10/20-rakeback or bonuses?

[DDBeast]

I get 25% RB at multipoker playing 10/20. Are bonuses worth chasing? Are they only worth chasing if they're at other skins or should I whole multi's as well? Thanks

[brazilio]

multipoker's last bonus was a 20x bonus, which I'm pretty sure very few people cleared, and that was awhile ago. I still clear the rest of the skins, just because it's an extra 500 or so a month, and it's still better than rakeback clearing at 2/4 and 3/6.

[Willluck]

I probably sound like a donk...but can you still clear bonuses on a site if you already have rakeback on that site?

[brazilio]

Yeah, but you get an MGR penalty for the amount of the bonus. That's at all skins except for Euro, and you'd have to check at the other sites, I've never gotten rakeback at sites other than absolute, and absolute's software is so atrocious I can't suffer to play there.

ie, if you're hitting up a $100 bonus, your MGR goes down by 100, so with 25% rakeback you sustain a 25 dollar hit to your rakeback for the month, effectively giving you a 75 dollar bonus.

[DDBeast]

Thanks, that clears up one thing, but should I still go after bonuses at other sites or stick to my rakeback and bonuses at Multi?

[brazilio]

I say yes, unless the 400+ a month you'll currently get from whoring the skins and the other good bonus sites is something you don't worry about. Clearing at 10/20 would go a bit faster for clearing I think, but the rake is also maxed quicker, making it less profitable for sites you don't have rakeback on, so I'd be clearing at the lower limits. If you want to play 10/20 all the time, then it might very well be unprofitable. I don't know the rake schedule for party offhand, and I don't know the average pot size at 10/20, but if you have those two it's pretty easy to figure it out.