| Posted by: theraven at August 31, 2005, 3:31 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | How can there be 50 messages and so many people not even reading them properly?
Anyways. It has been confirmed that the INITIAL DEPOSIT,
Ok, let me repeat that, the very first deposit,
Yes, the INITIAL DEPOSIT, the one you made when you started years ago...
Yes, the initial deposit.
That deposit is cleared by seeing the flop and having a $5 pot with a 25 cent rake.
Other bonuses are a different story.
Thanks for your time, please drive thru.
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| Posted by: wyldchyld at July 23, 2005, 8:58 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | My 2c...
I also cleared the Absolute sign-up with dealt raked hands (when the rake reached at least 25c, i.e. a $5 pot or larger that was raked).
I think salina must have gotten a newbie CS person to answer him. They've got to teach those call centers in India to better understand English if they're going steal jobs from America's poor, teenagers, and college students. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: FeelingLucky at July 20, 2005, 8:32 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | On sites that actually offer better deals than what they are advertising in their T&C's, it is usually not a good idea to go to extremes in e-mailing them about the discrepancy.
If they offer a good deal in the terms, and it turns out it works in a way that it worse for you as a player - then by all means drown them in e-mails.
For every e-mail they get stating the actual implemented rules are softer than the intended rules, there is always a little risk of them becoming aware and actually "correcting" it. (At least I think so) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mav55th at July 20, 2005, 8:13 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | ttyler wrote: For Mav55th and others wondering about the difference between their deposit bonus and reward points....
I'm new to Absolute as well, played there for the 1st time tonight. After 86 hands played at .5/1 & 1/2 levels, I am showing 50 points towards my bonus release ( gonna be a long way to 5000) and 61 Absolute Reward points.
Reviewng my hand history I had:
50 raked hands >= .25
11 raked hands <= .25
25 unraked hands
So it looks like you get an absolute reward point for any raked hand, not just those 25c and greater, hence the discrepancy between the two figures.
And of course it was raked hands not contributed raked hands.
Thanks for the information. That's goes against what their web site says, but that would explain the point difference.
By the way, I've been emailing back and forth with their support to try and get some answers, and they are giving me all kinds of messed up responses. On... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Jim Morrison at July 20, 2005, 4:10 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | slanina wrote: Wow it's 83 against 1. The newbie even said if you contact CS 5x u get 5 different answers. So if everyone knows this true then why is everyone attacking one person who says its contributed AFTER he BLATANTLY received an email from their CS saying so. If we should attack someone lets attack the CS for stupidity. So lets lay off him. Seems that 80% of this forum is on one side and that side is determined by that first poster whos popular here. I know im gonna get reamed for sticking up for Cougar so go easy on me guys. btw, i love all fellow whores. hopefully that tones down ur insults.
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| Posted by: slanina at July 20, 2005, 2:05 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | | Wow it's 83 against 1. The newbie even said if you contact CS 5x u get 5 different answers. So if everyone knows this true then why is everyone attacking one person who says its contributed AFTER he BLATANTLY received an email from their CS saying so. If we should attack someone lets attack the CS for stupidity. So lets lay off him. Seems that 80% of this forum is on one side and that side is determined by that first poster whos popular here. I know im gonna get reamed for sticking up for Cougar so go easy on me guys. btw, i love all fellow whores. hopefully that tones down ur insults. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: ttyler at July 19, 2005, 10:51 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | For Mav55th and others wondering about the difference between their deposit bonus and reward points....
I'm new to Absolute as well, played there for the 1st time tonight. After 86 hands played at .5/1 & 1/2 levels, I am showing 50 points towards my bonus release ( gonna be a long way to 5000) and 61 Absolute Reward points.
Reviewng my hand history I had:
50 raked hands >= .25
11 raked hands <= .25
25 unraked hands
So it looks like you get an absolute reward point for any raked hand, not just those 25c and greater, hence the discrepancy between the two figures.
And of course it was raked hands not contributed raked hands. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mav55th at July 19, 2005, 11:31 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | phatlad wrote: Mav55th wrote: I don't post much, but I'm curious about this too. I strictly play .50 / 1.00 Limit. I have around 350 Awards points but only $20 has been moved from my pending account to my cash account. I would assume, based on the T&C, that in my case the rewards points would correlate with the bonus points, but so far not the case.
