Pacific Poker Clearing Strategy?

[Murd0c]

Heya I just signed up for the Pacific Poker bonus and wow. This site is piece of crap. Only being able to one table. Incredibly crappy software and interface ughhhhh. Only redeeming feature seems to be the the amount of horrible players.

Ok so my question is this. If I'm consistently beating 50NL would it be ok to play at 100NL for this site since I only have one table to conentrate on and the players to flop on most tables is ove 50%?

My overall bankroll right now is about $2k but only $500 or so is at the site. It's just I get the feeling that playing at 25NL or even 50NL this bonus is gunna take a longggggg time.

[Renton]

I am about to hit it tonight while I clear the new party bonus. I am gonna play 50, and it will probably take a pretty good while.

I wouldn't play 100nl with only 500 in the account.

[BoondockSaint]

Well I dont know about now but like 6 months ago and before the best way to clear was not to clear it at all. You could withdraw after you played 5 minutes on anything and it would clear neteller fine. Since 888 cleaned up their act with casino on net as far as monitoring stuff like that, its very possible pacific poker did the same thing. I hated pacific just as much which was the whole reason i just withdrew from the start to begin with.

[Murd0c]

Anyone been able to withdraw semi-recently without clearing the bonus? If I could do that I think I might the happiest person on earth.

[Dislexsik]

As a matter of fact i did.So go for it.
The bonus cleared so slow that i just couldnt be bothered to play on that site,so i decided to cash out and i tryed to cash out 500$ instead of the 400$ that i had deposit and it worked.

Oh and i had it today on my neteller so it will most probably work for u too.

[Murd0c]

Hell yea! As I would expect from a site of this calibur of quality I will need to wait 3 business days before they process the request.

So now I play the waiting game...

[Renton]

you mean you can just play like 20 hands and then pull out?

[Murd0c]

Seems so. If it works though prolly best to keep it on the down low. Or at least until my transfer goes through . Next thing you know everyone is doing it and they figure out their mistake.

[Dislexsik]

Yep.

[BoondockSaint]

you mean you can just play like 20 hands and then pull out?

Exactly. There cashout checks must still be totally random and the chance of getting busted isn't that great. In fact its so slim I have yet to hear of a single person that cashed out early that actually got busted.

[BoondockSaint]

Seems so. If it works though prolly best to keep it on the down low. Or at least until my transfer goes through . Next thing you know everyone is doing it and they figure out their mistake.

Trust me they know this happens. People have been doing it for quite a long time. They just don't care to do anything about it. 888s major leak was casino on net which they seem to have fixed fairly well.

[jungy121]

so how does this work? it's 25% up to 100? so i can deposit 400, to get 100, play 20 hands and cash out 500 the same day? or how many days do i hae to wait?

[midas06]

Don't be too obvious about it.

[eeeee]

so how does this work? it's 25% up to 100? so i can deposit 400, to get 100, play 20 hands and cash out 500 the same day? or how many days do i hae to wait?

It's not a guaranteed deal. Most people getaway with it. Perhaps leaving it there for a few days, and withdrawing over a weekend would help things along?

[Murd0c]

Aggggggh those bastards figured it out. Now I'm gunna have to spend a month at this piece of crap trying to get the wr. Ughhhhh somone shoot me.

[Murd0c]

Omg I can't reload at the table I have to leave and go to a different table

[r8ed]

You tried cashing out? What happened?

[Murd0c]

They sent me an email indicating I'd only wagered $16 of the $2000 requirement

[Murd0c]

Agggggh HOw do I beat a table full of laggs?!?!?

[BoondockSaint]

totally brutal - that sucks you got caught - i wonder if your account is flagged now or if you could possibly try it again and get by - did they tell you if you tried it again and you hadn't wagered enough they would take away your bonus or anything?

[Murd0c]

Your recent cashout request includes an amount of our bonus, and so we have
reviewed this cashout in accordance with our wagering criteria. Since the
bonus in question was issued, you have wagered correctly $16.
Therefore in order to cashout the bonus you still need to wager (bet) a
further $1,984. Please log into your account and cancel this cashout to wager
the required remaining amount. Alternatively we will return the cashout to
the bankroll after the regular awaiting cashout period.

You can check the amount of wagering you have done by the amount of Bonus
Points that you have received. For every $10 you wager, you receive 1 point.
When you receive a bonus please check the number of total points you currently
have, and how much wagering is required. Please note that any cash out that
includes the bonus amount will be subject to the wagering criteria.

Right now my bonus/comp points shows 24.04, so after 8 hours of play I'm about a tenth of the way to meeting the requirement.

I dunno if I should try to cash out again. I doubt they'll take away the bonus but I'm skeptical if it would work. Any advice?

[eeeee]

Just play,
or withdraw your deposit and just play the bonus,
or w/d your deposit and abandon the bonus,
or enter 20 $100 SNG's,
or play headsup, chipswapping with a buddy (returning the entire bonus with rake, and your buddy's bonus too ).

If you just play, cap each decent hand with an all-in bet, and you'll be done in no time -- they rake your uncalled bets. You might even get some callers.

[Murd0c]

Great advice thanks eeeee. I think I'm gunna withdraw my deposit and use the rest of my bonus to play some sngs or other tournies.