[Sam Odom]

[Seaweed]

why?

sam
can you please help me?

[Sam Odom]

Because I lose at a higher rate than I normally do

[Justin3587]

Because I lose at a higher rate than I normally do

Where do you play?

[Sam Odom]

Justin , I just play for fun at either 5Dimes or Bookmaker. Same game just different skins

[Seaweed]

Sam, i signed up through 5dimes to become a pro and am wondering what their rollover policy is on the 200?

[Justin3587]

Yea, Heritage uses the same software as well. What do you play there? Specific games? Formats?

[Sam Odom]

seaweed,

you get a bonus ?

or

reduced vig

[Sam Odom]

Justin , I was just waiting for Tennis to start at 2am

played 1/2 NL

[Justin3587]

Gotcha.

[Seaweed]

seaweed,

you get a bonus ?

or

reduced vig

I just followed SBR's instructions to be a pro through a sportsbook. I chose 5dimes and made the necessary deposit. A few days later i became Pro. I went to 5dimes chat and let them know i signed up through SBR and they told me there isn;t any notes on my account regarding any promotion by SBR. He said they would have to contact 5dimes to let them know. I thought SBR already did that since i became Pro. Basically, i just want to know what the rollover is and if there is one for my deposit into 5dimes.

[Seaweed]

Sam , i didn't appear to get any bonus. I made a 200 deposit and my balance was $199.47

[Sam Odom]

seaweed ,

if you received NO bonus then there should be NO rollover requirements

also , you should have received whatever fee you incurred in sending the $$$

[Justin3587]

Let me get this straight, you just went to a book and made a deposit? You didnt have to donate through a charity?

[Seaweed]

Let me get this straight, you just went to a book and made a deposit? You didnt have to donate through a charity?

you're allowed if you're not from the States

[Seaweed]

seaweed ,

if you received NO bonus then there should be NO rollover requirements

also , you should have received whatever fee you incurred in sending the $$$

That seems strange because then i'd just be able to deposit $200 to become pro and then once im pro withdraw the 200 right away. I was under the impression that i had to do a 1x rollover risking 200 before i could cash out. Not sure, im very confused.

[Sam Odom]

I made a 200 deposit and my balance was $199.47

you should have received whatever fee you incurred in sending the $$$

Never mind

I checked and... You have to send min 300USD to get fees reimbursed

[Sam Odom]

Not sure, im very confused.

Contact Lou here at SBR

[Seaweed]

Contact Lou here at SBR

Thanks for trying to help

[Sam Odom]

Justin , I was just waiting for Tennis to start at 2am

All's well that ends well

Got the poker losse$ back and then some - gonna be a good day


.

[jjgold]

any online casino game is much quicker than live play therefore you are going to lose more

Its why casinos win...more hands huge house edge same with poker

[mynameismud]

i used to grind 7 days a week on pokerstars. i miss those days.

[JayLA]

I know nearly retired career poker dealers who insist that online poker is not worth playing.

Sure you can grind away and make profit, particularly in tournaments but like others have said, the amount of hands is nuts. OF COURSE you're going to have bad beats, weak players call down RIDICULOUS odds and penetrate you all the time. You can't get physical reads on opponents. It's really a waste of money unless you have NO life and don't mind staring at a screen for hours on end. I rather go play $1/$2 live and look INTO the eyes of the a$$hole suck out, and smack him in the face with my MAX re-buy... much more pleasurable.

[thetrinity]

love online tournaments, in fact, id say online is more condusive to tournament play, id rather play cash live though.

[milwaukee mike]

I know nearly retired career poker dealers who insist that online poker is not worth playing.

Sure you can grind away and make profit, particularly in tournaments but like others have said, the amount of hands is nuts. OF COURSE you're going to have bad beats, weak players call down RIDICULOUS odds and penetrate you all the time. You can't get physical reads on opponents. It's really a waste of money unless you have NO life and don't mind staring at a screen for hours on end. I rather go play $1/$2 live and look INTO the eyes of the a$$hole suck out, and smack him in the face with my MAX re-buy... much more pleasurable.

i think if you go back in time 10 years online poker was very profitable. bodog used to do 10% deposit bonuses on every deposit (even if you had a withdrawal the day before) and their players were so terrible. i used to play sit and gos there all day long and make money, probably wasn't worth the time spent but i came out way ahead and had fun.

now the players/shills are much better for the most part, and if you can't get a bonus there's no way you'll be significantly ahead over the long run with the rake.

[daneblazer]

Even casinos are beginning to realize they don't want winning poker players taking that money out of their economy. They're moving poker rooms to lower traffic or more difficult to find areas where fish won't just walk away from a big slot or craps win and dump it onto the poker table. If you look closer, they're doing other little subtle things to make it a little more difficult to win. The sites that give back bonuses usually make up for it with some ridiculous roll over requirement combined with increased rake. The state of poker today in the US is sad.

[milwaukee mike]

daneblazer that makes a lot of sense re: moving the games so drunks won't throw $300 to another player when they would throw it away on craps or the blackjack table.