Renton's Ring Adventure

[Renton]

Welcome friends!

I am creating this thread to keep track of my upcoming Bonus Whoring escapades and to hopefully get advice from you guys along the way (or just cheer me on for morale boost).

My plan is simple, but pretty ambitious. I have been brushing up on my limit skills and am basically going to whore my way through the following sites, four-tabling the low-limit games:

Party Poker
Empire Poker
William Hill
Golden Riviera
Paradise Poker
Poker 333
Aztec Riches
Poker Metro
Royal Vegas
True Poker
Bodog Poker
HoldemPoker
Eurobet
BetonBet
Absolute Poker
Interpoker
Purple Lounge
Planet Poker
Nine Poker
Ultimate Bet
Doyle's Room
Victor Chandler
Bayou Poker
Classic Poker
Gaming Club
Noble Poker
CD Poker
Fair Poker
Poker.com
Pacific Poker

AND

Full Tilt... In that order.

By my projections, should no severely unfortunate downswings befall me, I should be able to Whore all of the preceding casinos in the space of 13 weeks.

Should I maintain a decent winrate (between 1.5-3.0 bb/100), and moving up in limit stakes whenever I have at least 500bb, I have set an ambitious goal of 16000 dollars net profit from this adventure.

I am posting this because I would like any ex-whores to give me any tips they have or any casinos with juicy bonuses that I overlooked, as I know I must've missed a few.

The subsequent posts by me will be updates to the status of the master plan, and I will post my weekly results.

My current bankroll is $583 in Party, which, of course I will be whoring first.

I will start tonight, and hopefully clear the Party and Empire bonuses by weeks end.

[dj newman]

GL Renton, I look forward to see your results. I have only done PP, Emp1re, PS and currently working on Mart1ns Poker(Huge bonus that takes forever to work off at low limits, 825 euros of bonus...over a third of the way there)...save this one for later, if it is still around.

[Rabid Dog]

Just a suggestion. Put PokerNow on that list and move it up there with Party and Empire. Its an extremely easy bonus to clear.

Also before you sign up at Empire, check and make sure they are offering a signup bonus. I saw on BW where one guy signed up through the BW link and Empire emailed him and said they were not offering any bonuses at the moment. I dont know if this included the signup or the IGM or epassport bonuses. I posted something about it on EasyT's 25nl bonus list.

Good luck, hope you clear them all for the max plus.

[EasyT]

Key:
= Great move. Easily clearable 4-Table Low Limit
= Ok move. It's going to take a little longer
= Bad Move. Horrendous at low limits/ god aweful site.
= Unbelievable, but there are site's I haven't played/researched
= REQUIRES NL50 or NL100 for bonus.

Party Poker
Empire Poker
William Hill
Golden Riviera
Paradise Poker
Poker 333
Aztec Riches
Poker Metro
Royal Vegas
True Poker
Bodog Poker
HoldemPoker
Eurobet
BetonBet
Absolute Poker
Interpoker
Purple Lounge
Planet Poker
Nine Poker
Ultimate Bet
Doyle's Room
Victor Chandler
Bayou Poker
Classic Poker
Gaming Club
Noble Poker
CD Poker
Fair Poker
Poker.com
Pacific Poker

You missed:
PokerNOW
(And some others from my NL25 BonusGuide)

You have some things on there that I'm sure I woulda done if they were good deals. If I haven't done it, there must be a reason (better bonuses out there to do). So all the 's are IMO.

Serously lofty goal, bro. Go! Go! Go! Go!


I'm curious to see other's opinions.

EasyT

[midas06]

My opinion is that you're going to be borderline suicidal after trying to go through that list in 13 weeks. Some of those bonuses clear sloooooooooooooooow. Especially at the stakes you're going to be playing.

[eeeee]

I love EasyT's smiley face key. Nice work.
Off the top of my head, let me recategorize them as I view them...

Party Poker, Empire Poker (PokerNow) -- Great system for $25nl, good value bonuses, far more $ than you pay in rake.

William Hill, Classic Poker , InterPoker (UKBetting, TotalBet, Littlewoods, Sun) -- all Cryptos with some decent bonuses that mostly clear at $1&$2 tables. A bit more work than I like, unless the required table stakes are smaller. WmHill/Totalbet/UKBetting used to offer decent hourly bonuses, but I heard they were changing the deal.

Golden Riviera, Poker Metro, Gaming Club, (Riverbelle, betHOldem, Trident, Spin, wildjacks, Grandbay) -- Primas with easy bonuses -- now we're talking -- may (or may not ) have trouble doing both GamingClub and Riverbelle.

Royal Vegas, (7 sultans, Code, CaptCooks )-- Prima with sneakier clearing terms -- plenty of these

Poker 333, Purple Lounge -- Prima with tougher clearing terms, Purple Lounge with a spotty reputation.

Pokerroom Skins - HoldemPoker, Eurobet, BetonBet , Bayou Poker -- if you insist on doing these, Betsson has a 7x bonus right now (why kill yourself with 10x or worse?)

Paradise Poker - stand alone that rocks -- bonus clears better at 100nl

Ultimate Bet - stand alone WITH rocks -- the only people I hear that say nice things are people that start here.

FullTilt -- stand alone WITH rocks -- the only people I hear that say nice things are people that start here.

Absolute Poker - The free money seems endless, but I'd rather poke myself in the eye with something sharp.

