[Nina]

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Absolute: NO
Microgaming: NO

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Are you sure? My friend was clearing bonuses on Microgaming just last week, and every hand was counting. Perhaps it depends on the site? And I know when I played at Absolute it counted, although that was back in November and I know they've did a lot of changes since then.

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Not the case at Absolute anymore. I'm trying to clear a bonus there at the moment and taking absolutely ages because they don't credit you with playing the hand unless you "see the flop" - i.e. see 4th street onwards.

Got a feeling they use the same system for calculating rakeback too, and don't intend to stick around there too long once the bonus is finally done.

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I wrote them a mail about this matter. I suppose they have tens of thousands of players, a couple of hundreds of them stud players. It would most probably profit Absolute more than a single player to revoke the unfair ante-rule (and to keep the existing tens of thousands players: go back to the old dealt-system).