PokerRoom bonus

[perfectm]

So I threw some money into my PokerRoom account which had been dormant for 2 reasons. I have some friends that play and since they only have Macs, its the only site they can use. And I noticed they were offering a 30% bonus.

So I throw $100 in and see that I need to earn 210 player points to earn the 30 bucks. I sit down and play the .25/.50 NL tables and after a while I get up and check my points. I had accumulated like 6 points, and I think that seems pretty low for the amount of time sat.

I look at their rules for points and see that the rake needs to be .50 or more to even earn a half point, and $1 to earn one point. Unfortunately, the people sit at these tables with like $15 and $20 stacks, making it very hard for pots to get large enough to earn any points.

Has anyone else experienced this with PR? Is this bonus even worth trying for?

[JimGil]

Its only really worth trying for it at limits $2-$4 and up.

I don't know about NL.

[IronDragon1]

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So I threw some money into my PokerRoom account which had been dormant for 2 reasons. I have some friends that play and since they only have Macs, its the only site they can use. And I noticed they were offering a 30% bonus.

So I throw $100 in and see that I need to earn 210 player points to earn the 30 bucks. I sit down and play the .25/.50 NL tables and after a while I get up and check my points. I had accumulated like 6 points, and I think that seems pretty low for the amount of time sat.

I look at their rules for points and see that the rake needs to be .50 or more to even earn a half point, and $1 to earn one point. Unfortunately, the people sit at these tables with like $15 and $20 stacks, making it very hard for pots to get large enough to earn any points.

Has anyone else experienced this with PR? Is this bonus even worth trying for?

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Unless you can build up a larger BR to multitable AT LEAST 1/2 Limit, .5/1 PL/NL, then Pokerroom bonii (bonuses-whatever) are not worth chasing

[WC64]

I gave up on mine and I play 1/2 limit. Just to many other things out there that are more worth my time in my opinion.

[jzpiano14]

Def only for 2/4 only, I did one a while back on 1/2 for 200 dollars, 1400 pts, took about 21 hours total....def not worth it under 2/4.

[the_rookie]

I'm hurting as well. I'm playing 0.50-1.00 limit and after 23 hours of play I only have 204 points. this is at 1400 hundred hands. What a way to start my first bonus whoring adventures...

[Bytestream]

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Def only for 2/4 only, I did one a while back on 1/2 for 200 dollars, 1400 pts, took about 21 hours total....def not worth it under 2/4.

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This is just a ridiculous assessment. $200 for 20 hours of play = $10/hr. $10/hr is great money for someone only bankrolled or good enough to play 1/2. If you are 4 Tabling and can win 1.5BB/hr, then you would be making over $20/hr clearing this bonus.

Again youre playing at a limit of $2, how the hell can $20 an hour "def not be worth it"?

[gila]

I like working off Pokerroom bonus. I usually split it up between two weeks so I get two 3000 and two 6000 freerolls. I play 2/4 though.

[Wyers]

It is tough to clear. I just completed it 3 tabling 2/4. I only deposited around $700 (bonus was $141). I had to play 2213 hands in order to accumulate the 987 Player Points required.

On a positive note (begin brag thread here) I had a fairly good run.

Total Hands: 2213
VPIP: 15.95
Att. to Steal: 19.42
Won $ At SD: 63.71
PF Raise: 6.15

BB/100: 6.21 (+550.00)

AF: 3.67/4.48/3.29 Total: 3.80

Total Rake: 113.00

[Wyers]

Ahhh. You're a smarter man than I. Didn't even think about dividing it into 2 weeks for the freerolls.

Next time.