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semperfi
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01-12-2005, 10:56 PM
Post subject: My Gaming Club Experiment Attn: Bonus Whores
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Atlanta
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A few weeks ago The Gaming Club changed their definition of a raked hand, making their "up to $300 deposit" much more attractive.
If you make a deposit of at least $20, then $20 of bonus is released for every 100 hands you were dealt cards in, that were raked at least 25 cents. You have 30 days to earn the bonus. I decided to try to earn the $300 with a minimum $20 deposit.
It turns out my biggest obstacle was boredom. 1500 raked hands at .50/1.00 Limit Hold Em, is quite a grind.
In my first session I had a bad run of cards, and quit down $12.00. Things did not look good for my experiment as my "bankroll" at TGC was down to $8.00. I switched to .25/.50 cent limit to avoid busting out, but now only very large pots were raked enough to get credit. As soon as I cleared the first bonus, I moved back up to .50/1.00.
When I had $80.00, I started playing 2 tables at a time. At $120.00 went to three tables, and 4 tables at $160.00. I usually sit down with 40 big bets at limit. Then things began going much faster of course.
Last night, up against my 30 day deadline, I quit procrastinating and played a marathon session to finish the bonus off. Here are my totals.
Total Time: 27 Hrs.
Total Bonus: $300.00
Total Bonus/ Hr.: $11.11
Total Game winnings: 138.74
Win Rate/ Hr: $5.10
Grand Total Return/ Hr.: $16.21
BB/ Hr. (per table: 2.5)
4 Table rates:
Bonus earned while playing 4 tables: $240.00
Hrs. Spent playing 4 tables: 8
Bonus earn rate at 4 tables: $30.00/hr.
Game earn rate at 4 tables: $8.00/hr. (I avg 2.00 BB/hr/Table on 4 tables)
Total earn rate: $38.00/hr.
If you want to get this bonus, and play Limit. I recommend depositing enough to play whatever your max number of tables is. I could have worked this bonus off in 12 hrs. that way. Of course the $30/hr in bonus more than made up for the 1/2 BB/hr I was giving up on each table, by playing so many.
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elipsesjeff
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01-12-2005, 11:19 PM
Post subject: Re: My Gaming Club Experiment Attn: Bonus Whores
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Virginia
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Originally Posted by semperfi
If you want to get this bonus, and play Limit. I recommend depositing enough to play whatever your max number of tables is. I could have worked this bonus off in 12 hrs. that way. Of course the $30/hr in bonus more than made up for the 1/2 BB/hr I was giving up on each table, by playing so many.
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Or perhaps play within your bankroll. Then a 12 BB loss wouldnt be that bad. Whats your sig on TGC?
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semperfi
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 7
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My bankroll was fine, I just wanted to see if I could get the $300 with the minimum deposit.
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gabe
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: trying to live
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what is your name on tgc? maybe i've taken your money 
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Miggo
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Straight
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Don't they have limits on how many points you can get at each level? Something like 300 at .25/.50, 400 at .50/1.00 and 800 at 1/2? I did the hands up to the .50/1.00 level but wasn't comfortable playing at 1/2, so I stopped. Can you clear the whole bonus at .50/1.00 or do you have to play at 1/2 also?
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gabe
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they said they have limits, but there were none whatsoever.
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mike4066
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Dec 2003
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The limits depend on when you made your deposit.
They changed the TOS on the bonus, and those who signed up before the change were still able to play iwth no limit restrictions.
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Baby_Face007
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Originally Posted by Gabriel
they said they have limits, but there were none whatsoever.
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Gab, when did you sign up? If I was to sign up today would there be level limits?
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gabe
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if you sign up today, i think there are limits.
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semperfi
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Atlanta
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That's too bad, I cleared the whole thing at .50/1.00.
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gabe
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semperfi, what was your name on tgc?
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Toasty
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: England UK
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hpw did you manage to play 4 tables ??
I thought it was 3 max ?
One thing for this site is the support is useless, I emailed back in dec because I couldn't see the bonus (twice) got one automated reply and havn't heard a thing since. Lets just say i wasn't there long . . .
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semperfi
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 7
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I don't think 4 is even the max. I just don't play more than that. I had better luck calling the 800 number for support problems.
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gabe
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thats twice now you have dodged my question, so be it
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stevedonel
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Full House
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Vegas
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So, let me get this straight: I play 1500 hands where the rake is over 25ยข, and I get $300? What are the new limit restrictions? I got my mini-skirt and tube-top on, I'm ready to go be a whore!
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Is that guy still part of the forum??
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