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I consider myself a player to clear bonus in the poker sites i play. I like it and i think its the best way to keep me motivated to play. Last few month i didnt played much because and it all finished when i decided to try to double up my account in stars and i lost all in a all in AK vs Aq where the villain hitted Q river.
Since that day i started to play just to clear bonus in party poker and some other sites. So far so good i already cashed out 90$ profit in party poker and another 30$ in stars.
I would like to know if anyone is in the same situaction. I want to make a new account and clear another bonus in some other site.
I would like to know your opinions.Wich is the best site bonus/fish players low limits that you think its worth putting the money to clear some bonus and have some profit?
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PKR offers reloads every two months - 100% up to $500 - with a clearance rate of roughly 40% rb, its pretty good, I take them every time, if you're not clearing a bonus, you're throwing away money.
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Agree with Jess there, you should definitely try to always have something on deck. I'd check out William Hill too. Their bonus clears at about 45% of the rake generated (for tournaments) and seeing as you're already successful on Party it'll be a smooth transition (both iPoker sites).
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But at PKR you can not play a lot of tables and i think it is verry hard to clear a Bonus there. At BankrollMob the best offers for me in the past are VC Candler (50$ Bonus cleared in a few hours) and CardClubGames (only 5€ but a lot of bad players at a "Rush"-Poker table and a lot of Freerolls). A easy Bonus you can clear at Everest Poker (but verry slow players and software) and FullTilt (with a additional 27% Rakeback-Deal - Bonus).
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I am in a similar situation. At the moment Iam clearing my first deposit bonus at Party Poker (until mid of July). After that (and after my holiday) I am planning to deposit at Fulltilt for their FDB. I have to take it slowly and one after the other, because I don´t have enough time to clear more than one at the same time (if I will keep a strict bankrollmanagement).
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Thats good indeed, it's good to clear bonuses, as you said it keeps you motivated that while you play you get exra money except the money you make while playing poker Now back to your topic i think the best way to do this is to opt for smaller poker platforms where you can find many fish players instead of looking for big poker platforms that have very many regulars on so monay limits, so it;s a bit harder to make profit on them, still as posted above maybe you should take advantage of the full tilt poker from bankrollmob, as you can see you can earn an extra 50 dollars bonus except the first deposit bonus and the 27% weekly rakeback that full tilt poker offers Except full tilt poker there are also some good networs where you could do the same, here i'm talking abou tthe merge network and even the cake network, it has some sites that offer a 50% rakeback, so thats pretty good too
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Posted by DaCapo71: But at PKR you can not play a lot of tables and i think it is verry hard to clear a Bonus there.
You can play up to 9, although, with a screen size of 19-24 inch I probably wouldn't recommend over 6. But 6 is very easy/playable.
How many do you play?
also - most people on here play pretty small stakes/bonuses - clearing ~$200-$300 is piss-easy on pkr. And the full $500 is very easy on nl25+ even if you only play 2-4 tables you'll clear $500 in no time.
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actually any room you havent deposit yet. allthough i dont like it but ipoker has lots of skins, just take randomly their deposit offers... traffic is very good, and skins like winnerpoker, celebpoker and titan have good promos. almost forgot betmostpoker...with the right affiliate you get rakeback, or lets call it cashback. if you played through ipoker and its offers then move to merge and so on.. plenty of rooms out there to get some bonuses.
Joined: Jan '11
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Since that day i started to play just to clear bonus in party poker and some other sites. So far so good i already cashed out 90$ profit in party poker and another 30$ in stars.
It means that you are a constant player
------------ Since that day i started to play just to clear bonus in party poker and some other sites. So far so good i already cashed out 90$ profit in party poker and another 30$ in stars.
Joined: Feb '10
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I made an acount today on PKR but honestly iam not very satisfied with the software, its seems a little bit confusing and its heavy for my pc. I cant play more than 2 tables at same time. But i cant denie its very funny play there and i really enjoyed. I played around 1 hour nl25 and lost 3 bucks making 1660 points. I made the account with 70$ so ill keep everybody informed in case i can clear the bonus or in case i get busted because of the higher level i have to play with less tables.
I really apreciate the advices but hguys please dont give me tips about sites full of freerolls or the BRm freerolls because its something that i dont put effort to win. Freerolls are full of parasites and its something i want to avoid.
Vip 7vip iam not a constant player, iam a bad player i lost some money when i played higher than nl10 now i play nl2 and nl5 4 tables maximum 8 and things are much better, but still i cant beat nl10 because i tilt too much with the big pots.
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Posted by jessthehuman:
Posted by DaCapo71: But at PKR you can not play a lot of tables and i think it is verry hard to clear a Bonus there.
