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Click here for 25% Sign-up Bonus up to $100
There's that insidious "As Seen On TV" banner again. Whenever I see that all-too-familiar red logo, I think back to half-baked abdominizers and flimsy 12-in-1 kitchen utensils. All kidding aside however, my reaction to the Golden Palace Poker website is an unqualified "Wow!" Really.
Golden Palace Poker, the heavily advertised branch of the world-famous Golden Palace Casino calls itself "The Fastest Growing Poker Community Online" and I believe it. They've mastered the delicate art of drawing new customers, with a clean, tasteful web design punctuated by flashy, colorful banners that just beg to be clicked.
But how about the gameplay at Golden Palace Poker Room, you ask? How about the software? I have very few complaints. And with such attractive promotions (such as 60 guaranteed prize pool tournaments per day with prizes ranging from $20 to $20,000, and satellites, satellites, satellites!), it would take a lot for me to not want to play here at Golden Palace Online Poker.
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Bonuses
25% up to $100 |
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Promotions
Action Points (frequent player points) redeemable for gift certificates to popular stores like The Sharper Image, Amazon.com, & L.L. Bean. (Up to $300 points awarded in each real money hand. 100,000 action points earns a $50 gift certificate.)
$50,000 and $100,000 Guaranteed Tournaments (with re-buys!)
$20,000 Guaranteed Tournament every Sunday
Satellite for World Heads-Up Poker Championship at Casino Barcelona in Spain
Satellites for seats in any of three World Series of Poker Circuit Tour events
Satellite for Cavendish Club Classic at the Cavendish Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two Grosvenor Casino satellites - The European Poker Classic at the Victoria Casino in London and Spring Festival Main Event at Grosvenor Casino in Luton
Satellite for World Series of Poker Rio Suites, Las Vegas event
$25,000 Freeroll |
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Software & Graphics
Quality "Tribeca Tables" software
Upload your own avatars
Nice, large (eminently readable) cards
Display setting options with various screen resolutions for your optimal viewing pleasure
Smartly laid out interface
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Game Variation & Limits
Holdem, Omaha (hi & hi/lo)
Re-buy/add-on tournaments
Limits from $.05/$.10 - $50/$100
Private tables
Speed tournaments
$2.5 million guaranteed monthly
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Traffic
Big
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Competition
Soft
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Rake
Slightly below average because cap is $4 at higher stakes
Otherwise standard 5%, capped at $3 (or $1 at lowest limits)
No Flop/No Drop
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Customer Service
Live on-call table manager
Global toll-free telephone, email form
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Deposits & Cashouts
Deposits - Visa, MasterCard, Neteller, FirePay, Citadel, 900Pay/900PayPlus
Cashouts - Neteller, bank wire, bank draft
Integrity
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Ease of Use
In-lobby chat
Big buttons
Detailed tutorials
Only 1 lobby stat - average pot
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In-lobby chat