| Posted by: Montana.T at November 4, 2005, 3:25 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | DrStrange
Made me laugh ... having just been involved with a company that turned out to be largely swedish mafia and the third redundancy i can tell you there is more variance in the entertainment industry, lol.
I just wanted to make cute little games for the kids
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| Posted by: DrStrange at November 4, 2005, 12:10 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Varience happens at work too. Ask most of the folks at Enron, Worldcom, Miniscribe etc. Monday the company the toast of wall street, your $100,000/yr job is golden. Thursday the FBI shows up and the execs all are in Panama. Friday, you get fired and the last check bounces. You don't even get to clean out your desk.
Minus $100,000 / YR is -EV.
Poker + job = less volitility and is +EV
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| Posted by: The Ocho at November 3, 2005, 7:54 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Thanks for all the responses to my and other peoples posts.
topdawg2003, you’re right, Poker Room is absolutely crap for someone on my bankroll. The only reason I went there was to, hopefully, get Poker Tracker for free through a sign up deal. I know, I know, I’m a cheap bastard but why pay for it if sites are prepared to give it to you for free? Anyway, you’ll be glad to know that I lost $21 in trying to earn the 400 points for PT so, in effect; PT has cost me $21. Now that I’ve got PT I’m not going back to Poker Room until I have a lot more money to be able to play at the higher limits.
I don’t know anything about casino games let alone casino whoring so I’ll stay away from that. As Montana.T said I also see casino games as gambling more so than poker.
I am currently at Poker Rewards doing their 50% (up to $200) sign up bonus plus getting 2 free poker books for my troubles.
I’ve got some part time work (about 3 days a week at the moment) but I am... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 3, 2005, 1:58 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | [/quote If someone is wanting to do casinos no-risk, they are thinking, and acting, like a tool. Bottom-line, there you go. You think you can lose a lot at poker in an hour, try a casino. Most people neither understand nor respect the swings]
I went to vegas when star wars 1 came out from the Uk with a % of a redundancy payment i had placed in a new bank account.
At one point i had a crowd cheering me on a huge win streak, other times i didnt, lol ... i played Bj for 4 days pretty much day and night, after all, that is what i went to LV for .. ( i gave up casino BJ many years ago)
wat confused me most was that nobody seemed to of heard of bill hicks at that time in the US, probably ur greatest ever comedian IMHO.
I understand BJ variance and wise words indeed, i also understand the risk of risk free,
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| Posted by: Montana.T at November 3, 2005, 12:53 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Yep
Tried the littlewoods game and read anotha portion of the casino pages ... i had downloaded the poker at littlewoods from the casino site So i had £25 chips to play with at their casino from my poker deposit.
BTW I misssed this one .. but the same principals apply as to poker ...discipline, BR manag + some lateral thought.
I get the principal and have some gud stratagies from the casino pages .. thx again BW ..
Oh no, i didnt do pokeroom yet just crypto, WPT (heaven) and GR. figure i need higher stakes and over 1.2 to make pokeroom good.
Having probs with 365 as as i got a new prima alias and dont want to play till i keep my real alias .. i figure best to keep within the T&c's
Been missing absolute (doh!) but will catch that next week and onwards ....
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| Posted by: Pokerdogg at November 3, 2005, 6:32 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Quote: Williamhill, playing pontoon
Just a note, Pontoon is pretty high variance, you stand a good chance of lossing money with this one. Probably don't want to tackle this unless your bankroll is higher. I've done very well some months, but lost my bonus and more on other months (flat betting $5/hd, or $10/hd in recent months) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: topdawg2003 at November 3, 2005, 4:56 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Both Starluck and planetluck would be great casino bonuses to do... $2000 wagering at $1 / hand... that'll def get his bankroll up (and they payout very quickly). CON wouldn't be bad, but the payments are slow... Williamhill, playing pontoon (and they also have a poker bonus)...
$250 a week isn't too hard to earn of off $1000... you just have to be cautios and try to minimize variance... play BJ even if the EV is lower than that of video poker...
i honestly think casinos would be a good way to get your bank up...
also, i kinda skimmed the thread... didn't reallly read everything, but i read that you deposited at pokerroom? not a very good move with so many other good bonuses out there... Bet365, any of the cryptos (well not any, but the good ones)... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: TheFranchise at November 3, 2005, 2:24 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Montana.T wrote: i guess i should be looking for casino bonus with no risk, i.e i cash-in, cash-out and only play bonus money thus try to capitalise on the 600 as an investment pool? But thats 2-7 days of bankroll loss which could potentially be working at whoring bonuses....
