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Posted by: dwisetiger at May 3, 2005, 6:11 pm

Topic: Some bonuses with a bad rap better for mid limit players Forum: Bonus Whores

Warning long post. But good content imho

"I personally like full tilt, but there don't seem to be alot of games going over 2/4 or 1/2 NL. Poker Stars would be a pretty easy bonus for you to clear at any level higher than 2/4 and the games arent bad (especially if you like the UB games). "

I don't especially like the ub games. Sometimes I log on there but don't play because they are just too tight. I try not to play in games where the avg pot size is less than 5bb. 5/10 games just aren't as loose, but I win in them so the profit is good but the swings are not. Another benefit of playing 5/10 is clearing the bonuses faster. I may not love ub's 5/10 games, but making close to $10/hr in rakeback+bonuses makes it pretty profitable. I will definitely be doing pokerstars on their next reload. I play a lot of poker so I have time to clear a lot of bonuses. I'm just greedy and want to find the best mid limit bonuses so I started the thread.

"You might want to take a look at some of the prima bonuses, gaming club, 7sultans, etc. They can require that you clear at 1/2, 2/4 or even higher. Your looking for the ones that offer you $200 or $300 dollar bonus on a $20 deposit. "

I will definitely be doing gaming club soon. Are there others in the same network that offer the same bonus? I didn't think about 7sultans. I'd like to do them all in this network since the whoring guide listed very good return rates on the gc.

"thats because bonuswhores is a site(personal theory and observation, so dont blast me) geared for the slightly below, right at, and slightly above break even player."

I agree there, but this is a site where the average person plays quite a bit of poker. So there's got to be quite a few winning players here, and many that are very capable of beating the games.

"ANd a winning 3/6 player, his income isnt heavily dependant on bonuses, and if it is , maybe he should be a 2/4 player."

"if ur playing 5/10 who the hell cares bout some 200$ 1400hands raked bonus... that wud b peanuts compared to ur profits"

2 people mentioned this. And I think you are underestimating the effect of getting multiple bonuses. Bonuses tend to be from 5$-$9 per table hour. At 4-6 tables this is easily significant.

"We knock full tilt and UB and Stars because its not garunteed easy money. Hell even a long run loser can make money with an account or two at all the party skins. "

I guess the reason I started this thing is that I have time to get these party bonuses and many more. I think playing at a tighter site with a bonus is better than playing at empire 5/10 where the games are slightly easier (talking full ring). Since I play so often it makes sense for me to try and find the best opportunities so I appreciate the replies.

" i dont care how good you are, you cant beat a table with 2 or 3 winning players at it if you cant focus on the table between hands you play."

While I appreciate the reply, this just is not true. If the rest of the table was full of decent players it could be true. Good players don't play that many hands. If there are 2 bad players at the table these are the guys that you will be in there against. The number of bad players is the determing factor. I would be very happy to play agasint 7 great players and 2 terrible ones.

"You honestly will find content better suited to you at a more mainstream poker site not dedicated to gettign easy money."

Well I've been helped alot by the content here, and hopefully this thread won't die off too quickly. I'm on 2+2 a lot, but coming here and learing to combine winning poker with whoring is ++ev.

"wats ur flop pct. at limit tables? bonus whoring is all bout break even play...any profits on game play is just gravy"

My vpip changes from 14-18 depending on what I'm experimenting with at the time. Probably average 15.5 which is likely tighter than optimal but makes multitabling easier while giving up little profit. People seem to be resigned to break even play. To me bonus whoring is about getting something extra, that doesn't mean I don't want to make money playing also. But I am a bigtime rookie whore.

I've done the pokerroom signup through bw and I'm almost done with the reload. Maybe I've just had good luck there but I've killed the 5/10. Now if could just have decent luck at absolute.

I considered bodog and started and account there, but there system is rediculous having to keep track of your points to know when you've cleared the bonus. I hate the contributed pot thing since I play tight. I clreared my bonuse playing sitngos. It just doesn't seem worth it unless you are playing $100 sitngos which are sparse and I'm not a sitngo specialist anyway. If anyone has any numbers on clearing the bodog bonus playing a tight ring game that shows it to be profitable I'm all ears though.

The jetset bonus clearance is great, now if I could only find a game there.

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