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Summary (6.75)
Both
Paradise
Poker
and the
Boss
Media
Network
stopped
accepting
American
players
in
November
2006 and
as a
result
both
seen a
decline
in
traffic.
After
spending
a lot of
cash on
marketing
and
promotion
both
were
able to
recover
into
somewhat
viable
business
focusing
primarily
on the
European
market.
In
February
2007
Paradise
and Boss
came to
an
agreement
to work
together
on
making
Boss
Europe's
largest
poker
network.
As a
result
of this
agreement
on May
25, 2007
Paradise
Poker
was
merged
to the
Boss
Network.
Paradise
is one
the
internets
oldest
and most
trusted
brands.
They
first
launched
as a
standalone
website
in 1999.
The Boss
Media is
a very
popular
network
which
hosts
rooms
such as
Yahoo
Poker,
Celeb
Poker,
Fortune
Poker,
Poker
Heaven,
Virgin
Poker
and
dozens
of
others.
Software and graphics (8)
Paradise is part of the Boss Media Network and Boss provides their
software. This software is very complete with many advanced
features. Overall we rank their software as being amongst the best
online.
Ring game traffic (6)
Paradise Poker has decent traffic with 2400+ real money simultaneous
players during peak hours. (June 2007).
Tournament traffic (6)
Celeb Poker has decent tournament traffic with most multi table tournaments having around
300 players. During peak hours 100+ SNG's are running simultaneously during peak hours.
Game variety (7.5)
Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, 5 Card
Stud and Telenisia. For those not familiar with Telesina see the
explanation below.
Telesina - Telesina is a variation of Five Card
Stud with the following important exceptions:
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The deck contains 32 cards. Cards valued 2-6 have been
removed, leaving 7-A of each suit in the deck.
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The highest open combination starts the action in each
betting round, including the first. This means that any player
- including the dealer, small blind or big blind - could be
first to act in the first betting round.
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Blinds are used instead of antes. A small blind is posted
by the first active player to the left of the dealer and a big
blind is posted by the second active player to the left of the
dealer (identical to Texas Hold’em blind logic). A dealer
button is used to indicate the dealer position.
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Players who fold will not have their cards thrown in the
muck. Instead, their face up cards will remain visible on the
table until the end of the round. There are four betting
rounds in total, followed by the showdown.
Rake (5)
the rake is taken as 5 percent of the pot; capped at $3.00.
Soft competition (8)
The Boss media Network has lots of soft games with view flop
percentages often in the seventy percent range! This is a great site
for an experienced player to make some cash at.
Sign up bonus (5)
The
Paradise
Poker
sign up
bonus is
$100
regardless
of
deposit
size.
This
bonus
clears
in $5
increments
for each
100 FPP
earned
and
expires
after
180
days.
To earn
FPP: 1
FPP is
awarded
for each
$0.25
pad in
rake. 4
points
are
awarded
for each
dollar
paid in
tournament
entry
fees.
Loyalty
Bonus
(6)
A
Frequent
Players
Club is
offered
which
allows
players
to
collect
FPP
which
can be
used for
tournament
and
satellite
buy ins.
Promotions (6)
Paradise
has
always
ran a
fair
amount
of
promotions.
They
only
joined
the Boss
Network
on May
24, 2007
so
promotions
might be
a month
or two
away.
Support (5.5)
A good
FAQ
Section
and
decent
email
support.
No Phone
or Live
Chat
support
is
offered.
Financial security (10)
Top
Score, Paradise Poker is very secure as one of the Internets top
card rooms and almost 8 years of operation history with no recorded
problems.
Deposit & withdrawal options (8)
Deposit options: NETeller,
Central
Coin, FirePay, EPassport, VISA, MasterCard, Electronic Check, Bank Draft, and Wire Transfer. Cash out options: NETeller, FirePay, and Check.
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