so, does this mean that you were (or still are) just watching where the new bonuses apear and go there to clear them? I guess that you have an acc. at every mayor site then, right? and once you clear the initial deposit bonus (like at FTP for instance) what do you do then regarding the bonuses at FTP ? wait till some new bonus offer arives or you play with the cleared money or you go to other site to clear other bonus? .. sorry for a flood of questions..

Until recently when it becamse very difficult for Americans to move money around, I made it a policy to never play without a bonus. Move your money around. Clear one bonus then start another. There are also reload bonuses on a regular basis. Go to bonuswhores dot com for all the details. Sign up to have their bonus newsletters show up in your e-mail.

so.. basically... I should deposit something to moneybookers.... find a site with good bonus.. clear the bonus.. withdraw to moneybookers.. find another site with good bonus.. clear the bonus... etc. ... and so on, right? btw. thanks for the link, it's interesting..

ok.. new question... I am depositing $50 to moneybookers today...

k3nt... what is your advice? what games should I play and where should I go for starters?

with 50 bucks I would do the Golden Riviera bonus first, 100% up to 40 bucks plus a 10 dollars no deposit bonus = 50 bonus dollars for a 40 deposit. It's a 5x raked hands bonus, which clears really fast. You have to play at 25c/50c levels though, which would be $50 NL. Obviously that game is too big, so I would clear it at 25c/50c limit instead. You'd only be playing on a 100 BB bankroll, which is a little small.

If the game has to be $5 NL, then ... I just don't know what bonuses clear at $5 NL, apart from the Tribeca sites (Doyles Room etc.) and Ultimate Bet. Also I think they clear at Party, but Party's bonus is so sweet that you want to wait until you can deposit enough to get the max bonus.

If it were me, I'd probably go to Ultimate Bet to start. The bonus won't clear super-fast but it is a 100% bonus. I'm not sure they offer $5 NL though. They have $10 and $2 NL games, I know that. Maybe they added $5 NL also.

Good luck.

How many pots are raked at 0.31 or more at the level you're going to play? That's the only relevant question. Good luck.

I think you should be OK playing 0.05/0.1NLeven with 135.

I also think you should sign up and play to get those easy 5x bo hands.nuses. I think there are a couple of them in prima.

If you decideagainst bonuswhoring I think you should do well in NL$10. I had been playing for a while coaching my cousin there and Ican tell yothose games are insane. They reminded me of the past two years where people were calling ALL INS with A9off and such hands.

You should be golden there as long as you wait for TPTK and pound them. Yes, TPTK. That is really a monster in those tables.

I would also suggest you get 70bucks and buy Poker tracker and then pahud. The last one can wait because gametime+ is free and does practically the same.

Also, consider bodog as your home site because the games there are much softer than the other poker rooms. Last night I was playing there with 22bucks I had left and runitup to 89 playing nl$25. I am now retaking the catapult system there.

The catapult system is basically a super aggressive (BRwise) mthod to move up and make some $$$fast. If you can get away from microstakes fast the RoR issmall because you alwys have smaller stakes to move down. I will move up everytime i have 3buy ins for the next level. I am currentlyplaying nl$25.