Winning Poker is one of the more popular sites on the iPoker network. They use software from Playtech, a gaming software development company that has been in business for over 10 years.

The Winning Poker software is quite nice. Players have the choice of playing with 2D graphics in miniview mode which is more suited towards multi-tablers that like to play a high number of tables at once, and 3D graphics with animated avatars. The tables are re-sizable and can even be played in full-screen mode.

Winning Poker offers a massive first-deposit bonus of 250% up to $2,000. New depositors get the opportunity to play in the daily $25 freerolls and the weekly $250 depositors tournament. The Top Hand Of The Day promo pays out a prize to the first player of the day to play a Royal Flush, if no one plays a Royal Flush the prize goes to the first player to play the next highest straight flush. Winning also offers their Bad Beat Bonus promo. If a player loses a hand with four of a kind kings or better, they will receive $250 from Winning Poker!

They also offer a VIP Program which rewards players based on how much they play. For each raked cash game hand or fee paid for a tournament, players earn points. As certain levels of points are earned, players are promoted through the VIP levels, from Amateur ending with Hall of Fame. Players are able to cash their points in for rewards and bonuses such as freerolls, merchandise, cash bonuses and more.

One of the biggest tournaments offered on the site is the 200K Guaranteed Sunday tournament. The total cost to buy-in to the tournament is $215. It is also possible to win a seat in the tournament through playing their satellite tournaments, the lowest buy-in starting at $0.05. A satellite tournament is one that awards seats to a more expensive tournament as prizes.

Winning Poker offers Speed Hold’em. This fast paced game is similar to Full Tilt’s Rush Poker and Pokerstars’ Zoom. When a player joins the game, they enter a large pot of players at the same buy-in limit. If one is not in the blinds or have not put any money in the pot, there will be a "Speed Fold" button at the bottom. If the player clicks it, their hand is immediately folded and they get dealt a new hand and get moved to a new table without having to wait for the current hand to end.

Playtech, the company that provides iPoker with their poker software, uses a random number generator to ensure that the poker hands dealt are fair and random. Their random number generator was evaluated and certified by Technical Systems Testing, a internationally recognized Accredited Testing Facility. They conducted mathematical and statistical analysis to ensure that the generator is truly random and unbiased. This certification ensures that their shuffle is not rigged and the hands dealt are as random as one would see in a brick and mortar casino.

According to pokerscout, the iPoker network has a little over 19K players logged in at their 24-hour peak and is ranked the 4th largest online poker network. Players on the Winning Poker site have full access to the iPoker player pool. There will be no problem finding games to play from the micro limits up to high stakes.

The games at Winning Poker are fairly tight compared to the other major poker networks. Speed Hold’em promotes players to fold trashy hands which can cause the games to play unexpectedly tight, although the ease of joining the games and the higher hands per hour can make up for it. There are also enough games running on the network where one should not have too much trouble with table selection.

It is a network wide policy that iPoker does not accept USA players. For players not in the United States, Winning Poker is a great site with good promotions, a fairly large player pool and good software.