If someone is wanting to do casinos no-risk, they are thinking, and acting, like a tool. Bottom-line, there you go. You think you can lose a lot at poker in an hour, try a casino. Most people neither understand nor respect the swings.
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| Posted by: sjguppy at November 2, 2005, 5:45 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | If you are making money at poker there is not really a compelling reason to change. But you need to look at what you are making hourly to decide if poker is better than casino's. I can fall back on poker knowing I can win consistantly playing a couple of tables at 2-4 and then add a bit for the extra from some bonuses.
With the casino's it is just a great change of pace. Check through the posts and you will find enough easy casino bonuses to get you started. Some are very easy to clear bust most are getting harder. You can make a lot on the casino's but the leg work is what will take up most of your time. By this I mean searching about which sites are good to play. Then all the time to load them and also the time waiting to get your money when you cashout. You really need more than $600 to take a real shot at the casino's. There can be some bad runs and it will only take one or two to hold your funds to really screw you up. Try starting with Intercasino. If you alreay have an Interpoker account t... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Montana.T at November 2, 2005, 1:51 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | im in a similar boat to the original poster, but have some work in the new year. Times are tight since the company i worked went down, which is a long and complex, and now a reasonably amusing stroy in itself.
anyhows reading between the lines, u seem to sugest that casino is a better option than poker whoring.
Mentally i see casino as gambling and poker as a game of skill with "elements of randomness", perhaps im deluded.
The tight BR stratagy i posted for low limit came from necessity and has served well. I am at 600 in netteller and change in about 7 sites from $50.
i have played a lot of poker but never seriously, and have spent along time analysing play recently, im improving quickly from break even PL omaha, Nl Holdem and hold my own at 7card. I play 0.25 upto 1/2NL.
I lost almsot 2 weeks this month to family matters and could do with boosting the roll if possible.
i guess i should be looking for casino bonus with no risk, i.e i cash-... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: sjguppy at October 31, 2005, 1:59 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | I was wondering whether there is any way at all of earning $250, $500 or even $1000 per week playing poker?
Just to add very little to what everyone else has said. Yes, it is easy to make $250/week. $1,000 a week is a bit tougher since you have to log a lot of hours at much higher stakes. If you want to make that much you will need to be playing a lot at $3-6 and above. No, you don't need a monster bankroll to get started. I learned hold-em a little over a year ago and started with $100 and haven't looked back. I did read both of Sklansky's hold-em books before I ever played a hand. I now also read Millers book religiously. Read one or all of them and you will see a huge improvement in your game very quickly.
Since you are not making any money actually playing then you really need to work on your game before you go above the micro limits. Use up every bonus that is out there. Just the bonuses alone may get you to $200/week but it will start to wear on you. See the hourly rates posted ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: HeelHo at October 27, 2005, 7:23 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | yeah, i need to take atrip for some live poker. but turning pro takes so much money. i can clear 5k/month pretty easy online. no fucking way i could approach that live. no fucking way. the last time i kept track of hotel charges, tokes, and rakes............came to 12k for three months. considering you dont have to toke online(stiffers like brunson and johnny hale are fags), you get your rake back plus, and you can live in one place. more than compensates for not getting free buffets 4 times a day. hell i even lost 20lbs so andrew will look at me again.
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| Posted by: Pokerdogg at October 27, 2005, 2:30 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Jay wrote: The stupidest thing is that he's perfectly aware of bonus-hunting. But instead of grinding a bonus online, he either moves up in limits, or he drives fifty miles to play at a casino for more rake.
Hell, I'm a pretty crappy poker player and I made about a grand in a few months, playing a couple of hours a night (breakeven+bonus playing low-limit, and profitable playing $10 SNGs)
Me too, I am a break even player, and I managed about $10/hr playing 2 tables, almost always while clearing a bonus. Lord G would easily have cleared his weekly requirement with that extra $10/hr. It seems like he clued into bonus whoring about this time last year, he even used that exact term, but strange that he didn't really pursue it very hard. May be it is a cash flow thing, and the short term/versus long term difficulty he mentioned in his blog.
I couldn't stop reading his blog also, it's painful but you want to know what happens next. I too would like to turn pro one day ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Pokerdogg at October 27, 2005, 2:16 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | AceM wrote: Make 3x your monthly drop for 6 months straight and you are on the verge of doing it.
