Let the whoring begin!
Posted by Matt Jacobs on March 22, 2005

That's correct, I've started my bonus whoring campaign. For those of you who don't know about bonus whoring, let me fill you in.

As I'm sure you know, poker sites often offer new players deposit bonuses of varying sizes. A bonus whore (e.g., me) is a person who makes the initial deposit at each and every site he can to get all the free money he can. For example, I'm currently working on clearing a 50% up to $100 bonus (I got the full $100, naturally) on Paradise. Once I finish my 1000 hands, I should have about $400 or so from an initial deposit of 200; $200 initial deposit, $100 bonus, $100 in gifts from fish. After that, I'll hit up Stars for their 20% to $100, then Poker Mountain for 100% to $500, then Full Tilt for the 100% to $600. Assuming break even or slightly winning play (I'm talking 1 or 2 BB/100 playing 1/2 limit), I should end up with a roll of over $2000, for free. At that point, my options open up as far as what to play, but for the next couple months, expect to see updates on how my bonus clearing is going.