Thank you CD / Ipoker

This past week CD poker cheaply generously decided to give me a whole $5!   I thought, “Wow $5, I’m rich, cash out!”       Instead of doing that I decided to just take it to the blackjack tables.   After 10 hands I was up to $50, enough to actually play poker with.
And WOW, why haven’t I played more poker here before?    I’m almost certain that cd poker/ipoker must pay a blind monkey to just click call.   I say blind because even a monkey knows you shouldn’t be calling down with some of those hands.   So needless to say I have much more then $50 and see no real point in cashing out yet.

Thank you CD poker and thank you blind monkey!

REVIEW – Poker Points Stores (II)

The second in my three part series is on Poker Savvy.   The first article on Poker Source Online (PSO) can be found here.
PokerSavvy is another site similar to Poker Source Online (PSO), however, it hasn’t been around for as long as PSO.  However, what they lack in age they gain in number of poker sites.  This site has many poker rooms associated with the program (currently 19 poker rooms) and many are added and removed monthly.

This site also boasts some of the best promotions in terms of number of points.  The Costa del Poker gives 4000 savvy points once you complete the purchase.  4000 points equates to $400 at Amazon.com.  A fairly nice little promotion (although the requirements would take sometime).

The drawbacks of the site are two fold

• You must login to view any of the poker rooms.  This isn’t a large drawback but if you don’t want to have to register you won’t be able to see the current promotions.
• The forum is fairly small and has very little traffic.

All in all this is another great poker points program.   You are almost guaranteed to find a poker room you haven’t played at at Pokersavvy.

REVIEW – Poker Points Stores (I)

In the last article I explained the basic premise of the Poker Points Sites. That article can be found here. Today’s article will deal with Pokersourceonline, one of if not the, leading poker points site.

Poker Souce Online (PSO) has 12 different promotions that you can take advantage. The requirements vary depending on the room and vary from easy(party poker) to hard (Sun Poker).

PSO also has one of the most active and informative poker forums on the internet. The information on the forum varies from support-to-hand analysis-to-casino gambling. Most of the people on the forums are helpful and great information can be found.
PSO also supports the Instant Bankroll program. This basically gives the player a set amount of money (usually $100).  This is considered your money WHEN you play a certain amount of raked hands. This works out to a really good deal and should be taken advantage of if you haven’t played at the site previously.
The best part of the PSO site is the customer support. From my experiences they provide accurate and fast customer service. If you have a question or a problem about a poker room they are able to provide an answer quickly.  As well, the process of getting your account verified (at a poker room) is usually done quickly.
PSO is definitely worth checking out if you haven’t done so already.

REVIEW – Poker Points Stores

The next few articles will be a review of poker points programs. This is basically the method that many online poker players use to get free things. These can range from Ipod’s and PSP’s to Cash, poker chips or even a Red Lobster Gift Certificate.

These programs work on a player – middle man – Poker room marketing strategy. Basically the poker room pays a middle man (the sites listed below) a fee. The middle-man directs new customers to the poker room. Finally the middle-man returns a portion of their proceeds to the player. A symbiotic relationship.
The general principle of these sites is you join a poker room, play a certain amount of raked hands and get this free bonus. The three major sites that I have use are

• Pokersourceonline
• Pokersavvy
• Boogster

The next few articles will be reviews of the sites listed above.
To be fair with the other authors of pokahblog links will not be provided for a referral. If you are interested in joining any of these programs it’s as simple as doing a quick search.

Absolute Poker going away from the Bonus site?

During the past three years Absolute Poker has been the online site which gave away the most cash through bonuses. Looking at the Bonuswhores website it can be seen that since January 2004 Absolute Poker has offered $77,170 in possible bonuses! This amounts to approximately $450 in bonus per week!
However, they have been slowly changing they’re operations to increase revenue. These changes have been for the most part negative to the player and included changing the bonus requirements, rakeback structure and modifying the points store.

Through all of this many of the players that are bonus hungry (or commonly know as bonus whores) who capitalized on the generous bonuses have since left do to the changing requirements. Therefore, one could assume that Absolute Poker would have a decreasing number of players. However, this has not been the case due to the introduction of new skins on the Absolute Poker network.

The new sites on the Absolute Network include Big Chip Poker and Vegas 24/7 poker. With the introduction of these sites and the loss of bonus whores (who are typically tighter) the games at Absolute Poker are now easier. This is in large part due to the ratio of bonus hunters to fish and has thus created easier play.

This weekend is the first bonus that Absolute Poker has released in March a long stretch from when three bonuses were released per week. If you are interested in using the reload this weekend you must deposit on March 10th. Use promo-code MARCH10 (or if you’re VIP MARCH10VIP).

Another Brunson MySpace Review

Yep, I’m subjecting you to another MySpace review: This time, the spawn – Todd Brunson.

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