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Best Sites to Grind SNGs on (difficulty, usable software, bonuses and rakeback)?? Best Sites to Grind SNGs on (difficulty, usable software, bonuses and rakeback)??

02-13-2009 , 06:06 AM
I am a US Player and I currently play on FTP w/ rakeback and Ironman status, but I've fully cleared my $600 Bonus. I won't have enough medals through consecutive months at ironman to get another bonus for at least 8 months. I would really like to play on another site where I can not only be beating the games and earning rakeback, but also clearing a bonus. I'm looking for a site to play my games on above and beyond playing enough SNGs on FTP to keep at iron man. "Ironman plus" requires too much volume for the # of extra medals and wont get me a new bonus fast enough.

Stars is out for me b/c I already cleared $50 bonus and they don't have rakeback so unless your SNE you get screwed.

Cake would be my next choice, b/c 33% and $500 bonus, but there are 3 HUGE negatives.
1) No good way to get $ on and off. I looked and there are 2 e-wallets. One just takes you to a sketchy page where it asked you for a username and pw, but I obv have no account yet and there is no place to make one. The other ewallet they use costs 8.8% to fund, and 10% to withdraw capped at $150. So basically it costs $200 to get my money on and off the site, essentially making the bonus only $300.
2) No PokerTracker, No LayoutPlanner, No Shortcuts, No nothing. Can't even scope b/c names change every 7 days.
3) Everything I heard about Cake being soft pertained to cash games.

From here I've been looking at Minted Poker (46% and $500), Poker Nordica (30% and $200) WSEX (75% and 1000) ect but all these sites have tremendously low volume, aren't supported by PokerTracker (-ev) have crappy software that's way to graphical (keep it simple stupid, I have at least 6 tables all the time, and that busty dealer chick could be better served as a player note) They all also have cash-in/out issues from what I hear.

I know Bodog offers 110%, but they have no rakeback, and idk if tracker works. Anyway, if Jamie Gold likes it it must suck j/k. Goddamn winningest player in terms of $ won in tournament poker history even tho no one thinks you're any good...

So basically I find my faced with the unthinkable...

Ultimate bet has 110% on $1000 and 30%, and Absolute has 100% on $500 and 30%. Only problem is that I firmly believe that no one should play on these sites, what happened with the cheating is unforgivable, and that it was definitely a scam with many insiders in on it IMO. Fact remains, I need a bonus, their bonuses sound good (not sure how long they take to clear or what increments, actually heard bad things,) they have rakeback and who the heck is wasting a superuser account at the $22+2 and $33+3 level? These sites (somehow) have the volume I need, and the bonuses I'm looking for. But then again they had widespread cheating. WTF to do?

Anyone have any advice? I Make a decent amount of $ already, but bonuses are FREE MONEY. I'm not super worried about the duration for the bonuses b/c I play a lot of volume. Cleared FTP $600 in like 1.5 months.

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02-13-2009 , 09:56 AM
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02-13-2009 , 01:01 PM
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02-13-2009 , 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bevo54
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Are you guys serious these are ******ed post because rakeback was just 1 part of four in his question. This is not the wrong forum for this from what I can see.

The best site is stars simply because the run the most games constantly you can grind 24 hours with a screen full of tables.

However if you think the rake back is going to increase your winning substantly as maybe you are not a big winning player but still a winning player or maybe slightly negative then you should go to full tilt where you can get rakebake unless of course you can grind enough sit n gos to be supernova then you should DEFINITELY stay with stars. No other site run enough games for you to consider yourself a sit n go grinder playing there.
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02-13-2009 , 03:25 PM
Thanks for the defense Jakejackjake

Yes obviously I've done my research about what the best bonus offers and rakeback rates are for each site, that's not what I'm asking. I posted here because this fourm is about site selection and weighing the pros/cons of different sites, which is what I'm trying to do here.

Also, I AM going to always play on tilt because I have tons of notes on my opponents there, I love the structure, there are great game selection, plenty of bad players, it's PT3 compatible, ect. My ROI for Feb is approaching 13% I am a winning player, but even huge winners like jhub usually make as much from rakeback and bonuses as they do from actually beating the games at their level. That's exactly what happened last month for me, and I don't want to lose that half of my profits since my bonus is fully cleared.

I'm looking for a second site to mix in for playing each day to clear a bonus to keep that part of my income alive. I don't think Stars is the best choice b/c their rewards program is designed to benefit players who play exclusively on Stars. If I was going to do that,I would have to start Jan. 1st.

What I want to know is:

All things considered, what other site would be the best for me to split my time with to whip up on some games I can beat while earning some free money?

I'm looking to hear specifically from players who have played on one or more of the sites I mentioned in my original post, or those who are familiar with my position in general in that they play full time and always want to be clearing a bonus. Thanks!
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02-13-2009 , 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by OMGBarackObama
I'm looking to hear specifically from players who have played on one or more of the sites I mentioned in my original post, or those who are familiar with my position in general in that they play full time and always want to be clearing a bonus. Thanks!
I am aware of no full-time STT players who have ever worried about "always clearing a bonus". Pick a site and grind out whatever money you are going to grind out and F all that other stuff.

If you are determined to bonus whore, it sounds like you have already figured out your options, so go ahead and use the information you have gathered and make the best decision you can.
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