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jmrogers7
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12-01-2004, 04:32 PM
Post subject: InterPoker Reload - 100% match up to $100 for December
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They raised the match from a max of $90 to a max of $100 for December. I know alot of you don't like the site but you can't beat the bonus.
Just thought I'd let everyone know.........
http://www.interpoker.com/promotions...ly_bonus.shtml
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10 more dollars is their magnificent new idea of bringing new players in?
If we don't all flock to this bonus, they may make it a juicey $105 and then we'll have them right were we want them!
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jmrogers7
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I sense some sarcasm there, rilla. 
Well, the 100% match up to $90 each month is still the best bonus out there IMHO. So, another $10 on top of that surely doesn't make it worse.
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Originally Posted by jmrogers7
I sense some sarcasm there, rilla.
Well, the 100% match up to $90 each month is still the best bonus out there IMHO. So, another $10 on top of that surely doesn't make it worse. |
probably asked before...but for reference how long does it take to clear?
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a500lbgorilla
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I didn't realize it was a hundie-percent. That's nice for guys with 100 bucks that wanna double their roll real fast, i suppose.
I retract my prior sarcasm.
-'rilla
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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jmrogers7
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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
I didn't realize it was a hundie-percent. That's nice for guys with 100 bucks that wanna double their roll real fast, i suppose.
I retract my prior sarcasm.
-'rilla
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Haha! No problem. Yeah, the 100% match is very nice.
Hyper - the wagering requirement is 5x the raked hands. So, for the $100 bonus it's 500 raked hands. you only need to be dealt cards in a raked hand for it to count toward your WR.
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elipsesjeff
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hyper, in a sense of time, it takes about 10 hours single tabling 1/2 to clear the bonus.
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jmrogers7
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I would agree with Jeff. The software is uber-slow. I play the .50/1 NL tables and I would say that it takes roughly the same amount of time.
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BoondockSaint
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Ha I just keep banking these bonuses and have yet to clear my first one. Its nice they dont expire. I have 370 now waiting to be cleared.
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jmrogers7
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Originally Posted by BoondockSaint
Ha I just keep banking these bonuses and have yet to clear my first one. Its nice they dont expire. I have 370 now waiting to be cleared.
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Hey Boondock -
While it's nice to have that $370 in there waiting to be cleared, I have heard that if you have "banked" bonuses that are added on top of prior, as of yet uncleared, bonuses, they lump all of the wagering requirements for those individual bonuses together. So, while it is nice that they do not expire, they do make it a little more difficult to earn if you let them bleed over to the next month AND you decide to make another deposit for the next month's bonus before clearing the previous month's bonus.
In other words, say you have the September, October, November and December bonuses ($90 + $90 + $90 + $100 = $370) all uncleared and banked in your account because you have made the deposit each month in order to have that uncleared bonus show up in your account. Since you have not cleared any of these bonuses yet, it is my understanding that you will now have to play 5 x $370 = 1850 raked hands to release that total bonus. I do not believe that they will release it in pieces (i.e. - play 450 raked hands and release the September bonus, then begin working on the October bonus).
I am not 100% sure about this but I believe that this is true from what I have seen written on the InterPoker bonuses. For this reason, it is best to make your deposit and get your matching bonus each month. Then be sure to clear that month's bonus before depositing again the next month for the next bonus.
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mike4066
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The biggest problems I've had with this bonus is that I'm a LIMIT player.. (Shut it -rilla)
Putting in the Minimum Deposit can be dangerous because their lowest limit is 1/2.
I like putting in about $200 for this bonus. I think this month I might put in $400 and go for the 2/4 game though. I hear its juicy.
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mike4066
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Does interpoker charge you conversion fee for playing a Non USD table?
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jmrogers7
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Mike - I too have been playing predominantly limit for the last several months. However, when I play at InterPoker I only play the .50/1 NL game. This game is so loose for the most part that if you stay tight pre-flop you can easily beat this game and work off this bonus without committing much to the pot unless you are holding something well worth playing.
The .50/1 NL (it's $100 max buy-in) feels alot like the $25 NL Party game. Except, I would say it is even more fishy. I haven't played a hand of limit on InterPoker for the simple reason that the NL game is just too juicy.
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jmrogers7
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Originally Posted by mike4066
Does interpoker charge you conversion fee for playing a Non USD table? |
Everything gets converted but I do not believe that there is a conversion fee, per se. Once you are done playing at a "pounds" table, let's say, they just reconvert your money back into USD.
