Royal Vegas Poker software works off the shared-network of Prima Poker Network under Microgaming. There have been a number of makeovers to the software during 2003-4. We at PaidbyPoker still feel that there are some areas of improvement needing to be procurred before they can reach the level of a top poker room software company.

Royal Vegas Poker does share the player base with the rest of the Prima Poker Network to ensure high traffic. The game used to be slower that the average online, but nowadays the software speed as well as user's time restriction is much quicker.

Hand history is also available by HTML page or via email. A nice feature is the possibility to see all actions in the chat area to the right. An invaluable feature is for players not keeping full focus on the game or while playing on other tables or having other distractions. In summation, the software at this point is good, but still leaves room for many improvements.

Royal Vegas Poker is sensitive to poker room integrity and takes every measure possible to ensure the highest levels of security, safety and fairness for all its players. We are committed to providing you with a true sense of comfort in the knowledge that you are playing in a fair and trustworthy environment. The poker room is fully licensed by the reputable Kahnawake Gaming Commission and the shuffling is regularly reviewed by independent auditors.

Royal Vegas Poker offers plenty of multi-table and single-table tournaments for you to play in around the clock. There are nightly free-roll tournaments, and daily tournaments with various buy-in levels, offering instant cash prizes.

Play yourself onto the tournament leader board and win even more. For the more ambitious, the multi-table tournaments offer a range of great prizes, from cash in your poker account to entry into major land-based tournaments, like the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. At peak hours tournament traffic ranges from 3-4000 people

Royal Vegas Poker ring game traffic is on average with other poker sites. The ring game traffic at peak hours is around 2-3000 players.

The rake is somewhat less attractive than the average. The pot- and no-limit at Royal Vegas Poker is raked at every $5, which is good. The lower straight limit games (up to $1/$2) are capped at $1.50 (compared to $1 at most other sites), which is high. The tournaments fees are 10% for entries ranging from $10 up to $50. For the $100 tournaments, the fee is $9.

There are a number of different types of poker on offer at Royal Vegas Poker. In this section you'll find general rules for playing online poker and etiquette guidelines, plus rules, tips and a dictionary of terms for each of the poker types on offer: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, 5-Card Stud and 7-Card Stud.

Royal Vegas Poker.com offers some of the loosest ring games around, with view flop percentages most often in the 50-ies, often reaching the 70-ies. The tournaments are also quite loose up to the $25-50 fees. It still remains to be seen what the quality of players will be in the future. Currently Royal Vegas Poker (Prima Poker) is heavily advertising the site, allowing more inexperienced players to learn.

There are lots of high value promotions at Royal Vegas Poker.com. Their main focus is onattracting players to their big free rolls, with prize pools up to $30,000. There are currently 4 or more daily free rolls with at least $1000 prize pools. The progressive bad beat jackpot is for Holdem ring games; the jackpot starts at $500 with $50 added each day. There is also a daily Holdem high-hand bonus at $250.

There is telephone support and e-mail support. The telephone support in really good and the email support have improved with good response times.

From Royal Vegas - Authentic Vegas-style poker! Royal Vegas Poker Room brings all the tension, excitement and strategy of the legendary Vegas poker rooms right to your desktop. Lou Krieger, co-author of Poker for Dummies, is the host, and he confidently endorses the "fast cash-ins, top security and excellent service". Your players can chat with him regularly and even play against him if they're up for the challenge.

Playing multi-player poker at Royal Vegas puts your players in a real live showdown against other players, with all the support they may need, including 24/365 toll-free telephonic support, a game info section with game rules, a terminology dictionary, and tips for increasing their chances of winning. Of course they can play any of the game types for free to hone their techniques before playing for real money.

Features at a glance:

• Opening offer: $10 free + $40 purchase match
• Software: Prima Poker
• Games: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, 7-Card Stud, 5-Card Stud, 1-on-1
• Tournaments: Regular multi-player tournaments with a variety of promotions
• Banking: Secure banking with various deposit and withdrawal options
• Support: 24/365 toll-free, email, live chat and call-back support
• Legal: Licensed and independently reviewed
• Sign Up Bonus: 100% purchase match bonus up to $100 free.
• Over 170 Games
• Progressive Jackpots
• Expert mode with autoplay and best-strategy features
• Secure banking interface
• Alternative deposit methods (NETeller, Click2Pay, FirePay, INSTADEBIT etc)
• Licensed and independently reviewed
• No-download Flash version & free casino CD available