| Posted by: Mikke_ at June 17, 2005, 6:36 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Hi again,
Not applied myself to extra bonus yet (500); but I will just say again that on their website that it says that you need a qualifying rake of 0.25c for both bonuses. Also, I must say that after the initial very fast (2-4 hrs) response from ther CS, since I asked them for updates on raked hands, they stopped replying to me. I am still awaiting a reply from several days ago - I have made initial bonus since - as per previous posting.
Once again - I must say that CrptoCounter counted it exactly. - I hope they do the same for 500.
I'll let you know when I get there! - this week I hope cos i signed up for the InterPoker BW2000 gig now!
Cheers,
Mike. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 17, 2005, 11:04 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | After completing 501 raked hands yesterday, I both emailed and called support today. One rep gave me a figure of 273 raked hands (phone); and the email rep gave a figure of 438 raked hands. I've heard tales of this inconsistency and was expecting it. I explained cryptocounter to her and asked if I should send an attached screenshot to the new email addy. She said that would be fine. I imagine I will get the bonus credited to me shortly, as they can't argue with their own hand histories! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mikke_ at June 16, 2005, 2:57 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Hi again,
I am carrying on after the $50 initial bonus to clear the $40 monthly 500 hand bonus now, and am playing at lower limits - 0.25/0.50 and 0.50/1.00, so once I receive the next bonus I will re-post to confirm if it is only raked hands of $0.25 and above which count. BTW - approx 1/3 of hands qualify for $0.25 rake when playing at 0.25/0.50 limit in the 790 hands I have played so far.
Cheers,
Mike.
P.S. As far as I can see from their web help, the monthly bonus seems to be non-stackable, and must be cleared by the months end, which might be why some have played over 500 raked hands over the past few weeks, but have not got the bonus. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Alphaunit1 at June 16, 2005, 11:02 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | I just cleared Caribbean Sun for the first time since they changed their bonus terms in February - mostly at the prompting of the significantly sped up tables at Cryptologic's sites, plus I wanted to put this "500 raked" vs. "500 dealt" issue to rest in my own mind.
520 dealt hands, 304 raked at $1/$2. $40 bonus was credited immediately.
So at least at $1/$2 (and higher); the bonus is 500 dealt hands. I imagine if you are trying to clear it at the lower limits, it would be different, but I have little desire to play below $1/$2. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: RobDoral at June 16, 2005, 11:01 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | I got the monthly bonus after 500 dealt hands less than two weeks ago (first time playing there so no grandfathering occured) but I made sure I played at the 1/2 or higher limits. The dealt hand thing may not work at lower limits but if you have 500 raked hands at .25 or more regardless of the limits played I would think they'd have to give the bonus (perhaps with a delay). I got the sign up bonus after 250 RAKED hands (.25 USD or more in rake).
Personally I don't think they have any intention of "fixing" the raked versus dealt hands thing since the two bonuses obviously operate on two different systems. 40 bucks for 500 raked kind of sucks and they have to know that (but 500 dealt isn't bad). They just don't have much incentive to make it easy on players who play at the lower limits (and keeping the terms as written means players play more hands than they need to, and the delays that are common with getting the bonus accomplishes the same thing).
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| Posted by: Mikke_ at June 16, 2005, 9:40 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Hi there,
I have just completed the initial $50 bonus with Caribbean Sun (30 minutes ago); and having found CryptoCounter this morning, I can confirm that I received my initial bonus EXACTLY after CryptoCounter counted 250 hands with a minimum rake of $0.25. These hands were hands where I was playing at the table, but not necessarily contributing. i.e. the same conditions as InterPoker. I presume that it will be the same for the 500 hand bonus, as their website info states £0.25 minimum rake for that one too.
Cheers,
Mike. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 15, 2005, 11:59 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | I was dealt 500 hands two weeks ago, and nothing has changed in my account except for the signup bonus, after I completed 250 raked hands. I think they've already fixed this, as I have been dealt over 1,000 hands now and still no monthly bonus. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: adimon at June 15, 2005, 11:58 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | So is it 250 raked hands for the initial deposit bonus and 500 dealt for the monthly bonus and they work concurrently? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: gq at June 15, 2005, 11:31 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | just to clear up the my situationl here. i got the sign up bonus right away, ....then i got this email below shortly after wards.....but the monthly bonus took about 24 hrs later to show up...not sure why...the point is don't contact caribbean sun support or they might actually fix the problem....just give sometimes for the monthly bonus to show up after your 500 DEALT hands...
