approx. how many hands to clear the Poker Room bonus at $1/$2?

[r0uJe]

i'm thinking about signing up for either the 50% up to $300 (7x) first time deposit bonus via pokerlistings.com or 30% up to $200 (7x) via bonuswhores.com

to those who cleared this bonus playing $1/$2, how many hands did it take you to clear it? and at what playthrough - 7x, 10x, etc.?

i'm guessing around 5000 total hands at 7x?

thanks a lot!


EDIT: oops, nevermind. i just found this via search:

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Don't play $1/2 on Pokerroom, as the rake hits $1 at a $10 pot.

10% is so much that even a good player will have trouble beating it over time.


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[MycroftX]

The rake isnt $1 on a $10 pot.

It hits $1 at $15.

At 1/2, you can count on accumulating 40 points roughly per 100 hands you play.

[r0uJe]

so it IS around 5000 hands... is this bonus worth it at 1/2?

[playersare]

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so it IS around 5000 hands... is this bonus worth it at 1/2?

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free money is always worth it. as for the high rake on pokerroom network, as long as you're playing under a bonus at all times, it's not that bad. a 7x bonus on that site is 70% rakeback at all limits, so figure that when they take $1 for a $10 pot, it's actually only costing you the equivalent of them taking 30c out instead of $1.

[FiveAce]

I am currently working off that exact $300 bonus at the $1/2 fixed limit tables at Poker Room. It takes 2100 points to work off the bonus and the points are awarded at a graduated system. A $1 rake equals 1 point and you do get partial points for rakes under a dollar. Like .40 rake equals .4 points. The 1/2 game's rake is capped at $1 so the most points you can get is 1 per hand. I have found that I receive approx 22-25 points per hour per table. I do not multi table, but you can multi table there.

Be prepared for a rock garden at the 1/2 game at poker room. It is much more difficult than the usual 1/2 games you see. I believe it is a bunch of bonus chasers. The percent seeing the flop at the 1/2 limit tables is generally between 27% - 30% (full ring table). The games are looser at the short handed tables but I do not play those.

The .25/.50 fixed limit table at poker room is a very easy game. The percent seeing the flop in those games are over 50% for a full ring game. The game is also very passive. But you will only get 5-7 points per hour at those tables.

So, at the $1/2 fixed limit game at Poker Room, expect to receive 22-25 points per hour for every table. You will need 2100 pointd to clear the bonus.

By the way I only have 428 more points to go before I get the bonus /images/graemlins/grin.gif .

I hope that helps.

John

[WiSeIVIaN]

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so it IS around 5000 hands... is this bonus worth it at 1/2?

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free money is always worth it. as for the high rake on pokerroom network, as long as you're playing under a bonus at all times, it's not that bad. a 7x bonus on that site is 70% rakeback at all limits, so figure that when they take $1 for a $10 pot, it's actually only costing you the equivalent of them taking 30c out instead of $1.

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Actually 7x is the same as 100% rakeback at full ring (7 pts noncontributed clears 1 bonus dollar and for each $1 that is raked gets you .7 points. Since you are only getting 1/10 of the pots your .7*10=7 pts/$1 you pay in rake, hence 100% rakeback. If there are less then 10 people at the table do

# of players * .7 / 7 and that is the percent of rake you get back. (50% with 5 people, ect.)

So in a way the increased rake helps you clear your bonus. Enjoy.

[Spota]

I am clearing about .4 points per hand at 1\2 full ring. Granted I have only played about 500 hands, but it seems to be clearing pretty quickly.

[Ken_AA]

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Be prepared for a rock garden at the 1/2 game at poker room. It is much more difficult than the usual 1/2 games you see. I believe it is a bunch of bonus chasers. The percent seeing the flop at the 1/2 limit tables is generally between 27% - 30% (full ring table). The games are looser at the short handed tables but I do not play those.



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Most tables have average pots of between 10 and 13 bucks. Its not to rocky.

Ken

[black_russian]

How do you guys use pokertracker at pokerroom sites? My hands are not saved on my computer I dont think. Do you have to enable this?

[AncientPC]

Refer to PT Help files.

[Jimmy The Fish]

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How do you guys use pokertracker at pokerroom sites? My hands are not saved on my computer I dont think. Do you have to enable this?

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Make sure you've checked the "Enable Statistics" option in the "Statistics" pull-down menu. The software won't start writing hands to your hard drive until you do; and without the hands being written, PT has no info to work with.