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Strung
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03-28-2005, 03:43 AM
Post subject: Noble Poker 100% match to $300
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 209
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Anyone check them out? They are offering 100% match up to $300 till the end of this week. I downloaded the software and the interface seems pretty nice. They don't appear to have a ton of players which might make clearing all the bonus (have till end of June) a problem but damn that's a big bonus.
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JJDylan
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Straight
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Buffalo, NY
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i looked into their bonus, but from what i read on the website it looks like it would take forever to clear.
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Strung
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I guess that is what they want though. They offer a big bonus but make it awhile to clear so the customers stay and they build a base. I looked at it too again and I think it would take quite awhile to clear. Even $10 increments, you need to play ~63 hands (0.5 - 1 tables) to get. To clear the full $300 that would be close to 2K hands. Yup, gonna be there awhile.
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iwasajackoff
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 33
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started playing there last week like it so far i would compare clearing the bonus on noble to clearing it on absolute the rake is what i like. they dont rake the pot till theres a full $5 increment so a $9.99 pot would have only a .25 rake 14.99 .50 and so forth plus lower buy in sit and go and multis are cheap for example a $5 buy in is only .25 fee compared to .50 or even $1.00 some places $10 tourny .50 fee. Some of the sitn gos u do more sittin then goin but really havent had trouble finding a game there. ya might take me a while to clear $300 but site is fishy and cheap so can think of worse places to play
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twosevoff
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Flush
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 526
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Originally Posted by Strung
I guess that is what they want though. They offer a big bonus but make it awhile to clear so the customers stay and they build a base. I looked at it too again and I think it would take quite awhile to clear. Even $10 increments, you need to play ~63 hands (0.5 - 1 tables) to get. To clear the full $300 that would be close to 2K hands. Yup, gonna be there awhile.
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That seems like a fairly easy to clear bonus. Party makes you play 7x the amt of the bonus in raked hands usually, so noble's is easier to clear than party's by that logic.
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SoCal
Posts: 906
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Originally Posted by twosevoff
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Originally Posted by Strung
I guess that is what they want though. They offer a big bonus but make it awhile to clear so the customers stay and they build a base. I looked at it too again and I think it would take quite awhile to clear. Even $10 increments, you need to play ~63 hands (0.5 - 1 tables) to get. To clear the full $300 that would be close to 2K hands. Yup, gonna be there awhile.
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That seems like a fairly easy to clear bonus. Party makes you play 7x the amt of the bonus in raked hands usually, so noble's is easier to clear than party's by that logic. |
From my understanding, it is raked-and-bet hands, whereas other rooms is raked/dealt hands. Like iwasajackoff said, the rake is low, but that also means hands don't count toward bonuses as often. Another BB (with a whoring focus) estimated 12-13 hands per dollar cleared playing tight at the lowest limits - so approximately every other orbit has free blinds? I think I am convincing myself here.
But is this bonus better than signing up at Party for my first timer bonuses?
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I'm a know-it-all.
No, really.
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Strung
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 209
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I was under the impression that you had to post a blind in order to get credit for the hand at Noble. Is Party just being dealt cards/hand being raked? If so then it's a way different bonus. I haven't deposited at Party yet either so I would think the Party bonus would be easier to clear if it's just being dealt cards in a raked pot vs actually posting a blind/playing a hand.
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iwasajackoff
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 33
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you have to contribute to a raked pot at party and noble both. noble pays thier bonus $10 at a time once you play aprox 62 hands at.50/1. thats why i compare it to absolute bonus takes bout same time i think. party you gat it all once you play 7x total bonus amount if i recall correct
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mojoNOgo
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: maine
Posts: 64
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the noble site didnt say anything about the hands needing to be raked to count. all it said was that you needed to contribute to the pot in order to get your 'crown'.
i also got a 10$ bonus just for depositing, one of their service reps contacted me my first login and told me about this bonus that stacks w/ the 100% deposit bonus. he told me i had a half hour limit but i still got this bonus a day later just by asking for it. 
just ask as soon as you put your first deposit in.
also , theres no way to keep track of your 'crowns' (the bonus points) thru their software and i had to ask a service rep for my count. he told me that players get an update every week thru e-mail. not easy to keep track of and it sure is slow at .5/1 
! update !
i asked one of their reps to clarify the rake Q and he said :
'crowns are awarded for each hand , as long as it has contributed money to the pot either by placing one of the blinds , or by making a bet (ring games only) '
thar ya go !
