Bank Roll for Sticky Bonuses?

[mojack]

I've done about 25 cashable bonuses and am up $1300 and it seems like its starting to get hard to find many more cashables worth doing.

I see some big stickies, but I wonder if some of you experienced types might give me a hint about how hard variance will hit me here and the bank roll needed. Any other advice would be great too. Thanks

[Reef]

I've heard of a guy losing 20 sticky bonuses before in a row.

[TomR]

There are more cashables out there but I would think it is time to start mixing in some stickies. Vegas Towers was my first, $50 deposit and no WR - took 5 minutes to make $160 (but it could have been less than a minute to bust).

[stephan]

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I've heard of a guy losing 20 sticky bonuses before in a row.

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That doesn't sound fun at all. I'm 0/1 so far with my stickies.

[JPT III]

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I've done about 25 cashable bonuses and am up $1300 and it seems like its starting to get hard to find many more cashables worth doing.

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This doesn't seem right. I'm new at this, just starting my third casino, but I sure hope that there are a lot more than 25 cashable bonuses worth whoring (for a value of a lot more than $1300!). I mean, between Planetluck and Starluck, absent terrible variance, one should net between $350 and $400, and that's only your first two casinos. Fellow whores, please tell me there's more out there than what our OP is suggesting....

[1huskerfan]

My spreadsheet is on a different computer, but I am up over 3K doing about a dozen casinos. I am about 600 over EV on these though.

[JPT III]

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My spreadsheet is on a different computer, but I am up over 3K doing about a dozen casinos. I am about 600 over EV on these though.

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Now that's more like it! And not having any trouble yet finding good cashables, I trust?

and speaking of spreadsheets, would anyone mind sending me a template of the spreadsheet that casinobonuspages offers to send? (I've contacted them and requested it, but no response) Or do you whores know of another spreadsheet template available somewhere for use in tracking/recording one's whoring exploits?

[mojack]

It certainly has seemed like I've had some crap luck, but to be honest I'm not really sure how rare this is. I'm gonna keep searching the cashables, of course, but I'd still like to hear about people's overall sticky experience.

I still have some cashables that I know of, but gotta do video poker and worse. I'll get to all of them I can.

[cgwahl]

PM me your email address and I'll forward you the casino excel template.

[HRFats]

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I've heard of a guy losing 20 sticky bonuses before in a row.

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I was trying to clear the intercasino bonus this month at $5 per hand and lost 20 hands in a row. It was sickening. I decided to leave the remaining hundred in there and try again next week. But it was brutal.

[1huskerfan]

I still have a few mainstream cashables on my list to hit up. Golden Palace, Omni, Nine, Mansion. Haven't had the free time this month.

[DaNcInGgOoN]

I think you should have a min. of 20deposits for the sticky so 2k if you try 100$ stickys. its pretty possible that you run into bad luck and bust a number of stickys before you hit one, my high was 14in a row.

Most importatn is that you must feel comfortable, so if you br is too low and it hurts you loosing 100$ in one minute 5 times in a row you should build your br.

other think is your target with a low br you set a maybe to low target and loose some EV.

But with a low target you should go with a lower BR.

[kyleb]

I just went 1/10 >:[

[Frogic]

With how high of a target?

[kyleb]

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With how high of a target?

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Pretty high. I still lost my ass.

Still, if the OP is concerned about variance, lowering your target on stickies isn't going to help matters any. By lowering your target to silly levels, you are sacrificing a lot of EV. Yeah, yeah, I know a lot of you guys are poker bonus whores / nits who don't want to risk money, but that's what casino bonus whoring is. EMBRACE IT YOU DAMN NITS AND GAMBLE IT UP

[1huskerfan]

So what betsize would you recommend ona 100 + 100 sticky? What is your normal target on these?

[Frogic]

I agree with the growing balls comment. Stickies are different though, with a lot of the Bank Rolls people are playing with there is a significant Bankroll risk of ruin if they do 4x+ targets.

Frogic

[otter]

Nine doesn't allow blackjack anymore, FYI

[Freakin]

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So what betsize would you recommend ona 100 + 100 sticky? What is your normal target on these?

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depends on what you're playing... my target would be 800 min

probably 50-75 betsize

[Packard]

$1300 should be fine for stickies. There are some decent $100 deposit stickies for a player to risk 7.7% of his stack for that type of sticky will be a good bet. This leaves plenty of bankroll for our $1300 player.

Remember with stickys- not to go too wild after hitting a goal. If the goal of a 100/100 sticky is to double up by reaching $400 with $25 bets than I think its a good idea for the $1300 bankrolled player to grind out the rest of the WR at low bets. In this secenario, I like multiple hands at very low amounts to grind out the WR for a quick time and low fluctuations.

Kind Regards,

Pack

[stephan]

Ugh, these sticky bonuses are going to make me shoot myself. I was up $300 at one point and I ended up busting out right before WR. I shoulda dropped my bet and locked in the profit.

[Freakin]

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$1300 should be fine for stickies. There are some decent $100 deposit stickies for a player to risk 7.7% of his stack for that type of sticky will be a good bet. This leaves plenty of bankroll for our $1300 player.

Remember with stickys- not to go too wild after hitting a goal. If the goal of a 100/100 sticky is to double up by reaching $400 with $25 bets than I think its a good idea for the $1300 bankrolled player to grind out the rest of the WR at low bets. In this secenario, I like multiple hands at very low amounts to grind out the WR for a quick time and low fluctuations.

Kind Regards,

Pack

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i think 1300 is incredibly small for stickies. I guess it's ok if you only plan on hitting ONE sticky

[mojack]

I hate losing money, so looks like I'm gonna keep grinding cashables and monthlies until my roll has more cushion. Thanks for the replies.

[JPT III]

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Nine doesn't allow blackjack anymore, FYI

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that SUCKS! I was hoping to avoid learning vp for as long as possible. What becomes the lowest HA game there now? and how fast can one play these vp games -- as fast as BJ?

[stephan]

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I think you should have a min. of 20deposits for the sticky so 2k if you try 100$ stickys. its pretty possible that you run into bad luck and bust a number of stickys before you hit one, my high was 14in a row.

Most importatn is that you must feel comfortable, so if you br is too low and it hurts you loosing 100$ in one minute 5 times in a row you should build your br.

other think is your target with a low br you set a maybe to low target and loose some EV.

But with a low target you should go with a lower BR.

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You busted out of 14 in a row? It's hard to believe that you can actually make money with these busting out of 14 in a row. I'm 1/4 right now. I would be 2/4, but I was up $300 with $1000 left to bet and preceded to lose $500 so i just decided to bet $100 at a time and then busted out after 2 bets.

[stephan]

Make that 1/5 now. Down $415. Woot, what a joke these bonuses are. You'll make so much more with cashables.

[BigDave]

I think 2k is right about the number I would suggest starting to play stickies. That way it is not tooooo bad if you bust out 5 $100's in a row. It really depends on the person though. If you cannot handle a couple of busts in a row, stickies are not for you, or at least not now. That is ok though, they are not for everyone.

You will make more money with less risk playing cashables for sure. My big wins (and a majority of my bankroll) are from stickies though.

I used to think the same thing about stickies. All it took was the first 1k withdrawl to hit Neteller and I was hooked for sure.

Variance is a mofo with these, but it can be your friend too. I lost 8 in a row, then hit +1200, +1300, and +1500 back to back to back.

[kyleb]

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Make that 1/5 now. Down $415. Woot, what a joke these bonuses are. You'll make so much more with cashables.

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Cashables have higher EV, but your sample size is pretty small to be concluding that you can't make money at these places or that they're "a joke."