Royal Vegas Poker Room Review

Royal Vegas Poker room is part of the Fortune Lounge group. Fortune Lounge is one of the oldest and largest online casino groups in the world.

Built on the basis of loyalty to their individual players, award-winning service and providing a safe and secure online gaming environment, the Fortune Lounge Group offers players a superior online gaming experience. The poker room is run alongside Royal Vegas Casino whom we also feature.

Play at Royal Vegas and you'll enjoy all the support, security, integrity and service that go with playing at a Fortune Lounge poker room.

What They Offer

Games:
Texas Hold'em - Omaha Hi - 7 Card Stud - 5 Card Stud and
1 on 1

Banking: Deposit with Click2Pay, Neteller, Firepay, Payspark, Credit Card, Diners Club and UseMyBank. UK players can use their Switch and Solo cards.

Withdrawals: Firepay, Neteller, Check (regular mail or courier), Direct Bank Transfer (ACH), Click2Pay, Payspark.

Promotions:
Royal Vegas offers a selection of decent offers and high value cash promotions. These include Poker Challenges, Poker Leagues, Bad Beat and Magic Hand Jackpots. Also available are a whole host of Tournaments with plenty of Freerolls, Rounders, Daily Prize and Cash Games up for grabs.

Details of all these are published at their site. Refer a Friend and get a $50 bonus.

Financial Security:
Being part of the Fortune Lounge group ensures that you are playing at poker room which has the backing of a big industry player and you should have no worries on this score.

Auditing:
To ensure absolute game fairness the Microgaming software used to host their games is independently audited by one of the world's biggest and most respected accountancy firms. The Special Report issued by them in relation to their examination is published at the site and available to read.

The audit ensures that the cards dealt all have an equal chance of being selected. Royal Vegas Poker has absolutely no ability to influence or alter the software in any way. This completely guarantees game fairness for all players.

Support:
'Live Help' heads up the customer support section with 5 email addresses also published specific to individual areas of their operation.

In addition toll free telephone numbers are published for players from the US - UK and 12 other countries worldwide. The support team is reachable 24/7. A comprehensive player FAQ's page completes the support line up.

New Player Assistance:
Is available at Royal Vegas. Areas covered include amongst others, Downloading - Installation of Software - Registration and How to Get Playing. In addition you'll find several sections on Game Rules - Poker Terminology - Hand Rankings and much more to read.

Play For Fun:
Yes. You can download the software and play by yourself. Play as a Guest player with virtual money and it'll give you the time you to need to get acquainted with the site and the games before you start playing for Real.

Rake: Full rake details are published at their site. Royal Vegas defines a player as raking a hand as: "any player that is dealt cards in a hand and the pot is raked at a minimum of 25c". Maximum is $3.00 Full rake tables available at the site.

Loyalty Bonus:
Not currently available.

Hand History:
Hand histories can be viewed by right clicking on the table and selecting the "Previous Game Hand History" option. From the page that opens, enter in the game number and click 'Look up'. You can only view a history for hands that you participated in.

Hand history recap emails are instantly available for all players and will show the exact betting of each game and the final hands of all players that called the river card.

Our Opinion:
Royal Vegas Poker room is a favorite with many online players. They are endorsed by a number of top players including Lou Krieger who began his poker career at the tender age of 7, and they have won a number of awards for excellence.

Poker players of all skill levels will find something for them here. Beginners are catered for with a decent amount of information about playing poker ranging from the basic game rules to tips and advice about playing, and you can preview the tables at the site too. For experienced players, more advanced strategy articles and tips are also available.

If you already play then you'll find Royal Vegas has some excellent promotions of offer and there's plenty up for grabs. On average there are 3-3500 ring game players at peak hours whilst peak tournament traffic is about 3500-5000.

We like the site too. It's clean, professional and easy to navigate. The software was quick to download and Royal Vegas guarantee you no freeze ups. Even in the unlikely event you are disconnected during a hand due to an internet connection speed problem, your bets are absolutely protected.

All in all...a very good poker room.

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