Has anyone been a poker prop?

[Scuba Chuck]

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...you have to deal with restrictions.

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What kind of restrictions?

[Scuba Chuck]

So, what are your opinions of the following responses I got from my questions?

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For XXXXXXXX, there is not play requirements...basically you will get 100% rake back no matter what...you just get a bonus of 110% rake back for all hands that are over 1000 raked hands, so if you play 1500 raked hands in a week-1000 hands will get paid 100% rake back and the remaining 500 hands will be paid 110% rake back.

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As far as what XXXXXXXXX is looking for, they are needing poker players who will help increase the traffic of the site and not take a seat from a real paying customer...that entails leaving a table once it is full and starting a new one.

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The deal with these guys was 100% rakeback. What I wanted to know was as a prop, do I get that with all games that I played. For example, if I played a minimum of so many hands, would my rakeback deal be applied to all games that I played, as I realy enjoy playing Sit-N-Gos. Their response:
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You get rake back on all ring games...we don’t’ get paid to play sit and go’s

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[twistedbeats]

it's funny. i'm a prop, and i have 16 hours a week scheduled. I can probably put in 60 hours a week without flinching, but those 16 hours kill me every week, and they're only in 4 hour blocks.

also, i tend to gear my game towards the prop pay, so if i'm having a losing week, i'm still playing 10/20 because the pay's better than 3/6. so the snowball effect can be crippling.

[SamJack]

Anybody here take the pop up offers for propping on Crypto sites? Is it worth it? Do those hands count for clearing bonuses?

SamJack

[twistedbeats]

they're not the worst. they stop paying you when the game gets half full, but it's usually like a free 2$, and if you're gonna play that limit anyway, you might as well.

[StacysMom]

it seems to me at many places u play way more than the hourly rate in extra rake since its shorehanded. ie not worht it

[2ndGoat]

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it seems to me at many places u play way more than the hourly rate in extra rake since its shorehanded. ie not worht it

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If you're playing somewhere that's 100% rakeback, it doesn't much matter what the rake is. Propping has made me realize how nasty rake can be shorthanded... one site that was blindingly fast and had a fairly high rake would take $60/hr from each player on average at a 10/20+ table when it was 2 to 4 handed.

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[Tuco]

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So, what are your opinions of the following responses I got from my questions?


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Sounds like a pretty good deal. I'd just be worried about site traffic. Are the people who play there fish or sharks? I ran into this problem at pokercosmo before they decided to take off with all my money.

Tuco.

[CheckIt]

I HAVE BEEN A POKER PROP ON A SMALL SITE BEFOUR. I WAS SO GOOD THAT I TOOK ALL THE OTHER HOSTS MONEY AND THE CUSTOMURS MONEY. THEY HAD TO FIRE ME AND SHUT DOWN A MONTH AFTUR PROPPING

[Randy_Refeld]

I prop on a number of smaller sites. I will not discuss in a public forum how much it pays, but about once every 3 weeks or so I decline offers to work in B&M cardrooms, but have not yet received an offer I would consider better than propping.