Best/Worst Initial Deposit Bonus

[benkahuna]

I liked Doylesroom. You get action points for being aggressive, particularly if you lead at a pot. It cleared fairly quickly and the games were way soft. 100 in a few days at .5-1 nl.

Fulltilt had a good ratio and cleared every twenty dollars, but required a lot of play at 1-2 nl.
Party and affiliates cleared quickly. 100 in a day or 2 was pretty easy to do.
Hollywood takes an eternity. If you deposit to get a 500 dollar sign up bonus, you'd have to play an insane amount to get it in the necessary 30 days. Ratio is like 15 (of 1 dollar or more, 30 for .50-.95 rake) raked hands to a 1 dollar of bonus.
paradise was super quick and only took a few days for 100 bucks at pl50, 3 tabling.
noble/cdpoker take forever to clear on 1-2 nl. It's 400 crowns per 10 dollars right now. And you can only check your status by contacting customer support.
poker mountain is pretty good, 100 raked hands per 10 bucks, match of 100 percent up to 500 bucks, but no one ever plays there.
ub seems a little slow in clearing, but they have tons of bonuses
pokerstars was fairly easy to clear playing 1-2 nl.

When I say a day to clear, it's usually a pretty long day 8-10 hours of 3 or 4 tabling.

[theben]

best: easy 5x party skins

worst: UB, FTP, noble