| Posted by: caelon at December 6, 2005, 11:42 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | | I think if you play ABC, ultra-tight 1/2 poker at Will Hill and the other Cryptos that pay by the hour, you'll be ahead. I started with a $100 bankroll, did Interpoker back when it was a little easier, but the hourly Cryptos are the cash cows. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Cpt. Canuck at December 6, 2005, 7:19 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | I'd recommend Paradise. I think their current signup bonus is 25% up to $50 so you'd need $200 for full bonus but so what if you don't get the full thing? There are so many monthly and reload bonuses once you're able to play $1/$2 that 'losing' $15 now won't matter in the long run. What you need now is a bankroll and you should - in my opinion - think how you can build it as effeciently as possible (while playing within your comfort limits).
There are several advantages to Paradise.
- bonus clears very well at .5/1 LHE - $3.66/table hour.
- they offer periodic reloads.
- bonus clears in increments of $10 automatically to help build/cushion bankroll as you play.
- can cash out almost immediately after depositing.
- very fishy/maniacal tables at that limit, you can make good $$ if you're a decent player (just grin and say 'nice play' when someone cold calls your raise with J2o and winds up outdrawing you | | Static Link |
| Posted by: DrStrange at December 6, 2005, 5:21 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | I'd consider playing $1/$2 at bet 365 if you are better than an a break even player. While it is true your bankroll is low for 1/2 and there is some risk of ruin, the bonus structure of bet 365 provides a substantial safety net. You will be able to cash in on the bonus $10 at a time, once every 50 raked hands. In my play there, I saw just over 60% of pots get raked. So the bet365 bonus is worth a bit more than 6BB/100 hands.
More reasons to do bet365 now. It is a monthly bonus. The one for December will be gone in a few weeks. Many other options will be around next month but this one will be gone. The bet365 bonus is a 5X bonus. This is about as good as it gets.
One reason not to do bet365 is that the game there is somewhat tougher than party / paradise / etc. The risk of being busted is not trivial. A $130 downswing is certainly possible, even with the generous bonus.
All in all I think you have to decide if you are willing to take the risk. A 6BB/100 bonus will ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Alphaunit1 at December 5, 2005, 5:37 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | | Sadly, not a lot of good whoring opportunities for 50ยข/$1 players anymore. There have been a few posted here, but you may want to seriously consider supplementing the bankroll a bit - even an extra $70 would give you a larger cushion to play some $1/$2 at some of the Cryptos and Bet365 to work off some of the more lucrative bonuses. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: mjsinn at December 5, 2005, 3:35 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | | Its not ideal- but look into CrazyPoker and Betfred. Both offer(ed) good bonuses for the levels you are talking about, and CP had offered a 33% rakeback ON TOP of the bonus. I did these sites in November, and had no problems at .25/.50 and .50/1 LHE. BetFred has a different, but similar, promotion right now, not sure what is going on at CrazyPoker. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: ed209 at December 5, 2005, 2:30 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | radii wrote: Can't you play $.5/$1 tables at WillHill to get credit for the 5 hour bonus? That'd be my next stop if so. 5 hours of .5/1 for $40-$45 depending on currency conversion.
it has to be $1/2 fixed limit or 50c/$1 NL minimum to qualify. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: radii at December 5, 2005, 2:16 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | | Can't you play $.5/$1 tables at WillHill to get credit for the 5 hour bonus? That'd be my next stop if so. 5 hours of .5/1 for $40-$45 depending on currency conversion. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: jgoldstein at December 5, 2005, 2:03 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | I'll bite...
Play some Boss Media sites. Casino.net and Sportingbet.com only require 500 contributed hands (meaning if the rake is 1 cent and you contributed to the pot, it's a contributed hand). The T&C states that you're supposed to play 1/2, but it has not been enforced (to my knowledge). So, you can play .10/.20 which seems to be around your comfort zone.
As for the bonuses: it's a $100 bonus after 500 contributed hands. If you multitable 4 tables, it should take about 4.5 hours to complete it. The players on their network are terrible and the games are super soft. I would recommend playing a little looser than normal to speed up the process- the players are so bad that if you're a solid post-flop player, you'll do fine.
If you need more info, search the site for Boss Media threads. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: AllBizNiz at December 5, 2005, 5:38 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | Exekile wrote: phatlad wrote: MyTurn2Raise wrote: pick up a shift at McDonald's until you can devote at least $500 to your bankroll.
I'm serious
that's the threshold for good bonus opportunities in my opinion
below that...a minimum wage job is better
pshaw
my brother started whoring last week with NO bankroll. He's sitting at $593 now and hasn't done party yet.
I see, you wouldn't know how he did it? what sites he did after eachother and so on? I would really like a tip about where to go next, so that I don't get myself in on something that I probably can't handle.
Do your research and find a small sites that has freerolls and guaranteed money tournie. Many small sites have guaranteed money tournies that pay out more than the actual prize pool. Good luck. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Exekile at December 5, 2005, 4:43 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | phatlad wrote: MyTurn2Raise wrote: pick up a shift at McDonald's until you can devote at least $500 to your bankroll.
I'm serious
that's the threshold for good bonus opportunities in my opinion
below that...a minimum wage job is better
pshaw
my brother started whoring last week with NO bankroll. He's sitting at $593 now and hasn't done party yet.
I see, you wouldn't know how he did it? what sites he did after eachother and so on? I would really like a tip about where to go next, so that I don't get myself in on something that I probably can't handle. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: phatlad at December 5, 2005, 4:37 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | MyTurn2Raise wrote: pick up a shift at McDonald's until you can devote at least $500 to your bankroll.
I'm serious
that's the threshold for good bonus opportunities in my opinion
below that...a minimum wage job is better
pshaw
my brother started whoring last week with NO bankroll. He's sitting at $593 now and hasn't done party yet. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: MyTurn2Raise at December 5, 2005, 3:02 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | pick up a shift at McDonald's until you can devote at least $500 to your bankroll.
I'm serious
that's the threshold for good bonus opportunities in my opinion
below that...a minimum wage job is better | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Exekile at December 5, 2005, 2:39 am | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | Though the problem with the december bonus is that you have to play at 1/2 tables, which I wrote I don't have a big enough bankroll for. Do you still think I should do it? I mean, even if I had the bankroll, I would probably still lose money since there are alot of other bonus whores doing that bonus, and they would probably be better then me.
Any more opinions? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Exekile at December 4, 2005, 1:44 pm | | Topic: Where to go now?(opinions needed) Forum: Bonus Whores | Hello,
I have read bonus whoring 101, and I have currently done:
Golden riviera 100% signup (50 dollars)
Bet365 100% signup (50 dollars)
So currently my bankroll is around 130$, and I don't know where to continue!
All of the sites that give 25% up to 50$ is out of the question, since I should get 200$ before using those.
Those that require me to play at or above 1/2 are out of the question, since my bankroll barely allows me to play at 0.5/1, right?
So what can I do?
The first idea is interpoker, 90 dollars. The problem is though that if I play at 0.5/1, the usual rake is around 0.25 right? Then I would need to play 4 of my raked hands to get a "real" raked hand? That makes it 450 * 4, and that might be alittle hefty, right?
And another thing, a raked hand at interpoker, is that when a pot is raked, and all the players that was dealt cards get a raked hand, or just contributing players?
The other idea was Hey poker, is that a good idea... | | Read Entire Entry |
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