Mad Over Poker Review

Mad Over Poker — is an Indian online poker room launched in August 2017; its parent company is Host.Games, a company working with a blockchain protocol which seems non-related to the Mad Over Poker operation, which is managed by MOP Networks Private Limited. MOP founders are poker fanatics from India.

MOP uses a popular platform (Connective Games) and offers a great user experience: convenient deposits, good promotions, and excellent customer support via e-mail or Whatsapp.

Traffic overview

Mad Over Poker is mainly a low and mid-stakes poker room. During the peak time, over 120 players are connected to the poker room distributed among cash games and tournaments:

Cash games traffic at Mad Over Poker:

Hold'em:

• Rs0,25/Rs.0,50 = 1 table (FR)
• Rs1/Rs.2 = 1 table (SH)
• Rs2/Rs.4 = 1 table (SH)

Omaha (only SH):

• Rs1/Rs.2 = 2 tables 
• Rs2/Rs.4 = 1 table 
• Rs10/Rs.20 = 2 tables
• Rs25/Rs.50 = 1 table 
• Rs100/Rs.200 = 1 table

S&G is also played at the room with a 5-max format and buy-ins ranging from Rs.110 up to Rs.550; usually, 4 S&G are visible in the lobby. All S&G are played with a 5-minute blind structure.

The Sunday tournament is the Rehab, with 5Lac GTD and Rs.1,500 buy-in. Everyday tournaments with smaller GTD prizes as 10K, 15K, up to 1Lac are played at the room with buy-ins ranging from Rs.17 up to Rs.1,650. Tournament series with big GTD prizes are frequently played at the room.

Software and trackers support

Mad Over Poker uses the Connective Games platform, and the software has all the necessary options to play comfortably:

• Auto Muck Cards
• Wait for Big Blind
• 4-color card deck available
• Auto buy-in and rebuy

The lobby has tabs per discipline (Hold'em, Omaha, Tournaments, Sit&Go), and tables can be filtered using sub-tabs (No Limit, Pot Limit, High Stakes, Medium Stakes).

Players can choose avatars from a standard selection or upload their own image.

Although right now (January 2019) the traffic is not very high, the tables can be easily arranged for multi-tabling.

The poker room expressly forbids support software (called"EPA Programs" by MOP).

Deposit and withdrawal methods

Go CashFree, PayTM and PayUMoney are available to make deposits at Mad Over Poker.

Withdrawals are handled through ​​​​​​Indian bank accounts, and usually, the processing time is 24-72 hours depending on the amount of money.

As usual in Indian poker rooms, all profit withdrawn over 10kINR are subject to a 30% tax. Mad Over Poker allows up to 4 daily withdrawals for less than 10kINR each one, but Mad Over Poker warns the players that the tax must be paid at the end of the fiscal year.

Benefits

Mad Over Poker uses advanced and modern software, and it has several promotions which make of this poker room a good decision for low and mid-stakes Omaha players.

The MOP tournament series are also highly rewarding, and we recommend joining to this room especially for the Sunday tournament schedule.