The 888 poker room feels like it's been around forever. But have they put that experience to good use to create a superlative bonus offer? Let's have a look...
1$ in rake earns you | To cash the max bonus | Bonus Paid in increments of | Max Bonus Available | Cash Back | Cash Back AS Percentage of Bonus |
Redemption period | Est. time to payoff | Hourly rate | |
Betsafe | $0.36 in bonus money |
You pay $6944 rake | $2500 | $2500 | $1388.88 | 55% | 43 | 87 hours | $44.69 |
Betfair | $0.298 in bonus money |
You pay $6700 in rake | $5 | $2000 | $2089 | 104% | 90 | 83.75 hours | $48.82 |
William Hill | $0.294 in bonus money |
You pay $6800 in rake |
$5 | $2000 | $1600 | 80% | 90 | 85 hours | $42.35 |
888 Poker | $0.20 in bonus money |
You pay $2000 in rake |
$10 | $400 | $155 | 38% | 90 | 100 hours | $5.55 |
First off, you can tell that this is the smallest bonus offer available. But unlike the other rooms it does offer you an instant reward of $20 and a free T-shirt. So at least you have something solid to show for your signup.
OK, with a bank roll of $200 we'll be playing the $5+0.50 Sit N Goes. That's $.50 of rake for every tournament we enter and we can pay approximately 40 in a hour using the strategies that I explain in my book BonusHunter. So to clear $2000 in rake we'll need to play for around 100 hours. So 90 should be enough, but you'll have to play for more than 1 hour a day. You'll earn a total of $555 for your 100 hours work.
Yes, it does, doesn't it. It's an hourly rate of just $5.55. Why is this so much worse that the others? Well, because we only have a starting bankroll of $200, we can't play the bigger tournies and can't generate so much rake. But if you were to deposit $1000 and play the $20+$2 sit n goes, then you'd blast your way to bonus completion in just 25 hours. Your hourly rate then would be a much more respectable $22.20.
Still though, it's not an amazing rate compared to the other sites. 888, really, has been featured because you get a free T-Shirt just for signing up. And who can resist that?
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