Savvy players who discover the
benefits of rakeback are often faced with a dilemma: should they pick
rake rebate deals over sign-up bonuses
or should they stick with the good old bonus? Some poker rooms offer their
players both rakeback and bonuses and they do not deduct one from the other,
in which case there is no decision to make. Most poker rooms which offer
both bonuses and rakeback do subtract the bonus from the rake rebate though,
and poker rooms�
hiring poker props do not give them any sort of bonuses at all.
All bonuses all that different form rakeback though? Aren?t they just the
two sides of the same coin? Understanding how the bonuses and rakeback deals
relate to each other may help you make a better and easier choice when it
comes to picking one or the other.
Here?s how your average online poker bonus is supposed to work: you sign up
to a room, you make your deposit and the poker room matches it by say 100%.
The bonus money is not transferred to your real money account though.
Instead, it lands in your bonus account pending redemption. In order to have
the bonus money transferred, you need to generate poker points. Every poker
room has its own FPP to bonus dollar conversion rate. FPPs are generated in
direct proportion with the poker rake though, so one may as well say that in
order to have his bonus dollars unlocked, one needs to generate rake. The
amount of bonus one unlocks is therefore always a percentage of the rake he
generates through real money play. Rakeback is pretty much the same: a
percentage of the rake one generates, finding its way back into his real
money account.
What should you go with then? The bonus or the rakeback? If you do not
intend to stay loyal to a poker room for long, then go for the bonus. You?ll
unlock it and be on your way. Of course, chances are you?ll find a nice
loose and juicy room where making money at the tables is a cinch, in which
case your choice of bonus over rakeback will backfire.
Go with the rakeback if you intend to stick around for longer. Rakeback
deals are like bonuses which never expire. They have a lower monthly yield,
but they?ll be around for as long as you play.
Poker prop deals often come with over 100% rakeback. This is obviously
extremely attractive, but you need to keep in mind that poker props are
rarely allowed to take part in any of the promotions offered by the site for
regular players.
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