Stars Reload - 20% to $120
 

20% bonus on your next deposit
Make your next deposit before Sunday, November 24 at midnight and we'll add 20% FREE! Earn up to $120 in bonus

NH Stars

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Sweet. More covered tournament fees. Thanks.

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I know it's probably been covered before, but can I deposit, then withdrawl and leave the bonus for later? I know they don't expire, but can I withdrawl immediately?

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how long do their bonuses take to clear?

playing 1/2 NL?

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I know it's probably been covered before, but can I deposit, then withdrawl and leave the bonus for later? I know they don't expire, but can I withdrawl immediately?

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There's a 48 hour delay before you can withdraw.

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You must wait 48 hours before you can make withdrawal.

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Just a heads up, it says the 27th on the popup with you log in, check it out for yourself guys.

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Make your next deposit before Sunday, November 24 at midnight and we'll add 20% FREE! Earn up to $120 in bonus


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I think they realized that was Thanksgiving Day, and extended it to Sunday, November 27th.

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this bonus clears in 30 tournament entries which are $2?

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this bonus clears in 30 tournament entries which are $2?

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You need 600 points to clear a $600 deposit ($120 bonus). You get 5 points for every $1 paid in tournament fees. So if you are playing $20+2, you get 10 points per tournament, and you would have to play 60 of them to clear it.

Essentially, while you are clearing a bonus at Stars, you are getting 100% rakeback on tournament fees.

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20% bonus on your next deposit
Make your next deposit before Sunday, November 24 at midnight and we'll add 20% FREE! Earn up to $120 in bonus

NH Stars

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Happiness is: reading the post above, opening up my Neteller account, and discovering I have just a bit over $600 sitting there. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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What kind of clearance would I get playing 4 tables of .5/1 full ring limit?

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This might help

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With good table selection, that should go relatively quickly.

Let's assume 60% of hands meet the rake requirements; therefore you would need 1000 hands to clear the bonus. That would be 250 hands on each of 4 tables. If only 40% get you a FPP, which good table selection should help you avoid, then you need 1500 hands or 375 per table.

Does this put it in perspective a little?

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Can I withdraw now into Firepay and then just redeposit within a few days? Or does that ruin my ability to get a bonus?

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Let's assume 60% of hands meet the rake requirements

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Is this the case at .50/1 limit? When I played that game only about 25% of the pots reached $10.

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If you withdraw any amount from Stars before making a qualifying deposit, you are not eligible for the bonus.

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I cleared $390 worth of bonus I had built up there last week, I was 6 tabling $1/$2 so it went pretty fast.

More to clear now!

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Does anyone know when this bonus period officially started?? I made a withdrawal on Monday... hope I am still eligible...

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Does anyone know when this bonus period officially started?? I made a withdrawal on Monday... hope I am still eligible...

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Stars is very good at announcing and starting and updating the popup to reflect a new bonus all at the same time. Since the OP of this thread was at 12:13 EST, I would think the bonus period started at Noon and the OP was the first to notice and post it.

Your Monday withdrawal should be fine, that was 3 days ago.

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how long do their bonuses take to clear?

playing 1/2 NL?

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You need 600 FPP's to clear the $120 Bonus.
You got 1 FPP/$20 Pot.

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With good table selection, that should go relatively quickly.

Let's assume 60% of hands meet the rake requirements; therefore you would need 1000 hands to clear the bonus. That would be 250 hands on each of 4 tables. If only 40% get you a FPP, which good table selection should help you avoid, then you need 1500 hands or 375 per table.

Does this put it in perspective a little?

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So if I understand you correctly this is just under a 10X bonus?

1000 hands estimated / $125 bonus

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With good table selection, that should go relatively quickly.

Let's assume 60% of hands meet the rake requirements; therefore you would need 1000 hands to clear the bonus. That would be 250 hands on each of 4 tables. If only 40% get you a FPP, which good table selection should help you avoid, then you need 1500 hands or 375 per table.

Does this put it in perspective a little?

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So if I understand you correctly this is just under a 10X bonus?

1000 hands estimated / $125 bonus

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No. 5x bonus, 600 hands. Tougher to get a raked hand than most though.

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Let's assume 60% of hands meet the rake requirements

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Is this the case at .50/1 limit? When I played that game only about 25% of the pots reached $10.

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That's probably at the high end: on a good table, during a weekend evening, while the WSOP is on tv. You're probably not going to get 4 of these tables at one time at one limit like that.

(Also, just because the main screen says <27% to the flop, doesn't necessarily mean the pots aren't reaching the requirement.)