Planet Poker - I hear that, besides the bonus being hard to clear, the poker room is too small to reasonably meet the requirements

Doyle's Room, Victor Chandler - two halves of the same network, tribeca. Not bad. The Doyle's side is 100% rakeback contributed-type bonuses. The VC side is 80%. Good fishing, slow bonus.

True Poker, Noble Poker, CD Poker, Fair Poker, Poker.com -- All of a kind iPoker. Big Numbers/Hard work -- might as well pitch a tent.

Bodog Poker - used to be great. Now so-so bonus. Less than your rake.

Nine Poker - action poker, action points, never seems juicy enough to bother, but it is likely my ignorance

Pacific Poker - only one table at a time, but you'll get 100% RB on this bonus, and it is faster than Doyle's because they rake you more often Sometimes you can withdrw before finishing the bonus

Significantly not mentioned --

• B2B's, namely Martins (600 euro), Staff (150 euro), plus 1000 euros in Refer a Friend bonuses, as well as 1000's in other, more pedestrian bonuses
  
  Boss rooms - I'd rate many of these above Crypto and Tribeca and below nice Primas
  
  Stars used to offer 4 or more reloads a year -- you might get lucky
  
  On my list, but never tried - Tain Poker Network - whole bunch of euro poker rooms

[Phantaroth]

I play at Doyles Room and enjoy it. I easily cleared my 25% bonus.

then again, I only depositied 35$ at the time, so it might be harder for you.

[Renton]

thanks for the help people.

So far I am right on schedule, and about to clear the IGMpay bonus for Party, and I am up 20 at the 25nl tables

[Rabid Dog]

Ok, I was curious about Empire after reading on BW about them not doing a bonus right now. So I emailed them to find out. My question to them was is there a new sign up or welcome bonus for new players? Here is there reply. So make sure you check with them before you make a deposit expecting to get a bonus, it might not happen. But that could change by the time you are ready to do Empire.

Dear Player,

Thank you for contacting us.

We would like to inform you that presently, we do not have any promotion running where a bonus can be given but we do come up with many bonuses in the near future and if there is any bonus which is exclusively available to you then we would inform you through mail. So we request you to please keep checking your email account for information in this regard. You can also view the "News & Events" section of the website to view the details of the bonuses we offer for that particular month if any.

We thank you for your support and cooperation in this regard!

Thank you for choosing us as your online gaming site!

Jimmy
Poker Customer Care

P.S. This looks like a form letter almost.

[r8ed]

Once you get up to 100NL, do Martins. You never know when it may go away and it's one you don't want to miss.

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day two...

Good news and bad news today.

Bad news first: PartyPoker is not making with the PokerPlayers Alliance %20 bonus. This really sucks, because it puts me behind schedule (I was wanting to clear out party and empire during Week 1). I registered with PPA and they aren't giving me the bonus. Support claims I didn't put in the 10 digit deposit code (bullshit).

Good news: I am running great! After a horrific day yesterday of grinding my wheels at 25nl for 3 hours and making 4 bucks , factoring in todays session I am running at 16.35bb/100 for the first 1500 hands since I started this.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 760.03

EDIT: The PPA bonus was added! Woohoo!

[DaNutsInYoEye]

Sorry to burst your over ambitious bubble, but you aren't going to make 16K in 13 weeks. I think a 1/3 of that is reasonable, but I'd still be suprised if you did.

[UG]

Sorry to burst your over ambitious bubble, but you aren't going to make 16K in 13 weeks. I think a 1/3 of that is reasonable, but I'd still be suprised if you did.

You're such a party pooper.


P.S. And so right at the same time.

[Renton]

heh

You'll be kissing these rings in 13 weeks.

j/k



P.S. I like to shoot for the stars and make it to the moon. If I make 5k then so be it. That would kick ass!

[UG]

Renton, I hope you can do it. I'm looking forward to your updates.

[Phantaroth]

I'd Like to just mention that for some reason Doyles Room has been extremley laggy for me over the last 5 or so days.

I believe this is a problem on their end not mine, but you can still give it a try. I got mad and took all my money off their site tho because if they can't fix lag in this amount of time, fuck them bitches.

[Renton]

Ya alot of them I am just gonna deposit, hold my nose, grit and take in until the bonus clears, then I am getting out of dodge.

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day three... (of 91)

Another very proactive day of whoring. I cleared the 7x PPA bonus for Party Poker, and ran a clean 12bb/100 5-tabling 25nl for 1000 hands.

Now I just gotta take care of the epassporte bonus and its goodbye party poker! However, my cashout is lagging so I am going to go ahead and set some things in motion for Empire so I can get started there concurrently.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 924.11

Net gain for day: 164.08

[Muxy]

Nice man good job. I will be starting this one i can pay some people off and get my Br up there. Currently doign the Boss network 100% 500 raked hands. Easy as shit.

[eeeee]

so I am going to go ahead and set some things in motion for Empire so I can get started there concurrently.

Did you see Rabiddog's very kind notice above? Looks like Empire might not be working quite right. Don't blow a signup bonus by depositing until you see an Empire offer with a code.

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day five... (of 91)

Had a pretty interesting day today. I began whoring PokerNOW instead of Empire (thanks RabidDog), and it went OK. I put in a two hour session this afternoon fourtabling the 25nl for the welcome bonus, and had a horrible session. I had about 40 pocket pairs and only hit one set (and won like two bucks). The session ended down like 50 bucks. I felt pretty crappy about it and went and got a bite to eat somewhere and came back to it refreshed and ready for revenge. A word to the wise: don't ever play poker on an empty stomach. I put in another two hour session to finish up the bonus, and in the first hour I managed to win my two buyins back with a little interest.

