The Gaming Club Poker Room is a “network skin” which is part of the PrimaPoker Network, with its shared player database. Prima Network has grown quickly in 2005 and now has well over 10,000 players online at peak time and several thousand off peak. With a 100% initital deposit bonus up to $50, The Gaming Club Poker Room should be of interest to any poker player intending to play a lot. Having been established in 1995, The Gaming Club Poker Room is a highly reputable poker room within the Belle Rock Gaming consortium. Plenty of juicy action (often provided by the many people who have dropped in by mistake from the casinos).

• Texas Hold Em
• Omaha
• Omaha Hi/Lo
• Seven Card Stud
• Five Card Stud

The Gaming Club Poker Room software is a customised shared-network version of Prima Poker Network by Microgaming. The graphics are rather rudimentary and with limited functionality, but the action has been speeded up so ideal for those looking for a fast paced game. There is no player options menu where you can set your preferences. Very useful software for those that like to play at several tables at the same time. Easy to click buttons to switch between up to 3 simultaneous tables.

The Gaming Club Poker Room does share the player base with the rest of the Prima Poker Network to ensure high traffic with between 3,000 to over 10,000 players at peak times. Hand history is available by HTML page and via email. One nice feature is the possibility to see all actions in the chat area to the right - who raised and called and for which amounts in the previous betting rounds and previous hands. This feature is invaluable for players not keeping full focus on the game (playing on other tables or having other distractions).

Very basic table layout. No player avatars and no options feature to set up your individual player preferences and there is only limited sound (just when cards being dealt). Clear design and uncluttered. Cards are very clear so no confusion with which suit they are or flickering screen. Essentially quite easy to use with good hand history to the right. Sure it doesn't have some of the more useful stats functions and the bells and whistle attached to the player preferences, but provides an easy on the eye playing experience.

The Gaming Club Poker Room ring game traffic is quite high. The ring game traffic at peak times is around 3,000 players. Fairly limited game variety. However, the action tends to be loose and fast. A lot of short-handed tables (max. 6 players) and plenty of high limit tables.

The Gaming Club Poker Room's multi-table tournaments have improved greatly in 2005. It can now rival the top poker rooms. Plenty of freerolls, guaranteed prize pool tournaments and qualifiers to the large hi-value poker tournaments. There is good action throughout the day with several thousand tournament players logged on most of the day. Lots of Sit and Go tournaments as well. There is something for every taste. Below are some of the higher value daily guaranteed tournaments as well as some of the regular guaranteed poker tournaments.

DEPOSIT OPTIONS:
VISA, MasterCard, prepaid ATM, NETeller, FirePay, Moneybookers, EcoCard.

CASH OUT OPTIONS:
Cash out to credit card only against prior purchases make, remaining balance is paid out via various "web wallets" (NETeller, FirePay, Prepaid ATM, etc) and check.

The is 24/7 telephone support and e-mail support. In our experience, they have at most times been able to sort out problems within a reasonable timeframe. No real complains here.

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