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Originally Posted by djkelly69
just check out the offers on Boogster, Savvy, PSO, etc, and search the forums. there is plenty of discussion of which offers are good (from memory recently discussed were Carbon, Cake, etc).
dont listen to people who tell you bonus-whoring is a waste of time at low levels (yes bkkdude this is directed at you).
you can get kickbacks on multiple skins with ipoker, as well as Ongame and i would assume most others. the ipoker ones are usually pretty good at low levels, just compare the clearing rates carefully as they can differ a lot on each skin.
you may be better off 4-tabling FR, particularly on ipoker and any other sites that use the dealt method. you would really have to compare the numbers yourself, and even then it will vary greatly depending on tables, etc. 4-tabling 6-max would be good once you can handle it as well.
I agree that these kickback sites can be a great starter for many players, though I am a bit out of date with regards to how good the conditions are now for each of their rooms. A few years ago many of the conditions were utterly silly, and I suspect most are more rational now, but many would be well within the reasonable range for clearing at 50 NL.
Also look at the independent rooms like Everest and see if the conditions make sense to do the kickbacks. Plot out a plan of attack for the next 4-6 months between PSO, savvy etc.
Look through the ipoker skins and perhaps ongame (not familiar with that network) to pick the one that you eventually plan to do your heavy play at, so you can set that aside for your rakeback equivalent skin (based on the rewards programs), and the rest do the best kickback deals you can to build your bankroll.
Part of the equation that is important is working on your game and moving up as your bankroll allows, and it sounds like the OP would follow along that game plan, which makes kickback/bonus whoring less important and rakeback more important as time goes on, and your bankroll increases.
The person djkelly is talking about relies on not playing by folding every hand to make a little after bonuses, and obviously while that may work at a few places for now, and for a little while in the future, it is not a long term game plan that can work out as eventually the terms of these bonuses will get tighter, and there will be no actual play skill to fall back on when the availability of folding to money dries up.