The Basics Of Online Poker Bonus Whoring
For those of you who have been slugging it out in the trenches trying to make money at 1 or 2 poker rooms, it can seem like a grind. And if you’re just breaking even, your bankroll may be constantly flirting on “Empty.” A lot of you know about the bonuses offered by our top-rated poker rooms, but haven’t developed a system for using them to your advantage. Today, we’re going to change that.
Here’s your 3-minute guide to online poker bonus whoring.
Starting Small
First, we’re going to assume that your stock portfolio has taken a beating lately and as a result, you’re on a limited poker budget. Let’s start with $50. Visit PokerStars.com and use bonus code “stars50” to get your 100% match.
Once you’ve played enough raked hands to clear your bonus, withdraw your bankroll. Assuming that you’ve broken even, you should now have $100 (your original $50 plus the $50 bonus).
Now, visit FullTiltPoker.com and use bonus code “kickasspoker” to get another 100% match. After you’ve cleared it, you should have $200. Again, we’re assuming you’re breaking even on the tables.
Next, let’s jump over to Sportsbook Poker. You can get a 100% match on your $200 bankroll by using bonus code “kickass“. Hit the tables, play enough raked hands, and withdraw your bankroll. By now, it should have grown to $400.
Think about that for a moment. You’ve gone from your original $50 bankroll to $400 by taking advantage of the sign-up bonuses at only 3 online poker rooms.
That’s how basic bonus whoring is done.
2 Quick Notes
We need to clarify a couple of points here.
First, you can really knock this strategy out of the park by keeping your eyes open for reload bonuses and other promos. If you time it right, you can do even better that what we’ve outlined above.
Second, keep in mind that bonus whoring works best with small amounts. If you’re depositing $10,000, the poker rooms aren’t going to give you a 100% match. If you find any that do, let us know!
There are several great poker rooms at which you can use this strategy. Read our online poker room reviews to plan your system. If you need to, start small and work your way up. Leave the poker rooms that offer larger bonuses at the tail end of your system.
How’s that for a little dirty fun?
How To Earn Your Full Tilt Points
A lot of you have seen our complete review of FullTiltPoker.com, but haven’t started playing there yet. Full Tilt is where a lot of the biggest names in poker (for example, Phil Ivey) spend their time. It’s one of our favorite poker rooms and we want you to get involved, too. Today, we’re going to tell you how you can earn Full Tilt Points and take advantage of their $600 New Player Bonus.
Before we get started, here’s the Full Tilt Poker referral code that you need to use in order to lock in your bonus: “kickasspoker” (or just click here).
Funding Your Account
Full Tilt Poker is still offering their 100% match on your first deposit up to $600. Here’s how it works, step by step:
Step 1: Make your deposit.
Step 2: Start playing.
Step 3: Earn your Full Tilt Points automatically.
Step 4: Enjoy your bonus.
The Details
Once you make your deposit, Full Tilt will credit your account with points each time you play a raked game, a tournament, or a Sit & Go. The number of points you earn varies by the type of game you’re playing.
For example, in ring games, you’ll receive 1 point for each $1 raked from the pot. You can earn up to 3 points per hand. For tournaments and Sit & Go’s, you’ll get 7 Full Tilt Points for every $1 you pay in fees. There’s no ceiling. You can earn as many points as you want that way.
Each point that you earn is worth $.06. The points keep collecting in your account until you reach the equivalent of 10% of your deposit or $20 (whichever you reach first). Then, that amount of your bonus is released to you automatically.
Click here to visit FullTiltPoker to get started.
Two Quick Examples
Let’s say you deposit $100 into your Full Tilt account. 10% of that would be $10. Once you earn 167 points, $10 is released to you. Pretty easy.
Let’s say you deposit $300. 10% of that would be $30. You won’t need to wait that long because you’ll reach $20 first. So, once you earn 334 points, $20 will be released to you. Again, easy.
How Long Do You Have?
Full Tilt Poker gives you 120 days to earn your points for the 100% Match Bonus. Trust us, that’s plenty of time, even if you go for the entire $600.
By the way, you won’t need to keep track of anything. The amount of cash in your account and your Bonus points are displayed clearly within the Cashier Window. Everything happens automatically.
If you haven’t taken a look at the 100% Match Bonus, click here to do that now. It’s one of the most generous poker room bonuses you’ll see. Frankly, we’re not sure how long it’ll stick.
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WSOOF Freeroll at Full Tilt
Kick Ass Poker Forums Competing in WSOOF
If you would like to play in the “WSOOF” or the World Series of Online Forums then we encourage you to become a part of our online community and join us in this online challenge that happens on June 14th (freeroll) and June 15th for the Main Event.
The WSOOF is organized by the guys over at Online Forum Challenge and they pit online forums against one another. Usually they are playing at some of the smaller and less well known poker rooms and we don’t take part, but this event happens to be right in our wheel house, being hosted at Full Tilt.
Full Tilt has been one of our long time favorite online poker rooms, and the Atlanta Poker Club has been playing since 2005.
Play in the WSOOF Freeroll
To play in the WSOOF freeroll, you have three steps.
- Download FullTiltPoker Software - Free to create your account.
- Register for the WSOOF - be sure and select “Kick Ass Poker” from the ‘choose a forum’ drop down box and see more details.
- Manually Register at Full Tilt once you receive your ticket. This will be organized by Online Forum Challenge, follow their instructions and sign up.
Once registered, all you have to do is be online at the time of tournament start time.
WSOOF Prizes
The World Series of Online Forums consists of two tournaments. A “WSOOF Freeroll” and a “WSOOF Main Event”. The freeroll has a $1000 prize pool for players, $500 for competing forums, and 9 seats into the WSOOF Main event, which has a $50+5 buy in. The WSOOF Main event is a buy in event of $55 and has a $12,000 package guaranteed by the OFC, $2000 added to the player prize pool and an additional $1500 in prizes to the competing forums.
Oh - you need to be a member of the Kick Ass Poker Forums, too!
Sportsbook Poker Bonus Broken Down
Maximizing the Sportsbook Poker Bonus
With deposit methods for USA poker players shrinking seemingly by the week, it is nice to know that a USA friendly poker room has both the easiest deposit options like Mastercard and Visa, but that they also offer incredible deposit bonuses to attract new players.
Sportsbook Poker is one of our top picks for ease of deposit for USA poker players and they are currently offering our readers an exclusive sportsbook poker bonus that goes above and beyond what the average player gets at their site. We put together a page detailing how the bonus is earned, and details on what it takes to maximize your deposit bonus at Sportsbook.com.
Sportsbook Reload Bonus
Sportsbook Poker Reload Bonus
Looking for a Sportsbook Poker reload bonus for another deposit at the Sportsbook
Poker site?
You have two options.
You can wait around until Sportsbook.com Poker reload bonuses are announced directly by the sportsbook site. (sometimes emailed only).
Or
You can create a new account at Superbook Poker, which is on the same network as Sportsbook.com and get instant access to a brand new deposit bonus on the same network as Sportsbook.com poker room. Click here to Lock in 100% Up to $1000 Bonus at Superbook
This is essentially the same as a reload.
Use Bonus code: KAP100 it is confirmed valid at Superbook Poker room, a skin of SportsbookPoker. Read more
