Optimal strategy for whoring the bodog bottomless 10% bonus...

[teddyFBI]

i don't read this forum much so apologies if this has been covered already...

So bodog has a bottomless 10% bonus that you can use to play immediately (but must meet certain criteria in order to cash it out...)

Obviously it would be sweet if we could just keep depositing X dollars, withdrawing it, rinse and repeat, and just keep building up bonus $. But we can't do that, b/c apparently bodog wisens up pretty quick to these types of shenanigans.

But i've been playing there for a few weeks now, still on my original deposit, having only made a few small withdrawals, when i realized that i'm foregoing a lot of $ by NEVER making any deposits...i should be making them as frequently as i can get away with, without raising any red flags at bodog.

so have ppl in this forum come to a consensus about just how freq we can get away w/ making deposits, w/o compromising the bonus offer?

[TobiasFunke]

The worst that will happen is you will be warned.

But, if you want to avoid detection completely, wait at least two weeks, and do not always deposit the same amount.

[PaulG]

I don't know if this is optimal, but I deposit once a month, play for 1 week working off the bonus, then play for a few more days (cover play) then withdraw everything except $100.

Then I deposit again a month after the last deposit. Allows me to play other sites in my break from Bodog.

[Kriber13]

Is Bodog any good at all?

[BigBiceps]

I gave $500 worth of cover play to earn $150 in bonus ($100 and $50).

I am interested in knowing this as well as I don't want to get the warning, and I did not sign up for rakeback like an idiot and went for the free $90 from PSO.

[PaulG]

Where do you get a Bodog rakeback deal?

[MustangJack]

What kind of rakeback does that bonus equate to ?

[mn001]

Hmmm is there any better signup offer than the 10%? Never played on their poker...

[Siegmund]

The rakeback equivalent varies depending what game you play.
It is explicitly 100%RB on tournament entries; something like 80 or 90 at $1/2 and $2/4 limit HE, a bit less at the higher limits.

It looks like it is more than 100% at stud.

I am curious -- those who have been busted for bonus abuse, what games were you playing? (I have a theory that you only get flagged if you are earning more than 100%... I cashed out and immediately redeposited about 6 times in a row last summer, but only playing HE and being very careful to not cash before meeting the points requirement.)

[Bco1/75]

CArd Player has a free $100 agreement with them.