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Hey Boondock -
While it's nice to have that $370 in there waiting to be cleared, I have heard that if you have "banked" bonuses that are added on top of prior, as of yet uncleared, bonuses, they lump all of the wagering requirements for those individual bonuses together. So, while it is nice that they do not expire, they do make it a little more difficult to earn if you let them bleed over to the next month AND you decide to make another deposit for the next month's bonus before clearing the previous month's bonus.
In other words, say you have the September, October, November and December bonuses ($90 + $90 + $90 + $100 = $370) all uncleared and banked in your account because you have made the deposit each month in order to have that uncleared bonus show up in your account. Since you have not cleared any of these bonuses yet, it is my understanding that you will now have to play 5 x $370 = 1850 raked hands to release that total bonus. I do not believe that they will release it in pieces (i.e. - play 450 raked hands and release the September bonus, then begin working on the October bonus).
I am not 100% sure about this but I believe that this is true from what I have seen written on the InterPoker bonuses. For this reason, it is best to make your deposit and get your matching bonus each month. Then be sure to clear that month's bonus before depositing again the next month for the next bonus.
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Holy shit man that sucks. I feel like Damon after KGB tells him - "all your hopes and dreams eet(wasnt sure how to spell the noise he makes)" and then makes that motion with his hand like he is squashing something. God that is gonna take me for f**kin ever now. Especially with the insanely slow software they use. SHITTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually havent made the 100 deposit for december yet that would take it up to 370 but was planning on it pretty quick. Shit now I don't know if I should even do it. That will take me 2 months to clear as slow as their crap is.
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mike4066
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Hey boondock I'll clear that bonus for you, for a % of it but I'm willing to negotiate 
I'll put up the cash to clear it too
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jmrogers7
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Yeah, Boondock - Like I said, don't 100% quote me on that, but I have seen it mentioned that that is the case more than once. You are correct. With the software being as slow as it is that many raked hands will take some time to play.
You know, I was thinking about why InterPoker is so slow. First and foremost, the software is a dog. Very resource intensive and therefore, just plain old slow. However, it is a Cryptologic skin. That being the case, it shares tables with other Cryptologic skins. Well, I know that other Cryptologic skins offer bonuses based on time played at the tables (William-Hill to name one I am pretty certain). It never dawned on me why many players there will let their time bank run down to almost nill before acting. I would bet that this is one reason why. At least for those taking advantage of the time-based bonuses. Just a thought.
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mike4066
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JM that could very well be. The 5hour bonus on the other crypto skins..
intersting.
I quad table through bonuses so the speed doesn't really bother me too much. 1600x1200 = goood. Although cryptoskins are slightly larger than 800x600 but not enough to affect it.
I really shouldn't quad table because I already know my play suffers, but even when i'm not playing great the 1/2 games are easy to beat.
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jmrogers7
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Yeah, I personally cannot run more than one table of InterPoker on my old laptop (which is strictly for use as my official poker computer). I know that the software truly is a resource hog though because I can run 4 (haven't tried any more than this) tables on any Party skin without seeing any real resource issues on my laptop.
On the subject of those time-based bonuses; I don't think I could personally play like that. Waiting for my time bank to run down before acting each and every time would just drive me insane. But, people will do anything for $, right?
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Hell yeah Mike I'll do it. I hate interpoker but have a hard time not taking advantage of bonuses. What we should do is I'll deposit the other 100 for 100 bonus so it will be up to 370 - ill do it tonight - then i'll withdraw it all so my account is empty and give you all my login crap and then you just have control of it and let me know when you are done - i never use it so u can take awhile if you need it. What percentage were you thinking. If u just give me like 70 bucks(300 left for you) left in my account or neteller it to me or whatever that would be cool with me. Up to you let me know. Do you know if u can use your neteller to deposit once I empty it? Some sites let you use different ones like poker stars and others dont. Well we can figure it out if you want to do it.
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Hell yeah Mike I'll do it. I hate interpoker but have a hard time not taking advantage of bonuses. What we should do is I'll deposit the other 100 for 100 bonus so it will be up to 370 - ill do it tonight - then i'll withdraw it all so my account is empty and give you all my login crap and then you just have control of it and let me know when you are done - i never use it so u can take awhile if you need it. What percentage were you thinking. If u just give me like 70 bucks(300 left for you) left in my account or neteller it to me or whatever that would be cool with me. Up to you let me know. Do you know if u can use your neteller to deposit once I empty it? Some sites let you use different ones like poker stars and others dont. Well we can figure it out if you want to do it. |
If he's not interested I'll do it. I'll transfer $70 to you right away somehow (Party, Neteller) if turn over your empty acct to me with the 370 bonuses to be cleared.
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mike4066
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boondock check your pm's.
