Originally Posted by Miffed22001

1. You play small stakes games: find a bonus tha tsuits your rake contribution.

2. No bonuses are what the old skool class as 'good' anymore, hence yes, you will have to work for every penny.

Originally Posted by bigslikk

Okay, so I'm thinking about depositing for the first time in order to build a bankroll, $50 on bodog (I plan on starting with their $2.00+0.20 SNGs). I see that they're still offering a "110%" sign-up bonus, but maxing out this bonus appearts to be impossible.

Here's the math:

They will pay you $1 for every 10 points you earn in the first 30 days after signup.

Therefore, if I want to earn the full fifty, I have to earn 500 poker points.

Bodog gives out 3 points for every $1 collected in tournament fees. If I play the $2+0.20, or maybe even graduate to the $3.+0.30 during that time, I have to play ~4-5 tournaments (1 hour minimum) to earn 3 points. I'd have to play 400-500 tournies to get 300 (little over half) of the necessary points. That means, even if I play 10,12,14 hours of poker per day, every day, for thirty days, I still won't max out the bonus (a measly $50 to boot!). Granted, if I'm playing 10 hours a day, and not busting, I should be moving up the stakes. And I can successfully 2 table.

However, is this as big a scam as I think it is?