Because you have just completed your 500th hand during the month
at the Caribbean Sun Poker Room, a $40.00 bonus in FREE chips, as promised, has
just been added to your poker account, xxxxxxxx, and is available for you to
play immediately!
Remember, you can now qualify for this FREE $40 bonus each month so long as you
participate in 500 hands during the calendar month. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 15, 2005, 11:07 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | I actually discovered crypto counter shortly after I posted that. Do you know if there's any tool besides Poker Tracker that allows you to view total rake paid? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: GeoffM at June 15, 2005, 8:20 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | LeftofCool wrote: The only downside is that if you like to keep track of your raked hands, you have to contact support each time, and they tend to be slow unless you call them.
Hello all, new to the site, been a lurker.
This above statement is incorrect. Do a google search for crypto counter and voila, this little file will calculate raked hands for you.
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| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 14, 2005, 11:13 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | So you're saying that it's a bug in the system that releases the monthly bonus after 500 hands are dealt to the player? I've been dealt well over 500 according to crypto counter, but have only received the signup bonus. Should the monthly bonus automatically show up soon? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: dwisetiger at June 14, 2005, 10:52 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | LeftofCool wrote: Wow, that'd be nice for the monthly. I'm only sure about the raked hand stipulation for the signup bonus, but I'll contact support to find out how many hands need to be raked or dealt to acquire the monthly bonus.
We already know the answer to this question. It's dealt. Support may tell you that it's raked since that is what is says in their T&C I believe. Hopefully they won't get to many emails from people concerning this and actually fix it. 500 raked would make an already not so great bonus terrible. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 14, 2005, 5:39 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | Wow, that'd be nice for the monthly. I'm only sure about the raked hand stipulation for the signup bonus, but I'll contact support to find out how many hands need to be raked or dealt to acquire the monthly bonus. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: gq at June 14, 2005, 5:28 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | i play719 dealt hands / 346 rake hands and took a break for a while...after logging in back on noticed my balance jump by $40....was always under the impression that it is 250/500 rake hands for new acct/monthly bonus....i also noticed after 260 rake hands i got the $50 new acct bonus....so it looks like it is 250 rake for the new customer and 500 dealt for the month....at least that is what happen to me | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 14, 2005, 4:21 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | The signup bonus was credited to me today, and I am sure that it is 250 raked hands. I had to keep checking in with support almost every day to see how many I've played because there is no counter available on the site. If it was dealt hands, I would've already completed both the signup bonus and the monthly bonus, since I am sure I have been dealt well over 1,000 hands. Here's a link to the T&C's: http://www.caribbeansunpoker.com/promotions/index.asp#rmb | | Static Link |
| Posted by: firs at June 14, 2005, 1:59 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | dwisetiger is correct and was wrong, sorry about that. It's 500 dealt, not raked.
It still basically twice the time compared with the others though:
* Caribbean is $40/500 dealt hands (12.5 hands per dollar)
* PokerPlex is $50/300 dealt hands (6 hands per dollar)
* The five hour bonuses are roughly $45/~250 dealt hands (~5.55 hands per dollar)
I don't know about Interpoker, but I'd guess it has the worst $/time ratio after they changed the terms.
/firs | | Static Link |
| Posted by: dwisetiger at June 14, 2005, 12:06 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | I cleared this bonus for the first time this month. I cleared the signup and monthly after 536 dealt hands. Even though most hands get raked at 5/10 there is no way that I had 500 raked hands. Gotta be dealt, which is what is says in the FAQ if I remember correctly. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LeftofCool at June 14, 2005, 8:23 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | I just got done with the signup bonus. It was very easy to clear. I simply played tight on the PL and NL tables and am showing a total profit of $125 as of now. I'm working on the other 250 hands for the $40 bonus. It's not contributed raked hands, it's basically Party Poker's definition of a raked hand. The only downside is that if you like to keep track of your raked hands, you have to contact support each time, and they tend to be slow unless you call them. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: firs at June 14, 2005, 12:06 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Oh, 40+50=90 the first month is good. I was thinking of the monthly reloads. I'd recommend all the other Cryptos. There was a good thread about this just recently.
