 POKER
ROOM REVIEW - ROYAL VEGAS POKER |
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Royal Vegas Poker 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. The Royal Vegas Poker brand is managed
by the Fortune Group, which is one of the largest online gaming
establishments. Royal Vegas Poker is one of the most successful
poker rooms within the PrimaPoker Network due to their aggressive
promotions such as the 40% initial sign up bonus up to $500
and the $10 for free merely for downloading the software.
The software has been improved lately, but still leaves some
room for improvement. On the positive side, there are many
very juicy and aggressive games, which is good both for the
action lover and the advanced players looking for a good hourly
return. With the generous promotions and much larger player
volumes, Royal Vegas Poker has become one of the market leaders
in online poker entertainment.
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - RANKING |
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| OVERALL
RANKING: |
N/A |
| G-INDEX
MEMBER RANKING: |
N/A |
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - FEATURES |
| POSITIVE
FEATURES |
NEGATIVE
FEATURES |
- Many juicy games
- High stake games (max $200/$400)
- Lots of short-handed tables (5 or 6 players maximum)
- Micro limit games
- Clear overview over the entire betting sequence
(right-hand action table)
- Good bonus
- Has bad beat jackpot and high-hand bonus
- Note taking support
- Find Player function
- Lobby info with players/flop and average pot
- Good telephone support
- Live chat support (fast upload and knowledgeable
staff)
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- Poor software that definitely could be improved
upon
- No live table hosts
- Limited game variety
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - POKER VARIANTS |
Royal
Vegas Poker supports the following forms of poker:
- Texas Hold Em
- Omaha
- Omaha Hi/Lo
- Seven Card Stud
- Five Card Stud
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - INTERFACE |
| Royal
Vegas Poker software is a customised shared-network version
of Prima Poker Network by Microgaming. Poor graphics and limited
functionality. There is no player options menu where you can
set your preferences. Looks more like a casino lobby than a
poker lobby. Although there have been a number of smaller makeovers
of the software during 2003 and 2004, there is still a lot of
improvements required before reaching the level of top poker
room software. Royal Vegas Poker does share the player base
with the rest of the Prima Poker Network to ensure high traffic.
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). In sum,
the software is now OK, but leaves some room for improvement. |
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - PLAYER TABLES |
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). There is
a time bar which is now much quicker, actually too quick for
some. However, this ensures relatively fast paced games. If
loose games are what you are looking for and not too worried
about fancy graphics and functionalities, Royal Vegas Poker
is definitely of interest. |
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - RING GAMES |
Royal
Vegas Poker (Prima Poker) 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. |
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| POKER
VARIANT |
FORM |
STAKE
IN US$ |
MAX
NO. PLAYER |
| Texas Hold Em |
Limit |
0.05/0.10 to 100/200 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Texas Hold Em |
Pot Limit |
0.05/0.10 to 100/200 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Texas Hold Em |
No Limit |
0.05/0.10 to 100/200
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2, 6 or 10 |
| Omaha |
Limit |
0.10/0.20 to 50/100 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Omaha |
Pot Limit |
0.10/0.20 to 40/80 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Omaha |
No Limit |
0.10/0.20 to 20/40 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Omaha Hi Lo |
Limit |
0.05/0.10 to 100/200 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Omaha Hi Lo |
Pot Limit |
0.05/0.10 to 100/200 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Seven Card Stud |
Limit |
0.50/1.00 to 50/100 |
2 or 8 |
| Seven Card Stud |
Pot Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 3/6 |
2 or 8 |
| Seven Card Stud |
No Limit |
0.50/1.00 to 200/400 |
2 or 8 |
| Five Card Stud |
Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 50/100 |
2 or 8 |
| Five Card Stud |
Pot Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 50/100 |
2 or 8 |
| Five Card Stud |
No Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 50/100 |
2 or 8 |
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - TOURNAMENTS |
Royal
Vegas Poker'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.
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| TOURNAMENT
ENTRY |
ENTRY
FEE |
FREQUENCY
+ START TIME |
AVE. NO.
OF PLAYERS |
MAX. PLAYERS
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$5,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$20 + $2 |
Mon - Sat
13.30 EST / 18.30 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$5,500 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$25 + $2.50 |
Mon - Sun
17.30 EST / 22.30 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$5,500 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$20 + $2 |
Mon - Sun
02.00 EST / 07.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$7,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$30 + $3 |
Mon - Sun
17.00 EST / 22.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$7,500 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$35 + $3 |
Mon - Sat
18.30 EST / 23.30 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$12,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$20 + $2 |
Mon - Sun
19.00 EST / 00.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$20,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$10 + $1 |
Mon - Fri
15.30 EST / 20.30 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$20,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$100 + $9 |
Mon - Fri
14.30 EST / 19.30 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$100,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$50 + $5 |
Sun
15.30 EST / 20.30 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
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| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - DEPOSIT & WITHDRAWAL OPTIONS |
DEPOSIT
OPTIONS:
VISA, MasterCard, Diners, ACH transfers, prepaid ATM, NETeller,
FirePay, Gaming Card, PaySpark
CASH OUT OPTIONS:
Cash out via check or various "web wallets" (NETeller,
FirePay, Prepaid ATM, PaySpark, etc). |
| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - SUPPORT |
There
is freephone 24/7 telephone support, e-mail support and live
chat. The telephone support is very good, the email support
have improved with good response times whilst the live chat
really works well (impressed us with upload speed, immediate
support and knowledgeable responses). |
| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - LOYALTY PROGRAMME |
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Not really apart from high value free rolls for players having
reached a certain number of raked hands. Recently introduced
a player points challenge where the top points earners share
in a $40,000 prize pool as well as top 100 $1/2 or higher
players getting a rakeback! Progressive bad beat jackpot which
is currently over $70,000. |
| ROYAL
VEGAS POKER - MEMBER COMMENTS |
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| MEMBER |
DATE
POSTED |
COMMENTS |
| Eurobonus |
2 Jan.
2005 |
All I can say is that I love
the loose play especially at the low stakes NL tables.
Think that the majority of players have stumbled across
to the poker room from the Royal Vegas online casino and
play poker like they gamble - lady luck rather than pot
odds. With the free $10 download bonus, turned it into
a few hundred within a few days. So I can forgive them
for the poor graphics and limited player setting options.
Easy money to be made here. |
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