Joined: Jun '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 1332
i opened pokerstars today and was greeted with a message,we've deposited $10 in your account with a free $10 bonus attached. have fun at the tables..... not been playing stars for a while but it was indeed a nice surprise,did anyone else here get this and if you haven't played stars for a bit i would suggest you take a look,just in case...gl on the felts Mobsters...
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
yeah have to second Macubaas here- read similar stories on the forum several times, but haven't experienced such generosity from fcukherunderthestars myself. i just wonder what one have to do to qualify for a free tenner? be a good friend of Kim Jong-un the Supreme leader of North Korea, shave balls without hands or walk in the streets of Tanzania with a t-shirt saying "i want free $10 from jokerstars"
Joined: Nov '11
Location: Romania
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 754
Hello, Congratz. They ( pokerstars ) are the only ones who know how they give these good presents. They keep it for themselves, so you won't know, or do something that they will give you the bonus. But a good surprise is always welcome.
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 2423
Wow i've never heard of pokerstars giving away free money like that, usually they don't even offer reload bonuses, must be your lucky day, good luck with the free $10.00, and maybe you can clear the bonus.
Joined: May '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 97
Good luck making more money haha! I never get bonuses like this, I have a friend who receives $20 now and then, but on winnerpoker. Probably because of his vip level. Anyway, good luck!
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Germany
Age: 31 (M)
Posts: 1859
I have emailed them now asking about how it's determined who gets these bonuses. Probably gonna get the reply that it's purely random or something like that.
Joined: Nov '11
Location: Romania
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 754
I got 10$ from Full Tilt. I had to make 1 FTP, very easy task. It was because they had some problems with the casino slots or something like that. I played there, but didn't had any problems. And they gave me that $10 bonus. Anyone else got that?
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Germany
Age: 31 (M)
Posts: 1859
Posted by qzmag: I got 10$ from Full Tilt. I had to make 1 FTP, very easy task. It was because they had some problems with the casino slots or something like that. I played there, but didn't had any problems. And they gave me that $10 bonus. Anyone else got that?
Have a nice day and GL.
No, never any sort like that, except the smaller sites (ipoker etc.), they sometimes give me something for free.
Stars reply (as expected):
Hello,
Thank you for contacting PokerStars.
To give you an accurate answer we would need to know what bonus you are referring to exactly.
However, there are indeed bonus that are offered by our Marketing Department to specific players only, according to marketing strategies, etc.
Some players are also selected randomly. I cannot speculate why you were not selected to participate in a specific bonus promotion, if any.
But , as you know, we are always creating many different promotions to our existing players, promotions that you will be able to take advantage. Current bonus offers can be found here:
Joined: Jul '14
Location: Finland
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 191
Pokerstars really should start providing more bonuses. Yea yea they have their "all-in shootouts" and all sorts of stuff, but i'm not a huge fan of that. I am a fan of free money
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Portugal
Age: 57 (M)
Posts: 271
Posted by Mipetin: Pokerstars really should start providing more bonuses. Yea yea they have their "all-in shootouts" and all sorts of stuff, but i'm not a huge fan of that. I am a fan of free money
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Germany
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 33
But still their All-In-Shoot-out-Tournament promotion is kind of funny.
You sit down watching that randomly generated crap hands messing around with each other. But there is a chance of making some bucks and even a slice making big cash. Oh,.... I'm already looking forward to those cruel tournaments - I think those tournament will provide a good amount of suspence.
--Now to the odds--
40'000 tickets in pot........calling those 40k All-In-ZOMBIES ""player"" seems way to ironic to me 3 lucky hands in a row......gives your bankroll an exiting boost of 1 single dollar We in Germany like to say... It's like a drop of water on a hot stone.
Chance to get at least 1$ 12.5 % - passing the bubble with a singel ticket. 33 % - if you got three of them. Chance to get at least 4$ 3.1 % - with one ticket 9.1 % - horrible
Joined: Sep '13
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 1564
nope, nada (:
never got free money from stars, while some other smaller sites (betfred and winner mostly ) do give free tickets/tokens from time to time im yet to get anything thats actually free, from stars. Sure i did get a few deposit bonuses but those arent exactly free so yea
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 2688
wtf mate, how did you get a bonus when you have not login for a while. , you are such a lucky bastard make good use of the bonus and make them pay for giving you a bonus lol! Also how much time was you inactive before they give you a bonus, i have been inactive for like 3 months because i am playing on other sites like ipoker sites and pokerstars has yet to give me something. Anyway have fun with the bonus and good luck at the tables , lots of games there so you will have plenty of actions!
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
That is the point of the bonus. To draw you back at the tables playing. If they see you inactive they are throwing the net, some times they catch, some others they dont And most of the times these bonuses have good requirements.
and maybe you can clear the 
) do give free tickets/tokens from time to time im yet to get anything thats actually free, from stars. Sure i did get a few deposit bonuses but those arent exactly free so yea 
And most of the times these bonuses have good requirements.