I am not sure if I understand correctly. Do you mean in Lord G's case, he would need to make $1500/week for 6 months, then he would have enough bankroll to turn full time? (his goal was $500/wk earnings) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: AceM at October 27, 2005, 1:45 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Pokerdogg wrote: It was heart wrenching at times reading his blog. He seems to have a decent game, though the stats were kind of sporatic in the latter blogs. He was winning close to 2BB/100 at the beginning, and according to him, improved his game since then. He certainly hopped around limits and game types too much, and played at way too high a stake with his meager bankroll. I wonder how he would have done if he had taken full advantage of bonuses, and built his bankroll up before tackling the bigger games. I can't help but think that the story would have been turned out much happier.
This brings up a question for those of you that are playing poker professionally. What win rate and at what limit did you have when you turned pro, and was that sufficient for you?
Make 3x your monthly drop for 6 months straight and you are on the verge of doing it.
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| Posted by: Jay at October 27, 2005, 1:39 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Pokerdogg wrote: It was heart wrenching at times reading his blog. He seems to have a decent game, though the stats were kind of sporatic in the latter blogs. He was winning close to 2BB/100 at the beginning, and according to him, improved his game since then. He certainly hopped around limits and game types too much, and played at way too high a stake with his meager bankroll. I wonder how he would have done if he had taken full advantage of bonuses, and built his bankroll up before tackling the bigger games. I can't help but think that the story would have been turned out much happier.
The stupidest thing is that he's perfectly aware of bonus-hunting. But instead of grinding a bonus online, he either moves up in limits, or he drives fifty miles to play at a casino for more rake.
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| Posted by: Pokerdogg at October 27, 2005, 1:30 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | It was heart wrenching at times reading his blog. He seems to have a decent game, though the stats were kind of sporatic in the latter blogs. He was winning close to 2BB/100 at the beginning, and according to him, improved his game since then. He certainly hopped around limits and game types too much, and played at way too high a stake with his meager bankroll. I wonder how he would have done if he had taken full advantage of bonuses, and built his bankroll up before tackling the bigger games. I can't help but think that the story would have been turned out much happier.
This brings up a question for those of you that are playing poker professionally. What win rate and at what limit did you have when you turned pro, and was that sufficient for you? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Jay at October 27, 2005, 11:38 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Pokerdogg wrote: His last blog posting is about a month ago, so hopefully he is still around.
Just caught up. Sheesh.. still has the same delusions of ability he had a year ago... Pathetic, but I can't.. stop.. reading..
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| Posted by: Jay at October 27, 2005, 10:47 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Pokerdogg wrote: elric wrote: You can always go join Lord G if you flame out!
http://rhymeswithjoker.blogspot.com/
Does anyone know his email? I just tried to send him an email at the address on his blog, but it bounced. Thanks.
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| Posted by: HeelHo at October 25, 2005, 5:03 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | i trash absolute a lot, and a lot of their criticism is justifed. but it is the best place for a low bankroll low limit player. you should always have 500 bonus there. you should have no problem griding 300 a week plus from ap while whoring good deals elsewhere. i went from a 2k bankroll to 10k in about 10 weeks depositing for every ap bonus there while keeping enough aside for golden riviera and party reloads. it should also help you learn better poker.
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| Posted by: The Ocho at October 25, 2005, 4:50 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Thanks for all the advice guys. I intend on finding another full time job ASAP. I've actually been offered some part time work which I've gladly accepted.
In my spare time I plan to hit up any bonuses that I can and go from there. I just signed up with Poker Room but the points system seems to be a pain in the you know what (playing $25 buy in NL). I may need to move up in stakes to get more points (watch out bankroll).
I've also just received the Absolute Poker 250% bonus up to $250. Sounds too good to be true ($100 deposit for $250 bonus)!!! Even though I didn't do too well at Absolute when I did the 1st deposit bonus a few weeks ago I'm going to have to try this one.
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| Posted by: Pokerdogg at October 25, 2005, 10:57 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | I just read a book about playing poker as a profession. It is an excellent book, with a substantial section on bankroll management. I think anyone thinking about turning pro should definitely take a look. The advice seems very logical and well thought out, although I don't have personal experience to validate them. There are other chapters dealing with life on the road, tourney versus cash games, dealing with family and friends, and a few tips on playing. Great read even if you don't ever plan to turn pro.
Professional Poker: The Essential Guide to Playing for a Living
by Mark Blade
Ocho, good luck in whatever you choose to do. I agree with the other posters that getting a new job is probably priority one, and keep working on your game until you are a winning player (>1BB/100), then you can contemplate turning pro. Dependent on bonus alone and play break even poker is too risky, there is a big chance you would run into a bad streak and lose your entire bankroll. And playi... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: elric at October 25, 2005, 8:11 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | If you really want to be a poker pro take your $1000 to any casino and put it all on your lucky number at the roulette table. If it hits you are now bankrolled to be a low limit poker pro. If it misses go find a job and you can work on your poker game in your spare time.
