Mansion Poker first launched in 2005 and was an independent poker room. They made waves with their unique offer to players allowing them to qualify online to be part of the show “The Poker Dome” where players would battle for the shot at a guaranteed $1 million dollar prize. Over the last could of years they have made some big changes with the current move to the OnGame Network. This allowed Mansion to continue to offer huge guaranteed tournaments and provide ring games where traffic is seen throughout the tables daily. Mansion offers a competitive signup bonus, high quality software and over 4 million dollars in guaranteed tournaments each month. This room does not allow US players.
The Mansion Poker bonus offers a 100% match up to $500. Its' not a difficult one to clear and will unlock in $10 increments once you have earned the required amount of comp points. You will earn a minimum of 5 FPP's for every $1 in tournament fees and ring games provide points based on game played, limits and number of players involved. In total you will need 80 FPP's for every $10 in bonus awarded.
The competition does vary significantly especially in the lower limits where you will find plenty of loose players. These games easily represent a 55% viewed flop percentage whereas the higher limits above the $3/$6 spread, is reduced to 45%.
The ring games support the standard variations you would expect with Mansion Poker offering Texas Holdem, Omaha , Omaha Hi Lo, Seven Card Stud and Five Card Draw. When Mansion moved to the OnGame Network the players they had did move with them but the benefits that came when the merge took place boosted the site with traffic, This means that during peak hours you will now find over 6,500 real money players online and the majority of stakes are fairly active. Texas Holdem and Omaha Hi Lo are still the more popular variations out of the bunch. The stakes s $0.10/$0.20 and climb as high as $25/$50 no limit. There is a 5% rake taken from each pot with a cap at $3 per hand.
Mansion has always had a fairly strong tournament line up and now offers over $4,000,000 in guaranteed tournaments each month. The network attracts over 32,000 tournament players so you can defiantly expect some solid competition especially in the big events which are scheduled on the weekends. The largest tournaments available consist of a $150,000, $110,000 and $50,000 and along with a monthly final which features a $750,000 guaranteed. You will be able to qualify for any of the room's weekly events for as little as a couple dollars or playing in the Sit and Go tournaments.
The software is developed by OnGame which offers a very sleek and easy to use program. The lobby allows for quick navigation between tournaments and ring games and features a chat room built right in to socialize with the other players. You will never need to worry about speed with mansion always running at top level and updating frequently. They do not offer anything over the top as far as graphics and features are concerned. Statistics are supported in the lobby. You will need to select each table individually to display the % of players who view the flop along with average pot size. Players will be able to multi-table up to four games simultaneously and can opt in for the cascading windows tool to make this option more functional. Other features Mansion Poker has provided include; speed selection, four colour decks, hand history and the ability to set up your own private tournaments for you and your friends.
Mansion offers live chat, phone, email, and even displays a fax number if you need to contact them. The support is very quick and using the chat services you should receive a response within a few minutes.
Deposit methods include; NETeller, MoneyBookers, Instadebit, Eco Card, UKash, Visa, MasterCard, Delta, Switch, Solo, bank transfer, check and inter-account transfers.
