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Overall:
4.5/5
Bonus and Promotions:
4.5/5
Fish Rating:
 
3.5/5
(aquarium estate)
Tournaments:
3.5/5
Software:
4.5/5
Payouts:
4.5/5
Customer Service:
5/5
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 Mansion Poker Referral
Code for $1,000 bonus:
FISHBONUS
 
Overview:
4.5/5
Mansion
Poker received their initial boom from
sponsoring the Fox Sports series, "MansionPoker.net Poker Dome
Challenge" in which 6 combatants play speed poker under an onslaught
of concert lighting. Our new agreement with this site allows you to
receive a 100% bonus (up to $1,000) and
play in several satellite tournaments for the show each week for 1
cent.
Even though this site is just starting out, I think that they have
the right idea in terms of simple software and virtually all
tournaments are cash-added events.
The competition tends to be
fairly weak as the bulk of new players will be interested in wake of
the FSN series and have little poker experience. Overall, I've been
impressed with Mansion Poker because of the large deposit bonus,
unique software, and the cash-added tournaments.
Bonus (100%
up to $1,000) and Promotions:
4.5/5
For a deposit bonus, this site is
offering our visitors a full 100% bonus match, good on deposits up
to $1,000. Be sure to use any of our links to
Mansion
Poker to ensure that you receive the full 100%. You work it off
by earning "Mansion Club Points", which are dispersed according to
the rake at the table. Obviously, you'll earn more at higher-limit
tables, but they do give points to everyone involved in the
hand. You also earn a 50% bonus on two future deposits,
which is a nice extra if you were going to reload anyway.
In terms of other promotions, we've recently
acquired the ability to offer players 5 shots every week at
qualifying for the
Mansion
Poker Poker Dome series aired weekly on FSN. You'll need to use
referral code FISHBONUS to qualify for the offer. The
buy-in is either free or 1 cent for the qualifiers, which is actually
quite generous. Usually, satellites to live events have a hefty buy-in so
it's nice to be able to qualify essentially for free. The 1 cent
requirement filters out freeloaders and limits the number of
participants. If you've made a deposit from our site, you'll be set to go.
Typically, you'll only need to best 100-200 players for the $7,000
Poker Dome seat. The grand prize for the live tournament is
$1,000,000. Besides that, they're offering $10,000 freerolls on
weekends and other $200-500 added events throughout the week, also
with .01 buy-ins.
Fish:
3.5/5
The traffic is still growing at
Mansion
Poker with, naturally, the peak times coming in the afternoon
and early evening. I usually play no-limit cash games and
tournaments, but I dabbled in a couple of Limit Hold'em tables to
get an idea of the competition here. So far, the full tables have
been a mixture of weak players and complete fish,
thus rationalizing my 3.5 Fish Rating.
You'll usually run into a
couple of clueless players at the table who seem to mistake middle
pair for the absolute nuts. As I mentioned above, I expect that much
of the player base here followed the Poker Dome TV show to the site
and TV exposure is usually a recipe for a fish soufflé.
Overall, the games seem pretty beatable with mostly new poker
players populating the tables.
Tournaments:
3.5/5
The main tournament interest at
Mansion
Poker is qualifying for a seat at the televised Poker Dome
series. Through our site, you can play multiple satellites (5
weekly) for 1 cent in which the winner gets a $7,000 entry package
to the Las Vegas tournament. The winner of each 6-person table wins
$25,000 and the overall TV series winner receives $1,000,000.
The other tournament choices are
limited as Mansion Poker is still trying to build traffic, however
they have some interesting low-stakes events for now. They basically
run multi-table tournaments every hour or two with most of them
having some sort of cash added to the prize pool by the poker room.
Mansion
Poker has unique tournament choices such as a 1 cent buy-in tournaments but
they add $500. Another example would be a $5 tourney with $200
added. The cash-added structure gives you a substantial prize pool
overlay on a sometimes miniscule buy-in. You have a decent shot at
finishing in the money as these events typically draw less than 100
players. This won't become your main site for tournaments, but it's
fun to try out some of these wacky cash-added tourneys.
Software:
4.5/5
I give
Mansion
Poker a good score for its software because of its simple
effectiveness without a lot of frills. They're running on their own
network and they've created their own original software, which I
always appreciate more than skins. The table graphics and colors are
an attractive burgundy and tan, with the card graphics being fairly
sizable and easy to read.
Another unique software feature is the obvious
spotlight over a player when it is his turn to act. The lobby is
also simple and easy to navigate. In terms of game speed, full ring
games are currently running at between 50-60 hands per hour - a comfortably quick pace.
Payouts:
4.5/5
Most new sites understand the importance
of a swift payout and
Mansion
Poker seems to have gone with the industry standard processing
times. Using NETeller, I've received payouts within about 18-24
hours.
Customer Service:
5/5
I give them a top score in this category
because they offer telephone support in several countries and live
chat support. I always respect the ability to contact a company
immediately if I have any questions or issues that need resolving.
Player Traffic
Currently, player traffic is best at
Mansion Poker at about mid-day. During peak hours, you can usually find a few
.50/$1 or $1/2 No-Limit full cash games going on or a $3/6
Fixed-Limit game that often lasts through the night. Tournaments
seem to have a bit more of a draw here with their most popular
events bringing in 100-200 players.
Best Features
 Ability to win a Poker Dome seat for 1
cent. This
is the only site used to qualify and their satellite system is less
stringent than other sites.
Cash-added tournaments. With few
players, the prize pool is often decent anyway.
Original software. The graphics are
sharp and game speed is quick.
A name reminiscent of my favorite
Disneyland ride with a Gothic font to boot (which, of course, has no
relevance in a poker review).
Game Selection: Hold 'em,
Omaha, Stud
Limits: Limit: 50c/$1 up to
$10/$20 No-Limit: 10c/20c up to $200/$400
Deposit Methods:
NETeller, EcoCard, Nexum ACH (eCheck), MoneyBookers, major credit cards,
checks, and Money Orders.
Minimum Deposit:
$20
Tips: As
Mansion Poker tends to attract less-than-seasoned online poker
players looking to qualify for the TV tournament, I'd like to remind
you not to be overly concerned with mixing up your basic online
poker strategy methods with advanced plays. Well thought out, savvy,
strategically advanced moves simply aren't valuable at loose online
poker tables. In fact, you'll probably lose EV by
making those traps that you've read about in poker strategy books or
watched your favorite pro make on TV.
For the most part, online
poker players aren't extremely attentive, meaning that they're less
susceptible to tricky gear-changing traps. The smartest play online
is usually to play a solid, conservative game and allow your
opponents to hang themselves with their own mistakes. While that may
not be the recipe for massive no limit success at a cardroom or in a
major tournament, it certainly can make you a comfortable profit at
weak online poker sites like
Mansion Poker.
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