I was about to call it quits, having cleared the 100 dollar bonus and having a generally breakeven day at the tables (like 1.5bb/100), and then I just happened to stack a couple of people right before I cut out

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1055.15

Net gain for day: 131.04

Woohoo! My goal of 1k for week one, reached two days early!

[Rabid Dog]

Congratulations. Wanna loan me $1055.00, lol kidding of course. But thats what my momma used to always say. She would ask for the whole dollar amount and leave me the change. Of course she was kidding also.

Wow, while I was sitting here typing this a spider just dropped down from the ceiling right in front of my eyes. Hope I didnt wake the family up while slapping it between my hands.

[Renton]

ya it seems to be going pretty well. I am, however about to get hit with some serious cashout lag. I have got about 1500 dollars (of my own money, not gambling money) pending in cashouts with Party and PokerNOW, and it don't look like its going to make it back to me for a few days.

So I'll probably not be able to whore too much in the next few days : (

[Rabid Dog]

Yeah that always sucks. Ive got 3 casino's and one poker room Im waiting to hit my neteller account. But 2 was cashed out yesterday and 2 today. I have almost a zero neteller account till those hit. I should have 6 more casino cashouts if things go well this week. Im hoping to have all my money back into neteller by end of week so I can see where Im at.

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day six... (of 91)

In a word: Frustrating. I was on my 'A' game all day and just spun my wheels to no avail. Spent a four hour session on PokerNOW clearing the IGMPay bonus. Only one more bonus and I am done with them. Played another four hour session on party later (just for fun, no bonuses), and it was just horrible. I ran 2.81bb/100 for the 2000 or so hands and it sucked. Had aces cracked by 97off had kings cracked by q7off and every time I flopped a set, I had to fold it to a four card straight or flush on the board (no boat...). Hopefully things will get better.

Variance sucks.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1183.63

Net gain for day: 128.48

[dj newman]

Variance does suck....I have played in 5 home tourneys and 1 casino tourney and have won 1 hand outside of stealing blinds....my friends all think I am full o shit...which I think is ironic...I just hope I heat up a little in Vegas. Now this is pretty minor variance...just can't wait for the upswing.

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 9... (of 91)

Another good news and bad news day. *sigh*

Cashout lag is killing me. I have got two 500 dollar cashouts that have been in limbo for days (damn IGMPay!) so I have just been grinding it out at 25nl.

And thats where the good news comes in. After the last several thousand hands of banging my head against the rigged Party Poker wall, I have finally pulled out of this downswing. I ran ridiculously good (25bb/100) for three hours of fivetabling. I have nearly tripled my original bankroll in the last 8 days

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1326.46

Net gain for day: 106.71

[r8ed]

Nice Job Renton! How about separating profits and bonus money. It would be good to see how much of your bankroll comes from bonuses. I have a crude excel spreadsheet I just started to keep track of where my money is what the status is and bonus vs. profit. You'll need something similar once you do the B2Bs because they have 1o/14/30 day wait periods on bonus money. I can send the spreadsheet to anyone who wants it. It's very crude but does the job. EasyT has one too but it has much more than I need.

[EasyT]

Yes, I have a spreadsheet too, which I'm happy to share. Mine started out like R8ed's, I'm sure. But now with $9,000 spread across 43 accounts, it looks daunting. But it's not really. It does the same thing that it always did, now it just sums more columns. Based on the list of sites you're planing to knock down, you oughta have something like this. Email me if you want mine.

EasyT

[Renton]

It would be good to see how much of your bankroll comes from bonuses.

So far it's like 1/2. That'll probably go down as I get to the crappier and crappier sites.

[Setzy]

Hey Renton, just wanted to tell you thanks on giving me some of that bonus whoring info I was asking about. I dunno if it's been posted anywhere else or you were aware (I'm sure it is, just saw it today when I logged on though), that PokerStars is doing a 20% deposit bonus up to $600, but it ends on Monday. Dunno if you'd be able to get in on that, but I figured it might be some helpful info for ya...

[biondino]

Really dumb question I'm sure, but you are signing up for rakeback on all the sites that offer it, aren't you? I'd love to refer you to the rakeback provider I use if you're interested - they've been very good so far and offer pretty sweet rates. PM me if you'd like.

[Renton]

Really dumb question I'm sure, but you are signing up for rakeback on all the sites that offer it, aren't you? I'd love to refer you to the rakeback provider I use if you're interested - they've been very good so far and offer pretty sweet rates. PM me if you'd like.

i am still owning the party skins, which to my limited knowledge don't offer rakeback.

I am incorrect?

[Renton]

Hey Renton, just wanted to tell you thanks on giving me some of that bonus whoring info I was asking about. I dunno if it's been posted anywhere else or you were aware (I'm sure it is, just saw it today when I logged on though), that PokerStars is doing a 20% deposit bonus up to $600, but it ends on Monday. Dunno if you'd be able to get in on that, but I figured it might be some helpful info for ya...

Is this clearable at 25nl? 50nl? Well if so, I will definitely be doing this.

[Rabid Dog]

Stars is a 5x bonus which is nice. But the rake has to reach $1.00 to earn one FPP. Is that playable at 25NL? I havent played at Stars since probably last Oct, but a 5x bonus would bring me back probably. As long as its playable at 25NL or 50NL. I'm thinking a $1.00 rake would have to be played at the 100NL or higher to be productive.

Someone correct me if Im wrong.

edit: I said pot has to reach $1.00. Its rake has to reach $1.00, fixed it.

