Hence, you reach about 45 raked hands per hour at full ring tables with the standard raked hands rule, as about 75-80% of the pots are raked (e.g. reaching the flop and minimum pot requirement for rake).To clear a standard bonus such as $100 with 10 raked hands per bonus dollar you need to reach 1000 raked hands which you will do in about 20-25 hours if playing at one table or 10-13 hours if playing at two tables simultaneously.
Often you only have 2-3 months to clear the bonus or it will be forfeited. There is a time requirement on about half of the poker bonuses available. If not, you have unlimited time to clear the bonus.
Tournament play is often completely excluded from the raked hands requirement or counted by a special strict formula. The reason is that the poker rooms make less money from tournament play and will not recoup their cost of the bonus as quickly. So, if there is a tough time limit, then focus on the cash games until you have cleared the bonus.
Note that at many poker rooms you are not allowed to cash out any money before the entire bonus amount is cleared, even if you have been winning a lot. If you have not checked the policy, try to clear the full bonus before cashing out!
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