Online Poker Tips: Making the Most of Poker Bonuses

Online Poker, Bankroll
September 24 2008

Playing poker online has some advantages over live play. One of the biggest ones is buy-in bonuses. Your local casino isn’t going to give you 100% of your buy-in because it’s your first time there, and they won’t give you a 25% reload bonus if you bust out and want to play some more. These bonuses can add significantly to your bankroll and help you get into bigger games where you’re not playing for days to make $100.

Bonus whores are players that take advantage of any bonus out there. At one time, bonus whores were players that would buy in and extract the bonus as soon as they could, then move on to the next bonus they could find. Online poker rooms have installed safeguards against this activity now, but the term remains. Now most bonuses require a certain amount of play before they pay out, sort of like a one-time rake-back bonus—but they're still worth your while to check out.

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