PokerStars

lonn19 · #1 08-29-2005, 10:12 AM

Thinking of opening an account there and had a few questions:
Is the first deposit bonus 20%?
How would it be clearing the bonus at the 1/2 level?
How are the Omaha/8 games? Are there usually 1/2 tables available?

Uglyowl · #2 08-29-2005, 10:18 AM

All games are pretty plentiful. $1/$2 clears pretty slow, about $3.74 according to bonuswhores.com. $2/4 is alot faster.

Rasputin · #3 08-29-2005, 10:52 AM

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Thinking of opening an account there and had a few questions:
Is the first deposit bonus 20%?
How would it be clearing the bonus at the 1/2 level?
How are the Omaha/8 games? Are there usually 1/2 tables available?

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There is no regular first deposit bonus, you just have to wait until there's a bonus and deposit. The bonuses also never expire so even if you find it slow going at 1/2 you can let it go and come back later when you're playing 2/4 or whatever.

ebranig · #4 08-29-2005, 11:15 AM

there's also no affil program, however, pokerlistings has a small bonus and it's the only I know of.

Beavis68 · #5 08-29-2005, 12:47 PM

You need a $10 pot to get a point I believe.

Tournament vigorish also counts towards clearing, it is pretty generous. I believe it works out to $ for $.

From what I remember, there are not a lot of full ring 1/2O8b games, but a few 6 max, been a while since I looked. PS is not my favorite site for Omaha. I play S8b and Holdem there mostly.

I like party and UB for Omaha.

jedi · #6 08-29-2005, 12:49 PM

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Thinking of opening an account there and had a few questions:
Is the first deposit bonus 20%?
How would it be clearing the bonus at the 1/2 level?
How are the Omaha/8 games? Are there usually 1/2 tables available?

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What everyone else said. Ring games are slow, but you should clear it with tournaments. The tournaments give you the most play and it's essentially a free vig tournament.

Rasputin · #7 08-29-2005, 01:01 PM

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Tournament vigorish also counts towards clearing, it is pretty generous. I believe it works out to $ for $.

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It's true. They are, essentially, free. They round it up though, so if you play the 5 + .50 it works out that they are actually paying you to play.

mbpoker · #8 08-30-2005, 12:41 AM

Stars has no first deposit bonus, but there is a re-load bonus (usually 20%) about once a month which applies to everyone.

Right now (9:30 PST Monday) there are seven $1/$2 O8 tables - one 10-handed, five 6-handed, and one 5-handed.