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Iron Duke
Iron Duke Poker is on the Merge Gaming network, released in 2007 and available for US players. By partnering with Merge, Iron Duke Poker is able to provide players with the industry’s leading poker room software in addition to top level customer support, frequent promotions and bonuses plus the ability to qualify for Iron Duke rakeback through ExtraRakeback.com. The poker room is licensed through the Kahnawake Gaming Commission with testing provided by TST. A few of the Iron Duke’s biggest features include wide selection of games, easy cash games, daily freerolls for regular players, the newly added Bad Beat Jackpot and the ability to play with Iron Duke pro player – Jennifer “ Jennicide” Leigh.
Iron Duke Poker Bonus and Rakeback
Iron Duke provides players with both a first deposit bonus of a 100% match up to $300 plus through ExtraRakeback.com you can also receive rakeback paid into your account on a daily basis. To receive the poker bonus you will need to use the coupon code “ENTER CODE HERE” when depositing in the cashier. This bonus will remain in your pending bonus account until you have met the play through requirements at IronDuke.com. Once you have accumulated a sufficient number of FPP’s the poker room will release the bonus in increments of $10. TO sweeten the deal the poker room also provides new depositing players with a total of $7,500 in new player freerolls. Each day for the first 14 days of becoming a member, you will receive tournament coupons for the daily depositor freerolls which have a guaranteed prize pool of $500 each. Players should note, unlike other rooms which pay freeroll winnings in bonus dollars, Iron Duke gives you your winnings in cash. For more information on play through requirements or other promotions currently taking place, you can check our Iron Duke bonus page for details.
Game Selection
Competing with the major poker sites, Iron Duke also provides a wide variety of formats for both their ring games and tournaments. As of to date players will find Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi Lo, 5 Card Draw, 2 – 7 Triple Low Draw, Razz, HORSE, Badugi Poker and as of recently real money Euchre. Stakes are spread from micro limits up to moderate levels; however the majority of the traffic is fixated on the $5/$10 and lower. You will find the % of players seeing the flop substantially higher in this room than most others online which can be attributed to the number of soft cash games and novice players seen throughout the day. Iron Duke Poker takes a 5% rake up to the standard $3 cap per raked hand.
Tournaments and Freerolls
The tournament schedule offers each of the game formats we listed in a form of tournament with re-buys, freezeouts, guarantees, turbos and bounty tournaments available. Iron Duke’s tournament schedule is more or less catered to the low limit players, however you can still find some decent guarantees scheduled on the weekends offering a $5,000 and $20,000 GP in addition to their monthly $50,000 freeroll. This is one of the biggest benefits to Iron Duke’s loyalty program, in that regular players are awarded with daily, weekly and monthly freerolls which are only allotted to the players who earn the required number of frequent player points during a given period. All of these freerolls payout cash prizes which can be used to play with or cashed out. The most anticipated regular event in the Iron Duke’s tournament schedule is the weekly Jennicide Bounty Tournament, where pro player Jennifer “Jennicide Leigh” can be found and is up for a bounty.
Software and Features
By far the software used at Iron Duke is rated as one of the best in the industry, offering more advanced features and tools in addition to custom features that have literally branded the company. The platform is fully functional, and dynamic and powered by the Merge Gaming Network. Their signature trait, the smilies are animated emoticons used at the tables and displayed based on the words you type into chat. A few other common features include; multi-tabling, statistics available in the lobby, at the tables and saved to your hard drive as well as preferred seating, advanced tournament stats displaying overlays and player to player transfers. A few of the custom tools available for players include;
Iron Dukes Advanced Tagging System – This feature is one of the software’s more impressive features. Unlike other poker rooms where you are only able to take notes and tag them which leave an icon on their profile, Iron Duke actually provides you with a messaging service. This messaging service works very much like your Hotmail or Gmail and will notify you as soon as that player logs back into the poker room client in addition to what games they are playing. This is a great feature if you are waiting for your friends or tracking certain players.
Play It Twice – Similar to TV, the Play it Twice feature provides you and an opponent you are facing heads up the ability to choose whether you want to run the cards once or twice. Both players need to agree and must do so before the flop.
Rabbit Hunt – The rabbit hunt is more of a “fun” feature allowing players to choose whether they want to see the outcome of remaining cards had the hand been played to the showdown. Players should note that if you choose to use this option the rest of the table will also see the remaining community cards as well as your hole cards.
Show 1 or Show 2 – When you pick up a pot without having to play the hand to showdown, the software will allow you to choose whether you want to muck, show on of your hole cards or show both of your hole cards.
Support
If you have any problems with the software or your account you can contact Iron Duke’s customer support via email or live chat. The live chat typically responds within a few minutes and rarely is there ever a delay.
Payment Options
Iron Duke provides a wide range of payment processors for players to choose from including a handful of US deposit options. Withdrawals are always processed quickly and often you will find your withdrawal processed and deposited into your ewallet within 48 hours of your initial request. The current methods available for players include; VISA, MasterCard, eWalletXpress, PIC-Club, Fonelinx, PinDebit, NETeller, Eco Card, QuickTender, MoneyBookers, Western Union, bank draft, cashier’s check, check.
US Deposit Options at Iron Duke Poker - VISA, MasterCard, eWalletXpress, PIC-Club, Fonelinx, QuickTender, Western Union
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