[playersare]

so months after making my initial deposit at poker mountain I finally saw that there were at least two real money tables open at one time. time to try it out and work off some bonus.

I sit down at $1/2 limit and $15NL tables...software runs well. graphics are a bit "lo-fi" but functional and the game pace is fast and fluid. if you leave the cashier window open, your summit points and cash balances are updated in real time (a la Paradise Poker). player skill has not been particularly challenging (30-40% flops) and I am making money in the early goings (*STAMP* sampletoosmall).

NL games rake at the standard 5c/$1 rate, BUT limit rakes are very Party-esque with 50c taken out of $5 pots and 75c out of $12 pots. Since I get 14-20 cents per hand on the IGM skins, I don't mind the higher house fee over there. But 10 cents at Poker Mountain with the same structure drops my rating down for them significantly compared to Absolute and Paradise (who have the same bonus payout but lower rake requirements).

The fact that the rake chart is not posted on the PM web site does not help the cause. I do enjoy playing there and I don't necessarily see this is a critical deterrent to giving them business, but I do feel compelled to speak up about it.