Hands requirement on cryptologic with new smaller limits?

[JayLeno]

Can you clear the 300 hands on pokerplex at the new smaller limit - and can you clear the 5 hours at the other skins at the same new smaller limits?
thanks in advantage

[Synergistic Explosions]

No, they wont let you be a ultra cheap whore there.

[JayLeno]

where can you see the rules?

[MadMat]

From my experience (not anything in T&Cs)

Pokerplex - 300 dealt hands at 1/2 limit or .5/1 NL
Caribbean Sun - 500 hands raked .25 or over at any limit
Interpoker - 720 hands raked .25 or over at any limit

Not tried doing any of the £25 for 5 hours ones yet - anyone got info here ?

Mat

[skaughty]

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From my experience (not anything in T&Cs)

Pokerplex - 300 dealt hands at 1/2 limit or .5/1 NL
Caribbean Sun - 500 hands raked .25 or over at any limit
Interpoker - 720 hands raked .25 or over at any limit

Not tried doing any of the £25 for 5 hours ones yet - anyone got info here ?

Mat

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Can anyone confirm receipt of bonus playing at $50NL (.25/.50)? The T&Cs don't mention stakes.
I just signed up an have logged a couple hundred hands. I just want to be sure that there is something at the end of the rainbow that is their disgusting interface.

Scott

[wmspringer]

WilliamHill requires 1/2 or higher for limit, but I'm not sure about no limit. You can do it in any currency (in other words, sign up for WH in pounds, do your play in dollars, and you'll get the bonus in pounds)

[MadMat]

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Can anyone confirm receipt of bonus playing at $50NL (.25/.50)? The T&Cs don't mention stakes.
I just signed up an have logged a couple hundred hands. I just want to be sure that there is something at the end of the rainbow that is their disgusting interface.

Scott

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I cleared the CS bonus last week all hands played at $25 NL (.15/.25) in both $ and £, the 500 raked took just over 1100 played hands to complete.

Mat

[Orpheus]

Well, I've only played Interpoker (which many don't cosider a very whoreable Cryptologic site), but their page on the month bonus is pretty clear (http://interpoker.com/promotions/monthly_bonus.shtml):

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Which hands count towards clearing my bonus?

Every time you’re involved in a hand on any table (even if you fold before the flop) where a rake of 0.25 units ($/£/€) is taken (the equivalent of a 5 unit pot) the hand will counted towards your bonus.

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Please note that other Cryptologic sites specifically set a hard bottom limit, like $1/2. You MUST check the rules forthe site you're playing (and don't put your money on random replies in threads like these, unless they link their source. I'm amazed how many are shamelessly wrong. )

Note that, as strange as it may sound, you need to pay a higher rake to get a qualifying hand in pounds or Euros than US$. Several other Cryptologics have similar policies in other regards -- e.g. $3/6 might qualify for some promotion, but £2/4 won't, even though £2 >$3 (Those are not the actual levels at which the problem occured, but I don't recall the denominations of the £ tables, or the game involved)

Table/Game selection can help you achieve decent rake rates at quite low stakes, if you can play well in those conditions (if not -- learn!) I've been in $.25/.50 Limit Omaha games where 80-90% of hands reached $.25 rake ($5 pot). (During typical US playing hours, few Omaha tables are in play, so you play whatever is open.)