Microgaming, formerly known as Prima Poker, is one of the largest networks in the online poker industry. The network has been around for a number of years, and also plays host to a number of casinos on its jackpot network as well as providing a poker network. The poker network includes over 40 individual rooms known as ‘skins’, with big names like 32Red, Bet365 and Purple Lounge. The network also receives a high volume of traffic to help let each individual room compete with some of the biggest poker rooms like Bodog and Full Tilt.
Each room on the network shares the same software, so you can expect to be using the same game client for each room on the network, except that there will be differences in the colour schemes, design and promotions. Having the ability to custom design the software allows each room to look individual and provide their own unique appearance to the players. Some rooms do a better job than others when it comes to customizing their room, as you can see from the excellent colour scheme that Purple Lounger uses.
The actual software runs very smoothly and does not have any bugs or glitches. The lobby is compact and orders the games and limits well in a tree-like structure on the left hand side of the lobby window. After choosing your game and limit, you are provided with a list of tables that are available. Due to the high volume of traffic that the Microgaming network receives, there will very rarely be a shortage of seats at your desired game.
The only drawback with the software however is that it provides a very basic table design, which looks quite simple and boring if you like to have lively graphics and avatars to represent you when you sit down at the table. On the other hand, veteran players prefer this basic look, as it allows them to focus more on the poker action rather than being distracted by energetic graphics and objects as they play.
Quite possibly the biggest attraction for players on the Microgaming network is the exceptionally high stakes games on offer. The network hosts numerous high stakes tables for each of the game variations, which attracts some of the richest online players and has allowed for some of the biggest pots in history to be played on the Microgaming network. This includes the current biggest cash game hand in online history of $465,451. The hand took place on the $200/$400 no limit Holdem tables between "Fast_Freddie" and "bad_ip", where “Fast_Freddie” won the mammoth pot holding A J on a 7 A A 5 K board for trip aces. “bad_ip” mucked his hand.
One of the best aspects of each room on the Microgaming network is that they all offer great sign-up bonuses that are often quite easy to obtain. Most poker rooms offer huge bonuses for new players, which look good at the start, but end up having very harsh requirements to redeem them. However, this is not so on the Microgaming network and you can find some real gems if you take the time to look around. Bet365 currently offers one of the best sign-up bonuses as it has very easy requirements to redeem the full bonus amount, which makes the room well worth looking at if you have not played there before.
On the whole, the Microgaming network is very solid and has a bright future. The software provided by them is quite basic, but of a very high quality at the same time. New rooms are being added to the network all the time, so we can only expect the network to grow and develop into a very heavy hitter in years to come.
Top Microgaming Rooms
1) 32Red
2) GNUF
3) Purple Lounge
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