Joined: Mar '14
Location: Japan
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 8946
It will be approximately 3.33 VPPs (or $0.60.60 in fee/rake) per day to successfully complete challenge in 30 days. If I were you I would consider grinding $0.25 45-man SnGs with $5 starting bankroll. Playing 30+ games daily will earn you enough points and I believe that is doable. Once the bankroll grows over $10 multi-tabling $0.02/$0.04 fixed limit games could be another option.
Edited by Tony_MON7ANA (17 January 2015 @ 14:07 GMT)
Joined: Jul '13
Location: Israel
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 558
I would advise you to play your favorite games, or the games that you believe you are most profitable in. You'll need to win more than you lose to gain 100 VPP with your >5$. The only thing is you'll probably have to play more games than you used to to complete the task.
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 2688
Do not focus on the bonus because you will burnout and do some stupid s**t just to get clearing the bonus and you can lose all your money, just play your hands , isnt the bonus given per increment so if you play normally you will get enough time to clear all your bonus, anyway have fun at the tables mate, hope you can grind the bonus out and build up your roll in the process, cheers peace out mate have fun again and good luck!
Joined: Nov '11
Location: Romania
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 754
got $18 bonus, and need to clear 180 points. i think, my best mounth was when i did 140 points, and in that mounth was running Micro Millions. In 23 hours, made 6 VPP
Joined: Oct '14
Location: Serbia
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 4358
I made yesterday in 4 hours of play 7VPP, and I dont have time anymore this days to play... only early in the morning I play exactly 30 hands of cash game for january all in challange, and thats it... I will have few days in bigining of february to reach my goal, so I will be multitabling few days in hope that I will reach my goal
Joined: Feb '13
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 2372
Posted by marqis: For the $10 bonus you need to generate about $18 in rake. With a bankroll of $4.75, that's going to be tough...
Wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't tough
That said, that's a bit misleading by me, it is not my full bankroll, its just the cash I have on the site ($5 from xmas brm game, and ive been playing 30 FF hands a day to play the all in challenge).
I can reload from my main BR ($400-ish) at any time but will only do it if it looks like I can clear the points easily enough with a profit, if not I wont bother.
Joined: Feb '14
Location: Tunisia
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 2135
Good luck in your challenge icequeen my bonus is 20$ for 240 VPP ( i don't know where that extra 40 come from ) i don't think i will be chasing that but if i did i will hit cash games , it is known fact that cash games can generate alot of rake but it is dangerous because you can lose most of your bankroll unlike MTT/SNG where you lose only your buy-in
Joined: Oct '08
Location: Canada
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 2423
my bonus is $35.00 but i need to make 525 points in order to clear it, and my bankroll is only $1.25, so it doesn't look like i will be clearing mine unless i deposit.
------------ since your bankroll is low maybe you should try the $0.50 180 player sit n go, first place is over $24.00, good luck.
This promotion is good for people who would play a lot of volume no matter if there was a promotion or not What they want to do is make you play more than you did last year in your best month. They want to make casual players addicted to poker
It's a good promotion though. Regs deserve this kind of promotions for all the $ they give to stars.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Germany
Age: 31 (M)
Posts: 1859
Most reasonable thing with that BR would prolly be $0.25 45 man SNGs, but you'd have to play almost 1000 in 30 days. I'd recommend depositing additional funds and play $0.50 STTs (12 per day should be doable).
Joined: Oct '14
Location: Germany
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 429
In my opinion you should not focus on the bonus that much to get started. You should most definitely play what you like most or you are best in. If not you might loose more money than you might earn with your Bonus. Good luck to you.
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Canada
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 3207
Jesus i got the s**t end of deal need 1140 vpp for 47.50 Wish i coulda got a 20$ one. Goodluck on your journey if ur looking to boost bankroll id play .10$ 360mans. Played one this am for my allin challenge and was down to 60 ppl in less then and hour. Really soft i took 16th place without trying. Hadda sit out at 30 ppl tho had to get back to work.
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
zoom is deffo an option- maybe not the best way, but one of the quickest for sure. also if you play split pot games then it's about time to grind them (especially omaha hi/lo- since you can play it on zoom tables for a very quick way to glory). probably anything FL would be a safe bet- whatever you are strongest at.
Joined: Feb '13
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 2372
actually split pot games is a good idea, I love plo8
and 50c stt's
will play some tonight
------------ quick update
lost the original BR and wont bother depositing.
easier money to be had elsewhere and im in my 'bored with poker' mode atm, cant be arsed with a grind for such a small reward, even though its good rakeback I know I can make a better profit on my main site
cheers for all your help
Edited by IceQueenAce (17 January 2015 @ 23:12 GMT)
Joined: Jan '13
Location: Philippines
Age: 57 (F)
Posts: 857
u need to be a skillful poker player to obtain a bonus.if yur just aftering for the bonus u might be going to a worst situation. points are needed to fulfill .and loss lot before u can reach the profit .playin cash games is more faster to get points or vpps.good luck on the play...
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Wish i coulda got a 20$ one. Goodluck on your journey if ur looking to boost bankroll id play .10$ 360mans. Played one this am for my allin challenge and was down to 60 ppl in less then and hour. Really soft i took 16th place without trying. Hadda sit out at 30 ppl tho had to get back to work.
