Best bonus for 25/50NL w/ $500

[chipchampion]

I've never done any bonus whoring... what is the best bonus i could find playing 25NL and 50NL w/ a $500 deposit?

Edit: I forgot to mention i already have accounts at Party, Stars, and Bet365

[Blowup Doll]

50NL clears at HW at about 500 hands / $20 if you use the BW bonus code and RAF.

[Auren]

One thing worth trying is world poker exchange. They give 100% of your rake back every week. Problem with site is low traffic. While I write this there is 3 full 25 dollar NL tables and 2 full 50 dollar NL tables. If you want to play sit&go's then wpex is definetly wrong place, those take very long time to start. But for NL and limit there is usually couple tables for most lower limits.

Since most bonuses are at most 100% rakeback they are not any better than wpex offer. Of course on bigger sites there is different client, more players and different players. One good thing is you can put just 100 dollars in wpex to see if you like it and use 400 to get bonus from some other place. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

(I mention WPEX since I think all other poker sites take insane amounts of rake compared to their operating expenses, make huge profit and give piles of free cash to different affliates rather than to poker players. I am hoping wpex gets bigger and other sites have to lower their rakes and stop giving players cash to affliates.)

[chipchampion]

i imagine the games are much tougher at WPEX then... does anyone have any insight on this? is the rakeback worht it? does it support PT?

[Blowup Doll]

In my last 5000 hands of 50NL at Hollywood, a grand total of $92 was taken in rake. I received $200 in bonuses.

There are places with bonuses better than 100% rakeback and a lot softer to play.

[Auren]

My experience is mostly in the lowest two or three limits and game seems about same as on other sites at same limits.

I think pokertracker supports it now. But I don't have it so not sure. Poker office does not support wpex.

If you dl the client you can see the game selection and open tables even without making account. Propably can test if poker tracker works as well?

[theben]

empire

[Auren]

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In my last 5000 hands of 50NL at Hollywood, a grand total of $92 was taken in rake. I received $200 in bonuses.

There are places with bonuses better than 100% rakeback and a lot softer to play.

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Pokersites with more than 100% rakeback on bonuses are rare I think. What others there are than Hollywood? I need to clear some of those I think. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

About quality of play, see yourself. When it seems over half of regular posters here are involved somehow in making cash with other people's sign up's I am not very confident of their opinions of site which threatens to cut their income. So far site where I have cashed out most is WPEX, altough that is partly because I play better now than I played on other sites I have tried.

[Blowup Doll]

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In my last 5000 hands of 50NL at Hollywood, a grand total of $92 was taken in rake. I received $200 in bonuses.

There are places with bonuses better than 100% rakeback and a lot softer to play.

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Pokersites with more than 100% rakeback on bonuses are rare I think. What others there are than Hollywood? I need to clear some of those I think. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

About quality of play, see yourself. When it seems over half of regular posters here are involved somehow in making cash with other people's sign up's I am not very confident of their opinions of site which threatens to cut their income.

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Let's see. I've been giving 100% kickback to anyone who asks for it because i can make $70/hr doing casino bonuses, and $30/hr playing poker. RAFs would never match that income, so if i'm going to help someone, i'd rather do it for free than for a measly $10. The only money i've made on RAFs since i started doing 100% kickback is what people have offered me in PMs. And those people, at any time, can still ask for 100% kickback and get it (this applies to people who haven't yet finished the bonus). So yes, you must be right when you suggest that it "threatens to cut my income". /images/graemlins/confused.gif

Play at whatever site you want. If you don't like money, then avoid Hollywood and their 200% rakeback.

[Auren]

I didn't mean just you. Many big posters here are involved in one way or another. And because they are involved it is bound to affect their opinions one way or another.

Since you can actually just go and see how people play (without making account) I suggest to do that instead of believing my opinion.

In internet I rather err on side of too much caution than too much trust.

[Blowup Doll]

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I didn't mean just you. Many big posters here are involved in one way or another. And because they are involved it is bound to affect their opinions one way or another.

Since you can actually just go and see how people play (without making account) I suggest to do that instead of believing my opinion.

In internet I rather err on side of too much caution than too much trust.

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I've played 40k+ hands at WPEX, so i know how they play. It's softer at HW right now, imo. Plus, i like the software more.

[Auren]

What limits?

I agree that HW is certainly worth playing at least to clear their bonus giving 200% rakeback.

Isn't HW just skin of pokerroom with same players?

[Blowup Doll]

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What limits?

I agree that HW is certainly worth playing at least to clear their bonus giving 200% rakeback.

Isn't HW just skin of pokerroom with same players?

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The NL games from 25-200 are definitely softer at HW. The limit games are probably about the same, although 2/4 seems softer lately.