Joined: Jan '12
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 162
well...i recently got my bonus for carbon poker...and i would like to know the mobs experiences...how they went about spending their bonus and such...get back to me dudes...
Joined: Jan '11
Location: United States
Age: 60 (M)
Posts: 3361
Wisely! Nah, I was a dummy and didn't even check BRM prior to signing up to Carbon. By the way! What type of games do you like to play? SnG', MTT's, small or big tournaments! Just curious since every once in a while I see a cou[ple of our fellow Mobsters at the table. Good Luck at whatever you spend it on!
Joined: Jan '12
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 162
well...i just finished playing an MTT... and placed 78 out of 700 entrants...and won 8.79
i like to mix it up a bit..between sng's, mtts, and ring games.... preferably i like to play the sngs.... but i'd like to know what would be best to clear the bonus faster
------------ the bonus is released in $5 increments at 75vip's a dollar...so that would be 275 vips? to receive the next $5?... can someone clear this up for me please...
------------ sorry 375 vips^^...
Edited by OnedOutAK (20 February 2012 @ 05:56 GMT)
Joined: Feb '12
Location: Germany
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 23
I started with the NDB on Carbon a couple of days ago. I assume that 275 is just a type error, because you have to make 375 vips for every $5 If you didn't check out the vip points page of Carbon http://www.carbonpoker.ag/vip-rewards/vippoints.html you should take a look at it. I decided for myself to play SNG only to get the next $5 released.
Joined: Feb '12
Location: Germany
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 23
Only if you play the $1 NL Holdem Double Ups I am currently at 28 vips and trying to build up my bankroll with them. Goal is to double it today, but I am suffering some drawbacks thanks to calls like that... Blinds are still 10/20, I am utg and hold AA. I raise to 100 and get called only by one villain in middle position. Flop turns up 3 7 2 rainbow. So I bet pot, 230 chips, get called again. Turn brings 10 and I go All-in. Villain also goes All-in and reveals 10 2 off
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
I haven’t had the chance to use Carbon NDB, looks like my country is not on the list, but I tend to define the same strategy for every new room I enter. If I only have $7, I can’t think about going with the $7 to a $0.02/$0.05 ring table, or I can get AA and have someone putting me all-in with any crap and watch all my money washed against some triple or a crazy straight or flush. So the best to do is to go to $0.01/$0.02 ring tables and maybe some $1 SnG. I prefer to start by micro ring to increase the account a little but, and only after I dedicate to SnG to make it grow higher. If you start with the SnGs and things don’t run well, you will end up very fast, seeing yourself obligated to go to the $0.50 SnGs (if there are any in there), and that doesn’t give you any brighter future. GL
Joined: Jan '12
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 162
all the germans and portugeese people i met in pokerstars are very hostile to me when it came to the ring game tables... im fairly new to this site so i figure everyone is a helping hand....well i have lost the $12 i have won lastnight... and now im up and ready to try again... back to even $10.....last night i tried a $750 gt...i had pocket kings in early position..BB was at 150, so i raise it to 450 and guy in late position flats calls along with the BB.... flop comes 9 K 2 rainbow, BB Checks So i bet out at 800, and get one Call, BB folds, so the turn comes 7, and i bet out at 2000 chips, and again a flat call , and the river comes out a 9, so i go all in with the rest of my chips which is another 7440, and that took him all in, and right there i got an instant call, guy shows an J10c... that was my bad beat of lastnight..i later quadrupled up after that blow and only to get busted by the same guy..again turn and rivering me with.... so i than went to bed... mad at someone i couldnt even see...lol...but its all good... thats poker i guess....not twice..but 4 times the same player sucked out on me....
Joined: Jan '12
Location: Portugal
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 114
The bonus ain´t that much so... I recomend you to use it in the minimum blind ring tables with caution. As soon as you triple it you can take your luck in small entry tourneys.
Joined: Feb '12
Location: Germany
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 23
Posted by H4Rm0Ny: The bonus ain't that much so... I recomend you to use it in the minimum blind ring tables with caution. As soon as you triple it you can take your luck in small entry tourneys.
Best of luck
It looks like much, but to get the full 100$ you must play like crazy and win at least 75% of the times to build up your bankroll quickly and be able to play higher rakes to get more points. 60 days ain't that much if you have to earn 6750 points when you start with 10$.
Joined: Jan '12
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 162
well..from what im see'ing 375 vips per $5 is pretty much a long shot... but but this sort of thing teaches you the basics of bankroll management and ....but it is still very possible to get the full 100 dollars within the 60 day period...
------------ i would like to know if there is anybody to actually did clear the NDB for carbon poker....
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 6669
I did not took this bonus since it's not available for my country but i know that the merge network is really good overall
Many experienced players in clearing no deposit bonuses said that the best and safest way to clear it is by playing micro sng so you are definately on the right way
If you didn't check out the 
I am currently at 28 vips and trying to build up my bankroll with them. Goal is to double it today, but I am suffering some drawbacks thanks to calls like that... Blinds are still 10/20, I am utg and hold AA. I raise to 100 and get called only by one villain in middle position. Flop turns up 3 7 2 rainbow. So I bet pot, 230 chips, get called again. Turn brings 10 and I go All-in. Villain also goes All-in and reveals 10 2 off 
