Lounge is compatible with Poker Tracker in Holdem, Omaha and 7-Stud cash game formats only. Purple Lounge's software allows Poker Tracker to automatically import their hand histories.

Ability to Multitable

According to customer service, players at Purple Lounge may play on a maximum of ten [10] tables simultaneously.

Multiple Accounts per Household

Purple Lounge does not offer multiple household accounts. Only one player per household, address, email address or ISP may play at Purple Lounge.

Reload Bonus Frequency

Purple Lounge's exclusive 100% up to $100 monthly reload entitles all ITH players who sign up and deposit with Purple Lounge through one of ITH's banners or links this offer.

Tournaments with Overlays

A tournament overlay is the result of guaranteed prize money that is not offset by the participant's buy-ins. As such, all freerolls always offer an overlay.

Purple Lounge offers many guaranteed prizepool tournaments on a daily basis, and some of these guaranteed prizepool tournaments do not fill up, so there is a tendency of some of it's guaranteed tournaments to offer overlays.

Maximum Amount of Bonus

The maximum level of bonus allowed in the initial deposit bonus at Purple Lounge is $1,000

Bonuses Cleared During Tournaments

Players may not clear bonuses at Purple Lounge by particiapating in tournaments or SnGs.

Time Allowed to Clear Bonus

There is no current expiration date for the lump sum $1,000 initial deposit bonus at Purple Lounge.

Withdrawal Restrictions

Players making a withdrawal before the bonus conditions are met may forfeit their rights to any further bonus entitlements under the first deposit Terms and Conditions.

Bonus as a %age of Deposit

The initial deposit bonus is 100% up to the maximum of $1000.

Are Bonuses Stackable?

Since the majority of Purple Lounge's bonuses are monthly reloads that must be cleared in the calendar month they are awarded, bonuses do not stack at Purple Lounge.

Bonus to Table or Cleared?

The 100% up to $1,000 bonus is cleared in $25 increments [except the first which is a $50 increment] until the bonus is cleared. The $100 monthly match is cleared as one lump sum.

Can Bonuses be Chased on 1+ Skin?

Players are allowed to chase bonuses at a majority of the MicroGaming [Prima] Poker network sites. There have been restrictions in the past on reception of bonuses on various sites that belong together in smaller sub-divisions, like Belle Rock Gaming.

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Although unable to play here being an American, I can appreciate how well Purple Lounge has set up their bonus program. First off, players unaccustomed to MicroGaming and it's software can play around at the micro-stakes tables through the use of the free $3 tha Purple Lounge provides for it's customers up front. Next, players wishing to deposit have two options to choose from. Those who wish to go for the big upfront bonus of $1,000 with no expiration date can choose to do so. Those who are banking on the initial and monthly $100 bonuses [which if it keeps consistent will be a longer term earner] or who have a smaller amount they can initially deposit can pick this option. Although the $1,000, non-expiring, initial deposit is huge, once it is completed, players will need to rely on infrequent reloads. It also is very poor in terms of the 20x raked hand requirement. The 100% up to $100 initial deposit affords the player a lot of flexibility on it's own. Players are free to reload from month to month as they see fit, skipping a month here or there, and having a virtually unending reload each month. This bonus also clears twice as fast, dollar for dollar, than it's bigger counterpart. Purple Lounge's monthly reload has the feel of a Cryptologic reload, but with looser tables.

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Purple Lounge is not currently on the Free Gift Offer program. Should this condition change in the future, ITH will update this information.

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