Understand the bonus system in poker

If you play on an online poker room or have seen a commercial for one, you probably have noticed that bonuses are offered.

Many of these offers are very favorable, and it can be worth to investigate if a bonus system exists in the poker room you planning to join and how good it is. On this site, you find reviews of poker rooms that help you compare between different bonus offers.

Two kinds of bonuses

There are different kinds of bonuses. The most common type is a sum of cash that matches your first deposit to your new poker account. If you, for example, deposit $100 you will get a bonus match against a certain percent of this sum. The hard competition between the poker rooms has made the percents increase and it's nowadays common with bonuses that match your deposit by 200% up to over $1,000!

Before you can disposal the bonus money you usually need to collect a certain amount of bonus points. It is also in most cases a limited time period for doing this. Every poker room has its own bonus system, including detailed rules about how many points are given depending on the stake you are playing on and the poker game. When, the points are exchanged into money.

There are also poker rooms that offer another kind of bonus, which money can be used directly in play. In these cases, the bonus money will be on your account after you have registered, a so-called no-deposit bonus, or after you have made a minimum deposit. These kinds of bonuses are not a percent of your deposit, instead it is a fixed sum (or tournament tickets) that are given to you.

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