Grubby at PokerWorks

It didn’t take much. Full Tilt has gotten back into my good graces because of a pretty great offer running right now, made even better because it’s something I’m doing anyway.

If you earn 3000 points between any Thursday and Wednesday, you’ll be entered into a freeroll the following Sunday where first and second place win a $10,000 seat to the WSOP (I guess you’ll have to take care of airfare and hotel). Yesterday’s tournament only had 171 players. Not bad odds at all. You can also choose to accept 75 Iron Man medals instead of the freeroll (150 medals will buy you — but not earn you — 5000 points).

What makes this offer so appealing is that the $300 bonus (some have received $500) running right now requires earning 5000 points in two weeks.

Still better is the Poker Players Alliance bonus, which doesn’t appear in their regular bonus menu nor does it release in their standard $20 increments. The better part, however, is that it seems to be clearing at the same time as the $300 bonus.

This means that when clearing the first $400, I’m earning double the regular $0.06 per point.

I suspect clearing two bonuses at once is a loophole, and I’m trying to play as much as possible before it’s corrected.

I’m hoping that this $300 (or $500) for two weeks is Full Tilt’s way of testing the waters of a rakeback system for players who don’t have rakeback. At a little over an average 400 points per day, it more than doubles the requirements of the Iron Man freeroll, where you’re disqualified if you skip playing a few days. And with the 3000 points in two weeks offer, you’d earn enough in medals to make up for those skipped days. Not a bad tradeoff.

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Meanwhile, Poker Stars is offering $5000 freerolls three times a day (8:05 p.m., 9:55 p.m., 11:05 p.m. EST) for everyone who becomes a member of the PPA. The act of registering for the freeroll will get Stars to sign up for you.Â

Even though I already became a member through Full Tilt’s bonus, I was still able to play. The first few were completely full at 10,000 players (paying the top 1314), but have dropped to about 2000 players each. Because players can only play once, the longer they offer the freerolls, the more it’ll drop. You’ll have a smaller playing field and higher top prize by waiting until the last minute — thing is, Stars is mum on the last date of their freeroll.

I’m at GoldStar status, which is nice for $20,000 freerolls every Saturday and an entry into their $100,000 freeroll every month, but I’ll be gone two weekends in April, which includes two of the $20K and one $100K. Other than earning points at double the rate, it doesn’t seem worth continuing except to point whore for the $285 bonus for 25,000 points or $650 for 50,000.

Stars doesn’t offer rakeback, but with the bonuses and tournament tickets ($215 tourney for 13,500 points), their return can almost be better.

Once I’m finished clearing Full Tilt’s bonuses, it’s back to Stars.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 19th, 2007 at 12:19 am and is filed under Uncategorized.