think it's safe for me to cashout my absolute bonus?

splashpot · #1 02-20-2005, 07:14 AM

I recently deposited $700 into absolute but I didn't get the $210 bonus. I emailed them and they promptly replied saying that the mistake had been corrected. But instead of the $210 being in my pending bonus account, it is in my real money account. I've only played about 300 hands so far, but I can't tell how many of them were raked. Do you think they will catch me if I try to withdraw the whole thing now?

Shoe · #2 02-20-2005, 07:31 AM

It's probably ok to cash out. The key word their is probably (if it has been 48 hours since your deposit). However, if i am wrong they might seize all the funds in your account, and send a bunch of thugs to your doorstep to teach you the price for trying.

joedot · #3 02-20-2005, 12:16 PM

First of all, the worst thing you could do was post this on 2+2. Many of the managers of these sites monitor 2+2 daily, so you might have just brought this to their attention. Whether or not they can figure out who you are, I'm not sure, because I don't know how thoroughly they examine their cashouts. Anyway, if you are worried about it, I would make a partial withdrawel, play for a while on what you have left in there, and then withdraw the rest. Then it looks a little better. To be honest though, I don't think you will have any problems if you just take it all out right now.

bear187 · #4 02-20-2005, 12:29 PM

Don't be a wuss. :P

splashpot · #5 02-20-2005, 12:42 PM

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First of all, the worst thing you could do was post this on 2+2. Many of the managers of these sites monitor 2+2 daily, so you might have just brought this to their attention. Whether or not they can figure out who you are, I'm not sure, because I don't know how thoroughly they examine their cashouts. Anyway, if you are worried about it, I would make a partial withdrawel, play for a while on what you have left in there, and then withdraw the rest. Then it looks a little better. To be honest though, I don't think you will have any problems if you just take it all out right now.

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I'm not trying to scam anyone really. I just don't feel like going through the hassle with customer support. I don't mind playing the required hands, but since the money is not in my pending account, I have no way of telling how many raked hands I've played.

Pokeraddict · #6 02-20-2005, 02:27 PM

I've only played about 300 hands so far

My guess is about 200 raked hands meaning you have not worked off 10% of it yet.

MadMat · #7 02-20-2005, 03:32 PM

why not withdraw your original $700 now, and go back and try for the other $210 later when all that is at risk is the bonus amount ?

PokerGoblin · #8 02-22-2005, 11:45 AM

The Absolute Bonus is released $10 at a time based on a point system. The long and the short of it is that you basically get $10 for every $100 worth of raked hands you are dealt into.

Do the right thing and play the required # of hands before withdrawaling funds. It sounds as if Absolute has made the effort to correct the error as hassel free for you as they can, and as a result they deposited the funds to your acct instead of your pending bonus account as an act of good faith. Customer support is very lacking on a lot of sites; from my personal experience Absolute has been one of the top three that I have encountered.

PG

splashpot · #9 02-22-2005, 11:56 AM

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The Absolute Bonus is released $10 at a time based on a point system. The long and the short of it is that you basically get $10 for every $100 worth of raked hands you are dealt into.

Do the right thing and play the required # of hands before withdrawaling funds. It sounds as if Absolute has made the effort to correct the error as hassel free for you as they can, and as a result they deposited the funds to your acct instead of your pending bonus account as an act of good faith. Customer support is very lacking on a lot of sites; from my personal experience Absolute has been one of the top three that I have encountered.

PG

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As I stated earlier, I am completely willing to play the required hands. However, since there is $0 in my pending account, it does not count the number of raked hands that I've played. Thus, I have no way of knowing how much of the bonus is legitimately cleared.