Chairman Wood
02-14-2005, 11:43 PM
First of all, I have read the FAQ and although the guidelines are pretty clear about rakeback questions etc. I feel as if I can still ask these questions and stay within the terms. If I cross the line, please feel free to flame away and put me in my place but try not to get too upset over it as I am really just asking for advice and that I apologize in advance. This is my first post in the Zoo.
I have a few questions and I would like you guys to let me know what you think is best for me. I currently have an account at Party Poker and play 2/4 LHE and I will be moving to 3/6 very soon. Depending on how busy I am I play between 7,000 and 25,000 hands in a month. I have no other accounts other than one at absolute that I never use anymore.
1) I've been told that it is not possible to obtain bonuses while you are involved in a rakeback program. Yay/Nay? I'll assume yay. After doing some searching it was advised that you should play at whatever skin you have a rakeback when no skin is offering a bonus. When a bonus is offered play at that skin until cleared and then go back to your rakeback skin. My question here is what skins are more likely to be offering bonuses? If say Empire is always offering bonuses it wouldn't make much sense for me to have rakeback there when I could use another site for rakeback and come to Empire for the bonuses. If someone could tell me what they think the best site to have a rakeback on and what site to go for bonuses I would appreciate it. I'm sorry if I broke the rules here.
1a) I've thought about signing up for a 25% rakeback on Eurobet Good/Bad your thoughts?
2) I believe I read somewhere that party and skins don't like rakebacks. I even think I've heard they are against the terms of service (I've read them and I don't think they are) and that if they had proof that a rakeback existed your account could be closed. Rumors? Silliness? Please explain.
3) I'm not sure I understand this whole bonus whoring phenomenon. If I understand correctly. I can make a deposit and receive X%. After playing some number of raked hands I will receive that bonus amount and it is completely mine to do whatever I feel. I can then withdraw that money. When another bonus is offered, say one month later I can redeposit that same money and get another bonus. Correct?
4) I have heard of a few crooked people in this business. I know that I can't ask for information on specific rakeback programs but I do have one question. Imagine I got in with a crooked rakeback offer/affiliate. The only harm that they could do to me is not give me the rakeback I was supposed to get right? There is no way they could steal or do anything to the money in my account at the site they signed me up for. Am I right? Are there any other scenarios/problems/horror stories that I should be on the lookout for? Are there any party skins that haven't proven themselves trustworthy? Can one assume that if they are a party skin that they are a pretty solid site?
Thank you all very much for your time, I appreciate everybit of info you could give to me. Again I apologize if I have caused you all frustration by my ignorance of the rules.
Cheers,
The Chairman
I have a few questions and I would like you guys to let me know what you think is best for me. I currently have an account at Party Poker and play 2/4 LHE and I will be moving to 3/6 very soon. Depending on how busy I am I play between 7,000 and 25,000 hands in a month. I have no other accounts other than one at absolute that I never use anymore.
1) I've been told that it is not possible to obtain bonuses while you are involved in a rakeback program. Yay/Nay? I'll assume yay. After doing some searching it was advised that you should play at whatever skin you have a rakeback when no skin is offering a bonus. When a bonus is offered play at that skin until cleared and then go back to your rakeback skin. My question here is what skins are more likely to be offering bonuses? If say Empire is always offering bonuses it wouldn't make much sense for me to have rakeback there when I could use another site for rakeback and come to Empire for the bonuses. If someone could tell me what they think the best site to have a rakeback on and what site to go for bonuses I would appreciate it. I'm sorry if I broke the rules here.
1a) I've thought about signing up for a 25% rakeback on Eurobet Good/Bad your thoughts?
2) I believe I read somewhere that party and skins don't like rakebacks. I even think I've heard they are against the terms of service (I've read them and I don't think they are) and that if they had proof that a rakeback existed your account could be closed. Rumors? Silliness? Please explain.
3) I'm not sure I understand this whole bonus whoring phenomenon. If I understand correctly. I can make a deposit and receive X%. After playing some number of raked hands I will receive that bonus amount and it is completely mine to do whatever I feel. I can then withdraw that money. When another bonus is offered, say one month later I can redeposit that same money and get another bonus. Correct?
4) I have heard of a few crooked people in this business. I know that I can't ask for information on specific rakeback programs but I do have one question. Imagine I got in with a crooked rakeback offer/affiliate. The only harm that they could do to me is not give me the rakeback I was supposed to get right? There is no way they could steal or do anything to the money in my account at the site they signed me up for. Am I right? Are there any other scenarios/problems/horror stories that I should be on the lookout for? Are there any party skins that haven't proven themselves trustworthy? Can one assume that if they are a party skin that they are a pretty solid site?
Thank you all very much for your time, I appreciate everybit of info you could give to me. Again I apologize if I have caused you all frustration by my ignorance of the rules.
Cheers,
The Chairman