Clearing Party Poker Bonuses at .50/1?

[IHateATMFees]

FWIW, I find I need to play about 60-63% more hands than quoted to fully clear a bonus.

[OrianasDaad]

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But you get fewer hand per hour.

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Absolutely true. Mabye not the fastest way to clear a bonus after all. I did some numbers and figure that I'll have to put in about 40 table hours to clear the PokerNow bonus this weekend at this game.

I need the practice anyhow.

[OrianasDaad]

I figured up the raked hands/table hour rate for limit HE and omaha at .5/1:

OH at .5/1 are raked at about 75% with 45 hands/table hour.
HE at .5/1 are raked at about 62% with 60 hands/table hour.

1 hour of omaha limit = ~34 raked hands/table hour.
1 hour of limit holdem = ~37 raked hands/table hour.

A 1000 raked hand req will take an extra 35-40 minutes while 4-tabling Omaha.

Even better, if you have the bankroll: limit Omaha 1/2. Pots are raked at or over 95%.

All these are based on my observed stats, though. I'm currently doing the pokernow bonus and doing it with Omaha, a mix of .5/1 and 1/2 so I'll let you know how it goes.

[NateDog]

As far as the cashout bonus, mine cleared when I deposited for the reload bonus. No hands needed. Anyone esle?

[afk]

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It is VERY easy to clear at Party .5/1. If 80% of your hands aren't raked, you aren't finding good tables.

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80% is a bit high in my opinion. I think it averages between 60-70% depending on the table for .5/1. 1/2 is a lot faster (especially shorthand).

[Nomad84]

FWIW, I just figured up my raked hands/hr earlier today. Over the last 9300 hands at .5/1, I've averaged 33.6 raked hands per table-hr.