Bovada's Refer-a-friend promotion

Anyone had any experience with bovadas referral promotion?

they match up to $100 of your friends first deposit into your account

I had a friend sign up for the first time and he deposited $100 into his account and $100 was in my account when I got home

but what im asking you guys is how do u go about withdrawaling from your account after you get a bonus from this promotion?

whats stopping ppl from having several friends set up ne accounts and getting this bonus money and running with it

when I asked if there was a limit to the amount of times u could get the bonus from different friends , they said there was no limit , but you had to meet certain requirements before u withdrew funds

so does anyone here have experience with this promotion??

usually any bonus has to cleared ...5 points/dollar

It will have the standard rollover requirements which are something like 20x casino or poker and 3x sports betting. Also, as far as I know they will remove the money from your account if your referrals deposit and then withdraw shortly thereafter without playing it.

ok can u please explain what a rollover requirement is?

pfb8888 said:

usually any bonus has to cleared ...5 points/dollar

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This. You have to play a lot of poker to get the bonus to pay out. Bonuses are good, but note this. And usually there's a time limit to finish clearing the whole bonus.

hpb846 said:

ok can u please explain what a rollover requirement is?

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It's the amount of times you have to play the money through before it can be withdrawn. So if you got a $100 bonus and it has a 20x rollover on it before it can be withdrawn than you would have to bet a total of $2000 before you could withdraw it.

they say u have to earn 3 poker points per dollar issued

which would take a considerable amount of time and money .

now my question is ...

say I have $80 in my account now , and I get a referral bonus of $100 added to my account

then say 2 weeks from now , ive only earned 50 poker points since the bonus was issued and I won a tourney so I have like $400 in m y account and I want to withdraw all but $100 ,

would they let me?

The only thing about promos like this, if they are your friend you wouldn't trick them into this. I would tell my friend about rake back and have them sign up through a rake back site. Guess I'm too nice, can be a downfall.

edit: am i wrong thinking this way

Vfranks said:

The only thing about promos like this, if they are your friend you wouldn't trick them into this. I would tell my friend about rake back and have them sign up through a rake back site. Guess I'm too nice, can be a downfall.

edit: am i wrong thinking this way

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I don't know. It is the primary site I play on for me and I don't really mind it. You obviously don't get rakeback, but they often times have some very +EV promotions and stuff, plus the site tends to have much fishier players. So yeah, if I actually had real life friends that played poker I would have them sign up. Also, I know lots of people complain about it, but for some people the anonymous software is actually a positive thing for them.

Oh yeah they ony have VIP through Bovada, I forgot because I signed up so long ago it was before I knew about it.

hpb846 said:

they say u have to earn 3 poker points per dollar issued

which would take a considerable amount of time and money .

now my question is ...

say I have $80 in my account now , and I get a referral bonus of $100 added to my account

then say 2 weeks from now , ive only earned 50 poker points since the bonus was issued and I won a tourney so I have like $400 in m y account and I want to withdraw all but $100 ,

would they let me?

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just ask BOVADA for the details ....they have good customer support...

send them an email.

I think you can cash out and continue to work on the bonus...

and you should ...its a great deal

pfb8888 said:

just ask BOVADA for the details ....they have good customer support...

send them an email.

I think you can cash out and continue to work on the bonus...

and you should ...its a great deal

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well bovada says u have to earn 3 poker points per dollar issued before withdrawing , the grey are is , what about the money already in your account ,

I had like $40 in my account a few weeks ago , got $100 bonus , got my account up to $300ish , then lost it down to $100ish , then got another $100 bonus , brought my account up to $200 , that went up and down for a week ,


ive peaked at $478.12 , , Ive dipped as low as $14.70 , I am currently at $128.36 , I have receieved $200 worth of refer a friend bonus in the last 3 weeks ,

how do I know how much I could withdraw right now

hpb846 said:

well bovada says u have to earn 3 poker points per dollar issued before withdrawing , the grey are is , what about the money already in your account ,

I had like $40 in my account a few weeks ago , got $100 bonus , got my account up to $300ish , then lost it down to $100ish , then got another $100 bonus , brought my account up to $200 , that went up and down for a week ,


ive peaked at $478.12 , , Ive dipped as low as $14.70 , I am currently at $128.36 , I have receieved $200 worth of refer a friend bonus in the last 3 weeks ,

how do I know how much I could withdraw right now

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First of all I would suggest a little bankroll management.
Secondly if you want to know how much you can withdraw sign into the Bovada website and click "My Account" there you will see this http://prntscr.com/2dnkq7
The "Cash Balance" is with drawable, the "Bonus Balance" still has play through left on it.

the bonus balamce has always been at $0 , it still is

if what you say is true that I can withdraw all of the cash balalnce , ten I could have withdrawn all of the bonus money whenever , my bonus balance , has been at $0 the entire time

hpb846 said:

if what you say is true that I can withdraw all of the cash balalnce , ten I could have withdrawn all of the bonus money whenever , my bonus balance , has been at $0 the entire time

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Contact support and ask for clarification if you want to know for sure.