Poker Rewards System
This page lists a critique of the loyalty systems of different online poker rooms.
- PacificPoker.com
- PokerRoom.com
- PartyPoker.com
- ParadisePoker.com
- UltimateBet.com
- FullTiltPoker.com
- HollywoodPoker.com
PacificPoker.com
Pacific Poker offers their players an okay loyalty program. For every $10 placed in bets, Pacific Poker awards players 1 bonus point. Every 100 points may be converted into $1 in cash, so every $1000 placed in bets gets you $1 back in cash.
PokerRoom.com
Poker Room awards their players points for playing hands of poker. Points are given to players for their participation in a raked hand, a hand where the card room takes a small percentage of the pot. The points earned can be converted back into cash or may be used to play in special online poker tournaments with real money as a prize. Every $100 points is converted back into one dollar and PokerRoom.com awards the top fifty points earners for the day $1000 split up between them, with the player who earns the most points receiving the most money. Players can also refer their friends and receive $50 for doing so, while their friend also receives a $25 bonus.
PartyPoker.com
Party Poker offers their players a frequent player points program. They also offer their players redeposit bonuses of 15%-25% up to $100 on a random basis, depending on how often the player is playing.
ParadisePoker.com
Paradise Poker does not have a loyalty program for their players. This may be due to the excellent free online poker tournaments that they offer. They were the first online poker room to offer a million dollar poker tournament for free, no money required to play.
UltimateBet.com
Ultimate Bet offers their players points for playing at their poker room. They have coined these points to be “Ultimate Points.” Ultimate Points are awarded to players for every raked hand or poker tournament they play in. They also give extra points to players for starting up new games. 1 extra point is awarded to each player per hour of play as well. The points can be used to purchase merchandise or can be used for special free tournament entry where there is money in the prize pool and entry is gained by using points.
Full Tilt Poker .com
Full Tilt Poker has an excellent loyalty system in place, one of the best in my opinion. Players who make a deposit receive a 100% match up to $600 and the bonus is easy to clear. Players who play at the lowest stakes will earn $3 - $6 per hour in bonus cash. Each player who was dealt into the hand will earn 1 point for every dollar that was raked from the hand. That means that if there is 10 players and $1 was raked, then 1 point is awarded to each player. Partial points can be earned as well and players can earn up to 3 points per raked hand. For every 100 hands played, $18 in bonus money is released so I figured the effective bonus per hand to be 6 cents. Another catch that I found was that the bonus is given to you in 20% increments of your total bonus. So if your total deposit bonus was $100, you will receive a $20 payment when earn it.
HollywoodPoker.com
Hollywood Poker offers their players a loyalty system, but did not provide many details on their website. The points can be used for tournament buy-ins or to pay for Hollywood Poker merchandise. Hollywood Poker does boast a 500% bonus up to $1,000 and it must be released by playing many raked hands at their site. For instance, a player will deposit $200 and $1000 will be available to them in their bonus account, but the money cannot be used until the player has earned it by playing many raked hands.
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