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[Wisdom26]

www.sportingodds.com

$100 sign-on bonus after you've played 500 raked hands, $30 of that paid out after 100 raked hands

$100 loyalty bonus if you play 500 raked hands within a month

[Bullajami]

Terms & Conditions

Download the poker room and when you have participated in 100 raked hands your account will automatically be given a free $30 bonus. When you have played a further 400 raked hands you will receive an additional $70 (totalling a $100 bonus for playing 500 raked hands).
Please note tournaments (single and multi) with an entry fee (rake) attached count as 1 raked hand towards releasing the bonus.
New poker clients only.
Only one $100 bonus per client.
Chinese, Brazilian, Indian, and Korea (North and South) residents are not eligible for the $100 Welcome Bonus.
A raked hand is a hand where you have contributed to the pot. Within 1 week of logging into the SportingOdds Poker Room you will receive an e-mail to confirm if you wish to receive the free poker guide and/or free year's subscription to Inside Edge. The e-mail will also ask you to confirm the delivery address.
If you fail to confirm you wish to receive the guide and/or magazine via the links in the e-mail then you will not receive them.
The guide and magazine subscription is only available to UK & Irish clients.
In the event of any dispute, the decision of SportingOdds will be final.
If, for any reason, the promotion is not capable of running as planned, SportingOdds reserve the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion.
SportingOdds are the sole arbiters of the promotion.
Please allow 24 hours for your account to be credited.
You must have played 500 raked hands within 100 days of opening your account to qualify for the full bonus.

Emphasis added by Bull

The $100 monthly loyalty bonus requires 3,000 raked hands.

[Wisdom26]

yes

see you could play 3000 hands at $0.10 tables and probably not lose anything then cash in the $100. You can't guarantee $100 by playing 3000 hands on $0.50 tables. So it's low risk, guaranteed reward.

how does that deal compare to other sites?

[Bullajami]

yes

see you could play 3000 hands at $0.10 tables and probably not lose anything then cash in the $100. You can't guarantee $100 by playing 3000 hands on $0.50 tables. So it's low risk, guaranteed reward.

For poker bonuses, I prefer to find sites where they offer a good deal at the game/limit I like to play, and then get the bonus on top of my poker winnings. The faster the bonus clears the better, as then I can go find another bonus.

The situation you describe is how I view a casino (blackjack) bonus: I look for ways to mitigate the house advantage. I don't expect to win anything at the tables, but should be able to minimize losing much bonus money prior to cashing out.

how does that deal compare to other sites?

I can only answer in terms of my situation. I like to play $3/6 and $5/10 full ring limit holdem. For those games, I can find better bonus opportunities.

[toffeeboy]

yes

see you could play 3000 hands at $0.10 tables and probably not lose anything then cash in the $100. You can't guarantee $100 by playing 3000 hands on $0.50 tables. So it's low risk, guaranteed reward.

how does that deal compare to other sites?

You have to play 3,000 CONTRIBUTED RAKED hands. Imo this is not worth doing. Do the 500 sign-up, that's a great deal but the 3,000 is a PITA.