| Posted by: Hazel1111 at May 3, 2005, 5:52 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | | Note that it was $2500, not $5k . To be honest, it didn't seem that impressive to me, as I felt like I wasn't really playing very good poker doing 3-4 tables at a time, though it was good enough to clear on the plus side and then when you add bonuses on the rate obviously adds up very quickly. Mostly it was about 2-4 hours per day, maybe 5-6 days per week, though there's a lot of variance there. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: depokerstar at May 2, 2005, 12:43 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | hofdaddy wrote: kleptodathief wrote: he never jerked off and pokeher for 24/7...thats how...u shud try it... time = $$$
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| Posted by: hofdaddy at May 2, 2005, 9:49 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | kleptodathief wrote: he never jerked off and pokeher for 24/7...thats how...u shud try it... time = $$$
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| Posted by: kleptodathief at May 2, 2005, 8:53 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | he never jerked off and pokeher for 24/7...thats how...u shud try it... time = $$$
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| Posted by: wyldchyld at April 26, 2005, 8:30 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Have to disagree with the analysis of Party's 5/10 LHE ring games. They've ALL definitely tightened up in the past 9 months.
Heck, I can remeber when I would sit down at a Party 5/10 table with $250, and close it 45 minutes later with $500+ on a consitant weekend basis. That was only last October. Since then though, man it's rare to see any really good games there. So sad too.
Hazel, how in the world did you go from $1k to $5k in just 5 weeks? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Homepro at April 26, 2005, 8:28 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | | I think playing at 2/4 is almost exacxtly the same as 1/2 at most of your big poker pooms. They are just as loose and sometimes looser. At Party Poker for example some of the 5/10 games are just as loose as the 1/2 games. The smaller poker rooms however seem to tighten up a lot when you go up in limit. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Hazel1111 at April 26, 2005, 12:16 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | I'm in the same boat - this is just "extra" money for fun stuff that doesn't fit as well into my normal job's paycheck . (I've had more time than normal the last few weeks thanks to paternity leave.) I also switched over to NL (just in the last couple days) and have had a *big* jump in win rate. Playing 1 $25, $50, or $100 NL last couple days (with 2 $1/$2 or sometimes $2/$4 tables to back it up for bonus etc) I'm typically making a LOT more on NL now. One of the great things about this site is that the bonuses basically subsidized me while I got my feet wet, as I wouldn't have been comfortable playing $25, $50, or even $100 NL even just a month ago, whereas now it doesn't really feel like all that much. (And winning doesn't hurt that any either )
The next big question for me is when to move up to $2/$4 and then $3/$6 when I'm not playing NL. That damn pokerroom bonus is still waiting and only has a few more weeks on it, so this may finally be the time. I'm not sure why I've waited so long to move... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Verdi at April 25, 2005, 11:51 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Oh yeah... I've been doing this for three months and I average about $1k in bonuses a month so far. As I'm also working full time I will be satisfied at that rate. Since I moved to NL my win rate is also looking a lot more healthy and I expect a few hundreds in profit each month too.
For me it's really good money on top of my usual pay check, which in itself isn't half bad actually.
Edit: Might be slightly less than 3 months as I only signed up here two months ago... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Hazel1111 at April 24, 2005, 10:11 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Thanks for all the great feedback. One question I have is that several people have suggested that I should pretty clearly be dipping into casino whoring as well. After a month I'm still feeling pretty new to poker bonus whoring but I'm getting more comfortable/knowledgable, and I feel like I know where to go to learn more, but I have to say I basically know 0 about casino whoring aside from the little bit in the poker 101. Can anyone point me to a good resource to start educating myself? I'm certainly open to taking more money from the good people at Internet gambling companies, I just have no idea where to start .
Thanks all!
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| Posted by: titans01 at April 22, 2005, 11:38 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | bluesinsoul wrote: Is the order given in the guide 101 the most efficient to utilize my bankroll?
You might think about hitting up the Cyrpto sites first though before the end of the month since these bonuses are monthly. It will tie up about $400 if you do the 1st 4 for 2 weeks but you should be ok with that bankroll. I would also sign up for the 1st time bonus on Party and then turn around and get the reload bonus before it closes if you feel like you can play enough raked hands to get both. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: mtxed at April 22, 2005, 9:23 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | mtxed wrote: Hazel1111 wrote: Ack, my bad, yes, was only $25 to load the epassporte card. (Hard to keep track of it all, and I didn't have that spreadsheet with me when I posted the followup.)