[Renton]

Stars is a 5x bonus which is nice. But the pot has to reach $1.00 to earn one FPP. Is that playable at 25NL? I havent played at Stars since probably last Oct, but a 5x bonus would bring me back probably. As long as its playable at 25NL or 50NL. I'm thinking a $1.00 rake would have to be played at the 100NL or higher to be productive.

Someone correct me if Im wrong.

you're probably right. That sucks, cause I'm not quite rolled for 100nl yet.

[Setzy]

Well I believe you get a FPP on Stars when the pot reaches...hmm oh here's the page.
------------------------------

1. Earn FPPs for cash game play
One (1) Frequent Player Point (FPP) is awarded for playing a hand in which the rake reaches:

$0.50 for fixed limit poker games with stakes $0.50/$1.00 and lower
$0.75 for fixed limit poker games with stakes $1/$2
$1.00 for
pot limit poker games
no limit poker games
fixed limit poker games with stakes $2/$4 and higher

EDIT: Late on the rake postage, my bad.

[Renton]

don't you get fractions of a point for hands where the rake is lower? In that case you'd just need to play 600 bucks worth of rake, (which would still suck, thats like 20000 hands at 25nl just to get 120 bux).

[Rabid Dog]

Hey, if you quad table 50NL, is that like playing one table at 200NL? Kidding of course

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 14... (of 91)

I had a poker free weekend, and started on the new Party reload bonus on sunday. I nearly finished clearing the first level of it today.

In other news I opened a Pacific account and got that one rolling. Hopefully I will be able to scam them out of the 100 bonus and not even have to play the full number of hands. I am gonna wait a few days to try this, so as not to be conspicuous.

Today I took my first crack at the Party NL50 tables, with success. I ran a cool 21.38ptbb/100 for 880 hands, making over 50 bucks an hour

Looks like this weeks gonna be good. I expect to be past 2k by friday.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1646.99

Net gain for day: 188.77

Total whored
to date: 500.00

Total grinded
to date: 585.11

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 15... (of 91)

Looks like this weeks gonna be good. I expect to be past 2k by friday.

Or perhaps by today.

Today was the most profitable single day of my Whoring Adventure thus far. I cleared the first level of the Party reload bonus quadtabling NL50, and I ran super-good. In 1.25 hours (344 hands) I netted $175! Running good is well... good. I decided to take the rest of the evening off since I did so well.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 2023.16

Net gain for day: 376.17

Total whored
to date: 700.00

Total grinded
to date: 761.28

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 21... (of 91)

I had a particularly stale weekend. After my massive upswing at 5onl, I have hit a downswing and my winrate is down to 9.05bb/100 over 6.5k hands. Thanks to bonuses, however, I have still increased my BR significantly since the last update. I conquered the 3 level party reload Bonus for a sweet 300 bucks and grinded out a few more dollars on top of that. I cashed out completely from Party and Pacific (gave up on that Bonus) and deposited $750 into both Paradise and JetSet.

Paradise seems ok. I will probably be done that Bonus by Thursday. JetSet's Bonus will probably take me at least a week, unfortunately. JetSet sucks, there weren't any 50nl tables for some reason when I logged on tonight (xcept for 6max but haven't had too much experience with). I played a few hands of 25nl on two tables of JetSet while simultaneously playing two 50nl tables on Paradise. I rocketed up 30 bucks on the JetSet tables (those players are dumber than a second coat of paint), and I ran a very short up one dollar session at Paradise (ran into some good hands, didn't have a set paid off, etc.).

I don't know if anyone reads these posts or gets any humor/encouragement out of them, but they really help my confidence and keep me going, so thanks either way I guess. Also, I am going to add an excel graph of my running BR to the first post in this thread. Check it out.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 2,298.54

Net gain since
last post: +275.38

Total whored
to date: +800.00

Total grinded
to date: +936.66

[Rabid Dog]

Bankrolls looking good. Keep up the good work.

[wc3x_tester]

This is post is pretty inspirational. Do u mind me asking how old are you...how much time you spend on poker?

I just learned poker this yr, graduated highschool lasst year, and am doing really good., i plan on paying half my way through school pokering. But am always looking for storiess to motivate me. heh.

[SinkRox]

gl Renton! Good to see your plan, having goals is crucial to building and keeping a BR I think.

btw hope u managed to sign up for the b2b 5x worth 400e, if not check into it (not sure if its dead or alive now) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...953&highlight= this is an essential bonus.

I think a vital characteristic of a winning player/plan is being realistic... and the only fault I can find in your plan is you may not of spared any time off from playing, either from short holidays, weekends away, getting ill, or simply burnout. For me its ultra hard to play 35-40 hrs a week for 4 weeks straight, let alone 12 weeks?

I for one burnout really quite easily and have to take 3-5 days off playing maybe once a month or so.. so I can come back re-freshed and clear headed

Something I noticed since I started whoring at the beginning of January was I focused more and more on grinding and clearing the bonuses.. until I was 10 tabling 8max NL just to finish a big bonus... This becomes such a grind and I realised my ultimate goal isnt to grind out a bonus, but to play poker and progress, enjoy, learn and study and to improve my game. This should be my biggest priority (and now is) but had gotten shaded into the background. ..Just a little warning

[Renton]

This is post is pretty inspirational. Do u mind me asking how old are you...how much time you spend on poker?

I just learned poker this yr, graduated highschool lasst year, and am doing really good., i plan on paying half my way through school pokering. But am always looking for storiess to motivate me. heh.

I am twenty one and in college part time with a full time job.

