Just a minor PSA.

Q. Do the extra happy hour FTP (Full Tilt Points) count toward my bonus whoring?

A. No. I could be wrong but I'm like 97% sure of this.

Q. How fast can I clear the bonus?

A. I'm currently 2-tabling 5NL and clearing ~28 FTP/hr for both of those tables, so you can figure about...

1 table 5NL Rush == 14 FTP/hr
2 tables 5NL Rush == 28 FTP/hr
3 tables 5NL Rush == 32 FTP/hr
4 tables 5NL Rush == 56 FTP/hr

I play a pretty blind-stealy kind of game, about 300 h/r at each table, if you play more fold-until-premium style, YMMV.

Judging by the avg. pot numbers on FT right this second, just double those numbers if you're playing 10NL so...

1 table 10NL Rush == 28 FTP/hr
2 tables 10NL Rush == 56 FTP/hr
3 tables 10NL Rush == 64 FTP/hr
4 tables 10NL Rush == 112 FTP/hr

Each FTP clears $0.06 in $5.00 increments so, by some simple division, we find it'll take me ~30 hours of 2-tabling 5NL to clear my $50 bonus.

GLGL.

*bump the thread if you found it useful, so it may help others or, if you already know this stuff, don't bump so it'll die a quick death.

Bump.

Also, you have a typo in there. 3 * 14 isn't 32.

Bump

Any numbers on clearing a $600 First Deposit Bonus at 100NL?

Thanks if you can

Ah, crap. You're right.

Should have read:

3 tables 5NL Rush == 42 FTP/hr

A quick formula you can use to figure out how long it'll take you to clear a bonus is:

x = (b / 0.06) / p

...where:

x == # of hours needed to clear bonus
b == amount of bonus
p == FTP points you clear in an hour.

So for my specific case we find:

x = (50.0 / 0.06) / 28
x = 833.3 / 28
x = 29.8 hours

Just plug in your numbers and boom.

WAT!!??

does any1 know why some ppl got a $50 bonus and others got a $100?

Does it affect rakeback if we clear the bonus?

This would do well to be stickied and/or added to the beginners FAQ.

Some were saying they got as high as $500

As for Rakeback, you're deducted 27% of whatever your clear
($10.00 x .27 = $2.70 deducted)

they want to get people back on the site who haven't been playing for a while.
So if you are a reg you get a 50$ bonus, if you were not playing on FT for 6 months (or woteva), you get 100$ or more

I play pretty much every day and I got a $100 bonus.

i moved my roll to PS for 2 months and just moved it back and got offered a hundo. balla

my friend got $500 and i got $50, fml!

I got the $100 bonus and i aint played on FT for like a year, my friend who plays on the site everyday also got the $100..

Thinking of moving my roll over from stars because i have rakeback now

Real PSA:
If you're playing to clear a bonus, you're probably going to lose money.
Just play normal and be happy when you clear an increment.

For the record, took like 8 hours to clear $100 bonus at 200NL rush.


And yeah ... I only moved to FTP because they finally gave me RB

Full ring or 6-max?

I got 300

i got $400, hadn't logged into FT in 4+ years though. it seems to indicate to me that this is a "first time player" bonus though and if i clear it before a certain date that I'll be eligible for an additional ~$50 bonus

So at 5NL Rush, we clear 4.67FTP/100 which is worth $0.28/100 or 5.6bb/100. As long as we beat -2.8BB/100 we can profit from the bonus. I think.

cleared it in like 3 days 4 tabling 5NL Rush, it was taking ~1600 hands per $5...

edit: Anyone who can't beat 5nl Rush needs to lock themsleves in a padded room for a couple of weeks and have a quiet word with themselves.