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[Rick James]

Deposit Bonuses
are here!

Starting September 3rd at 12PM ET,
Full Tilt Poker is offering a one-time 100% Bonus on all deposits (New Accounts and Reload) up to $600. That's as many as 600 more reasons to start playing on Full Tilt Poker!


Starting at 12:00 (Noon) ET on Friday, September 3rd, you will receive a 100% matching bonus up to $600 on your first initial or reload deposit.

How To Earn Bonus Points:

For each raked pot, you will receive up to three points. Depending upon the size of the pot, and the number of players in the hand, partial points will be awarded as well.

You could earn up to 18 cents per hand.

The bonus amount will be automatically credited to your Bonus Account where it will be held and released to your cash account in increments of 20% of your initial deposit. So if you do a one-time deposit of $100, with each $20 you earn, it will be released into your account. At three points a hand each of these $20 increments can be earned in less than two hours of play at only one table.

You can see your cash total and bonus cash amounts in the Cashier window. You will continue to collect cash until you have received 100% of your bonus money. You have 90 days to earn your deposit bonus.

This offer is valid for the FIRST deposit made to your account after 12:00 PM, Friday, September 3rd. You have until September 30th to make a deposit and still receive a 100% matching bonus.

See you at the tables!



Guess, I know where I will be playing.

[Vegas_Rook]

click here is not a link. Never heard of the place.

I take it, it is new?

[Rick James]

sorry, i just copied and pasted it off their website.

Site has been around for a couple months.

[Malificent]

Takes 10000 points to unlock all $600. 1 point per every $1 in rake per hand, to a maximum of $3 (and 3 points) per hand.

As a comparison:

Paradise - 100 raked hands for every $10
Full Tilt - 100 raked hands for every $6

Still, it is free money, but I'd be more comfortable if there were more games going there. Maybe I'll take a look closer to the end of the month.

[Vegas_Rook]

yea, I found it. Guess it is based on the upcoming series on ESPN.

I am confused on the deposit though. You earn up to 3 points per rake (I assume this is any rake, not just pots you win).

However, I can't find where it says how many points needed to get $$. It fails to show exact details. Who cares what it takes at 3 points a hand if you only get .02 points per $5 pot.

At 3 points (which I assume is for high limit tables), you can earn 20% of your deposit per 2 hours or so. This could translate into 6 hours of play or more for low limit which translates into 30+ hours of playing to earn your full deposit bonus. If low limt = less than 1 point, ouch.

[Vegas_Rook]

Takes 10000 points to unlock all $600. 1 point per every $1 in rake per hand, to a maximum of $3 (and 3 points) per hand.

As a comparison:

Paradise - 100 raked hands for every $10
Full Tilt - 100 raked hands for every $6

Still, it is free money, but I'd be more comfortable if there were more games going there. Maybe I'll take a look closer to the end of the month.

Ah ok. I could not find that info on the site myself.

So if I put in say $100, it should take about 1,670 hands or so if I am lucky.

Be nice if I liked the place and was going to play there often. Not worth messing with just for deposit in my opinion. But what do I know.

Going to check out software and numbers before I make a decision and like previous poster, see how things go this month.

[Mike28a]

Despite the great hats and shirts that they are all wearing everywhere, there simply arent enough players to justify trying for the bonus yet. I too will wait until the end of the month to see how many players this bonus drags in. Personally, I do not want to play against John Juhanda, I want fish!

[fatshaft]

Takes 10000 points to unlock all $600. 1 point per every $1 in rake per hand, to a maximum of $3 (and 3 points) per hand.

As a comparison:

Paradise - 100 raked hands for every $10
Full Tilt - 100 raked hands for every $6

Still, it is free money, but I'd be more comfortable if there were more games going there. Maybe I'll take a look closer to the end of the month.

Ah ok. I could not find that info on the site myself.

So if I put in say $100, it should take about 1,670 hands or so if I am lucky.

Be nice if I liked the place and was going to play there often. Not worth messing with just for deposit in my opinion. But what do I know.

Going to check out software and numbers before I make a decision and like previous poster, see how things go this month.

Not correct, the bonus is actually poorer than UB's.

UB, 10 points = $1 ie 1 point = 10c. Full Tilt 1 point = .06c. However if the rake is only 25c then you only earn a quarter point. The UB bonus can be up to 4 times slower to earn than Paradise, and therefore Full Tilt would be that much worse again.

Very hard to clear, but a great bonus.

[mrpinkmcpink]

So if I'm playing 1/2 or 2/4 how many hours will it take to clear the full $600?

Haven't even check ed out the site yet, are there tables of 1/2/or 2/4 going yet?

[Vegas_Rook]

Not correct, the bonus is actually poorer than UB's.

UB, 10 points = $1 ie 1 point = 10c. Full Tilt 1 point = .06c. However if the rake is only 25c then you only earn a quarter point. The UB bonus can be up to 4 times slower to earn than Paradise, and therefore Full Tilt would be that much worse again.

Very hard to clear, but a great bonus.

I think I failed to point out that I play .50/1.00

So, I would be lucky to get 1/4 of a point every 2 hands played.

In fact, let me break it down. Let us assume the table is loose and on 70% of hands, there is the .25c rake, thus 1/4 point.

Thus: every 100 hands played = 17.25 points (oh boy)

if 100 points = $6 bonus dollars:
It takes about 571 hands to earn $6

I would need to play 57,971 hands to earn my $600. This is at a 70% point rate on .50/1.00 tables.

If I played lets say 50 hands per hour, I need to play 1160 hours of poker to earn my full bonus. If I play 4 hours per day, that comes to 290 days.

Therefore, anyone who plays .50/1.00, don't go to full tilt for the bonus