I manage to spend about 20hrs/week MAX.

[Renton]

gl Renton! Good to see your plan, having goals is crucial to building and keeping a BR I think.

btw hope u managed to sign up for the b2b 5x worth 400e, if not check into it (not sure if its dead or alive now) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...953&highlight= this is an essential bonus.

I think a vital characteristic of a winning player/plan is being realistic... and the only fault I can find in your plan is you may not of spared any time off from playing, either from short holidays, weekends away, getting ill, or simply burnout. For me its ultra hard to play 35-40 hrs a week for 4 weeks straight, let alone 12 weeks?

I for one burnout really quite easily and have to take 3-5 days off playing maybe once a month or so.. so I can come back re-freshed and clear headed

Something I noticed since I started whoring at the beginning of January was I focused more and more on grinding and clearing the bonuses.. until I was 10 tabling 8max NL just to finish a big bonus... This becomes such a grind and I realised my ultimate goal isnt to grind out a bonus, but to play poker and progress, enjoy, learn and study and to improve my game. This should be my biggest priority (and now is) but had gotten shaded into the background. ..Just a little warning

I have only been playing seriously for a few months, so burnout doesn't seem eminent. I am only (!) playing 20 hours a week or so. I have since realized how possible my original goal of 16k in thirteen weeks is (that is to say, not very). I do intend to persue it though, and if I only get to 10k or 8k, or even 5k, I will be 100% satisfied.

The reason I set this whole thing up is because I intend to go to architecture school full time this fall, and since the school schedule is going to suck terribly, I am going to have to quit my full time job. Unlike many lucky others, I don't have parents that deposit 2k into my bank account every month for bills. I actually have to loan THEM money on occasion.

So essentially I intend on "going pro" during school this year, since I won't be able to hold a day job. Wow that sounds so dumb. I really mean "going pro" in the absolute most stripped of dignity sense. I intend on pulling a few hundred a week to pay my bills, ok?

EDIT: BTW Rox can I pull the money out of the account during the bonus clear period for that B2B bonus. Like, I mean can I fulfill all the raked hand requirements for the bonus and then pull out my money before the 30 days clear?

[SinkRox]

you sure can, it deffinatly doesnt kill your bonus, youll be paid after 30 days from deposit depending on how many VIPS youve collected (it isnt all or nothing, so you could say just earn 1.1k vips and recieve 220e bonus). However I think they have a wierd rule whereby you can only cashout 'for free' once a month?

man, im pretty amazed your working a FT job, college and 20 hrs a week poker! wow. When I finally get my ft job soon.. I was hoping to play 15hours a week.. but I no doubt I'll crank out about 20 aswell thinking about it.. when im working ft i have a bigger drive to play poker when I get the chance

[jungy121]

wait, so if i do that b2b bonus thing, say i deposit 400 bucks and get 400 bucks for bonus? and i can play, say if i win around 100 bucks, i can cash out the initial 400 and play with that 100 i won toclear the bonus?

[Rabid Dog]

EDIT: BTW Rox can I pull the money out of the account during the bonus clear period for that B2B bonus. Like, I mean can I fulfill all the raked hand requirements for the bonus and then pull out my money before the 30 days clear?

I'm pretty sure you can, but you might read the T&C first. Also you will probably have a fee charged if you make a second withdrawal within a month. Most of the B2B's I've seen so far charge something like 10 euros for an extra withdrawal within a month. But I havent played many of them yet, so again check the T&C.

edit: lol, I really have to read the whole thread before answering. Didn't see Sinkrox reply. O well, it helps up my post count some

[Murd0c]

Hey Renton I think we are both on essentially the same path right now. Although I am albeit behind with $2k.

I was wondering if you'd like to have a friendly competition to see who can get to $10k first. I think it would be good motivation for both of us.

Let me know what you think.

P.S. Should you choose to accept my challenge I can take no responsibility if I bruise your ego beyond repair

[Zodiac Killer]

This is a really cool post. I think I'll have to try something along these lines when I get a bigger BR. Great idea.

[Renton]

Hey Renton I think we are both on essentially the same path right now. Although I am albeit behind with $2k.

I was wondering if you'd like to have a friendly competition to see who can get to $10k first. I think it would be good motivation for both of us.

Let me know what you think.

P.S. Should you choose to accept my challenge I can take no responsibility if I bruise your ego beyond repair

Alright, you're on. We'll put fifty bucks on it. So actually, it will be a race to 9950. Then the loser completes the winner's 10k.

[Murd0c]

Oooooh I like it!

Best of luck

[EasyT]

Oooooh I like it!

Best of luck

Murdoc:
You need your own thread parallel to Renton's so the rest of us can watch the race.

If you make the race public and make the earnings somehow verifyable, I'll start a thread for side-bets.

May the biggest whore win. :P

EasyT

[Renton]

I am ok with going on faith.

Its impossible to prove anything because the money is so spread around. I will probably have money in five accounts simultaneously by that point.

[EasyT]

Oooooh I like it!

Best of luck

Murdoc:
You need your own thread parallel to Renton's so the rest of us can watch the race.

If you make the race public ... I'll start a thread for side-bets.

May the biggest whore win. :P

EasyT

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[Murd0c]

I will start a thread in just a bit let me just try and make sure we have some base rules set down. You tell me if these sound good.

-First to reach $10k bankroll by means of Poker, Bonus Whoring, Casino Whoring, and/or rakeback.
-Screenshots with that day's CNN's frontpage in the background for any account where some of the final $10K ($9950) is. ex Screen shot of neteller with CNN in the background.
-At least a weekly post documenting progress towards the $10k and sources of the money

Other than that I think we should be good to go. I'll begin my own thread in just a little bit (Gotta finish up a bonus ).

