Texas Holdem Bonus Poker under table games in the downloadable client

Damn, the downloadable client doesnt work for me. I've tried downloading it 3 times and whenever I try to start it my computer instantly freezes and I have to turn it off.

would it be possible to figure out how far i am thru the play-thru requirment by emailing support? is the meter bar or something similar supposed to be coming soon?

I accidentally find a way to track your wager amount. I used the Lock Point in Cashier tab. Based on my experience, it will increase 6-7 points when I place $50 wager. Maybe it is an option before they provided any other meters.

bump. also, if im close to hitting the playthru requirement, but then i get another bonus deposited into my acct at the start of sept, do i then have to clear the playthru requirement for the second bonus as well?

I turned $75 into $300+ playing Caribbean holdem

Caribbean holdem I'm pretty sure is one of the worst games you could play in terms of value...with exception being when the jackpot is super huge.

Percentage house advantage numbers etc are at wizardofodds.com

Here is some info I found out through helping another person who had some questions privately. Wanted to make sure the info was here for all of you.

When receiving the casino bonus, the amount of the casino bonus HAS to stay in your casino account, but once the PT requirement has met (once it shows as withdrawable, I've been told this trumps everything) you can withdraw it with no penalty. Anything you win OVER the bonus amount may be transferred over to poker at your discretion.

So for example, let's say you had a $100 casino bonus, and through clearing the PT requirements it gets up to $150, you could transfer the $50 over to poker, but the $100 would have to stay on the casino side and either be withdrawn or played in casino games.

so you wouldn't be required to maintain that $100 balance, but at the time of transferring any money over you would have to have left at least the original bonus amount on the casino side, what happens after that point (either because of a withdrawal or because of losing money on casino bets) is moot, as long as the bonus itself isn't transferred.

I know that's a bit convoluted/complicated, but it adhere's with Merge's policy of us keeping the casino bonuses casino only, but any winning above and beyond may be transferred freely just like any other funds.

Thanks

-Rizen

Could that be more complicated? It also might help if we knew how much we had wagered because mine was listed as withdrawable the entire time without ever having made a bet.

I've been told if it says it is withdrawable that trumps all else. Based on that I would assume if it's withdrawable you're done and request a cash out, regardless of if you feel you've wagered the 40x PT or not.

-Rizen

i got a check today if anyone wants to kno

Thanks Rizen. The bit about it saying "withdrawable" helps since there is no status bar on the casino bonus stuff, etc.

But it does kind of put an impetus on the player to unreasonably keep track of things still.

Example:

I get a $292.57 casino bonus. I play for a little while and am up to 3x the clearing requirement and now my casino account reads $310.12. I think about cashing out and transfer over $859.42. I change my mind about cashing out but keep donking on blackjack to finish off the stupid clearing thing. After a couple hours my account is at a total of $922.01 and I don't really remember how much I had in my casino account before, etc...so I'm not sure how much of it is withdrawable and how much isn't.

See what I mean? Obviously this is kind of a silly and exaggerated example. Just pointing out that it gets kind of weird at a certain point.

I think that having a $300 bonus in the account...but wanting to cashout $2000 by switching it over can even be potentially confusing but hopefully the "withdrawable" status shows up at the right times to help the players figure it out.

You never answered (and perhaps didn't understand) my earlier question about whether busting out your casino bonus negates the entire clearing requirement.

Example: I get a $200 bonus. I play 5x through that amount and bust it out. I even make sure to go to the penny slots so that I have exactly $0.00 now. So that means I have no further play-through requirement carrying over, right? If I get another $200 bonus on Sept 1 I only have to play 40x that amount...I don't have to continue on with the previous play-through and have to play 35x through because I only made it 5x through.

Hopefully the withdrawable status takes care of these Q's also. Just pointing out that not all of this stuff is entirely clear.

Although the last part you cleared up about being able to cashout the original amount and being able to move over any winnings above and beyond that to the poker side does at least address that aspect. Thanks for getting some answers and clarifications there.

Sorry, to answer the earlier question yes, if you bust your bonus the PT doesn't carry over to the next bonus or anything like that. PT requirements are assigned to individual bonuses and not some sort of 'pool' that continues.

-Rizen

Cool. Thanks. Between that and the "withdrawable indicator trumps everything" I think we are kind of getting somewhere. Hopefully the trigger for the 40x thing is immediate and accurate. No delay or reliant on support looking at accounts and adding it up because there is zero chance of that not getting screwed up.

I still recommend keeping count yourself just in case. It's not too hard to just make the same $20 bet over and over and count to 200 bets or something. Don't forget double downs and splits in blackjack...I assume since you are wagering more when you do that it counts to the requirement.

Got a casino bonus, but it's $100 less than it should be. Is this the case for anybody else?

didnt get one yet

Mine was about $500 less than its supposed to be...

100 less as well

@konar: thats really ****ed

Yea mine is about 150 less....Pretty whack.l

Mine is about $100 less...

Haven't got one yet

I sent a message to our CTO to see if there was a problem with the script. I'll let you know what he says. If you haven't received one PM me with your screen name/e-mail and I'll make a list to send on. Please make sure you have an active casino account (click on the casino tab in the poker cilent and make sure you can get over the casino side).

Thanks

-Rizen

Mine was considerably less than i expected, and obv still missing bonus from June

I checked just now and mine is where it should be. Everybody check yours again.