Why some sites offer $50 deposit bonuses while others offer $10.000?
- Filed under: High Stakes News, High Stakes Results, Poker, Poker Bonus, Poker Rakeback, Rakeback
- Date: Jun 23,2008
So why are there so many different kinds of deposit bonuses? Some sites offer just $50 bonus when at some places you can get bonuses worth $10.000?
Sites have different kinds of player rewararding systems, some places are offering their own vip-programs, some rakeback (more about rakeback on this article). But what is the best deal? Well it’s hard to say becouse every site has its own benefits and/or profitable games and opponents.
If you want to take full advantage of bonuses you should try out all the poker sites - make the initial deposit and play it through and then get a bonus at a different site. Some sites even have their system of offering new bonuses for active players so you may want to stick with those.
Here is some explanation on the bonuses that HighStakesNews.com offers to different poker sites:
Category 1 - small deposit bonuses
PokerStars is currently the biggest pokerroom and has the best reputation. It also offers the biggest tournaments and huge game variety. PartyPoker tries to go with the same category, but is no longer the top site that it used to be since it banned the players from USA. Becouse of the well known brands they don’t offer any rakeback deals and only small deposit bonuses. They don’t need to attract players with big bonuses - they attract players by having most players.
Basically everyone plays at PokerStars and if you ever plan to be a serious tournament player you should too. Both sites have their own reward systems and offer new deposit bonuses for old players from time to time. PokerStars VIP-program even is considerer pretty profitable for those that play a bit more.
Category 2 - Normal deposit bonuses + rakeback
Full Tilt - $600 max +27% rakeback
Betfair - $1.500 +30-37% rakeback
Ladbrokes - $600 max +20-30% rakeback
Sun Poker - $600 max +$200/monthly + 30% rakeback
Poker Heaven - €500 max + 30% rakeback
Most pokerrooms nowadays have pretty similiar bonussystems. The first deposit bonus is quite big and on top of that you can get a continuos rakeback deal. Basically the deals are quite similar but you should find the site that suits you the best - weakest opponents in the games you play etc.
It’s a good idea to try out a new site from time to time to find new opponents or more profitable games, at the same time you can take advantage on the deposit bonuses. Most players tend to stick to the site they know or the software they like even when the games are not that good - simply try switching to a new site and you can easily find that you start to win more. Many times the best games can be found at sites or at times that are not so crowded, remember that a profitable poker player always needs to find the weakest opponents - and it helps if you have many different poker rooms to choose from whenever you sit in front of your computer.
From this category Betfair has the biggest deposit bonus and a nice feature that you actually don’t need to deposit any money for it. Everyone gets the $1.500 bonus and you have 60 days time to open it. Sun Poker gives an additional $200 bonus every month to keep their players happy.
Category 3 - Huge deposit bonus
Our Ongame-network deal at Red Kings offers a completely different kind of deposit bonus. Since Ongame doesn’t offer rakeback you can get a huge deposit bonus which will keep you playing for a longer time. The Red Kings bonus has 90 days time to clead, opens up in pieces and you only have to deposit 1/10th of the bonus amount.
So basically when you deposit $100 you get a bonus worth of $1.000 and if you deposit $1.000 you get the maximum $10.000.
Any question about the bonuses? Simply e-mail to highstakesnews@gmail.com.
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