Party June Releod

[nutbag]

Sorry, webpage wasn't up when i typed, just BONUSJUN

[witht33th]

folded hands count as hands played towards bonus money right? So couldn't one get in a 25NL game and fold nearly everything and get the bonus still? Lemme know.

[ChipFish]

You could...
Or you could play your regular game at the 25NL and probably make a few bucks.
Worst case scenario, if you are new or a losing player it's a good buffer if you lose.

[Talking Poker]

Right. Folding everything in a 10 handed $25 NL table costs you 35 cents every 10 hands or 3.5 cents per hand. To clear the $150 bonus, you need to play 150 x 7 = 1050 raked hands. Figure that's going to be around 1500 hands total. 1500 hands x $.035 = $52.50, meaning you still come out nearly $100 ahead...

But, if you play a normal game (or even an extra tight one), you should do even better than that. Even if you lose, you're gaining the experience that will help make you a better player.

[Penguinfan]

I have almost posted something similar to this theory several times but thought everyone would bash the idea since depositing $500 and folding every hand just to make $45 might not seem to bright, but I do it every month and it works fine, not to mention there is usually one giving soul at the table who will double you up when you are holding the nuts in the big blind.

[ChipFish]

And there is nothing wrong with that.
However, you are giving up the opportunity of gaining table experience (online) and knowledge of situations. (How people react to what, How you should react to what, drilling pot odds into your game, when to draw, when to not draw, when the odds of Queen high taking down the pot are good etc.)

In my opinion, the extra $100 or so dollars you may gain from folding everything pales in comparison to the knowledge you may pick up by actually playing.
Even if you were to lose $200 of your original $600 deposit, you would only be down $50, and that $50 may have been money well spent if you finally learn that A-Q is not the nuts.

[nutbag]

This isn't a bad idea, but I'm sure sooner or later party is going to look into this and take away your bonus opportunities. Btw, are you pressing fold evertime or do you have a program? Cause that's a few hours of play, unless you're 10 tabling or something. and that'd woulnd't be worth the complete boredom of that time for me.