Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

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I'm off to Absolute.

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Been there a week, Kind of enjoying it.

Bonus + "unmentionable" = sweet

Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

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hahaha

why can't people keep their empire bashing to themselves?!?!?

i definitely don't care

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If you don't care, why do you bother to post?

Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

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hahaha

why can't people keep their empire bashing to themselves?!?!?

i definitely don't care

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If you don't care, why do you bother to post?

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coz he wanted you to know he's a ja*ck*a*ss.

Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

I believe that has changed where a raked hand counts as one full point. I'm not positive about that and I can't check it right now b/c I'm at work, but if I ever get off I'll check and see!

Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

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Its is just a waste of time, as 15x means that you are playing over about 1800 hands and therefore are earning about 5.5 cents a hand.

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Plus at $10/$20 SH, you make nearly double that rate in rakeback.


Adam

Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

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Do people think playing winning poker is about finding the best site to clear a bonus??? I would play party poker if they never offered another bonus.

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Bonuses are pretty essential for helping newer a) stay in the black and b) build up their bankroll.

For those of us that have been playing for a bit, playing without a bonus or rakeback to negate the Party rake is borderline retarded.

So no, people aren't playing for bonuses - they are just being good gamblers and playing with whatever reasonable edge they can find...

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So basically this is their way of giving money to their loyal losing players.

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Well if you play Party anyway, then it's a bonus to you if you're a winning player too, isn't it?

It's interesting, though, because I figured these bonuses were intended to get recreational players to deposit and play (since the hard-core players play anyway). But, at 15x there's not many recreational players who will even bother, because they know they'll never clear the bonus single-tabling for their couple hours a night. Maybe Party figures that enough people will deposit, but not play enough to clear, that they'll come out ahead. In other words, a 100% bonus that only 10% of people clear is better for their bottom line, than a 25% bonus that 50% of people clear.

The 15x doesn't bother me as much as the 7 (now 10) day requirement. Stars bonuses don't expire, so I can just play my usual handful of SNGs a day and eventually I clear a nice bonus. It's not bonus whoring, it's just some extra money on games I'd have played anyway.

Also, Stars gives bonuses on SNG's, Party doesn't - but that's another rant altogether.

Re: Party & Empire Have Won
 

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hahaha

why can't people keep their empire bashing to themselves?!?!?

i definitely don't care

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If you don't care, why do you bother to post?

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coz he wanted you to know he's a ja*ck*a*ss.

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Hey, I think I figured out who neteller123 is!

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Also, Stars gives bonuses on SNG's, Party doesn't - but that's another rant altogether.

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Bodog pays you $2 in bonus for every $1 in fee in a SNG. Considering their bonus is bottomless, a SNG player should love this site.

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what is their sng structure?