Choosing the right Poker Room for you!

Originally posted by lood88
Hello,
need help finding new room. ATM I'm playing on PartyPoker, NL50 FR. My goal is to boost my BR so I can play NL100 and go for Palladium in 2nd quarter. I'm getting platinum status tomorrow so by the end of march i'll hopefully be ready for next level. I'm looking for some site with loose and fishy games with decent bonus. I would be grateful if you could suggest me something and give me basic info about games and bonus, how much points is needed, how much rake is that and release conditions. RB isn't that important as I'm planing to move back to PP, but some additional boost wouldn't hurt, right?

Thanks upfront!

Hi lood88,

Depending what your priorities are, I can either recommend 888 Who have a $888 deposit bonus. This clears in $10 chunks per 100 points (EDIT- 2 points per $1 rake). To clear the whole bonus it requires around $4500 rake. So works out around 20% rakeback from the bonus.

The games are exceptionally good and have a lot of traffic for FR. As I have mentioned before, winrate > rakeback. So if you can find a soft network rakeback shouldn't be as big a priority.

If you are keen to have better rakeback and a better deposit bonus. I would recomend William Hill. The deposit bonus is 200% up to $2k. So you can deposit $1k and qualify for a $2k deposit bonus. This clears in $5 chunks for every 350 points. You earn 20 points per $1 rake so it works out at 28% rakeback from the deposit bonus. The downside being with William Hill is the games are a bit tougher than 888.

You can always deposit on both, depending what your bankroll is. To game select between the two and take advantage of the soft games of 888 and the slightly better bonus of William Hill.

Hope that isnt too much text and is easy enough to understand ♦

Isn't it 30 WH points / $1 rake, or has that been changed?

Its 30 points for tournament fees. Also for SNG's

For cash games we cant give a exact figure as it depends on table size and other factors, so the best estimate we give is 20 points per $1

Originally posted by CallumN
Hope that isnt too much text and is easy enough to understand ♦

The more the better! Information you gave me is very helpful, I only have one question about 888 bonus:

5 points = $1 rake -> 100 points = $20 rake = $10 bonus?
So to clear it, you need to rake exactly $1776 or 8880 points, I don't understand how did you get $4500? Or did i miss something?

My main priority is fishiness and softness of games, think I can benefit more from it then rakeback. Also you said the traffic is good, so I won't have problem finding 4-6 good tables.

I won't be able to deposit on both. My online BR is around $1500. I do have additional money for poker but I only use it for live games and wouldn't like to deposit it unless I really have to.

Yes and one more question, is it true that there is no auto-top up on 888?

Thank you

Sorry Lood88, I think i have been silly!

You get 2 points per $1 of rake. So it will take $50 of rake to clear $10 worth of bonus (100 points required per $10 of bonus). Working out at 20% rakeback.

So for the full $888 you will need to rake $4440.

Sorry for the confusion.

Also, I can confirm from playing there myself, 888 does have auto top up.

Sorry for my mistake, let me know if you have any more questions

Callum

Hello again,

I currently play on iPoker (Betfred) 6 tables of PLO20 but sometimes the tables are just nitting up or it's hard to get a seat on 6 especially in the morning and noon.

Any idea of a good secondary room where I get decent return even if I don't grind it?

Let's say for something like 5k hands/month. Preferably flat rakeback.

I was thinking PKR but how is their 2D software and can I use hud on 2 tables there? And what clearance rate does the FDB have? Is it deducted from the rakeback? Any cashout problems recenlty there?