My Party Reload...
 

Made my $1000 deposit a few days ago. Playing my 1400 hands to get the full $200 bonus. Last month, chasing this bonus was a complete disaster. This time, not so much :D

I have 200 hands to go. I'll post my results after I clear the bonus tomorrow, but so far, I can't complain.

I decided to go back to my old specialty for most of these hands - 5/10 short. Ahhhhhhhh, memories. Why I ever left this game, I do not know.

Ya, my Empire deposit bonus didn't fair so well. I ended up down $16, so only managed a $34 profit after the bonus. Damn bad beats galore. Wasn't my best weekend.

Speaking of Empire they really need to run a reload bonus this month.

What are you playing now?

I'd say 1100 of the 1400 hands I played were at 5/10 short (6 max) this time around. Went ahead and finished off the bonus last night. Cleared over $1300 in total :)

If you are clearing one of these bonuses, I know that it is 7x raked hands per bonus dollar. So you if you need 1400 do you absolutely have to play the full 1400 raked hands, and clear the full bonus? ie if you play 90% of your hands or whatever, will they give you 90% of your bonus?

all or nothing

I always feel bad when i 'lose' while chasing a bonus - but i guess a good way to look at it is that the bonuses are a nice way to offset the bad runs.

In theory, no.... but if you call them up BEFORE it expires and ask for an extension (or something along those lines), sometimes they'll take care of you. If they think it will cost them business - ie, you either get more time to work on THEIR bonus or you are going to cash out and go work on a bonus at a different site, they will usually try to take care of you.