[BoondockSaint]

[moved from online poker rooms]

took me awhile - all the adventure/operation type things go in here

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 28... (of 91)

Today sucks.

I took a shot a 100nl and got owned, over and over and over again. Some of it was bad luck, some of it was bad play. I had made a few bucks in the first few days since my last post, clearing the Paradise Bonus and etc. but today was the day the music died. In other news, I did some work trying to begin clearing the Martins Bonus, and losing about 200e in the process. I hate that site, the players are too good, I suck too much, and until further notice I am giving up on that sweetass Bonus.

Today humbled me, perhaps more than I have ever been humbled at a poker game. I have been playing seriously for a couple months now, after a few months of learning and reading poker books, and until now, I haven't had such a horrible day. I guess I am back to 50nl, so I can build up to where I once was.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1857.79

Net gain since
last post: -440.75

Total whored
to date: +850.00

Total grinded
to date: +445.91

[Trikflow77]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 28... (of 91)

Today sucks.

I took a shot a 100nl and got owned, over and over and over again. Some of it was bad luck, some of it was bad play. I had made a few bucks in the first few days since my last post, clearing the Paradise Bonus and etc. but today was the day the music died. In other news, I did some work trying to begin clearing the Martins Bonus, and losing about 200e in the process. I hate that site, the players are too good, I suck too much, and until further notice I am giving up on that sweetass Bonus.

Today humbled me, perhaps more than I have ever been humbled at a poker game. I have been playing seriously for a couple months now, after a few months of learning and reading poker books, and until now, I haven't had such a horrible day. I guess I am back to 50nl, so I can build up to where I once was.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1857.79

Net gain since
last post: -440.75

Total whored
to date: +850.00

Total grinded
to date: +445.91

what is your martins poker sn......i have been owning quite a few bonus whores there as of late......hope you werent one of them.

[Renton]

renton55 I think

[Rabid Dog]

what is your martins poker sn......i have been owning quite a few bonus whores there as of late......hope you werent one of them.

Stay away from anyone with rabid dog as their nic in one form or another then. Or I'll have to call the SPCA on ya

[Murd0c]

Renton did you lose that money at 6max or full ring?

[Renton]

full ring on party mostly, and some 8max on b2b.

[Renton]

Renton's Whoring Adventure Day 47...

The bonus adventure has taken somewhat of a hiatus as of late. I have been learning new games and new stakes, and as a result have been spinning my wheels. The past two weeks have been break even for me. Its been really depressing and at times unbearable, but I think I am pulling out.

I played 2k hands of 100nl full ring on party today and yesterday, and I am really becoming more confident in my play. I have run 10bb/100 over these 2k hands, and i don't think I am running that hot. Sure there were some good situations, but at the same time, I got setunderset several times, and KKvsAAed a couple of times. AA sucked out on by someone who called a massive preflop raise with 37, etc. etc. Point is, I think I am really starting to beat this game, after weeks of anguish.

As for my shorthanded game, I am getting much better. I still can't beat it at the 100 dollar level, but I am very confident that I can beat it. I have since decided to move back to the full ring fold, as i feel it is a much lower variance game (if less profitable).

In whoring news, I am grinding slowly through the jetset bonus (still like 3/4 of the points left to earn). Also I am about halfway done with the riverbelle bonus. Today I completed the 10x Party reload bonus, and my bankroll is on its way back up. I have since given up on the b2bs. I felt outplayed at b2b, and would like to improve my game a little more before returning.

I also wanted to mention something that Pelion made a thread about. We are going to try to have cashgame session reviews. Basically just two people who are trying to get better at the stakes they play will trade relevant hand histories for their cash game sessions. I was wondering if one of you who is also somewhat new to 100nl would like to do this with me.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 1811.10

Net gain since
last post: -70.00

Total whored
to date: +950.00

Total grinded
to date: +299.22[/quote]

[Renton]

Renton's Ring Adventure Day 55 ...

Wow. Things are really really good. As of now, the whoring adventure is taking a hiatus. This is now the Renton's Ring Adventure until further notice. I have come to the conclusion that the softness and table availability of PartyPoker far outweighs an inherent advantage in bonus whoring at other sites. This doesn't mean that I won't continue to whore. I have outstanding bonuses at Jetset and Riverbelle that I have been chipping away at.

I have been beating the 100nl full ring game on party. I am a longterm winner I feel, as I am 7ptbb/100 over 15k hands, and 3.5ptbb/100 over 22k hands (this is including my horrible run at 6 max that didn't work out). Today I tried to play 8 tables at once. It worked out great and I plan on doing that from now on I think. I have made a whole shitload of money in that last week by my standards.

My bankroll is very healthy now. I have 35 buyins for the 100nl stakes. I will probably continue to play 100nl until I get to 5k and then I might begin to dabble in 200nl. I want to have a solid foundation before I move up, though.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 3466.99 (omg!)

Net gain since
last post: +1655.89 (omg!)

Total whored
to date: +950.00

Total grinded
to date: +1955.11

[biondino]

This is marvellous stuff!

[Ravageur]

This is definitely a case of me not trusting my read and in retrospect playing the hand badly. But anyway, this thread is about Renton and his current streak of tearing up 100 NL on Party.
Nice hand Rent, your river bet really convinced me I was beat, but I'm still not good enough to get away from it. As for the other dozen hands you've owned me in...well that's another story u bastard.


