hi
ok so I know you asked for a player review rather than my player / webmaster review ... so I'm sure there are several members who have and do play at PokerHeaven who have either signed up via our links or already were there ... so they can also help you
but for what it's worth here is our review of
PokerHeaven
BTW I / 4kingpoker do NOT get paid to review sites ... if I dont like them or I dont think they have some merit for a player then I dont review them ... trust me I turn down or ignore a lot of affiliate deals / offers from sites wanting us to promote them ... and if sites go downhill or develop issues (as some have that others prefer to ignore - I amend my reviews and rankings accordingly)
see more info on all that later in post
Anyway in terms of the site in addition to my review ... PokerHeaven is on the Boss / IPN network with
Virgin Poker and others. The Boss IPN network has the 8th largest player traffic but is not open to US players ... in terms of traffic and games it has come on really well in the last couple of years. I originally started recommending the site I think around 18mths ago, traffic was lower then but the standard of the players was not high so there was potentially good money to be made ... this is still the case, but now with more players which are still generally equally weak
PokerHeaven players (Boss Networkd players generally) seem IMHO to fall into generally loose passive players ie. they are not anywhere so loose aggressive as other easy win sites like Bodog or Pacific. PokerHeaven seems to have more scared money players than gambling players if that makes sense.
Graphics - Personally I like them and I also find the pot 1/4 1/2 3/4 pot bet buttons a real help as it speeds up the game and you can make roughly the sort of bets you want to without typing in all the time. Although the deposit / bonus currency is in euros they have cash games in several different currencies including $$'s
We have run some league tournaments there and it's a very popular site with our visitor's obviously mostly European players - but I know some members play PokerHeaven and Virgin (same network)
We have also got access to an additional affiliate signup only weekly 200 euro freeroll for all our members who signup via our links.
more about our reviews and how all sites / forums work
we have over 50 sites ... some are the obvious ones, some are less obvious, all the sites / networks have been played at and reviewed by me personally and I know most of the networks and sites pretty well in terms of what sites are with who etc etc
The ranking of the rooms (although its in need of a freshen up) is based on how I view the site as a player + how good the player bonus offer we have is ...
In other words I totally 100% rate / review from MY PLAYER perspective having looked at and played sites on all the main networks
I DO NOT review or rank sites based on how much (or how little) commission I may eventually get if someone signs up and then maybe plays for real money
I DO NOT look for the highest paying sites and then rank them highly (some sites may) or reduce the choice of sites down to only offer a couple of sites on a one site fits all basis ... because I know that I sometimes like sites that others dont and also many players like sites that I dont particularly - but if they have merits that I can see for many players or a certain thing some might look for then I'll review it and offer it.
So yes I do get paid a commission by the poker rooms ... that is something that absolutely all of the poker content sites / poker forums do (even if they tell you they dont ... 99.999% do earn money for their efforts one way or another) -
Some sites do this on a very well paid advertising / space deal - so would effectively promote any site - the slots going to the highest bidder not necessarily the best site for the player.
but for us revenue isnt based on just reviewing them - we get nothing for that, we do like all the others get a commission when players sign up via our links (well thats the time when we get credited with introducing them but we only get a bit of commission if our signups decide to play real money
Now I dont hide that fact - other sites will ... but it really isnt rocket science who is going to invest alot of money, time and effort (effectively a full time job) and work for free ?
Signing up via our links rather than direct to a poker room will not cost players anything but in alot of cases we get our signups an increased bonus (or at the very least an equal one)
I am only influenced by either how popular a room genuinely is by players or by what that room is prepared to offer our players or by how much potential I think a room offers players.
hope thats a help
cheers scrawnybob