In case any of you play the Totalbet or UKbetting (cryptos)

[SebQtaneus]

[Felonius_Monk]

Most of them are a bit pointless as a rule. The ones where they offer a very general bonus (i.e. £10 for pocket aces) are worthwhile though. The rest are a waste of time

[SebQtaneus]

[excession]

UK £25 for 5 hrs play Cryptos are my first stop each month - esp now Littlewoods and Pokerplex have gone over to the Interpoker 1/4 pt for raked hands below $20 system (boo) and bet365 bonus is back to $50 (not $100) for 500 raked hands.

I think the £25 for 5 hrs ones comprise William Hill (by coincidence my first ever site), Ritz, Uk Betting and TotalBet. You can multitable 4 tables to release the £25 in 75 minutes at NL $100 tables. That's $175 in 5 hours play. Compare that to trying to release a PS, UB or Empire bonus at $100 NL and you can see why they are my first stop...

I did sign up for the Empire $100 bonus but after taking a look at the tables am not going to bother even trying for it..

Also the players are piss-poor - A typical classic one from last night came when my AA got re-raised - I re-re-raised all in and got a caller ($75 stack) with AQo

[excession]

Seb - the problem with the TotalBet aces promos is that is requires you to play at £1/£2 tables or higher (but must be sterling £ tables)

The Cryptos rake is calculated in the same currency as the table so the max isn't $3 it's £3 - so if you are playing these tables you will be paying significantly more rake (up to 75% more on any contested hands probably).

Now it may be precisely because of this that the £1/2 tables are fishy as hell (I don't know I've not played em) but you do need to bear it in mind when saying that you 'may as well' play them

[SebQtaneus]

[excession]

It's just if you play the $2/4 tables your max rake is still $3 but if you play £1/2 (or even the 50p/£1) the max rake is £3 (75% more rake) - you see?

also 'All players must be playing at real money (£)' and the fuller description makes it clear that you must be playing at the £ sterling tables