Empire Reload - coming up next week (April 6) 25% $150

[DrewOnTilt]

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I haven't yet signed up with Empire, but I am about to to take advantage of the bonus... do I deposit 600 now and use this code to get 100 + 150? Or do I have to deposit 500 now, get my 100 signup bonus, then deposit another 600 to get this bonus?

thanks

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Deposit and get the signup bonus. Play off some (or all) of the required hands if you can. Wait until the last day of the current reload, then deposit $600 for that. If you deposit both at the same time then you are going to have to play a crapload of raked hands in a 7 day time frame, because the signup bonus will clear first and THEN the reload bonus will clear.

[party36master]

I deposited $600 at 12:05 AM. No bonus.
I emailed support, and they fixed in by 12:45 AM.

[Walker]

I deposited 600. Bonus account says $300 for 1050 hands.
...when I get that feeling

[RunDownHouse]

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Deposit and get the signup bonus. Play off some (or all) of the required hands if you can. Wait until the last day of the current reload, then deposit $600 for that. If you deposit both at the same time then you are going to have to play a crapload of raked hands in a 7 day time frame, because the signup bonus will clear first and THEN the reload bonus will clear.

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This was my question as well. It says pretty clearly: The 25% up to $150 Deposit Bonus will ONLY be applied on your first deposit madebetween [sic] Wednesday, between 00:00 EST April 6th and 23:59 EST, April 10th 2005.

So if I want to sign up at Empire, I can only get either the signup bonus or the reload bonus? Or will they give me the reload on the second deposit made during that timeframe if I use the reload code?

EDIT for clarity: The question is: Should a new player who wants both the signup and the reload bonuses first make a deposit using the signup code, then deposit again using EPMANIA? Or will making the first deposit with the signup code prevent you from being able to make a second deposit with EPMANIA to get the bonus?

[LALDAAS]

That means get crackin you have 7 days to clear 2050 raked hands to clear 225$ [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[johnnycakes]

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I deposited $600.
I got a bonus, but it was only $100.
*sigh*
time to e-mail...

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Follow up:

Here's the reply I got to my email:
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Dear John,

Thank you for contacting customer support.

Your account has been updated with the EPmania bonus code, pls do advise if the problem still exists.

Best regards,

Suku
Empire Poker
VIP Players Club
Customer Support Team
www.ep.com

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I checked my account and still only had a $100 bonus.
I was about to send a frustrated reply, then started wondering what "Your account has been updated with the EPmania bonus code" meant.
Hmmm, I made another $600 deposit using EPmania code and *tuh-duh*, I now have a $250 bonus balance.

[_And1_]

What is the rules for the raked hands on NL/PL?
How big does the rake has to be for it to count as a raked hand, does $0,05 really do???

Anyone.. ? Not that big of a deal for me .. but still intressed in the process of calculation...

[carlo]

PL/NL rake starts at $2.00--rake is .10 at $2.00 and counts as a raked hand.

regards,
carlo

[aLOWdAkING]

Anybody whore it for more than $150?

[splashpot]

Man, whenever there is a Party skin reload, it's like we all turn into fidgety little kids. Reminds me of when you could hear the ice cream truck coming down the street.