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Strung
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I was a bit confused on what crowns you get for what stakes. Does playing at a .5/1 STAKES limit game (so the blinds are .5/.25) give you 1 or 2 crowns? If it's one, things would be a bit slow unless you multitable I guess. I'm BR'd for .5/1 stakes, about half way to 1/2 stakes.
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mojoNOgo
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: maine
Posts: 64
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its based on blind structure :
.25 / .5 = 1 crown
.5 / 1 = 2 crowns
1 / 2 and up = 3 crowns
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tigerjhun
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Hawaii
Posts: 16
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Noble poker is pretty good because first of all, $16 is there right away to play in your account FREE. Shortly after, a rep would probably contact you with the offer, make your first deposit now of a min of $20 and get another $10 free right away in your account. You Bonus whorers can cash out this $26 right away to your neteller account without playing a single hand. OR just use this money and try to gain more bonus money by clearing their 100 percent up to $300 bonus. Its a WIN WIN situation! BUT BECAREFUL- they took over 2 weeks to cash out my money to the neteller account. says they first have to check for collusion, standard for all players.
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Strung
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 209
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Holy shit. 2 weeks to cashout? I'm sitting here waiting for my $400 from my CON whore and cashout takes like 5-6 days. 2 weeks is insane, don't think I could handle it!
EDIT: I made an account but I don't see no $16 free. Any info on that?
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tigerjhun
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Hawaii
Posts: 16
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I just talked to the customer service about that free $16. Strange what they replied to me. Said that the free $16 discontinued on the first of march replacing it with that new bonus they have now. Strange cause I opened an account around 2 weeks ago AND i got the free $16 along with the 100 percent up to $300 bonus. Well, now with that clear I recommened that you DO NOT JOIN. the bonus takes forever to clear, traffic is really light, cant even find one omaha hi game, and the cashouts take forever to clear.
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Bmxicle
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 947
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I play at noble poker (although i need to get off there too) i cleared a 50 dollar bonus (before they had the matching bonus  ) in a week single tabling 50nl, so it really isn't hard to clear bonuses there. The players are also absolutely horrible on noble poker.
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Strung
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Ya, I could see where you earn 2 or 3 crowns a hand, it not being bad to clear but I am only BR'd for .5/1 so .5/.25 blinds, meaning I have to play a crap load of hands.
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mojoNOgo
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: maine
Posts: 64
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so far ive played 1 full day at noble and ive gotten one 10$ bonus, but what i thought was really neat was they gave me 100$ for the 'top hand of the day'.
id assume this was my royal flush, but hey - a free 100$ works for me !!
this place doesnt have many full tables at the .5/1 level (3 usually) but the players make some bonehead moves.
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ChezJ
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Full House
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
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Originally Posted by iwasajackoff
you have to contribute to a raked pot at party and noble both.
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wrong. you do not have to contribute to the pot at party. you can just sit there folding all your hands and you will still get the bonus from other people's action. (though you will obviously lose more in blinds than you gain in bonus money).
ChezJ
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SoCal
Posts: 906
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Originally Posted by ChezJ
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Originally Posted by iwasajackoff
you have to contribute to a raked pot at party and noble both.
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wrong. you do not have to contribute to the pot at party. you can just sit there folding all your hands and you will still get the bonus from other people's action. (though you will obviously lose more in blinds than you gain in bonus money).
ChezJ |
Word.
I just signed up at Empire and my bonus is clearing like a hot knife through a kitten. Even at the lowest NL tables (3-tabling.)
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I'm a know-it-all.
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