Party most hands played bonus /Or/ Bonus Whoring is for idiots

[gambelero2]

Party has a bonus where they pay the top 200 people or so based on number of raked hands played. It starts at 3:00 and ends at midnight.

I had to clear a bonus, so I spent about 3 hours 3 and 4 tabling pl omaha at a moderate level (high enough for almost every hand to qualify for a rake).

Just out of curiosity, I checked at about 6:00PM to see what my status was, the graphic said I needed to play another 600 hands to make the bottom of the top 200 people.

I suspect that the average person who qualifies for the bonuses (from $50 to $200 I think) will pay about 20 times the amount of their bonus in rake. I would love to have access to Party's info on what the average person lost in order to get this silly bonus.

[AncientPC]

Actually I believe the bonus spans across 4 days.

If you played something with a high number of raked hands anyway (say 6-max NL100+ or 5/10) over the period you'd probably have a good shot at making the top 50.

Playing PL Omaha full ring is probably not the way to go.

[Shoe]

Not to mention people are going to be paying rake wherever they play.... free money is free money. Most of the people who qualify for this are probably winning players.

[vegasbob]

i got the $200 today i played 1/2 6 max NL 100 6 max and 5/10 6max 4 tables for the whole 9 hours and finished 15th. It was a long day but profitable so not so bad. there is 2 more days to the promotion.

[Rudbaeck]

Well, for starters don't play Omaha. If you play full ring omaha you're seeing ~45 hands an hour and table, those who play short handed hold'em might very well break 100 hands per hour and table.