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Mermaid Poker Room Review

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Mermaid Poker Overview

The Mermaid Gaming Network is one of the many online poker companies who operate on the highly successful International Poker Network. The Malta-based firm provides their own stylish and straightforward online poker skin to thousands of willing players. They are licensed and regulated by the Lotteries & Gaming Authority of Malta, so you can ensure that their standards of safety and integrity are held to account. Mermaid Poker is one of the most welcoming sites for players from around the world. They accept multiple currencies and multiple chat languages in order to cater to the widest possible audience.

The International Poker Network, on which Mermaid Poker resides, is owned and operated by the Boss Media company. Boss also provides the software on which Mermaid operates. Based in Sweden, they are also listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The IPN is a relatively old network that has come to particular prominence in the last few years. Over 30 different skins make their home on the network, including well-known names like InterPoker and ParadisePoker. The International Poker Network is currently among the top 10 most popular in the world. Boss Media was recently purchased by GEMed.

When scanning the Mermaid Poker table list you will instantly recognize that there are three different currencies to choose from. Most cash tables are in the multi-national Euro currency, but there are plenty of games that use Dollars and Pounds as well. No-limit Hold‘em blinds start almost as low as it gets at $0.02/$0.04 and progress up to the moderately large €300/€600 level. As you might expect, most of the players on Mermaid can be found at these cash tables. Off-peak there are plenty of full tables all the way up to the €5/€10 mid-stakes games.

Although the $0.10/$0.20 limit Hold‘em starting stakes are unlikely to break the bank, they are a little higher than you might expect. However, their €300/€600 upper limits looks high enough to cater to almost every kind of limit player. Strangely, the limit games on Mermaid Poker are not very well attended. The traffic pales in comparison with the hordes at the no-limit tables. In fact, some of the less popular games even have more tables running than the limit section. Limit, pot-limit, and no-limit Omaha games are fairly popular, while 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Stud, and SOKO are relatively quiet. Oddly, I came a across quite a large number of 5 Card Draw players - making it significantly busier than the limit section.

The tournaments on Mermaid Poker don’t really compete with the cash games and this is reflected in the number of players. Sit & Go’s start at a modest €1 + €0.10 but reach their cap at a massive €10,000 + €500. There are a fair number of tournaments running at any one time so you shouldn’t have to wait long at all for a low-mid stakes table to start.

The Multi-Table Tournament selection at Mermaid is probably the weakest part of the whole package. Most tournaments cater to a few hundred players, although the daily €100 freerolls usually stuff in the full 5000. Freerolls and guarantees are generally well supplied by Mermaid Poker, but the regular tournament offering isn’t up to par with the rest of the site. Regular no-limit Hold‘em buy-ins only go as high as €50 + €5, not nearly enough to cater to the profitable high-stakes tournament pros. Regular cash game players have a good excuse to head over to the tournament area every month. There are daily €100k tournaments, as well as a weekly €50k guarantee on Sundays.

Mermaid Poker now offers players Frequent Player Points, or FPPs, again. The most widely used aspect of their FPPs is to earn certain amounts to enter special FPP tournaments. They offer two at the moment, one on Tuesdays with a €200 prize pool and a 100 FPP buy-in, and another tournament Wednesdays with a €300 prize pool and a 500 FPP buy-in.

Mermaid Poker Bonus Referral Codes and Promotions

See our Mermaid Poker Bonus page for details on clearing your bonus.

Bonus deals and other promotions are one of Mermaid Poker’s strongest suits. They provide a dizzying array of special tournaments and challenges to entertain even the most bonus hungry player. If you have a decent bankroll and the time and willingness to grind then the Mermaid Poker bonus could turn out to be an excellent deal. Their first deposit bonus will repay you 200% up to a total of €1000. Make sure you use the links on this page and enter the Mermaid Poker bonus code FTR if prompted when creating your account. So long as you deposit at least €20 the deal should automatically activate.

Also, when you sign up through FlopTurnRiver, you will start receiving 30% rakeback on your account! All you need to do to receive rakeback is rake at least €100 for the month and 30% rakeback will automatically be paid into your account on the 1st of each following month.

Mermaid Poker makes it simple to clear bonuses. It’s simply a matter of how much you contribute in rake. You’ll need to pay the site €25 in rake for every €5 of bonus cash you wish to unlock. This would be the same as getting 20% rakeback - on top of the 30% rakeback you're already getting! This means that for a €50 deposit you would need to contribute €500 in rake before you see your whole deposit. This amounts to €10,000 worth of pots at the €0.25/€0.50 level, a target low-stakes players are very unlikely to reach within the 31-day time limit. Thankfully, the bonus is released in €5 increments, so even low stakes players should be able to get some free money.

Alongside this generous but tricky bonus are a long list of other ways to earn extra cash. In addition to the standard Bad Beat jackpots and freerolls, there are S&G and MTT leaderboards with up to €1k in prizes each month. Mermaid Poker also runs special tournaments daily with a €100.000 guaranteed prize pay out and on Sundays they run a €50.000 guaranteed tournament. Finally, participants in their VIP race can win extra extra prizes each month with the top 3 players winning packages valued at €550.