Hell I bet if you told Golden Palace in advance what you plan on doing they might pay you for a blog or blow by blow.
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| Posted by: Jay at October 25, 2005, 6:38 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | HeelHo (mattspoker) wrote: looking for ev is a bit like in searching for bobby fischer when the guy is talking to the kid's parent about teaching him to be a chess pro, and he shows him the guy with the crazy hair in a game fretting about his position. he chatters endlessly and nervously, and some kind of sublime look comes over his face, and he says he might win a pawn. and gleefully goes back to surveying the board. thats what this life is, trying to win that pawn.
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| Posted by: HeelHo at October 25, 2005, 5:17 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | i have the benefit of being single and childless. and i dont really mind living like a mendicant. i have low overhead, but i definitely make more now than
i would if i had went to a conventional job approach. you need to be able to trade 6 months of your normal life to generate a bankroll to play from. id hate to think i had to go back to $50 dollar days at paradise and pulling whats left of my hair out over getting dicked by 72 offsuit to miss the money in a $5 SNG, or stalling to make the money in the nine am dollar entry money added tourney to get my 1.47. but it does build character, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. its also a good trial period. if you cant beat the .5/1 games, and low entry sit n gos, get a job. but if you can show winnings, and you have credit, take out a loan or cash advance on your credit card. whatever interest they charge, it wont beat the bonus you can generate with 1bb/100 poker. if bonuses just up and fucking died, i dont know if i would quit, but while th... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: TheJourneyman at October 25, 2005, 2:58 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | todd wrote: The Ocho wrote: So I guess the 1% of me was wrong in thinking there was some way of living off of poker with that kind of bankroll.
Just a question along these lines: How much bankroll did any of you full time guys have when you first turned “pro”? What limits/NL, tables, etc, did you play?
It is POSSIBLE to start with $1000 and generate enough money to live off of. Whether you SHOULD try to do that is the important question, though. Think long and hard about these questions:
How stressed will you feel knowing that you almost HAVE to win or face strained finances and relationships? How is that going to affect your play? What will you feel like and what will you do if you fail? It doesn't matter how confident you are: you might fail. Even if you're a great player, you might fail anyway if you hit an early bad run and need to pay a bill that knocks your bankroll too low to generate enough income from.
It is very stressfull... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: todd at October 24, 2005, 10:35 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | The Ocho wrote: So I guess the 1% of me was wrong in thinking there was some way of living off of poker with that kind of bankroll.
Just a question along these lines: How much bankroll did any of you full time guys have when you first turned “pro”? What limits/NL, tables, etc, did you play?
It is POSSIBLE to start with $1000 and generate enough money to live off of. Whether you SHOULD try to do that is the important question, though. Think long and hard about these questions:
How stressed will you feel knowing that you almost HAVE to win or face strained finances and relationships? How is that going to affect your play? What will you feel like and what will you do if you fail? It doesn't matter how confident you are: you might fail. Even if you're a great player, you might fail anyway if you hit an early bad run and need to pay a bill that knocks your bankroll too low to generate enough income from.
And don't wishful-think your way through answering the... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: hofdaddy at October 24, 2005, 9:17 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Just stick to the limits you are comfortable playing first off. Don't go and do something horrible like jump into a limit that is above your head, play wise and bankroll wise. Apparently you are going to have some time on your hands and that is going to be in your favor. Keep cranking out the wins at the limits you are playing and when you think it's time to move up, ask here or just go ahead and do it. GL
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| Posted by: The Ocho at October 24, 2005, 9:06 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Thanks to all you guys who have posted.
Yes I am looking for another job as 99% of me thought it would not be possible to live off poker winnings from such a small bankroll. It’s just that 1% of me (who would eventually love to play for a living - well maybe not anytime soon) thought that some how/some way it might (just might) be possible to earn a (fair) bit of money at the tables.
I did some calculations of rakeback (from the affiliate that I use) and it would take 2000 hands per day at Eurobet $0.25/$0.5 ($25) NL at 6 max tables to earn about $250 per WEEK in rakeback or 1600 hands at $0.5/$1 ($50) NL at 6 max tables to earn roughly the same (or 900 hands at $1/$2 NL - which I’m definitely not bankrolled for). Obviously that’s a fair few hands per day that I would have to play just to make my mortgage repayments and still not make any other living expenses (let alone build my bankroll). And then, of course, I would be in serious trouble when my bankroll takes a tumble.