A second note on that by the way: I tried pretty hard with customer service but was never able to convince them to let me do the EPASS deposit twice, as was suggested in the PartyPoker site review on bw.com. Too bad, would be nice to hit up EPASS twice on all the skins!
Can we sign up with EPASS without a credit card? My only method of transferring funds is through bank account because I do not have a credit card yet! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: svengance at April 22, 2005, 9:03 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Quote: Is the order given in the guide 101 the most efficient to utilize my bankroll?
No, they were trying to trick you! Bonuswhores.com own all the big Poker sites and want you to lose really badly!
Seriously, I was around a year ago when the 101 was originally posted to the forums. Newbies have been using it ever since (and as a returning player and mostly-newbie I will also be taking it into account). | | Static Link |
| Posted by: bluesinsoul at April 22, 2005, 7:11 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | | Thanks for your post! I am about to start my own whore career, is there any specific order I should go with? I have about 1500$ to start with. Is the order given in the guide 101 the most efficient to utilize my bankroll? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: chunk at April 22, 2005, 2:01 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Nice job Hazel,
We're right in line, I started at about the same time as you with 500 and am now at about 2600 too. (I actually started a little earlier but spent the first week getting my feet wet at .25/50 on crazy vegas, my first party skin bonus was 3/18 )
Now that the bankroll is bigger, it's alot easier to always have something in the works. I'm not employed right now so this has become my living, the bonuses really help while you fine tune your game.
I haven't done the crytos yet or even finished up all of the party skins deals. The IGM takes so long that I found I can do better by mixing in another site between cashouts.
The main places that I deviated from 101 was hitting some of the primas. There are some nice deals out there, I'm finishing up Gaming Club right now and have found this one great to do in the mornings. Plus I feel alot more comfortable playing 2/4 now.
The Other deviation is Casinos. I've done 4 of those. $496 in bonu... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: mtxed at April 22, 2005, 10:08 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Hazel1111 wrote: Ack, my bad, yes, was only $25 to load the epassporte card. (Hard to keep track of it all, and I didn't have that spreadsheet with me when I posted the followup.)
A second note on that by the way: I tried pretty hard with customer service but was never able to convince them to let me do the EPASS deposit twice, as was suggested in the PartyPoker site review on bw.com. Too bad, would be nice to hit up EPASS twice on all the skins!
Can we sign up with EPASS without a credit card? My only method of transferring funds is through bank account because I do not have a credit card yet! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: kleptodathief at April 21, 2005, 7:06 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | prolly less now that i think bout it...10/hr win rate is kinda shitty lol...i play to win...say if i win 50$ a day fast...i will quit playing and just chill...but if im clearing a bonus fast i wanna do the hands fast even if it means not playing max. poker... just dpends on my mood that day and if im in the mood for aria giovanni...get my drift? 30$profit each day = bout 1k a month...so thats my goal...
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| Posted by: 6maxpro at April 20, 2005, 1:08 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | kleptodathief wrote: i bet u played alot of HRs...if i make 1g a month im happy...i usually play bout 25hours a week...NL ring games...i mite get into the lo limit tables ie 1/2 if its faster and sure positive profit... cuz i hate losing...
You're happy making $10/hr? C'mon thizzythief, I have more faith in you than that!
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| Posted by: hoopster81 at April 20, 2005, 12:30 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Quote: Too bad, would be nice to hit up EPASS twice on all the skins!
Just sign up the mother of your amazing sleeper (congratulations btw). Hit 'em all up twice. Your one month total is very similar to my 3 month total, but I am playing for two! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Hazel1111 at April 20, 2005, 12:07 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Ack, my bad, yes, was only $25 to load the epassporte card. (Hard to keep track of it all, and I didn't have that spreadsheet with me when I posted the followup.)
A second note on that by the way: I tried pretty hard with customer service but was never able to convince them to let me do the EPASS deposit twice, as was suggested in the PartyPoker site review on bw.com. Too bad, would be nice to hit up EPASS twice on all the skins! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Jim Morrison at April 20, 2005, 12:00 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Hazel1111 wrote: Well, it's been 31 days, and as a newcomer to the site I wanted to say thank you for all the money . Here's how my first month as a bonus whore went:
Empire 1st Time
Party March Reload
PokerRoom 40% 1st time
Empire IGMPAY
Paradise Neteller Withdraw Bonus
EuroBet 1st Time
InterTops 1st Time
PokerNow 1st Time
InterPoker $90 5x
PokerNow IGMPAY
William Hill (5 hours)
Party EPASS
Empire EPASS
Empire EPMANIA
InterTops EPASS
PokerPlex 300 hands=$50
CDPoker 1st Time 25% on $400 10x (mostly for free copy of ITH
PokerNow EPASS
CarribeanSun 1st Time Bonus and April bonus
ClassicPoker 1st Time Bonus
Multipoker.com 1st Time Bonus 20%
Multipoker.com EPASS
Between the bonuses and being up on almost all the sessions this turned out to be quite a handy month for our bank account. Starting bankroll was $500, currently it's at ~$2650. Thanks everyone for this great site, I wil... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: mtxed at April 20, 2005, 11:36 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Hazel1111 wrote: Couple more quick follow-ups. Yes, I ended up on almost all the sessions as far as the poker goes, not counting the bad run at PokerRoom. Fortunately for me my down sessions were never significantly down so that the bonuses still covered them, and the vast majority of the sessions were up, so it all added up quite rapidly despite playing low limits. (Nice to be on the plus side of the variance scale for now .
As to hours, I was typically playing 3 hours a day or so at first. However, I've been on paternity leave last 2 weeks and turns out our new baby is an amazing sleeper, so I'm basically playing more like 4-6 hours a day last couple weeks .
As to hourly rate, I ended up around $25/hour or so for most sessions when I was at a site I could triple table. (Again, that's not counting the debacle at PokerRoom though.)
Epass is the code you can use at all party skins I listed when using the Epassporte deposit method. It costs 10% to load the account, so y... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Hazel1111 at April 20, 2005, 11:06 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Couple more quick follow-ups. Yes, I ended up on almost all the sessions as far as the poker goes, not counting the bad run at PokerRoom. Fortunately for me my down sessions were never significantly down so that the bonuses still covered them, and the vast majority of the sessions were up, so it all added up quite rapidly despite playing low limits. (Nice to be on the plus side of the variance scale for now .
As to hours, I was typically playing 3 hours a day or so at first. However, I've been on paternity leave last 2 weeks and turns out our new baby is an amazing sleeper, so I'm basically playing more like 4-6 hours a day last couple weeks .
As to hourly rate, I ended up around $25/hour or so for most sessions when I was at a site I could triple table. (Again, that's not counting the debacle at PokerRoom though.)
Epass is the code you can use at all party skins I listed when using the Epassporte deposit method. It costs 10% to load the account, so you put in the max of $500... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: FeelingLucky at April 20, 2005, 10:09 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | I probably shouldn't be answering this, since I haven't used epassporte myself, so take it for what it's worth.
As I understand it epassporte is sortof like neteller. You have to set up an account, fund it, and then you can deposit throught it (and get the EPASS bonus). There are some fees for loading it initially, but the other threads discuss how to minimize that loss. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: kleptodathief at April 20, 2005, 9:31 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | | wanna play me? im quite da fish... anyways i said IF....blah... well i track my winnings using pen paper...since oct last year im up to well over 8gs in my bankroll...i had bout 1g+ back in oct...it keeps going up up...never down...IIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFF i win 1g per month im very happy...of course i wont b winning 1g a month now cuz ive done almost all the signup bonuses...have to get into gnoming prolly...the stats i posted (forgot where i posted it) only had me playing 1 nick on PP bout 21 000 hands... im too lazy to get all my nicks combined....im sure i'd have well over 100k hands...but those stats i did not fudge...i think it wuz 16+bb per 100 thats mostly at .25/.5 NL 10ring tables... i think thats pretty good rate considering i play 4tables at once all the time...so if i get rong read i will bust out my buyin alot....ie over pair or TPHK vs a flopped set...i prolly don't need to bonuswhore cuz i got a nice bankroll but just to b 100% garanteed of money i bonuswhore...i shud prolly stick to one table play... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: FeelingLucky at April 20, 2005, 9:31 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | mtxed wrote: What was the EPASS bonus for party skins for? How come I missed that
There are some really long threads about it, but it is also mentioned in the site review pages. You have to sign up for "epassporte" or whatever, an alternate means of funding your poker accounts. Some hoops and fees involved, but I will probably try it at some point. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: mtxed at April 20, 2005, 9:27 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Wow, to gain $2650 by simply playing bonuses is incredible. You'd have to go up everytime + the bonus and never hit a bad streak!