#Game No : 4080758647
***** Hand History for Game 4080758647 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, April 24, 17:46:48 ET 2006
Table Glenhuntly (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: josemiranda ( $26.54 )
Seat 4: Renton555 ( $196.05 )
Seat 5: jkwillsd ( $32.65 )
Seat 6: css2r ( $105.55 )
Seat 10: Shark_Waters ( $31.45 )
Seat 7: Ravageur111 ( $178.75 )
Seat 1: Labusz81 ( $62.15 )
Seat 8: U_HateMoney ( $99.85 )
Seat 2: Edwin78 ( $50 )
Seat 9: crast ( $100 )
josemiranda posts small blind [$0.50].
Renton555 posts big blind [$1].
>You have options at Fin Finder (No DP) Table!.
crast posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur111 [ 6s 6d ]
jkwillsd folds.
css2r folds.
>You have options at Table 96315 Table!.
Ravageur111 raises [$3].
U_HateMoney folds.
crast folds.
Shark_Waters folds.
Labusz81 folds.
josemiranda folds.
Renton555 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ah, 5h, 6h ]
>You have options at Fin Finder (No DP) Table!.
Renton555 bets [$4.75].
Ravageur111 raises [$15.50].
Renton555 calls [$10.75].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
Me : make a weak call rent
Renton555 checks.
>You have options at Fin Finder (No DP) Table!.
Ravageur111 bets [$20].
Renton555 calls [$20].
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
Renton555 bets [$55.75].
Me : Hrm.
Me : I think you flopped the flush
>You have options at Table 96315 Table!.
Me : God this is rough
Ravageur111 calls [$55.75].
Renton555 shows [ 9h, 8h ] a flush, ace high.
Ravageur111 shows [ 6s, 6d ] three of a kind, sixes.
Renton555 wins $187 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
Game #4080772718 starts.

And he proceed to semi stack me a couple other times in the next hour.

Nice work.

[Ravageur]

Renton I am hijacking your thread to spread todays misery! But at least you're in all these hands.
Alright, so here's the setup. I've been running relatively bad for the past couple days, but finally got my stack up on this table and have been playing a good lag style that's messed most of the table up. Until Renton shows up and ruins all the fun.

Hand 1.

#Game No : 4092843372
***** Hand History for Game 4092843372 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 25, 21:11:28 ET 2006
Table Table 97511 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Ravageur111 ( $278.80 )
Seat 4: King4484 ( $115.10 )
Seat 3: pagge18 ( $143.40 )
Seat 8: Killerbees24 ( $87.75 )
Seat 9: POKER_517 ( $21.90 )
Seat 6: Hoe07 ( $91.85 )
Seat 10: pairsetboat ( $47.30 )
Seat 2: LOKUM666 ( $10.65 )
Seat 7: Skinneyboi ( $49.95 )
Seat 5: Renton555 ( $100 )
Skinneyboi posts small blind [$0.50].
Killerbees24 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur111 [ Jd Qc ]
POKER_517 calls [$1].
pairsetboat calls [$1].
Ravageur111 raises [$3.50].
pagge18 folds.
King4484 folds.
Renton555 calls [$3.50].
Hoe07 folds.
Skinneyboi folds.
Killerbees24 folds.
POKER_517 folds.
pairsetboat calls [$2.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, As, Ah ]
pairsetboat checks.
Ravageur111 bets [$7.50].
Renton555 calls [$7.50].
pairsetboat folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
Ravageur111 checks.
Renton555 bets [$11.25].
Ravageur111: checking the turn looks so weak
Ravageur111: even if i'm prolly leading
Ravageur111 folds.
Ravageur111: bad check
Renton555 shows [ Qh, Kh ] a pair of aces.
Renton555 wins $37.85 from the main pot with a pair of aces.
Game #4092860143 starts.

Ok, no sweat, Renton made a nice play.

Hand 2.

Feel free to criticize calling Renton's reraise with q-10. But my real mistake here is giving Renton the benefit of thinking he only reraises with js and up. All in all I played this hand the worst.

#Game No : 4093156549
***** Hand History for Game 4093156549 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 25, 21:41:57 ET 2006
Table Table 97511 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Ravageur111 ( $269.70 )
Seat 4: King4484 ( $101.10 )
Seat 9: POKER_517 ( $50.29 )
Seat 6: Hoe07 ( $117.80 )
Seat 10: pairsetboat ( $30.80 )
Seat 7: Skinneyboi ( $20.38 )
Seat 5: Renton555 ( $134.05 )
Seat 2: HardWoodStud ( $65.03 )
Seat 8: Push926 ( $40.50 )
Seat 3: ryrobs ( $80.02 )
Renton555 posts small blind [$0.50].
Hoe07 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur111 [ Th Qh ]
Skinneyboi calls [$1].
Push926 calls [$1].
POKER_517 folds.
pairsetboat folds.
Ravageur111 raises [$3].
HardWoodStud folds.
ryrobs folds.
King4484 folds.
Renton555 raises [$8.50].
Hoe07 folds.
Skinneyboi folds.
Push926 folds.
Ravageur111 calls [$6].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 8h, Tc ]
Renton555 bets [$11.25].
Ravageur111 calls [$11.25].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
Renton555 bets [$23.25].
>You have options at Table 96972 Table!.
Me : geez
Me : always in these situations with you
Me : and im making the right play im sure
Ravageur111 folds.
Renton555 shows [ Qs, Ad ] a pair of eights.
Renton555 wins $64.60 from the main pot with a pair of eights.
Game #4093171641 starts.