You can play up to 9, although, with a screen size of 19-24 inch I probably wouldn't recommend over 6. But 6 is very easy/playable.
How many do you play?
also - most people on here play pretty small stakes/bonuses - clearing ~$200-$300 is piss-easy on pkr. And the full $500 is very easy on nl25+ even if you only play 2-4 tables you'll clear $500 in no time.
Hey Jess, I am also thinking of signing up there. Can you explain a little more on clearing the bonus. How much time do I have for clearing ? Is it cleared in partial amounts or is it all or nothing ? And if I play 2-4 tables at NL10 for about 2-3 hours a day, what amount do you think I can match ?
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Keep us posted, i would really like to know how is the traffic and the level of players over at PKR, i heard they software it's very complex and of course it requires a lot of PC resources to work properly, and as a minus it's the fact you can't play too many tables in the same time.
Frankly i also wanted to make an account at PKR but unfortunately when i wanted to sign up there was a bad image a PKR. The had a special holiday freeroll organized for they facebook fans and players but they didn't provided the password, still there were around 100 players that registered for that freeroll
Maybe you should try 888poker, i heard the level of knowledge is pretty limited so basically you can find many fish at low stakes, so maybe you could maximize your profits, although you are not yeat a very good poker player Just a recomandation
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Posted by MIGO14: Hey Jess, I am also thinking of signing up there. Can you explain a little more on clearing the bonus. How much time do I have for clearing ? Is it cleared in partial amounts or is it all or nothing ? And if I play 2-4 tables at NL10 for about 2-3 hours a day, what amount do you think I can match ?
You get 60 days for the reloads ( and first deposits). They clear 40c on the $1 (rake paid). NO partial amounts paid - which is kind of good, as its nice getting it as a lump sum, I done the 1st dep bonus at PS and it was kinda crap getting $10 here and there..However, it does mean you have to be careful..
Obviously, when you first start, its hard to know how much to go for, so its better to get a small bonus than not get a large bonus.. Once you've played there for a bit, its easier; since you know how many points you earn on average each day/week/month.
My advice if you're 2-4 tabling nl10 for 2-3hrs a day is you would easily clear $100 in 2 months. Assuming you're talking about 6max then I would say anything up to around $200 shouldn't be too hard.. But if you want to play it safe, 2-3hrs a day of nl10 would very easily clear $100 in 60 days.
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Today i played half hour 1 table nl50, my first impressions of the player i have played yesterday and today, is that they call too much and the bluffs appears more often. seems that they are forced to bluff more times, maybe because that they cant multi table like the other site.
Today i got a little profit of 10$ in the nl50 table, and i already have 380 points of the 15750 i need to clear the 70$ bonus.
Iam going to try to play at least 1 hours tomorrow, to see how fast i make points.
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Try William Hill if not only do they give good bonus offers but if your in the uk you can use their quick cash vouchers which means you can deposit and withdraw your money same day
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Thanks Jess for your clear explanations on this. For sure it is nice to get it in one sum, but if I can´t match it in total, its also nice to get about 50% of a bonus (like I will get it on Party Poker), which is better than nothing. If I calculate down your numbers (40c each $1 rake) this would mean that I have to generate $250 rake to clear $ 100 bonus, correct ? I am afraid this is not so easy to make for me within 60 days by playing NL10 at Fullring tables. And according to correct bankrollmanagement I cannot play higher limits with $100. So I have to choose carefully.
@kinogomes: Please give an update of how many points you earn while playing. Maybe I can use this for my calculation.
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Posted by MIGO14: I am afraid this is not so easy to make for me within 60 days by playing NL10 at Fullring tables.
I was thinking about 6max
PKR isn't great for full ring, not many tables run.. Try for $50 then and there is a reload every 2 months, so you can try more next time if you clear it early.. or move up
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It seems you need to play a lot in order to release the 70 dollars bonus, i mean on NL50 the amount of rake generated is really high, so to me just 380 points it's a bit less. Frankly i'm used to rush poker nowadays, since i only play rush poker and pot limit omaha, and the amount of full tilt points you make during a ruh session especially if you get the happy hour is just huge. But again there is also a rake problem, i mean how many rake points do you get on PKR for a dollar paid as rake?? For examplke on full tilit poker you get 10 full tiilt points for each rake dollar paid, and if it's happy hour you get twice more points Keep us posted!!
Joined: Jan '11
Location: Netherlands
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I am very bad at playing with bonus money. dont no why but i somehowe think its not my money so it isnt bad to loose it. Wrong intention but with my next 24hour bonus i am trying to get it payed out.
