Sign-up bonus deals and re-load bonus offers are a great way to
build your bankroll when you start out. The way to do this is by
signing up at multiple poker rooms and take advantage of the
typical $100-$200 sign-up bonus. Basically you deposit money at
one site and play at least until you receive the maximum bonus,
then you can either cash out and move your money into a new site
or leave it there and deposit more money at a new site. If you
do this at 5-10 different poker rooms it can give you upwards
$1,000-$1,500 back as bonus dollars from the rake you have
already paid! If you are playing at low limits such as $1-$2 or
$2-$4 fixed limit the bonus will in effect give you as much as
80-100% of the rake back at many rooms. On another note,
do not abuse bonuses with multiple and false identities at the
same poker room, as you face serious risk of having your main
credit card, NETeller and/or IP address blocked. To be blocked
from any of the top 6 poker rooms is not fun. Your winnings
could also end up being confiscated in worst case. Several
Eastern European countries, as well as Israel, China and Denmark
are frequently excluded from receiving sign-up bonuses due to
heavy abuse. However, if you are from these countries you can
often get a bonus anyway by kindly asking support for an
exception (you might need to meet harder requirements for the
cash-out though). Re-load bonuses are promotions to make
existing customers play more at the room and stay loyal. They
are usually set up in the same way as sign-up bonuses, with a
set maximum bonus amount, a percentage deposit match on the
re-load and a raked hands requirement. A typical re-load bonus
would be up to $100 at 20% deposit match with 10 raked hands
required per bonus dollar. There are more and more re-load
bonuses available as the competition is heating up. If you have
an unused poker bankroll you should load up to the max at every
chance you get as the extra bonus will serve as playing more or
less free of rake. Several poker rooms have special value
multi-table tournaments, where the prize pool end up being
higher than the buy-ins through added money or a guaranteed
prize pool. You will benefit greatly by playing at multiple
rooms to be able to take part in these events. Since late 2004
more special tournaments are also hosted at European evening
hours. Every weekday there are at least half a dozen big
tournaments with $50 or higher buy-in and more than 400 players
in them. The number is higher on weekends when also many of the
$200 and $500 buy-in events are hosted. Several of the $30 and
$50 events have unlimited re-buys in the first periods, creating
big prize pools and good odds at making money for players
sticking to a solid game plan with modest re-loads.
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