/firs | | Static Link |
| Posted by: adimon at June 13, 2005, 6:51 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | So which crupo skins will you do instead just wondering? Because for the 1st monthes, it is $90 for 500 dealt raked hands. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: firs at June 13, 2005, 4:44 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | It's dealt raked hands and I don't do it anymore. It takes pretty much twice as long time to clear compared to the other Cryptos. It's not an awful bonus though, but I think 5x for $50 is on the low end of acceptable.
/firs | | Static Link |
| Posted by: adimon at June 13, 2005, 11:38 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | | Just wondering if the Caribbean Sun initial bonus worth doing? is it dealt raked hands or contributed raked hands and such? thanks | | Static Link |
| Posted by: solring at August 31, 2004, 8:57 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Gonzo787 wrote: It does.
Better answer - The latest update, that is currently in beta, does. If you don't like using beta software, wait until the latest version is released publicly. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: GamblinFool at August 31, 2004, 6:15 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Poker tracker does cryptos??? If so I'll definitely have to get it.
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| Posted by: Thythe at August 31, 2004, 5:28 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | I guess we can forgive you this time.
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| Posted by: Thythe at August 31, 2004, 4:45 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Yeah I think he'll have to have a temporary demotion.
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| Posted by: Gonzo787 at August 31, 2004, 4:17 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | fluffwhore wrote: Grinder wrote: I opened a CS account yesterday and I recieved $60 ??????
I have a balance of $260 and can cash out $200.
What up!
Dude, you're a mega and you don't know what's up?
CS has 2 bonuses every month. First, they have a casino match just like Intercasino used to. 30% up to $100, 2500 WR to clear. Then they have a $40 bonus for playing 250 hands.
Jek, any chance whores can be demoted? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: fluffwhore at August 31, 2004, 10:04 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Grinder wrote: I opened a CS account yesterday and I recieved $60 ??????
I have a balance of $260 and can cash out $200.
What up!
Dude, you're a mega and you don't know what's up?
CS has 2 bonuses every month. First, they have a casino match just like Intercasino used to. 30% up to $100, 2500 WR to clear. Then they have a $40 bonus for playing 250 hands. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Grinder at August 31, 2004, 10:00 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | I opened a CS account yesterday and I recieved $60 ??????
I have a balance of $260 and can cash out $200.
What up! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: solring at August 26, 2004, 9:35 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Osric wrote: I would guess that the 40 bucks hit your account, but you didn't do as well in the poker room as you may have thought you did, so you didn't think you got it (It is what happened to me last month).
yup...that's exactly what happened...after being up at the other crypto sites, I hadn't paid attention that I was down 40BB on C.Sun...but, after loading the hands into PokerTracker, I could see that I was down... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Osric at August 24, 2004, 7:13 am | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | I ran into the same thing with Caribbean Sun. The 40 dollar bonus doesn't show up in any balance sheet, it just appears in your account. There is a 30% bonus that WILL show up in your account, but it can only be withdrawn after you wager 25x the bonus amount in the CASINO (not poker room).
I would guess that the 40 bucks hit your account, but you didn't do as well in the poker room as you may have thought you did, so you didn't think you got it (It is what happened to me last month). It is a little difficult to determine your poker win/loss if you don't keep good records since they don't have much of a system for tracking money in/out from the table. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: solring at August 23, 2004, 7:55 pm | | Topic: Caribbean Sun bonus Forum: Bonus Whores | Okay, so I haven't had any problems clearing and cashing out the monthly bonus at the other Cryptologic sites, but this is my first month with the Caribbean Sun bonus and it baffles me.
I received the email stating that I had cleared the 250 hands this month. However, I'm not certain how the $40 is reflected, since I did not see it in the Cashier. I replied back to the Support address and they pointed me at the http://www.caribbeansunpoker.com/promotions/index.asp#rmb link which says Quote: The bonus will not appear in the cashier statement, but is reflected on your playing balance on any of the tables. Now, that seems straight-forward, but my balance on the table did not increase, nor is the $40 anywhere else to be found.
What am I missing here? | | Static Link |
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