Rakeback News
Paradise Poker and Interpoker Lower MGR Requirement to €5
09/08/2010:Late last month all sites on the Boss Network lowered the monthly MGR requirement to receive rakeback from €100 to €10. Since then, Paradise Poker and Interpoker have announced that they have lowered it further to €5. Even though generating €10 is not difficult at all to do for most players, these sites have made it that much easier to qualify for rakeback.
Rakeback on the Boss Network is capped at 30%. It is based on the contributed calculated method, meaning players must make a contribution to the pot to receive rakeback for a specific hand. Rakeback payments are made on the 5th of each month for the previous month's play. When signing up for a Boss Network room through Races and Rolls Rakeback, players will receive a sign-up bonus of 200% up to €1000. At Poker Heaven and Interpoker, the bonus will clear at a 13.3% rakeback rate, whereas at Fortune Poker and Paradise, the bonus will clear at a 20% rakeback rate. Bonuses are not deducted from MGR so players receive the full benefit of the bonus. Don't forget about our monthly $5,000 Boss Network Rake Race, exclusive to Races and Rolls Rakeback players. The race will award the top rakers with cash prizes of $25 for 30th up to $750 for first.
Cake Network Money Night Football
09/08/2010:The NFL season is ready to kick off, and to celebrate, the Cake Network is introducing Money Night Football, held every Monday night from September 13th to October 4th at 6 PM ET to coincide with Monday Night Football. Each Monday night during this period, players from Cake Poker, Power Poker, Doyles Room, Red Star Poker and Victory Poker will have two "Money Night football" tournaments to choose from. Simply play in one of the $10+$1 tournaments with your screen name changed to include a football team or player name of your choice. If you cash in the tournament you will automatically be entered into a $500 weekly Kamikaze tournament on Wednesday, where the top 10 players will receive $50 in cash. Kamikaze tournaments force players to go all-in every hand, so even though there is no skill involved, at least they aren't time-consuming.
Players signing up at a Cake Network site through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible for a 110% up to $600 sign-up bonus (100% up to $550 at Doyles Room) and 33% rakeback. USA players are accepted at all rooms, although North American players are not allowed to receive rakeback at Red Star.
Absolute Poker Reload Bonus
09/04/2010:Absolute Poker is offering a 100% up to $250 reload bonus until September 4th at 11:59 PM ET. When making your deposit use bonus code POKERWKND. To clear the bonus players must earn 17 to 20 Status Points per $1 of bonus money. The bonus will release in $5 increments and expire after 60 days.
New players signing up for Absolute Poker through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible for a 150% up to $500 sign-up bonus in addition to 30% rakeback. Bonuses are deducted from MGR.
Huge Doyles Room Reload Bonus
09/03/2010:Doyles Room is offering a huge 100% up to $500 reload bonus until September 6th at 11:59 PM ET. When depositing at this Cake Network site be sure to enter in bonus code Labor100 to receive the bonus. To clear the bonus, players must earn 16.67 FPPs per $1 of bonus money. This is the equivalent of 60% rakeback rate at full ring games, 51% shorthanded and 54% at tournaments and SNGs. Bonuses expire after 90 days and release in $5 increments.
New players signing up at Doyles Room through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible for a 110% up to $550 sign-up bonus and 33% rakeback. The bonus will clear at the same rate as the sign-up bonus. Our players are also eligible for an exclusive $50,000 Rake Race this month that will award cash prizes of $50 to to $6,500 to the top 275 rake generators.
Victory Poker Completes Move to the Cake Network
09/03/2010:Victory Poker has completed their move to the Cake Poker Network. There might be some players upset that they won’t be grandfathered into 40% rakeback on Cake. Thankfully, there are good workable solutions.
If you are a player who really loves the games and 40% rakeback at Victory Poker, you can now play at Minted Poker. Minted Poker is almost identical to Victory Poker in every way. They have the same 40% rakeback, the same cashier and almost all the same networked promotions.
Also, in addition to 40% rakeback, players can get a 100% up to $400 sign-up bonus, which wasn’t available at Victory Poker. The bonus clears at a 10% rakeback rate, giving players a total of 50% in return while clearing a bonus with rakeback.
If you are familiar with the promotions of any Cake Network site, you will already know a lot about what the experience at Victory Poker will be like. First of all, the Cake Network has almost twice the traffic as Everleaf, so many additional opportunities will open up. Players should notice a lot more tournaments and Sit N Gos, as well as Fixed Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha tables that weren’t previously available at Victory Poker.
Despite that Victory Poker is now offering 33% rakeback, down from 40%, players should be able to eclipse the value that they received when they were on Everleaf. In addition to 33% rakeback, players will receive a 110% up to $600 sign-up bonus. It will add 27% to your rakeback rate if playing full ring, 18% shorthanded and 21% at tournaments. Players can also pad their wallets with the Gold Stacks Rewards program (in-house VIP program that consists of 50 levels and awards Gold Chips, cash rewards and bonuses upon earning a certain number of Gold Chips), Gold Chips and Gold Cards (can enter tournaments and SNGs), to name a few.
Check Your Full Tilt Accounts: Personal Bonus Offer
09/02/2010:Many players are reporting that they are receiving personal Bonus Offers of $50 to $500 when logging on to Full Tilt Poker. The offer must be selected before September 12th at 11:59 PM ET and be cleared within 21 days of accepting. Clearance rates are 16.67 FTPs per $1 of bonus money. Players may also check potential offers by going to "Requests" and then "Check Bonus Offer." If you have been offered a personal offer from Full Tilt, make sure to accept the offer from this section.
Not everyone is guaranteed to have an offer. We are informing players because emails have apparently not went out informing players of the bonus that may await them. These bonuses are occasionally offered by Full Tilt, but they method in which they are given out is unknown.
