icemonkey9
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
So I made my deposit a while ago at FT, saw the lovely 100% bonus and was thinking, gee that's cool hopefully I can unlock that.
So I play microstakes, $10nl and $25nl. In about 1.5 months I've unlocked ... only $20 of the bonus! It made me think what it would take to unlock the HUNDREDS still available. So I just decided to do out the math to see what it would take. Maybe it'll help those looking at bonuses to put it in "real" terms.
Hopefully my math and approximations are right ... I'm a little woozy today.
FullTilt gives you the "rake credit" if you are dealt a hand. (you don't have to be in the hand)
fulltiltpoker says that for every $1 rake = 1 FullTilt Point
1 FullTilt Point = $0.06 in bonus
The rake is approximately 5%, yes?
Typical Rakes I saw:
$1.10 pot = $0.10 rake
$0.85 pot = $0.05 rake
$3.25 pot = $0.15 rake
$8.00 pot = $0.40 rake
$15 pot = $0.75 rake
Anyways, so I did some calculations, hopefully my numbers are on...
At .05/.10 Stakes, the average pot is about $1.50 thus the rake per hand is $0.10, meaning it would take you 3,333 hands to unlock a $20 bonus.
At .10/.25 Stakes, the average pot is about $4 thus the rake per hand is $0.20, meaning it would take you 1,667 hands to unlock a $20 bonus.
At .25/.50 Stakes, the average pot is about $6 thus the rake per hand is $0.30, meaning it would take you 1,111 hands to unlock a $20 bonus.
Taking that further ...
If you played 200 hands a day ....
It would take you 16.7 days to reach a $20 bonus at .05/.10
It would take you 8.3 days to reach a $20 bonus at .10/.25
It would take you 5.6 days to reach a $20 bonus at .25/.50
Lets say you had $200 to unlock ...
It would take you 167 days (More than 5 Months!) playing 200hands/day at .05/.10 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 83 days (2.5 months) playing 200hands/day at .10/.25 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 56 days playing 200hands/day at .25/.50 to get $200 in bonus money.
Lets say you are hard core and decide to play 400 hands per day:
It would take you 83.5 days playing 400hands/day at .05/.10 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 41.5 days playing 400hands/day at .10/.25 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 28 days playing 200hands/day at .25/.50 to get $200 in bonus money.
~~ Looks Like I'll be playing 200 hands/day for the next 2 months ~~~
cguru:
So I play microstakes, $10nl and $25nl. In about 1.5 months I've unlocked ... only $20 of the bonus! It made me think what it would take to unlock the HUNDREDS still available. So I just decided to do out the math to see what it would take. Maybe it'll help those looking at bonuses to put it in "real" terms.
Hopefully my math and approximations are right ... I'm a little woozy today.
FullTilt gives you the "rake credit" if you are dealt a hand. (you don't have to be in the hand)
fulltiltpoker says that for every $1 rake = 1 FullTilt Point
1 FullTilt Point = $0.06 in bonus
The rake is approximately 5%, yes?
Typical Rakes I saw:
$1.10 pot = $0.10 rake
$0.85 pot = $0.05 rake
$3.25 pot = $0.15 rake
$8.00 pot = $0.40 rake
$15 pot = $0.75 rake
Anyways, so I did some calculations, hopefully my numbers are on...
At .05/.10 Stakes, the average pot is about $1.50 thus the rake per hand is $0.10, meaning it would take you 3,333 hands to unlock a $20 bonus.
At .10/.25 Stakes, the average pot is about $4 thus the rake per hand is $0.20, meaning it would take you 1,667 hands to unlock a $20 bonus.
At .25/.50 Stakes, the average pot is about $6 thus the rake per hand is $0.30, meaning it would take you 1,111 hands to unlock a $20 bonus.
Taking that further ...
If you played 200 hands a day ....
It would take you 16.7 days to reach a $20 bonus at .05/.10
It would take you 8.3 days to reach a $20 bonus at .10/.25
It would take you 5.6 days to reach a $20 bonus at .25/.50
Lets say you had $200 to unlock ...
It would take you 167 days (More than 5 Months!) playing 200hands/day at .05/.10 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 83 days (2.5 months) playing 200hands/day at .10/.25 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 56 days playing 200hands/day at .25/.50 to get $200 in bonus money.
Lets say you are hard core and decide to play 400 hands per day:
It would take you 83.5 days playing 400hands/day at .05/.10 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 41.5 days playing 400hands/day at .10/.25 to get $200 in bonus money.
It would take you 28 days playing 200hands/day at .25/.50 to get $200 in bonus money.
~~ Looks Like I'll be playing 200 hands/day for the next 2 months ~~~
cguru: