Hey, Empire made me a VIP Player!!! Now what???

[ctv1116]

So I got to roughly 400 VIP points and they decided to bump me up all the way to 5000. What should I use my EPoints for?

[Uglyowl]

I'm at 375 points.. hope they do the same for me. Value wise their freerolls are probably the best way to go. You could take $50 if you don't want to spend the time in them.

[MicroBob]

correct.
cash-back is $50.

But they are having a monthly WSOP-VIP tourney for 2k points. That gives better value.

Or....if the merchandise turns you on you can splurge for some kind of polo or sweat-shirt or shot-glasses or whatever the hell they have in their gift-ship.


I didn't spend any of mine and am now using them exclusively on the 2k-point WSOP-tourneys.

At 5k points you earn them twice as fast btw.

At 15k accumulated points you are in the royal-flush club and get a 10% reload each mth as well as a watch which others have reported is pretty nice (and some other promotions I guess).

At 25k accumulated points you get a new TV.

I'm at 12.5k points now and probably get around 1k points per month (since I play on other sites too of course).


I still think it's a ridiculously goofy system of awarding points. But I do like the idea of eventually attaining monthly-reload status. And perhaps getting that TV at some point.
And the WSOP-VIP points tourneys are a nice touch too.

I don't like wearing poker-logo stuff so that's not an option for me.

If you don't like the logo-wear and don't like the WSOP-tourneys either you can always just take the cash.

[teddyFBI]

At 11K myself

1. So you actually get a 10% monthly reload bonus?

2. Has anyone actually gotten this alleged TV? Do they make you redeem any points to get it, or just send it to you gratis at 25K?

[Uglyowl]

The square root system is really messed up. The following is true

Hands 1-100: 10 pts.
Hands 101-200: 4 pts.
Hands 201-300: 3 pts.
Hands 301-400: 3 pts.

Etc. etc. really not worthh playing past hand #100 or so.

[MicroBob]

one of the posters here (stripsqueeze I think) reported getting the TV about a month ago.
he was trying to decide whether it would be appropriate to give it to his sister as an XMas gift.


a couple others have reported having difficulties receiving their monthly bonus with the royal-flush code they give you at 15k points. evidently, it's kind of slow to appear in your account.
But I think most of those situations were eventually taken care of.

I have no direct experience with this stuff yet so I don't know for sure of course. but it says on their site monthly reload at 15k and free tv at 25k so i assume it to likely be true.

[david050173]

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The square root system is really messed up. The following is true

Hands 1-100: 10 pts.
Hands 101-200: 4 pts.
Hands 201-300: 3 pts.
Hands 301-400: 3 pts.

Etc. etc. really not worthh playing past hand #100 or so.

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Personally I like the square of the number of mulitable tournaments. To bad their tournaments tend to be lacking. I think SNG are the most likely way to gain a large number of points without having to play for 3 years.

I wish I could figure out what criteria they use to bump people up. Double points would be nice.

[gabyyyyy]

Bob when do they convert people to the vip program?

I have 350 points.

[IggyWH]

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So I got to roughly 400 VIP points and they decided to bump me up all the way to 5000. What should I use my EPoints for?

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Nice...

I got 459 points with 258 earned this month. Seems like the people who get bumped up low are the ones who earn a lot of points in the span of a month or two. I'm hoping I get bumped up sometime soon.

[SomethingClever]

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Bob when do they convert people to the vip program?

I have 350 points.

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It's not fair... I have 1600 points and I haven't been bumped up.

[ctv1116]

I have a feeling the limits you play might have something to do with you being bumped up (5/10 6max for me). Playing at the higher rake tables might make Empire more inclined to bump you up. And this is just two months removed from a reprimand for the good 'ol make-a-2nd-account-to-get-affiliate-rakeback followed by the closing of the previous account trick.

[MicroBob]

Were you really able to get away with doing that??
Sounds awfully risky to me but if they only give a slap on the wrist then I'm intrigued.

Did you just set up a 2nd acct...or wait to get your old acct closed...or what??


Gabby - I honestly don't know what it takes. I don't think Empire does either.
Playing a large amount of hands in a short time and/or making frequent large deposits into your account could possibly have an effect. But there's no guarantee.

[Drunk Bob]

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[EliteNinja]

Where do you check your points?
I want a watch!