stars rebuy bonus: what is the fine prin

[gambelero2]

When I click the link, I end up in a dry hole.

Please give details or post link

[Subby]

Try using the search feature on this forum.

[LinusKS]

Stars uses a points system. You have to earn 600 fpp to clear the max ($120) bonus. If you click on the bonus screen in the cashier, it'll tell you where you are.

It basically works out to a 100% rake-back, unless something's changed, which I doubt.

[Uglyowl]

It is better than a 100% rakeback... read the terms. Any raked pot gets you $0.20 worth of bonus.

[Joe Taylor]

Quite wrong, actually.

At .5/1, you get 1 FPP for every pot raked .50 or more ($10+ pot)
At 1/2, you get 1 FPP for every pot raked .75 or more ($15+ pot)
At 2/4, you get 1 FPP for every pot raked $1 or more ($20+ pot)

[Joltman]

What's the fpp policy on NL games?

[Guy McSucker]

I find it hard to believe that you are prepared to navigate to this site, read a thread, make a post, then come back to read the replies, and you are not prepared to find this out for yourself.

Here's how.

Go to www.pokerstars.com (http://www.pokerstars.com)

Click on the "promotions" link which refers to the FPP program.

Read that page. You don't even need to read all of it, or even most of it. Start at the top and the answer will present itself in short order.

Guy.

[gambelero2]

I tried to find out, but the link to the promotion doesn't work. They say click this link to see the details of this particular promotion, but the link doesn't work.

I have several questions.

If you have money in your account, can you get the reinvest bonus?

If you made a withdrawal or a transfer within a certain time frame (and what is the time frame), does this disqualify you from the bonus?

How you accumulate bonus points is easy?

If you are considerable net winner on the site, are you disqualified?

This link to this information is dead or doesn't work.

[Uglyowl]

"If you are considerable net winner on the site, are you disqualified?"

THe site doesn't care if you are a winner or loser. You are taking others money, not theirs, like a casino

[gambelero2]

I try to help people when i can, but noone ever helps me with anything i ask.

Obviously, i checked the search feature first, also i know the odds on clearing based on the number of points needed.

I asked if anyone knew the fine print. If you do please post it, I'll reciprocate.

[Guy McSucker]

I wasn't replying to your original question, but to another post in the thread which I thought was preposterously lazy.

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If you have money in your account, can you get the reinvest bonus?

If you made a withdrawal or a transfer within a certain time frame (and what is the time frame), does this disqualify you from the bonus?

How you accumulate bonus points is easy?

If you are considerable net winner on the site, are you disqualified?


[/ QUOTE ]

Okay, the answers are, respectively:

Yes.

You're disqualified from the bonus if you make a withdrawal during the bonus period before making the deposit that you're getting the bonus on. No other restrictions: cash the fresh deposit out as soon as you like, no restriction on how long you take to accumulate the FPPs to qualify for the bonus, etc.

Get points by playing. See my previous post for how.

Don't be ridiculous.

Guy.

[UncleDuke]

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It is better than a 100% rakeback... read the terms. Any raked pot gets you $0.20 worth of bonus.


[/ QUOTE ]

Not exactly true. It depends on what you play. In NL/PL games, you get a point for any pot of $20 or more ($1 rake) and nothing otherwise. I think at one or two of the modest limit levels you can get a fractional point for a smaller pot, but anyway, there are many pots where there is some rake but no FPPs (In my experience, the $50 max buy-in NL games usually only yield a few points per hour). I do agree that if you play a game where the rake is usually at least a dollar and usually not a lot more than a dollar, you can be doing better than 100% rakeback. For tourneys, it works out to exactly 100% rakeback because they give 5 points per $ of fee and bonuses clear at the rate of $1 per 5 points (except they round the points up in your favor for 50 cent fees).

Since you can use FPPs to get stuff or enter tourneys in addition to the bonus money you clear, you do get a little extra value beyond the above.

[UncleDuke]

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If you are considerable net winner on the site, are you disqualified?

[/ QUOTE ]

This question sounds strange, but my guess is it was asked because of what Pacific did to some people (cut off their comp points because Pacific decided they were winning players and didn't need them). The Pacific case is the only example that I'm aware of of a poker site doing anything like that. To the best of my knowledge, none of the major poker sites (unless you want to include Pacific) exclude winners from their promotions.

[LinusKS]

Yes, but you still only get 1 ffp (as I understand it) even if the pot is raked for a full $3. In that case, your share of the rake (10-handed) would be .30, but you're only getting .20 in bonus. Also, at the micros, the pot could be raked for .25, meaning you wouldn't get any fpps at all.

But you're right, I was thinking of tournaments, where you get exactly 5 fpps for every dollar in fees - or exactly 100%.

For ring games, I guess I don't know exactly how it works out. I suppose it depends on whether you're playing at 2/4 or higher, and on the size of the pots.

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It is better than a 100% rakeback... read the terms. Any raked pot gets you $0.20 worth of bonus.

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[Mike Z]

I have never tried to add a link to a post but here goes

Rake
http://www.pokerstars.com/rake.html

Points
http://www.pokerstars.com/fpp.html