[iceberg]

Last week Party Poker sent me an email for another $35 Bonus (play 10x = 350 RHs) to clear in 1 week. Once again I went to the $0.50/1.00 Limit tables and played two tables. This time I cashed out about $85, which is a very nice week for me. I almost forgive them for taking all my money through Blackjack (lol). Anyone else catching these deals?

[Texas72]

They sent me $20, other people I know got $75. I think it's based on how much play you did on the site previously.

[TriptreysNJ]

It seems as though party poker has a lot of these kinds of deals where you need to play a certain amount of raked hands. I think I may need a new place to grind some limit.

[iceberg]

It was my site for regular income last year. They have an excellent Sign-on Bonus, Monthly Reload Bonus, submit feedback for $10 Bonus and "Please Come Back" Bonus (gotta love it when they beg), etc. Last year, Party Poker had the requirement to play 7x the Bonus in order to release it. Nowadays it seems like they increased it to 10x the Bonus, which is still OK because I usually win a little just playing tight on two tables. I usually don't play there unless I'm workin' a Bonus.

[TriptreysNJ]

How did you get a "Please Come Back" Bonus? Did you terminate your account, or just not play for a long time?

[Texas72]

I hadn't played in forever. BUT, I had recently logged in, (to watch a friend in a tourney) and I think that's what triggers it - they see you haven't given up on the site completely. They had done free money promos before, but I didn't get anything - I think because I had not been to the site in nearly a year.

[iceberg]

The first one was because I hadn't played there for about 4 months. I had read about PP giving these out, so I waited patiently.

[TriptreysNJ]

how long did you play there before your 4 month hiatus??

[iceberg]

About a year. It was great collecting the monthly Re-load bonuses. I only had two so-so months, but the other 10 were profitable then you add on the Bonus on that. They usually offerred them about the same time of month, so I would clear all my other sites and make as big of a deposit as possible (about $200 max) and away you go. With 7x RH req't for the 20% Bonus ($40) that made it 280 RHs to accumulate. So in about 6-8 hours of dual tables, it was cleared. So if you just break even that's $5/hr (almost minimum wage, lol). I think the RH req't has changed now though.

The layout may not be the best, but we're talking about 60-80k players on the site during the day and lotsa Fish (calling stations, raising stations, etc.).