Reward points are completely separate and have nothing to do with the bonus.
I realize they are different, but in my situation they should be accruing at the same rate as my bonus points ($0.50/$1 Limit -- 1 point for every hand raked at $0.25 or higher). That's why the last sentence I wrote said "I would assume, based on the T&C, that in my case the rewards points would correlate with the bonus points, but so far not the case." | | Static Link |
| Posted by: phatlad at July 19, 2005, 11:19 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | andrew26 wrote: SMRacine wrote: OK guys...don't piss off Cougar.....I like his av and don't want to se him leave......
fwiw....You probably hit some hostility because the same questions have been asked 10,000 times...and Andew et al take the time to answer the questions again and again (personally, I just ignore those questions); so when you agrue with them about something they KNOW to be true, they get a little on edge......I think you guys will have to agre to disagree and just move on....
I don't mind the guy being wrong so much (hell, I was even wrong once, a long time ago) but to be obstinate and a general fucktard about it (both in his posts and in his unsolicited PMs) does get under my skin.
I am now done with it too, as I believe my point has been made.
And why do you have a thing for cross-eyed Asian chicks?
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| Posted by: andrew26 at July 19, 2005, 7:27 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | SMRacine wrote: OK guys...don't piss off Cougar.....I like his av and don't want to se him leave......
fwiw....You probably hit some hostility because the same questions have been asked 10,000 times...and Andew et al take the time to answer the questions again and again (personally, I just ignore those questions); so when you agrue with them about something they KNOW to be true, they get a little on edge......I think you guys will have to agre to disagree and just move on....
I don't mind the guy being wrong so much (hell, I was even wrong once, a long time ago) but to be obstinate and a general fucktard about it (both in his posts and in his unsolicited PMs) does get under my skin.
I am now done with it too, as I believe my point has been made.
And why do you have a thing for cross-eyed Asian chicks?
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| Posted by: SMRacine at July 19, 2005, 6:41 am | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | OK guys...don't piss off Cougar.....I like his av and don't want to se him leave......
fwiw....You probably hit some hostility because the same questions have been asked 10,000 times...and Andew et al take the time to answer the questions again and again (personally, I just ignore those questions); so when you agrue with them about something they KNOW to be true, they get a little on edge......I think you guys will have to agre to disagree and just move on.... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: andrew26 at July 18, 2005, 8:01 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | | NWCougar wrote: Please explain something to me, if I'm the only person to have ever had to use a contributed rake at absolute, why has this become just an incoherent bash session? it looks like i got screwed by absolute, maybe it was just a mistake on thier part. No money came out of your pockets. Yet you are acting like i just pissed in your cornflakes. Get a life guys, seriously. For me it was contributed rake, that's a fact and if your going to lose sleep over it that's not my problem. But what's with the pre-teen hostility here? You guys are turning this into some AOL chatroom fight. This is supposed to be about poker, that's it. If you have other issues then deal with them elsewhere. But please, stop acting like kids. This thread is so rediculous I hope it gets deleted just so some noob won't see that some of you don't want to have a discusion and just want to bash people. Go troll somewhere else. If it upsets you so fucking much, go and call absolute and complain. This can't be what Jeks intenti... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: TheJourneyman at July 18, 2005, 7:50 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | | NWCougar wrote: Please explain something to me, if I'm the only person to have ever had to use a contributed rake at absolute, why has this become just an incoherent bash session? it looks like i got screwed by absolute, maybe it was just a mistake on thier part. No money came out of your pockets. Yet you are acting like i just pissed in your cornflakes. Get a life guys, seriously. For me it was contributed rake, that's a fact and if your going to lose sleep over it that's not my problem. But what's with the pre-teen hostility here? You guys are turning this into some AOL chatroom fight. This is supposed to be about poker, that's it. If you have other issues then deal with them elsewhere. But please, stop acting like kids. This thread is so rediculous I hope it gets deleted just so some noob won't see that some of you don't want to have a discusion and just want to bash people. Go troll somewhere else. If it upsets you so fucking much, go and call absolute and complain. This can't be what Jeks intenti... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: NWCougar at July 18, 2005, 7:44 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | | Please explain something to me, if I'm the only person to have ever had to use a contributed rake at absolute, why has this become just an incoherent bash session? it looks like i got screwed by absolute, maybe it was just a mistake on thier part. No money came out of your pockets. Yet you are acting like i just pissed in your cornflakes. Get a life guys, seriously. For me it was contributed rake, that's a fact and if your going to lose sleep over it that's not my problem. But what's with the pre-teen hostility here? You guys are turning this into some AOL chatroom fight. This is supposed to be about poker, that's it. If you have other issues then deal with them elsewhere. But please, stop acting like kids. This thread is so rediculous I hope it gets deleted just so some noob won't see that some of you don't want to have a discusion and just want to bash people. Go troll somewhere else. If it upsets you so fucking much, go and call absolute and complain. This can't be what Jeks intentions were for this site, ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: andrew26 at July 18, 2005, 7:12 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | phatlad wrote:
Wow, absolute must really hate you then, as you're the only one on the planet who had to count contributed raked hands toward the bonus! :roll: :roll:
That explains it....
