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Friday night I was struck with the urge (read: too drunk to play poker) to play a couple more casinos for their welcome bonuses. By Saturday afternoon I had an additional $295 en route to my neteller account. It could have been more but I stuck around at both casinos and played beyond the minimum wagering requirements and left small balances behind at both to just mess around with. These bonuses seem to be so lucrative, I do not want to dissuade the casinos from offering them by buggering off after the bare minimum of wagering is done. Not that my actions will make much difference either way, but it probably isn't a bad idea to keep my name off of any ban lists.
The first casino I signed up for was bet365 casino, which runs on playtech software. Of the limited experience I have with online casinos so far, this was by far the best. Their customer service was excellent, they offer a 100% to $200 bonus, I loved the software and to top it off, you can play pontoon, which is a blast and offers slightly less house advantage than blackjack. The fact that I actually finished up $25 on play in addition to the $200 bonus didn't hurt my opinion either I'm sure.
The other I signed up for was intercasino, which is one of the cryptologic casinos and apparently offers a monthly reload bonus as well. I did not like the software as much as playtech's but it was still better than my previous experiences with Starluck and Planetluck. I lost $30 on play while clearing this bonus which left me up $70 for the short stay.
So, in approximately 6 hours of play, I walked away up $295, which is the equivalent of a really good month of poker winnings for me. I can't decide whether this is great or disgusting. Either way, my bankroll likes it.
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Though I hate BetFred with a passion and have had nothing but bad luck there, I refuse to withdraw my funds until I break even on play. With bonuses factored in I am up almost $200 but I am a net loser on play alone. I paid a little visit to BetFred yesterday to whittle down that loss but ended up just adding another $30 to it instead. I truly believe I was playing my regular game but there is a huge possibility my play was impacted by the fact that I was only playing there to post a win. I can be an idiot sometimes. I WILL defeat that place eventually though!
A little later in the evening I wandered over to Poker Stars to try my luck in one of their 180 person $4.40 tourneys. After a couple hours of mainly folding garbage I managed to make my exit in 32nd when I pushed my AQo over top of Mister Super Loose and Super Aggressive's preflop raise with QQ. He was supposed to be making one of his regular moves with something like 86s at the time. All in all, a reasonably poor play on my part. C'est la vie.
Even later, I wandered over to Party to try out a 15BB challenge. I sat at a $0.50/$1.00 table with $15 and was going to move up to $1/$2 as soon as I reached $30. Instead, I reached $3 then reloaded because the table was so juicy and eventually finished down $19. So much for the 15BB challenge.
Casinos +$295, Poker (-$52)
The first casino I signed up for was bet365 casino, which runs on playtech software. Of the limited experience I have with online casinos so far, this was by far the best. Their customer service was excellent, they offer a 100% to $200 bonus, I loved the software and to top it off, you can play pontoon, which is a blast and offers slightly less house advantage than blackjack. The fact that I actually finished up $25 on play in addition to the $200 bonus didn't hurt my opinion either I'm sure.
The other I signed up for was intercasino, which is one of the cryptologic casinos and apparently offers a monthly reload bonus as well. I did not like the software as much as playtech's but it was still better than my previous experiences with Starluck and Planetluck. I lost $30 on play while clearing this bonus which left me up $70 for the short stay.
So, in approximately 6 hours of play, I walked away up $295, which is the equivalent of a really good month of poker winnings for me. I can't decide whether this is great or disgusting. Either way, my bankroll likes it.
..........
Though I hate BetFred with a passion and have had nothing but bad luck there, I refuse to withdraw my funds until I break even on play. With bonuses factored in I am up almost $200 but I am a net loser on play alone. I paid a little visit to BetFred yesterday to whittle down that loss but ended up just adding another $30 to it instead. I truly believe I was playing my regular game but there is a huge possibility my play was impacted by the fact that I was only playing there to post a win. I can be an idiot sometimes. I WILL defeat that place eventually though!
A little later in the evening I wandered over to Poker Stars to try my luck in one of their 180 person $4.40 tourneys. After a couple hours of mainly folding garbage I managed to make my exit in 32nd when I pushed my AQo over top of Mister Super Loose and Super Aggressive's preflop raise with QQ. He was supposed to be making one of his regular moves with something like 86s at the time. All in all, a reasonably poor play on my part. C'est la vie.
Even later, I wandered over to Party to try out a 15BB challenge. I sat at a $0.50/$1.00 table with $15 and was going to move up to $1/$2 as soon as I reached $30. Instead, I reached $3 then reloaded because the table was so juicy and eventually finished down $19. So much for the 15BB challenge.
Casinos +$295, Poker (-$52)
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