Most recent VIP promotion

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On the most recent VIP promotion, i had to get about 9000 points to get about $400 bucks...Since I am gold now, that works out to about 4 and a half cents per point, but my last bonus was about 11 cents per point after you figured in the bonus at the end, when i was at Blue.


what I am asking is this: was there a dramatic change for those of you who were already gold?

It seems that i am not really getting anything extra being gold, since they "redeem" all the gold points i get for the VIP bonus, and made the bonus cost cost over double the previous one!

is this just another "thanks for nothing" party poker for making me a gold member but giving nothing extra? In fact, I was doing better when i was at Blue!

don't get me wrong, i realize the VIP is much more valuable than the party points, but where is the value of being gold?

[kvp]

sorry I can't answer your question and I don't mean to hijack but how do I get into the VIP club? Do they email me with an offer?

I just started playing again and payed just under $4k in rake last month, I e-mailed them inquiring about the VIP club but they didn't respond. Do I have to keep this up for a few more months before I get an offer?

[joe c]

if you are paying that much in rake you should get bumped to VIP next time they let new people in. Who knows when that will be though.

I would try emailing them again, though generally you don't need to in order to get in.

[Flintoff]

It really is a pathetic promotion.

Im on gold, yet I have to play 21000 hands to get my $260 bonus. Havent even bothered trying for it. I normally 4 table so thats 5 hours a day every day.

As for doubling my 'bonus'.....

[neelyohara]

yeah, it's pretty unfortunate that if you get moved up to silver or gold, they just increase your point targets accordingly and keep the bonus amount the same. i guess the only benefit is you'll accumulate points faster for the store (the points they don't redeem for VIP, anyway).

[Gildwulf]

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It really is a pathetic promotion.

Im on gold, yet I have to play 21000 hands to get my $260 bonus. Havent even bothered trying for it. I normally 4 table so thats 5 hours a day every day.

As for doubling my 'bonus'.....

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WOW you got totally screwed. I am playing 11k points for $560 (I think it comes to about 9500 hands) and that's not even a great deal of $/point judging from the previous threads on this.

[HedonismBot]

I'm blue and don't play much, my offer was 1560 points for $230

[DING-DONG YO]

Mine was 4400 for 390, I'm silver. My deal sounds better than most everyone else's but I still gave up on it. I'm sick of being pushed to play longer than I like or on more tables than I like.

[Sniper]

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Mine was 4400 for 390, I'm silver. My deal sounds better than most everyone else's but I still gave up on it. I'm sick of being pushed to play longer than I like or on more tables than I like.

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It is hard to compare different offers, without knowing what games people are playing. A better way to compare would be % of rake paid.

[DING-DONG YO]

I play 5/10 LHE SH mostly. So I am a huge rake-generating monkey.