looking for guidance

[Nepenthe666]

Hello everyone!

this is my first post on the 2+2 forums allthough ive been reading them for some time now.

i started playing poker about half a year ago because the sportsbetting site i use gave me 10$ free money and the opportunity to gain 100$ bonus if i played 1500 raked hands (no idea at that time what that meant).
i played for several weeks at the lowest tables and soon lost all my money, but the bonus made me buy in more and keep playing.
i soon switched to no limit because i thought i might do better there and started to read books in order to get better.
i read SSH, HFPA, TOP, PLNL and kept playing all the time moving up the limits.
3 months ago i started to keep track of my winnings and losses at the checkyourbets site because i decided to stay at the limit i was currently playing at (1-2$/2-4$).
since im a student the money i was wagering was very very much for me, but i was still winning.
i did have to rebuy some, but cashed out more.

the last 3 months i have made around 25$/hour according to checkyourbets. i played 80 in the worst and 110 hours this month (yes, i am a lazy student)

i played on two sites only but now i want to play somwhere else because all these posts about bonuses and rakebacks make me want to get a part of the cake too.

problem is that i have got no idea on where what and how to do it.
i have read the post about the bonuses and i have read several other posts.
i opened up a netteller account because this seems to be the best way to cash out.

is rakeback something that i could use?
does the pokerstats programm help me?

questions over questions.

i would be very thankful if someone who knows about these things would take me under his/her wings and help me out.

--Nepenthe--

[archmagi]

which sites do yoy play at right now?
rakeback id certainly something you should use, and there should also be tonnes of first deposit bonuses out there that you should be able to collect.
for software, first check out the "software" forum.

[Nepenthe666]

i play on noble poker now and started out at "the poker lounge"...this is the software that i downloaded at the sportsbetting site.

can i just use any rakeback site, or are there better and worse sites out there?

also im very unsure about the bonuses because there seem to be many different bonuses available and once you signed up there is no way back to use another bonus as far as i know.

[Baulucky]

There's a fine guide at bonuswhores.com, a good description of most sites and bonuses, and a lively forum.

I'm not spamming. It is a resource that I use daily.

I hope it's useful.

[TStoneMBD]

click on one of the sponsored ads or classified ads.

[Nepenthe666]

thanks!

so basically it doesnt matter which rakeback provider i use?