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| Posted by: WhooFleuryScores at October 24, 2005, 8:33 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | Being someone who spent the majority of the summer unemployed while barely surviving grinding it out on Party .50/1 and the other low limit games I'd have to say that getting a job ASAP is unfortunatly the priority.Scott Fischman had an interview where he highly recommened aspring players such as us keep a day job even if it was part time.Currently I have found a full time job so the scared money syndrome is not in the back of my mind hand to hand(which I have to admit is vital to making good decisions).
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| Posted by: xedubx at October 24, 2005, 5:32 pm | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | I think his bankroll is too small for casinos as well. Follow other people's advice and get a job. You can't scratch out a living with that size of a bankroll since you need to build your bankroll as well as make X amounts of dollars each month.
The story is bit different if you are a +EV player, since I have done it before with smaller roll. However in my case, I was already a 2:1 winnings/whoring player when I started as well as having extra savings that weren't part of my bankroll. So, for now the best thing to do is get an another job, work on your game, and build your bankroll, IMHO.
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| Posted by: JonnyM79 at October 24, 2005, 11:25 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | | I'm afraid my advice is a bit brutal. If you reallly are only break-even at Party's microlimits (and with the variances at these games you'll need a hell of a lot of hands to be sure of anything) you need to improve your game. These games are so bad it's painfull. Buy a book or two at a second hand shop and study. If you still can't beat them then maybe poker isn't for you because when it comes to tighter games (e.g. Crypto) and better games such as Stars/UB (well better relative to Party - we're still talking low limits) you'll get destroyed. Move on to something different - casino whoring perhaps? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: shebang at October 24, 2005, 10:55 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | I don't believe making $1k a month is sustainable while staying a break even player and the boredom and dissatisfaction of such grinding would probably become counterproductive as well. For the first month or two there are plenty of quick and dirty bonuses available that could help you, however (lots of little one-time bonuses at Prima's and 3 super-easy bonuses at Boss sites - search for threads on these). Pokerstars bonuses are very hard to clear at lower limits and since you like shortterm cash, you might consider depositing less than the max and going for a bonus that you might clear within a month.
I'm not as dedicated to bonuswhoring as many others here on these forums. My goal has never been how quickly i can clear bonuses but rather what i can make in a month and have fun in the process. While clearing a bonus at one of the Primas i only do roughly 100 rh (depends a little on the time frame to clear the bonus) a day because then i can also play in their 100 rh freerolls that, for me, h... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Osric at October 24, 2005, 6:45 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | | I can't really add too much here that hasn't been said, but will say, A. find a new job, and B. you are going to have to spread out your play to get enough bonuses to clear this much. Even with stocking up at places like Poker Stars, Absolute and UB, you need to have Party and Empire available to you for monthlies (although maybe not Empire any more), plus cryptos and some prima sites wouldn't hurt either. If you want to be able to withdraw $250/wk and never move your money out of Party, well...I don't think you are going to be able to do it without becoming a 2BB/100 player. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: The Ocho at October 24, 2005, 6:37 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | I'd just like to thank all the people that have taken the time to post.
Yes, I am trying to find another job but I wouldn't mind some type of back up plan that will (hopefully) get the wife off my back regarding the mortgage repayments. In that regard I would like to thank HeelHo as well as B-hustler, toffeeboy and coloradoholdem. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: HeelHo at October 24, 2005, 4:37 am | | Topic: Help – Lost my job – Need to earn $$ at the tables Forum: Bonus Whores | from someone who grinded his way to a bankroll without bonuses......but since you have them. look for bonuses that have long shelf lives, and where you can withdraw without losing the bonus. do what i did and stockpile some absolute bonuses. its hard work, boring, thankless, and unsexy. but you will make $ there if you go at it kanish style. id class multi with absolute now. deposit, get the bonus, cash out. look for pokerstars reloads. deposit, cash out. now you have 3 or 4 places with bonuses to choose from. go for table selection. look for a certain size avg pot and percentages seeing the flop. if the game is bad, leave. you should be able to run the lobbies from absolute, multi, pokerstars, and party at the same time.
sometime towards the middle of a month, you need to open accounts at ukbetting, total, and littlewoods on the crypto network. deposit enough to play off the bonuses(high hand promo days at total and uk) . id say the middle of the month so you can double dip on t... | | Read Entire Entry |
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