I proceed to curse and swear at the screen.

Cue Hand 3.
Note : I've been raising probably every other hand.....
When Renton calls my raise I right away put him on a mid pair. 8s, 9s maybe 10s max. It occured to me he might have a set...but I was willing to pay it off. What he actually had took me off guard.

#Game No : 4093197536
***** Hand History for Game 4093197536 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 25, 21:46:05 ET 2006
Table Table 97511 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Ravageur111 ( $254.85 )
Seat 4: King4484 ( $101.10 )
Seat 9: POKER_517 ( $50.29 )
Seat 6: Hoe07 ( $113.30 )
Seat 10: pairsetboat ( $41.30 )
Seat 7: Skinneyboi ( $15.38 )
Seat 5: Renton555 ( $152.15 )
Seat 2: HardWoodStud ( $62.03 )
Seat 8: Push926 ( $36.50 )
Seat 3: ryrobs ( $80.02 )
Push926 posts small blind [$0.50].
POKER_517 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur111 [ Ah Ad ]
Ravageur111: heh
pairsetboat calls [$1].
Ravageur111: how many hands have I raised in a row?
>You have options at Table 96972 Table!.
Ravageur111 raises [$4].
HardWoodStud folds.
ryrobs folds.
King4484 folds.
Renton says : a lot
Renton555 calls [$4].
Hoe07 folds.
Skinneyboi folds.
Push926 folds.
POKER_517 folds.
pairsetboat calls [$3].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 5s, 7h ]
pairsetboat checks.
Ravageur111 checks.
Renton555 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
pairsetboat checks.
>You have options at Table 96972 Table!.
Ravageur111 bets [$8].
Renton555 calls [$8].
pairsetboat calls [$8].
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
pairsetboat checks.
Ravageur111 bets [$30].
Renton555 is all-In [$140.15]
pairsetboat folds.
Me : here's the deal
Me : if you have a 7 or a 4...I will kill myself
Ravageur111 calls [$110.15].
Ravageur111 shows [ Ah, Ad ] two pairs, aces and sevens.
Renton555 shows [ 6d, 7d ] a full house, Sevens full of fours.
Renton555 wins $314.80 from the main pot with a full house, Sevens full of fours.
Game #4093212394 starts.

Post mortem : I refrained from killing myself, though i tilted away
another buy-in or so.
Here's the last hand of my tilt session. Renton I think you should have let this go to my reraise with a flush draw up there. But anyway, i'm certainly not one to criticize considering my results lately.


#Game No : 4093621306
***** Hand History for Game 4093621306 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 25, 22:27:40 ET 2006
Table Table 97511 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: Ravageur111 ( $39.52 )
Seat 9: POKER_517 ( $37.69 )
Seat 7: Skinneyboi ( $28.70 )
Seat 5: Renton555 ( $342.20 )
Seat 2: HardWoodStud ( $89.38 )
Seat 8: Push926 ( $49.55 )
Seat 6: Q_Licious ( $103.30 )
Seat 10: theperm ( $110.96 )
HardWoodStud posts small blind [$0.50].
Renton555 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur111 [ 9d 8d ]
Q_Licious calls [$1].
>You have options at Table 96972 Table!.
Skinneyboi raises [$2].
Push926 folds.
POKER_517 folds.
theperm calls [$2].
Ravageur111 calls [$2].
HardWoodStud folds.
Renton555 calls [$1].
Q_Licious calls [$1].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 5c, Kd ]
Renton555 checks.
Q_Licious checks.
Skinneyboi bets [$3].
theperm calls [$3].
>You have options at Table 96972 Table!.
Ravageur111 raises [$11].
Renton555 raises [$177.05].
Q_Licious folds.
Skinneyboi folds.
theperm is all-In [$105.96]
hmm
Ravageur111 is all-In [$26.52]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
Renton555 shows [ 8c, 7c ] two pairs, sevens and sixes.
theperm shows [ 5d, 5s ] a full house, Fives full of sixes.
Ravageur111 shows [ 9d, 8d ] a flush, king high.
Renton555 wins $68.09 from side pot #2 with two pairs, sevens and sixes.
theperm wins $142.88 from side pot #1 with a full house, Fives full of sixes.
theperm wins $123.06 from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of sixes.
Game #4093669666 starts.

Anyway, I think that puts you at least 500 up on me Renton...so if you happen to buy a car, or a house or a lapdance....think of me while you're enjoying it.

[Setzy]

Doubled your roll, holy shit nice.

[Renton]

Renton's Ring Adventure Day 57 ...

My third session of 8 tabling Party 100nl went swimmingly. Actually thats an understatement. I made more today than I have every made in one day of poker. I ran 20ptbb/100 for 3.5 hours (about 1600 hands), pocketing about 700$.

Today is a very special day. My thread has reached epic lengths (2 pages now), and I am now officially rolled for 200nl by the 20x rule. I don't think I will move up quite yet though. Please post opinions on whether I should move up. My plan is to keep on keeping on until I reach 5-6k.

Starting BR: 583.00

Current BR: 4214.36

Net gain since
last post: +747.37 (omg!)

Total whored
to date: +950.00

Total grinded
to date: +2702.48

[Rabid Dog]

Awsome

[Pingviini]

You are the king of the ring (whores)

[bdawg56kg]

Nice job renton. I would wait will about 5-6k before moving up, but if you want to take shots, then it's fine. Also, you should really consider moving over to 6-max.