GamingClub has a deposit $50...get $50 bonus deal running right now. I believe you need 350 raked hands.

Click the banner at the top of the screen and you can read the fine print on the bonus deal.

GC has games of all limits including micro limits.

Bet 365 is the place to be for the small-time bonus hunter, they have a great $50 deposit match bonus which clears in no time at all (I did it in about 2 hours of play). The new one at Gaming Club sounds promising too, so long as there's no restrictions on the size of the rake needed for a hand (you won't be generating much rake at micro limits).

Although in general it's not a good site for bonuses, UltimateBet is actually not too bad if you're a small time player - the bonus is released incrementally (albeit very slowly) and you should get $25 for a $100 deposit.

Royal Vegas poker used to offer $10 free without even having to make a deposit; not sure if this is still the case, check the website. Again, they're a Prima site (like gaming club and bet365) which tends to aim their bonuses at low level players to encourage new business. Check it out as this is good for you.

The Interpoker bonus is not worth your bother as it frees painfully slowly at the lowest limits, due to the fact hands need to be raked above a certain amount. The current bet365 deal sounds way, way better than what you get at Cryptologic for low limit players. Once you get a bit more money and play a little higher, Interpokers bonus might be for you.

Finally, once you have (say) $300-500, you might consider playing the 0.50/1 limit at Partypoker and Empire poker, they both offer nice signup bonuses and monthly match bonuses, Empire being the better of the two as they match $100 100% every month, whereas to get the $100 bonus at Party it's usually a $500 deposit. You need more money in your BR to play their lowest limit game though (0.50/1) so don't risk it yet if you can't reload your BR.

So if I were you i'd visit:

Bet365
Gaming Club
Check out royal vegas to see what's on
Maybe UB

Probably in that order.


Hope this helps.

Monk
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At bet365 you need to play at least 1/2 limit to work off the bonuses.
At Pacific you can play with the bonus money as you work it off, though am not sure what limits are bonus eligible.

I'd recommend Pacific for now.

Molina

The Cryptos wouldn't be good for such a small bankroll. The best thing to do, really, would be to tour all the Prima sites, most of them give you a small amount of cash to start with and then have match bonuses that are fairly easy to clear even at the micro limits.

Start at, say, Gaming Club, and after you clear that bonus, withdraw and move to Bet365, then on to Royal Vegas, 7 Sultans, etc. Even if you play break-even poker, you can build that bankroll fairly quickly with the free cash and bonuses.

First, a disclaimer. I am not an affiliate for Bodog. I've just had very good experiences there for the last 6 months.

That said, I think you might want to go to Bodog next. 20% unlimited bonus in addition to any sign up bonuses. Fairly quick to clear. Play is average from my experience at .05 - .10NL, .25 - .50NL, & .5 - 1.00NL. And the also have Limit down to .05 - .10. Sit-n-go's are nice there as well. And they have some nice multi table tourneys also. The sign up fees for both single and Multi table tourney's count towards your bonus requirement as well!

Another reason to go to Bodog next and I think it's a valid one, is that Poker Tracker does not support this site and since it sounds like you don't have Poker Tracker yet, you won't be up against a bunch of players who do have it like you would be if you went to the Prima sites or the Party or Crypto sites. Build that BR at Bodog until you have enough that you can spare $55 to get Poker Tracker and then hit the Party, Prima, and maybe Crypto sites for all their bonuses. Bodog has EXCELLENT customer service also. The only drawback to Bodog as far as I am concerned (there are 2 actually if you count the PokerTracker thing) is that they are slower than I would like when it comes to cashout. They usually take 1-3 days whereas Party only takes a day or less.

I second the Bodog suggestion. I signed up through iceman but didn't really use it until last month. The first advantage is that you can recycle the bonus, meaning withdraw and reload. However, I've read in other forums that Bodog is hunting down blatant bonuswhores so I tend to give a lot of overlay before withdrawing. At the levels I'm playing the bonus amount is not that material so I don't mind tripling the hand requirement before withdrawing.

The other good thing about Bodog is that the games are soft. I play the 200-400NL tables so your results may vary, but you can do quite well just by playing tight poker.

As previously mentioned once you build up enough to have a $500 BR then you can expand your site selection to take advantage of periodic bonii like Party/Empire.

One question is do you get any other type of affiliate bonus when you reload at Bodog? I sent an e-mail to iceman about it but haven't gotten a response.

I must not have gotten your email. Resend it please.

Thanks for all the replies! This is great info.

I started a journal over on the journal forum. Go check it out if your interested in following my poker progress!!