$400 and 2 tabling .50/1..... Where to Go?

[Lawman]

What about Empire? If he hasn't got an account there is a 100% 5x deposit bonus (up to $100 I think).

[beyeond]

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Yes, he's got a party account already. I am leaning towards recommending the Eurobet bonus / rakeback, until he can springboard back to party with $500 for the poker players alliance or for IGMPAY. Hey, does IGMPAY still even work?

Rob

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Eurobet's bonus at .50/1 will take 20,000+ hands, just to let you know...

[OrianasDaad]

I make a calendar for each month and try to maximize the amount of bonus I can receive, remembering that my primary focus is finding games that are readily beatable.

This has been PokerRoom (and skins) for me since October, since I'm beating the .5/1 game for ~3.5BB/100, over 50,000 hands. I'll be playing at EB through the end of this month. The software is something of a resource hog, though, and I've found that my PT doesn't always match. I do keep offline records of sessions, though.

Bottom line: Have your friend spend a day doing nothing but research on BW. Also, don't forget to check in the classifieds here for deals.

[Ineedaride2]

In december, Bet365's new signup bonus was $100 clearable at .50/$1. It's the monthlies that are $1/$2.

Or at least, it was that way in December.

Really easy bonus, too.

[robertsonjohn]

If he is truly a "very good limit holdem player" and can play 5/10 online successfully, I can't see any reason to play .5/1 anywhere unless he is incredibly risk adverse. With $400, he has the roll to play 1/2 and can take shots at 2/4 as well once he builds the roll a little more (yes, I know there is some ROR, but a successful 5/10 player would have to run into a brick wall to drop his whole roll at 1/2 - especially since he can always drop down if he has a couple disastrous sessions).

Again, assuming he is in fact good, and not a break-even bonus whore, the boost in profit per hour will be much higher by moving up regardless of where he chooses to play or what bonuses are offered.

Regardless of that, at the lower limits, I've found the reduced rake at Stars to overcome the player skill advantage at Party if you're playing without bonus/rakeback. The sign-up at Bet365 is pretty good, and the players are very weak-tight.

[dabluebery]

One of his goals is to manage his money better. He is convinced that he was an idiot for leaving himself so short, and is not going to repeat the same mistakes.

That said, I'm sure he'll sprinkle in some 1/2 6max while he's building, but in general he wants to stick to the hard and fast 300bb rule.

Rob