Empire is not Closing Accounts because of the Bonus

Timer · #1 05-07-2005, 01:03 PM

I find this very humorous. The majority concensus is that all of these account closings are due to bonus chasing. That's some paranoia. Why would they close accounts because you go after some silly $100 bonus? They are offering the bonus to get an influx of players back to the site, and to reward the regular players. The bonus is not free; you have to work for it. so if it's 1000 hands for $100 then they're paying you .10¢ a hand to shill their site. Not all players go after the bonus. I'd be willing to bet a large percentage of players don't even have the requisite buy-in to chase a bonus. This bonus whoring reason just seems so silly to me. No one can convince me that Empire cares about this.

These sites make money when they give away a bonus a far as I'm concerned. It makes no sense to close accounts for that reason.

It does make sense to close accouts of those who are playing on multiple skins or from the same IP address. This seems to be the trend. Consolidation.

So bonus hunters relax these are not shady online casinos but very solvent poker operations, and they don't give one whit about you silly little bonus whores.

Something else is going on.

Stew · #2 05-07-2005, 01:07 PM

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I find this very humorous. The majority concensus is that all of these account closings are due to bonus chasing. That's some paranoia. Why would they close accounts because you go after some silly $100 bonus? They are offering the bonus to get an influx of players back to the site, and to reward the regular players. The bonus is not free; you have to work for it. so if it's 1000 hands for $100 then they're paying you .10¢ a hand to shill their site. Not all players go after the bonus. I'd be willing to bet a large percentage of players don't even have the requisite buy-in to chase a bonus. This bonus whoring reason just seems so silly to me. No one can convince me that Empire cares about this.

These sites make money when they give away a bonus a far as I'm concerned. It makes no sense to close accounts for that reason.

It does make sense to close accouts of those who are playing on multiple skins or from the same IP address. This seems to be the trend. Consolidation.

So bonus hunters relax these are not shady online casinos but very solvent poker operations, and they don't give one whit about you silly little bonus whores.

Something else is going on.

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I would tend to agree with you, but from I can gather of those who have been closed on over at BW, they are closing accounts of those that DO NOT have gnomes or did not sign-up under an affiliate.

So, I'm still under the conclusion that they are closing accounts of bonus abusers, gnomes or not, affiliates or not.

FishHooks · #3 05-07-2005, 01:07 PM

Most people that chase bonuses, are playing on multiple skins, so they are indirectly related.

PokerBob · #4 05-07-2005, 01:09 PM

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Most people that chase bonuses, are playing on multiple skins, so they are indirectly related.

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bingo

Jman28 · #5 05-07-2005, 03:29 PM

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Most people that chase bonuses, are playing on multiple skins, so they are indirectly related.

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bingo

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So, I play multiple skins and never bonus whore. Am I in danger?

Hoopster81 · #6 05-07-2005, 05:22 PM

If you play multiple skins and never bonus whore, why would you care if they shut your Empire account down?

Sephus · #7 05-07-2005, 05:29 PM

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Most people that chase bonuses, are playing on multiple skins, so they are indirectly related.

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bingo

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So, I play multiple skins and never bonus whore. Am I in danger?

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wait, so you could click a few buttons and make an extra $100-$200, but you choose not to?

Voltron87 · #8 05-07-2005, 05:35 PM

maybe he plays tourneys.

Benholio · #9 05-07-2005, 01:09 PM

Woot, more empire threads!

There are about a dozen threads where this comment would have been appropriate...

solucky · #10 05-07-2005, 01:10 PM

They are offering the bonus to get an influx of players back to the site, and to reward the regular players..........................That all is right but seems so far Empire make a net-profit......and now they start to loose money. Any Onlinecasino kick you out if they recognize that you are a BONUS - Abuser. I absolute understand empire if they close this 1 week 700 hand-players. I am sure earlier or later we will see more a loyalyty system like 300$ for 6000 hands.