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jmrogers7
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Hey boondock I'll clear that bonus for you, for a % of it but I'm willing to negotiate
I'll put up the cash to clear it too |
Sounds like you might be on to something here! Hmmmm...... Whoring the whorer!!!
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lol
Mike I PMed you back. sorry twosevoff looks like he is gonna do it and he asked first. Maybe 70 was too little but I hate interpoker and probably would have never cleared it myself anyway. Just too slow it annoys me. I could clear that on party in a day and a half but interpoker like 10x longer. At least for me.
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lol
Mike I PMed you back. sorry twosevoff looks like he is gonna do it and he asked first. Maybe 70 was too little but I hate interpoker and probably would have never cleared it myself anyway. Just too slow it annoys me. I could clear that on party in a day and a half but interpoker like 10x longer. At least for me. |
We'll You'll definatly get more than $70 for my efforts, but we'll keep that between us
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Well, I know that other Cryptologic skins offer bonuses based on time played at the tables (William-Hill to name one I am pretty certain). It never dawned on me why many players there will let their time bank run down to almost nill before acting. I would bet that this is one reason why. At least for those taking advantage of the time-based bonuses. Just a thought.
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I wasnt thinking of that either. I bet thats a huge part of it. I have been offered hourly rate to play at tables that pop up but its always limit so i never do it. They should make it by number of hands or something so you have no incentive to take forever. Oh well I dont have to play there anymore anyway :P Maybe I'll just sell off my monthly bonuses since there seems to be a couple interested parties. Build Up & Sell, Build Up & Sell. If they ever fix it where it goes at a rate equivilent to partys though I will start clearing em all myself. I LOVE PARTY SKIN BONUSES!!!!!!!
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We'll You'll definatly get more than $70 for my efforts, but we'll keep that between us
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Ah I like the sound of that!!!!! 
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Build Up & Sell, Build Up & Sell.
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UB and Poker Stars bonuses stack and don't seem to expire I'm always up for bonus whoring.
What better than bonus whoring?
Bonus whoring a bonus whore.. (sounds better than being pimped out by a bonus whore)
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UB and Poker Stars bonuses stack and don't seem to expire I'm always up for bonus whoring.
What better than bonus whoring?
Bonus whoring a bonus whore.. (sounds better than being pimped out by a bonus whore)
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Ha thats funny you mention that because I have 300 in bonus waiting to be cleared in poker stars. 240 in my own and 60 I put in on my brothers. I never pass up a good bonus lol. I dont do anything with ultimate bet though because I thought they were a bitch and a half to clear so I never started. If u want to start though and they have enough intital sign up and crap to make it worth your while feel free just let me know when you have time and we can get it all worked out. For UB that is. I think I'm going to keep the poker stars ones but we will see. They dont expire so its not like they are going anywhere.
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I dont do anything with ultimate bet though because I thought they were a bitch and a half to clear so I never started. |
Well UB is pretty slow to clear as far as bonuses go. But if you play 2/4 it clears at a decent hourly rate. I've figured @ 2/4 it clears somewhere around $5 hr per table.
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I'm gonna chime in here and bring this up again, only because I'm so paranoid about it. I play .50/1.00 Limit on Poker Stars and do pretty well. I'd like to scarf up the $100 bonus but don't want to play my 500 raked hands and lose $100 and break even. I'm a TAggy player, and was wondering what tables I should play on Interpoker, Limit or NL to just clear the bonus. Would a TAggy player that does pretty well on the .50/1.00 limit tables on PS do better playing NL on Interpoker to clear the bonus? I'm afraid of playing the 1/2 limit tables with only 50BB. The problem I had the few times I played NL was calling or going all in with the 2nd best hand.
Thanks in advance if someone can talk me into one way or the other before I deposit tonight and give it a try. If anyone cares, I'll post tomorrow and let you know what happens.
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It depends if you feel comfortable doing it or not. I made the jump from .25/.5 at Stars into 1/2 at Interpoker and I haven't looked back since. The first you go there don't play overly agressive but dont play too passive until you get you confidence up. You should be fine as long as you don't make stupid calls and play patient for a good hand. I started with only 45BB and after the bonus I ended up with 135 BB. After 2 months, you have a BR to play 1/2 anywhere you want.
I did it, and if you can beat the Stars .5/1 game you can beat the 1/2 at Interpoker.
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Miggo
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ok elipsesjeff, you talked me into it. 1/2 limit is then. I usually play tighter than the book preflop anyway, with an in position call with a decent drawing had if I haven't played a hand in awhile.
Sounds like it's treated you very well and hope to have a portion of the success that you're having. Thanks for the confidence and I'll see what happens.
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