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At .5/1 I don't think 60% is even remotely possible. Pots need to reach $10 for the hand to count. My guess, 3000+ hands of .5/1 for the $120.

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At 1/2 about 30% of the hands played qualify (you need the pot to get to $15, which is 7.5 BB).

.5/1 is much less than 30%

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this bonus clears in 30 tournament entries which are $2?

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You need 600 points to clear a $600 deposit ($120 bonus). You get 5 points for every $1 paid in tournament fees. So if you are playing $20+2, you get 10 points per tournament, and you would have to play 60 of them to clear it.

Essentially, while you are clearing a bonus at Stars, you are getting 100% rakeback on tournament fees.

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Are we talking sit & gos or the large multitable tournaments? If I play in a sit & go with a $2 fee do I still get 10FPP's? Thanks for the help.

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Are we talking sit & gos or the large multitable tournaments? If I play in a sit & go with a $2 fee do I still get 10FPP's? Thanks for the help.

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it's 5 FPP's per $1 fee for ANY kind of tournament. so SNG's or MTT's would both count.

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NH Stars

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Party and Stars on the same day - Cool.

Quite an exciting day for the Internet Bonus forum... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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NH Stars

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Party and Stars on the same day - Cool.

Quite an exciting day for the Internet Bonus forum... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Four star day for the bonus hunters - great stuff!

Has anyone noticed Sunday November 24 doesn\'t exist?
 

d'ya think they mean Thursday 24th or Sunday 27th?

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Does anyone know when this bonus period officially started?? I made a withdrawal on Monday... hope I am still eligible...

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You should be all set. I withdrew funds about 75 minutes prior to their last bonus offer because I had no idea a bonus was in the works. I contacted Stars support and had no problem redepositing and qualifying for the bonus since it was prior to (if only by minutes) the bonus offer being announced.

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I think OP may have made a small typo, for which he should be easily forgiven. The 7 and 4 are right next to each other on the numerical pad. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It's the 27th according to BW.

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I think OP may have made a small typo, for which he should be easily forgiven.

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No, Stars made the error in their e-mail. But it's correct in the pop-up (27th) when you start the client.

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this bonus clears in 30 tournament entries which are $2?

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You need 600 points to clear a $600 deposit ($120 bonus). You get 5 points for every $1 paid in tournament fees. So if you are playing $20+2, you get 10 points per tournament, and you would have to play 60 of them to clear it.

Essentially, while you are clearing a bonus at Stars, you are getting 100% rakeback on tournament fees.

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Are we talking sit & gos or the large multitable tournaments? If I play in a sit & go with a $2 fee do I still get 10FPP's? Thanks for the help.

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You get 5 points per $1 fee at any tournament or SnG. For low level players, the $5+0.50 SnGs or the $6+0.50 Turbos are the best deal. You should get 2.5 points for those, but they round it up to 3 points. Other than those, it is long and tedious to clear a Stars bonus at the lower limits.

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Other than those, it is long and tedious to clear a Stars bonus at the lower limits.

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what you mean 43 fpps over 400 hands at .5/1 is slow.....oh well, I was playing there anyway. Might as well get some free money.

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For low level players, the $5+0.50 SnGs or the $6+0.50 Turbos are the best deal.

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I haven't tested this, but it should be 200% rakeback equivalent at the $1+.10 MTTs, 160% at the $1.50+.25 Turbo SnGs, 150% at the $3+.30 MTTs, and 120% at $5+.50/$6+.50.

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For low level players, the $5+0.50 SnGs or the $6+0.50 Turbos are the best deal.

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I haven't tested this, but it should be 200% rakeback equivalent at the $1+.10 MTTs, 160% at the $1.50+.25 Turbo SnGs, 150% at the $3+.30 MTTs, and 120% at $5+.50/$6+.50.

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I'm not sure how low they go with those tournament fees and points. The Stars site says a $0.25 fee earns 1 point, where at a 5-1 rate it should be 1.25 points. Three points on a $0.50 fee is 120% rake back.

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I haven't tested this, but it should be 200% rakeback equivalent at the $1+.10 MTTs, 160% at the $1.50+.25 Turbo SnGs, 150% at the $3+.30 MTTs, and 120% at $5+.50/$6+.50.

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I tested this in a $1.50+0.25 2 table SNG. I only received 1 FPP, so they don't always round up. I paid an extra nickel of rake for nothing! I feel so ripped off. OTOH, it was time well spent: My average ROI for $1.50+0.25 tournaments is now 209%, and my average ROI for 5-table $1+0.20 SNGs is now 1067%. Time to turn pro.