These bonuses will be deducted from MGR. Despite this, players will still receive extra benefit when clearing with rakeback. Full ring players will earn the equivalent of 66% in rakeback when clearing the bonus with rakeback, whereas shorthanded players will receive 53% and tournament players will receive 56%.
Betsafe Poker September Races
09/02/2010:Betsafe Poker, a site on the Ongame Network, is offering $130,000 in cash and prizes as part of their September Races promotion. The September Races are divided into two leaderboards, one each for cash games and tournaments and will be organized according to the number of Player Points earned during the promotion period. The top 300 players in the cash game race and the top 200 in the tournament race will split their share of $100,000 in cash. To claim prizes for any of these leaderboards, email race@betsafe.com from October 1st to October 5th. In addition, Betsafe Poker will hold two 15 day races (September 1st to the 15th and September 16th to September 31st) where they will award freeroll entries to $30,000 in Rigged in Riga packages.
The 10 Rigged in Riga packages will be given away in 5 tournaments for the top 200 players from each race. Players will be given access to a certain freeroll on September 18th at 20:30 CET based on the their position in the 15 day race. The higher your position, the fewer the number of players you will have to compete against in the tournament.
New players signing up for Betsafe Poker through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible to choose one of six sign-up bonuses up to $2,000. Players can clear the bonus at a 8 Player Point per $1 rake, which clears at a 41% rakeback rate at cash games and 63% at tournaments. All bonuses expire after 60 days except for the $2,000 bonus, which expires after 29 days.
Minted Poker Reload Bonus
09/01/2010:Minted Poker, an Everleaf Network skin that accepts USA players, is offering a 100% up to $100 reload bonus until September 14th at 11:59 PM ET when using bonus code backtowork on your next deposit. To clear the bonus, players must earn 75 Poker Points per $1 of bonus money, the equivalent of 13% rakeback. Bonuses expire after 30 days and release in 4 parts.
Players signing up for Minted Poker through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible for a 100% up to $400 sign-up bonus clearable at a 100 Player Point per $1 rate. This is in addition to 40% rakeback. Bonuses are not deducted from MGR at Minted Poker. Players that sign-up through Races and Rolls Rakeback are also eligible to participate in a $14,050 Rake Chase, which will pay players for hitting designed MGR targets. The first tier can be hit for only $300 in MGR and will pay a $25 cash prize, yielding an additional 8.3% in rakeback. For players generating more in rake, there are a total of six tiers paying up to $2,500 in cash.
Carbon Poker $10,000 Rake Chase
09/01/2010:This month, the Carbon Poker Rake Chase is back with up to $10,000 in cash to players who reach various MGR milestones. In addition, for the month of September, Carbon Poker is offering the Gridiron Grind 2010, a promotion that celebrates the start of the American football season with cash bonuses.
Enroll in the promotion from your player admin and then play any real money games on Carbon Poker. The Gridiron Grind promotion will consist of 3 "Drives," each consisting of 3 downs. The first drive will award $2 cash prizes for earning 250 VIPs. The second and third drive consists of $5 prizes for 500 VIPs. After a Touchdown is scored after the third drive, a player will receive an "Extra Point" bonus of $5. The extra rewards as part of this promotions will yield a return of around 5%-7% for rakeback players.
New players signing up with Carbon Poker through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible for a 100% up to $600 sign-up bonus in addition to 35% rakeback. Bonuses are not deducted from MGR so when combining both together, players will earn the equivalent of 44%.
Party Poker Snowball
09/01/2010:For the month of September, Party Poker is introducing Snowball, a promotion that awards up to $5,000 in cash and $100,000 in freeroll entries. The promotion is set up in a way that all types of players can qualify for a prize regardless of how much they play.
To be eligible for this promotion, a player simply needs to earn Party Points during the month. The first prize is a $5,000 freeroll entry for earning only 5 Party Points. A player that earns 200 Party Points will receive access to $100,000 in freerolls, which will be held in early October. Two Party Points are earned for every $1 in contributed rake. The complete list of prizes are as follows:
50,000 Party Points earns a total of $5,000 + all freeroll entries -- 20% loyalty rate
40,000 Party Points earns a total of $3,500 + all freeroll entries -- 18% loyalty rate
30,000 Party Points earns a total of $2,300 + all freeroll entries -- 15% loyalty rate
20,000 Party Points earns a total of $1,400 + all freeroll entries -- 14% loyalty rate
15,000 Party Points earns a total of $975 + all freeroll entries -- 13% loyalty rate
10,000 Party Points earns a total of $600 + all freeroll entries -- 12% loyalty rate
5,000 Party Points earns a total of $275 + all freeroll entries -- 11% loyalty rate
2,000 Party Points earns a total of $100 + all freeroll entries -- 10% loyalty rate
1,000 Party Points earns a total of $45 + all freeroll entries -- 9% loyalty rate
500 Party Points earns a total of $20 + all freeroll entries -- 8% loyalty rate
200 Party Points earns a $50k freeroll entry + preceding freerolls
100 Party Points earns a $20k freeroll entry + preceding freerolls
50 Party Points earns a $15k freeroll entry + preceding freerolls
25 Party Points earns a $10k freeroll entry + preceding freeroll
5 Party Points earns a $5k freeroll entry
The loyalty rates above do not account for the value that the freeroll entries provides.
New players signing up at Party Poker through Races and Rolls Rakeback are eligible for a 100% up to $500 sign-up bonus that clears at a 20% loyalty rate. In addition to the sign-up bonus, players are eligible to take part in the VIP Program, where players can purchase bonuses or cash for a loyalty rate of up to 40%.
