acekicker,
i promote empirepoker and have done very well with them. they pay me around the 8th or 9th of the month into my empirepoker account and then i transfer that to neteller. my conversion ratio for empirepoker is twice that of partypoker. not sure why though. i would not worry about getting “screwed.” when they first started out, payments were slow…but they have picked up the pace somewhat.
also, empirepoker (via http://www.tradal.net) pays me 25% regardless of what i make. on the other hand, partypoker needs the MGR to exceed $10,000 before they give you 25%, otherwise you get 20%.