| RedKings Rakeback Alternative and VIP Program
Every Poker Site on the internet loves its high volume players. Therefore, every Poker Site on the net has some sort of rewards program to give you some incentive to spend your valuable time at their site.
On some sites, the incentive is in the form of Rakeback. Rakeback, as the name suggests, is simply a percentage given to you of the rake you generate. It states fairly high percentages sometimes like "Get 50% rakeback Today!" etc., but these offers are smoke and mirrors, because they promise a number but then have all sorts of asterisks attached afterwards, and what you get is usually far lower of what you expected based on what you were promised.
RedKings Poker does the Rewards thing in style. It promises AND delivers. It has built a rewards program that consists of 7 levels, 4 of which are monthly levels and the rest are yearly ones. The RedKings VIP scheme is pretty newly introduced, so here follows a piece explaining exactly what it is and why you'll want part in it.
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RedKings Rakeback VIP Levels
First, we need to talk about player points. For every hand of cash game poker you play that goes to the flop, a percentage of the pot goes to rake. For every dollar of rake you pay, you get 1 player point. This counts for SNGs, too. The increments are actually of 0.10. You also win player points by participating in casino games, various casino games award different amounts of player points, but these are fairly low compared to what you can get by playing poker. The amounts of player points you get will determine your eventual VIP level, with a total of 7 available. In a nutshell, the higher your VIP Level gets, the more rewards you get due to your play. The RedKings Poker VIP Levels are most easily explained as follows:
Monthly VIP levels
Bronze:
The Bronze VIP Level is activated upon first deposit. The monthly Bronze VIP level is the level at which everyone starts, and the rewards you get at this level are comparatively very low. This level is good for an equivalent of 12% Valueback. You will also get access to 10 Special Sunday $100 Freerolls.
Silver:
The next step-up the VIP Ladder, Silver Level is achieved by accumulating at least 1,000 player points per month. You will get rewarded equivalent to 15% Valueback. Additionally, you are awarded with a %20 discount in VIP Shop Items, 20 Special Sunday $100 Freerolls, 1 month of extra freerolls, Gift Vouchers and Player to Player Transfers.
Gold:
Gold level is achieved by amassing 3,000+ points in a calendar month. You will be rewarded equivalent to 18% Valueback. Additionally, you get everything the Silver Level has plus you are awarded with 30 Special Sunday $100 Freerolls, 2 months of extra freerolls.
Platinum:
And the last of the monthly VIP Levels, Platinum is awarded to players who accumulate over 6,000 points in a single calendar month. You will be rewarded with the equivalent of 20% Valueback. Add to that 40 Special Sunday $100 freerolls, 3 months of extra freerolls, extra discounts on merchandise, exclusive live event offers.
Yearly VIP Levels
Platinum Elite:
The first of the yearly VIP Levels. Here is where it gets interesting; by averaging Platinum level through a whole year, at the end of the year you will be awarded with the Platinum Elite VIP Level. You will be rewarded with the equivalent of 33% ValueBack. Additionally you will also get 50 Special Sunday $100 Freerolls, extra discounts of merchandise, frequent special offers, Player to Player transfers and also a personal VIP Manager.
Diamond Elite:
The next step-up in the yearly VIP Ladder is the Diamond Elite. To reach this level, you need to maintain an average of 13,000 points per month every month for the whole year. As benefit the more serious grinders, you will be rewarded with an equivalent of 36,5% Valueback. Add to all that 12 months of extra freerolls and 50 special Sunday $100 freerolls, play with team RedKings, and support via MSN/ICQ
Royal VIP:
The end-all, be-all of RedKings VIP Levels. To attain Royal VIP is not an easy task: you will need to average 20,000 points per month for a whole calendar year. That is 240,000 points minimum! But, befitting such serious grindage is fantastic rewards. You will be awarded with the equivalent to 40% Valueback. Additionally, you get everything that all of the previous levels have, but are also introduced with the RedKings concierge service, in which you can get just about anything and pay for it using RedKings Crowns.
Of note, is that all VIP Levels get access to the VIP Shop.
Moving up levels take place instantly, as soon as you collect enough pints for the next level. Of course, you need to maintain the amount of points you accumulate per level. If you don't, your level will be reset in accordance with the amount of points you have accumulated in the previous month. Yearly VIP levels are awarded, yes, but to maintain them you will need to maintain the corresponding monthly average befitting the yearly level achieved. If you do not do this, your VIP level will be moved down to the level you are currently performing at. There is a one month grace period for all VIP levels, meaning you will not move down until the second month after which you have not earned enough points to maintain it.
Well, the centerpiece of the VIP Club is the VIP Shop. Players can use their player points to purchase a variety of objects of desire, such as:
* Tournament Tickets
* Gift Vouchers/Cash Back
* Electronic Items such as iPods, iPhones and Nintendo DS Lites
* Branded Merchandise (T-shirts, Baseball caps etc.)
So, how do you get your hands on all these? Well, remember the RedKings Player Points we talked about a while back? Well, you use these to buy RedKings Crowns (cool, huh?) at a rate of 0.8 Crowns per player point. The RedKings VIP Shop uses the RedKings Crowns as currency. Every item has its price. Beyond this point, I don't think you need further explanation.
Ok, now, how about bonuses? From time to time, RedKings offers its players some bonuses through the Bonus Vendor, which is only available for Silver lever players and above. The only thing you have to be careful with is that while you have a cash bonus running, your VIP Account and your Crowns Account are frozen. These will remain frozen until the bonus pays out. In the event that you got lazy and couldn't clear the bonus in time, all your time and effort will not go to waste. Instead, all the points you earned towards the bonus will be converted into RedKings Points and added to your Crowns balance for use in the great RedKings VIP Club.
So, in short, play on RedKings, earn your player points, convert these into Crowns, reach for the top and shop till you drop in the RK VIP Shop! |
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