Absolute has different rules for assclowns.
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| Posted by: phatlad at July 18, 2005, 5:03 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | NWCougar wrote: smak wrote: Find out for yourself, and stop trolling.
This is the last i'll post on this. If you had read this thread, which it is obvious you didn't, you would read that When I did the initial deposit bonus, that it was a contributed rake. I did test this while i was playing, i would count 100 contributed raked hands and check to see if the $10 was converted, and it was. So as i have stated too many times here, in my case, two weeks ago, it was contributed. There's no trolling here, the only problem here is that there too many children posting insults without reading the thread.
Wow, absolute must really hate you then, as you're the only one on the planet who had to count contributed raked hands toward the bonus! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: andrew26 at July 18, 2005, 4:58 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | smak wrote: As a newbie i've stayed away from bonuses where you have to contribute to the rake, and I'm positive Absolute is not one of those.
Who cares what some customer service rep told you, if you call 5 times you'll get 5 answers, and this is at most businesses.
Find out for yourself, and stop trolling.
-smak-
As a newbie, you STILL have far more of a clue than some in this forum.
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| Posted by: NWCougar at July 18, 2005, 4:57 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | smak wrote: Find out for yourself, and stop trolling.
If you had read this thread, which it is obvious you didn't, you would read that When I did the initial deposit bonus, that it was a contributed rake. I did test this while i was playing, i would count 100 contributed raked hands and check to see if the $10 was converted, and it was. So as i have stated too many times here, in my case, two weeks ago, it was contributed. There's no trolling here, the only problem here is that there too many children posting insults without reading the thread.
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| Posted by: smak at July 18, 2005, 4:47 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | As a newbie i've stayed away from bonuses where you have to contribute to the rake, and I'm positive Absolute is not one of those.
Who cares what some customer service rep told you, if you call 5 times you'll get 5 answers, and this is at most businesses.
Find out for yourself, and stop trolling.
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| Posted by: pokahpro at July 18, 2005, 3:55 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | NWCougar wrote: This argument is stupid, i'll take the word of the poker room, you do what you want.
Also, we are not talking about absolute points, we are talking about clearing the deposit bonus, they are seperate and different. You're right the to get absolute points it's just raked but that was not the question, this thread is about the "initial deposit bonus" you are spreading the wrong information. You're wrong, just let it be.
Stop being an ass. It's very easy to confirm for yourself.
1. Note your points
2. Play a hand, fold preflop
3. Hit a pot over $5
4. Check your points | | Static Link |
| Posted by: dokoko at July 18, 2005, 3:06 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | As a regular visitor of this forum I have learned one thing for sure:
If a site's CS says one thing, and several whores say the opposite, most of the time CS is wrong! To be 100% sure, just test it.
Yes it is raked hands at Absolute, it has always been and they haven't changed it.
But anyone who likes to believe the opposite, may continue to do so ...
Great people won't change their mind even when the facts are against them.
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| Posted by: NWCougar at July 18, 2005, 2:50 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | SoCalRugger wrote: NWCougar - you're a fucking retard. You're wrong, so just shut the hell up.
At Absolute, you need to play 100 raked hands to clear $10 of bonus money. You can fold before the flop and still have it count. As long as the pot reaches $5 and the hand is raked, you will get credt towards the bonus. It is the same system that the Party skins use to track bonus clearing.
