Poker Stars $1500 VIP Reward Bonus Question

[scscoach]

It looks like this all ends on December 31st.....

[Henry17]

Maybe. They had an end date before and then it got extended. I think around Nov we'll have a better idea about details for next year.

[pattay]

im not sure why they would stop this. the reward bonus keeps money on their site (assuming most people dont just automatically cash out their bonus winnings) therefore leading to more rake. If they were to get rid of this, i would just end up buying iPods or something and selling them on ebay, and that money would never get back on their site. i understand their desire to stay away from rakeback, but i think the reward bonus is good from both ends

[Henry17]

Well for one thing IPods save them money. Using the $1500 Bonus conversion rate a 160G IPod would cost you $405. Retail on that IPod is less then $350 and they don't pay retail for them.

I guess it comes down to seeing how much the bonus coupons cost vs how much revenue they generate. The $1500 coupon is the second best use of points so I guess Stars wants to commit to them only in 6 month increments.

[Sandviper23]

If stars got rid of the $1,500 bonus, i'd be looking to play on other sites!

[SirNeb]

do you think PS would let me purchase 1.5k cash bonus with 100k fpp but not SN status yet if I ask?

[ReptileHouse]

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do you think PS would let me purchase 1.5k cash bonus with 100k fpp but not SN status yet if I ask?

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Very unlikely. You can purchase the 650 bonus, though.

[Robin Foolz]

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If stars got rid of the $1,500 bonus, i'd be looking to play on other sites!

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i agree. get rid of these bonuses plus the milestone bonuses and they lose me as a customer. but i'm pretty sure these will continue to get extended.