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jmrogers7
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03-08-2005, 04:53 PM
Post subject: Why did I ever go back to PokerRoom?
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Full House
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,112
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Damn $300 bonus lured me back in. Their bonus clearing structure is just too much of a grind. I am done with PokerRoom after I clear this stupid bonus.
As most of you know you have to accumulate 700 player points for every $100 in bonus. So I am in the middle of clearing 2100 player points. You have to have at least a $0.50 rake to get 1/2 player point and at least $1 rake to get a full player point.
Right now I am probably averaging between 3 - 4.5 player points per 10 hands. Not good. I have been playing $100 NL, 2/4 limit and 3/6 limit.
Very frustrating. Of course now I feel obligated to clear this bonus. It isn't that I am doing poorly there or anything (**knock on wood**). The games are just plain old boring there. And grinding out these wagering requirements is a drag.
I love bonus whoring but this is horrible. 
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cassette
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 92
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Yeah, I posted about this grind a week or two ago. Pokerroom is a piece of crap.
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jmrogers7
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Full House
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Yeah, I mean I was totally aware of it but that damn $300 was staring me directly in the eye! 
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"The urge to gamble is so universal and it's practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil." - Heywood Broun
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elipsesjeff
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 4,900
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Its a pretty good bonus man, the play is pretty easy. I wouldn't give up. Its, what, 2100 points for $300? Thats not all that bad. I think it worked out between 8x and 10x the bonus structure. I mean, $300.....
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jmrogers7
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Full House
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Oh, without a doubt. I'm certainly going to finish it up. I don;t really have any trouble there. It's just a mental thing in that it takes so much longer (IMO) to clear a bonus here than anywhere else.
I'd prefer to spend my time on Party where the games are softer. So spending several days playing at a site like PokerRoom (a very mundane site) shoots up my boredom factor significantly.
But yeah, $300 is a helluva good bonus.
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"The urge to gamble is so universal and it's practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil." - Heywood Broun
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Aces
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Full House
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 832
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I can't stand Pokerroom. Couldn't even get thru the signup bonus, and I won't be back. Hate the interface, bonus is much slower and you have to play at a higher limit(NL) compared to Party's bonus. I think the site itself puts me on tilt. I'm staying away.
BTW, nice new avatar jm 
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cassette
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 92
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Unless you play 3/6 or higher it is not worth even trying to clear the bonus. If you play this or higher then it is a great opportunity.
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jmrogers7
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Originally Posted by Aces
BTW, nice new avatar jm |
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"The urge to gamble is so universal and it's practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil." - Heywood Broun
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jmrogers7
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Full House
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by cassette
Unless you play 3/6 or higher it is not worth even trying to clear the bonus. If you play this or higher then it is a great opportunity.
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I play 3/6 and $100 NL there. Still slower than I care to experience.
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"The urge to gamble is so universal and it's practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil." - Heywood Broun
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Aces
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by jmrogers7
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Originally Posted by Aces
BTW, nice new avatar jm |
That's my girl Christina Lindley again.
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Corey
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Full House
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Posts: 1,349
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I just like pokerroom for its MTTs and SnGS
ring games suck imo
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Corey
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KingDan
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 48
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The bonus I thought was not that bad. I 4 tabled 2/4, it was tighter than other 2/4 I had played but the bonus cleared relatively fast.
The software blows for multitabling though.
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