What was the EPASS bonus for party skins for? How come I missed that | | Static Link |
| Posted by: FeelingLucky at April 20, 2005, 7:26 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | kleptodathief wrote: i bet u played alot of HRs...if i make 1g a month im happy...i usually play bout 25hours a week...NL ring games...i mite get into the lo limit tables ie 1/2 if its faster and sure positive profit... cuz i hate losing...
Man, I never know what statistics to trust... Not to single you out Klepto, but you will just have to serve as an example. Here you are saying you are happy to make $1000 profit in a month, but I am rather sure that from other stats you have given you should be earning well over $2000 in poker profits alone (excluding bonuses).
Again, this is not about you specifically, but I wonder if poker players (in general) tend to trim their numbers some, before posting them? Maybe increase that BB/100 some... "forget" about that big bad loosing streak that took $500... etc.
I guess I don't have a point with this post, other than if someone would care to comment. When I see some numbers, I just gape in awe - figuring I will never be able to pull th... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: kleptodathief at April 20, 2005, 6:57 am | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | i bet u played alot of HRs...if i make 1g a month im happy...i usually play bout 25hours a week...NL ring games...i mite get into the lo limit tables ie 1/2 if its faster and sure positive profit... cuz i hate losing...
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| Posted by: Hazel1111 at April 19, 2005, 11:35 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Sorry I didn't go into more detail, it was already such a long list .
- Paradise Neteller withdraw was just a straight $20 bonus, no hand requirement.
- Eurobet 1st time bonus was 25% on $200, 5x, just like in bonuswhoring 101. I deposited $200 and took out $290 once I hit the hand requirement (only 5x).
- PokerRoom was the one disaster, and it was my fault. It was early in my bankroll building and I didn't read the chart right, playing .50/1 limit but reading the bonuswhores chart using the .50/1 NL chart. (I ended up at Pokerroom because all my other money was tied up in IGMPAY delays, and Pokerroom had instacash free for Neteller etc). I figured it out eventually, but it was MANY hours lost. Then I tried switching to multi-tabling 1/2 limit but didn't have the bankroll for it and ended up about $80 down after 20 hours or so of frustrating play. Seeing the writing on the wall I switched to all the other bonuses since I have two months to finish this one up. At this point ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: MC_PEE_PANTS at April 19, 2005, 10:59 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | what did these pay?
Paradise Neteller Withdraw Bonus
EuroBet 1st Time
and how long did it take you to clear that pokerrooom bonus?
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| Posted by: noidroid at April 19, 2005, 9:34 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | how much did you make in poker, like 3-400?
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| Posted by: Hazel1111 at April 19, 2005, 6:43 pm | | Topic: My first month as a whore Forum: Bonus Whores | Well, it's been 31 days, and as a newcomer to the site I wanted to say thank you for all the money . Here's how my first month as a bonus whore went:
Empire 1st Time
Party March Reload
PokerRoom 40% 1st time
Empire IGMPAY
Paradise Neteller Withdraw Bonus
EuroBet 1st Time
InterTops 1st Time
PokerNow 1st Time
InterPoker $90 5x
PokerNow IGMPAY
William Hill (5 hours)
Party EPASS
Empire EPASS
Empire EPMANIA
InterTops EPASS
PokerPlex 300 hands=$50
CDPoker 1st Time 25% on $400 10x (mostly for free copy of ITH
PokerNow EPASS
CarribeanSun 1st Time Bonus and April bonus
ClassicPoker 1st Time Bonus
Multipoker.com 1st Time Bonus 20%
Multipoker.com EPASS
Between the bonuses and being up on almost all the sessions this turned out to be quite a handy month for our bank account. Starting bankroll was $500, currently it's at ~$2650. Thanks everyone for this great site, I will definitely make sure to... | | Read Entire Entry |
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