Joined: Apr '09
Location: Sweden
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 16
Hi, everybody think im not the only one who has this problem, what room offers the best action and customer treatment. Right now im playing on mansion poker and a room on the cake network but the question is what room I should have as my primary. The downside with mansion is there is no rakeback and the plus is there is a lot of players, it comes down to how the vip system is, dose anyone have I high club mansion level? What are the level specific gifts and how are the bonuses?. The cake network site (powerpoker) has rakeback and seems to have a lot of fun stuff for a active player but they fall a bit short when it comes to players, I usually manage to find a game but it cant be compared with ipoker.
So guys (and gals(spelled right?) what do you think and what sites do you play on and what great vip treatment do you take advantage of.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 2698
Thanks ADACTA Ya, I think a rakeback deal is best for long term. You can try a prop deal at less popular pokerrooms where you actually get paid to play but there are some rules like sitting at empty tables and leaving the table when it's full.
For VIP treatment, Pokerstars has one of the best VIP programs but they lack in other bonuses..Right now I'm working on a reload bonus 25% rakeback and I get something like 10% rakeback from VIP Club. Not great but I like playing there.
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
Posts: 6786
The only two rooms that have more traffic than ipoker are Pokerstars and Full Tilt. Stars do not offer any rakeback, Full Tilt does. So it would be a good choice to move to Tilt and take rakeback there.
Joined: May '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 6197
Posted by shokaku: Make an account at Everest Poker and grind the Shastas.
Yes Shastas are great for new players, you can even multi table them these days at everest Just play ultra tight i am sure in 1 day you can make sometin like $1 and a week $10+
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Sweden
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 16
I have been thinking a little bit about full tilt and pokerstars, full tilt has rakeback but I compared the two vip programs and it seems that pokerstars is the better one if you manage to get to a high vip level. So im going to take a go at it and see were it goes.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Sweden
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 16
THAT is the point. You have to reach supernova at Pokerstars. If not, other rooms give better deals. [/QUOTE]
Its to bad I didn't start playing at the start of the year, 100k points or 1miljon for supernova elite is a lot
but I haft to earn around 16666 every month until the end of the year, hopefully that wont be impossible.
------------ But I still have one unanswered question, dose anybody know what the level specific gifts are at club mansion, you get them when you reach the higher levels in there vip program.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 2698
Smurf, what stakes do you play and how much do you rake per month?
Only thing I don't like about the Pokerstras VIP system is that you don't get any VIP benefits the first month/first year, you get them the following month/year. And you can't really take a month off or you lose your VIP status.
p.s. Doesn't mansion have a VIP page with gifts/bonuses listed?
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Sweden
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 16
I dont really know how much I rake right now, its not much but I haven't been playing as much as usual. I play around 1/2 limit hold em 6 handed, damn I took a look at pokerstars vip level calculator, and sadly enough it might be a bit though reaching supernova until the end of the year even if I play two tables 60+h every week its going to be hard. So right now pokerstars feels a bit of the table :9
and I have taken a look at mansionpokers information site and it leaves a lot to the imagination when it comes to the vip program.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 469
I think you are playing in a good room. Mansion poker is an excellent choice, you have a good VIP system. In cake poker you have rakeback, but honestly for me the number of players is very low! But you can play in fulltilt or pokerstars they are the 2 biggest poker rooms!
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Sweden
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 16
I dont really like mansion but I like ipoker, the rewards at mansion dont seem to be that great, but im looking at a couple of different rooms and offers so we will see at the start of next month where my cash will end up.
Maybe paddypoker, saw a book offer from twoplustwo with five free books and thats not to bad.
I played in ipoker a yaer ago and didn't like nither Titan nor Mansion. Now I play at Party and i think it is beter then ipoker, but i want to try FTP or Stars to play tournament.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 2698
Smurf, ya supernova is pretty tough to reach, especially if you start in May. I calculated I could do it if I play ~50 hours a week playing 6 tables of NL25, 6 max fast but it would be a grind.
If you have some FPP points then check out the instant cash bonuses if you're silverstar+. Only available in May and June. 500FPP for $8, very good deal.
And have you checked how much rake you have to pay for the paddypoker deal?
Ya, I think a rakeback deal is best for long term. You can try a prop deal at less popular pokerrooms where you actually get paid to play but there are some rules like sitting at empty tables and leaving the table when it's full.