Absolute Points are a little different. If you're playing 3/6 or above, you get 2 points for each raked hand. If you're playing 2/4 or below, you get 1 point for each raked hand. So if you are clearing the bonus playing the 3/6 or 5/10 games, you will get 2 Absolute Points per raked hand, but in terms of bonus money you are still only getting credit for one raked hand. Since you also get 4 Absolute Points for each $1 in tournament fees paid, you cannot directly correlate Absolute Points to bonus clearing status, unless you exclusively play 2/4 cash games and below.
Again, NWCougar ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: phatlad at July 18, 2005, 2:44 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | Mav55th wrote: I don't post much, but I'm curious about this too. I strictly play .50 / 1.00 Limit. I have around 350 Awards points but only $20 has been moved from my pending account to my cash account. I would assume, based on the T&C, that in my case the rewards points would correlate with the bonus points, but so far not the case.
Reward points are completely separate and have nothing to do with the bonus. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mav55th at July 18, 2005, 2:37 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | | I don't post much, but I'm curious about this too. I strictly play .50 / 1.00 Limit. I have around 350 Awards points but only $20 has been moved from my pending account to my cash account. I would assume, based on the T&C, that in my case the rewards points would correlate with the bonus points, but so far not the case. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SoCalRugger at July 18, 2005, 2:33 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | NWCougar - you're a fucking retard. You're wrong, so just shut the hell up.
At Absolute, you need to play 100 raked hands to clear $10 of bonus money. You can fold before the flop and still have it count. As long as the pot reaches $5 and the hand is raked, you will get credt towards the bonus. It is the same system that the Party skins use to track bonus clearing.
Absolute Points are a little different. If you're playing 3/6 or above, you get 2 points for each raked hand. If you're playing 2/4 or below, you get 1 point for each raked hand. So if you are clearing the bonus playing the 3/6 or 5/10 games, you will get 2 Absolute Points per raked hand, but in terms of bonus money you are still only getting credit for one raked hand. Since you also get 4 Absolute Points for each $1 in tournament fees paid, you cannot directly correlate Absolute Points to bonus clearing status, unless you exclusively play 2/4 cash games and below.
Again, NWCougar - shut the fuck up.
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| Posted by: TheFakeG at July 18, 2005, 2:10 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | Absolute's customer support might tell you that it's contributed rake (and that might be their policy); but as long as a player is dealt cards and isn't sitting out, and the pot hits $5 (for that 25 cent rake); then one point towards your bonus is earned. At least in Omaha/8, I didn't have to see a flop to get my points.
Might be a software issue - no sense letting figure out the bug in the system, however. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: phatlad at July 18, 2005, 1:57 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | NWCougar wrote: It's good that guys who get picked on their whole lives for being fucktards can come online and act like real men. I hope all of this has made you feel better about yourselves. Life must be hard on you and wish you the best in the future. As for this thread, its gone far enough we dissagree and that'll never change.
Any furthur bitches or moans can be pm'd to me
I'm not bitching or moaning. I'm just telling the truth. You don't have to see the flop for it to count toward bonus. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: NWCougar at July 18, 2005, 1:53 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | It's good that guys who get picked on their whole lives for being fucktards can come online and act like real men. I hope all of this has made you feel better about yourselves. Life must be hard on you and I wish you the best in the future. As for this thread goes, its gone far enough we dissagree and that'll never change.
Any furthur bitches or moans can be pm'd to me
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| Posted by: tarheel1 at July 18, 2005, 1:51 pm | | Topic: Absolute poker bonus, 100 points pr 10$ or maybe 200? Forum: Bonus Whores | NWCougar wrote: andrew26 wrote: NWCougar wrote: This argument is stupid, i'll take the word of the poker room, you do what you want.
Bwahahahahaha.
Translation: I am demonstrably incorrect, but too stubborn to be a man and admit it.
It's like arguing with 10 year olds here. I show you the proof and you still deny it. I blame your parents. Is it so hard to admit you're wrong.
Listen dumbass go the the room and try it. You get points for raked hands not contributed raked. Please fucking stop e-mailing customer suport with this question I would prefer they not make the change but if dumbasses like you keep bringing this up to them, then a change may be made in the policy.
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