SportingBet Reload

Yobz · #1 03-17-2005, 02:42 PM

Just got an email from sportingbet, 20% up to $200. I read the T&C and it looks like it can be used in their poker room. I didnt really like it there, but *shrug* I'll take what I can get.
BTW, YMMV since it seems to be account specific, check your emails though!

SoftcoreRevolt · #2 03-17-2005, 03:46 PM

Weird, didn't get an email for this. Their software is horrible, but there are so many fish on that god damn site.

Shame their tournaments sort of suck though.

EDIT: You must bet the entire amount of your bonus and stake from this promotion three times in the Sports Book (x15 in the Casino, x10 in the PokerRoom and GamesRoom). Ie stake and bonus must be bet through x3. If you make a withdrawal prior to fulfilling these terms you will lose any bonuses that have been awarded. You can however, withdraw subsequent winnings once the entire deposit and bonus amount has been bet three times.

On their software that averages 35 hands per hour? NO THANK YOU.

contentless · #3 03-17-2005, 05:54 PM

So SportingBet Poker isn't worth it? Cause looking at the site, it seems like a 'Deposit $30 for a 5x Deposit bonus for $100 bucks', which should be at least tolerable. Anybody?

Yobz · #4 03-17-2005, 09:40 PM

Just went back to sportingbet and took them up on their reload bonus. Man, they upgraded their software and it no longer sucks (as much). Its still a little slow, but I can play 1 table here, 1 on pacific, and a cpl on a regular site and the fishier players will make up for the fewer hands per hr played [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

westmt01 · #5 03-31-2005, 05:46 PM

Anyone else have any experiences with Sporting Bet? I just whored the casino welcome bonus very profitably, and now I'm headed to their poker site. The poker welcome bonus seems to be $30 after 100 raked hands, $70 more after an additional 400 raked hands. This sounds a LOT better than the 10x stake + Bonus WR from the reload offer.

SoftcoreRevolt · #6 03-31-2005, 05:48 PM

The initial deposit is well worth it if you have a limited bankroll, since you can clear that bonus playing .25/.5 (despite what their site tells you.)

The reload just looked terrible.

I'd definately do the deposit bonus if you have no other bonuses to clear right now as the fish on that site must be seen to be believed. I played a bit there recently to make sure it is still fishy as hell for a review and man is it ever.

westmt01 · #7 04-03-2005, 04:34 PM

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the fish on that site must be seen to be believed. I played a bit there recently to make sure it is still fishy as hell for a review and man is it ever.

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This is the understatement of all time. I'm clearing the welcome bonus now; after about 3 years of playing Internet poker I thought I had seen it all, but I've never seen anything like the players on SportingBet. Last night I was at a 1/2 limit where the posted stats read like this: 62% players seeing the flop, average pot $26. And I think that was a severe miscalculation. Rarely was a pot under $30, and most hands 7-9 people saw the flop.

The down side is the software is the worst imaginable. No multitabling, no stats, no player notes, slow as hell, frequent disconnects...

If you can stand the annoyances, I definately recommend the welcome bonus. $30 after 100 raked hands, $70 after a total of 500. The downside is you must contribute to the pot (and it must b raked of course) to get credit for the hand. But so far it has been unbelievably profitable.

Lurker4 · #8 04-03-2005, 04:42 PM

I have no experience w/SportingBet, but if anyone signs up there, make sure to go through ecasinodeals or something similar (ECD offers $60 gift certificate for SportingBet signup).

luvmick · #9 04-04-2005, 01:26 AM

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The initial deposit is well worth it if you have a limited bankroll, since you can clear that bonus playing .25/.5 (despite what their site tells you.)

The reload just looked terrible.

I'd definately do the deposit bonus if you have no other bonuses to clear right now as the fish on that site must be seen to be believed. I played a bit there recently to make sure it is still fishy as hell for a review and man is it ever.

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You can actually clear the bonus playing as low as .10/.20 (as long as it's raked and you contributed).

Extremely easy bonus.