From: pete_95973@yahoo.com (pete_95973)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Subject: Re: Paradise Poker, deposit bonus semi-scam
Date: 12 Oct 2004 15:15:53 -0700
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So I
> started checking the point counter at the end of each hand, and realized
> that it only increased after hands in which I had seen the flop.
No, only after hands that are raked at least 25 cents. When playing
.50/100 limit on Paradise, there will be several small pots where the
the rake taken is less than 25 cents.
"Dan" wrote in message news:<10mn05vcq416b2c@corp.superne
> Sorry that you took so much offense at a warning. Maybe you should do some
> empirical research before you, metaphorically of course, open your own
> orifice. I can say that, regardless of what you think you know, their system
> does NOT work the way you describe. I know this from first-hand experience.
>
> After 10 minutes of frustration with that crappy interface, I had decided to
> just play out my required hands, take my bonus and find a better site. So I
> started checking the point counter at the end of each hand, and realized
> that it only increased after hands in which I had seen the flop. And, even
> if I hadn't been watching it, after playing 2 tables, simultaneously, for
> over an hour, I only had 23 points. There's no way I was only dealt 23
> hands.
>
> As for Neteller only accepting even dollar amounts, that I didn't know.
> However, whoever said that it's to my benefit was obviously not very good at
> reading comprehension; it should have been stupendously obvious that I never
> intend to play there again. That means that the $.20 is useless to me
> whether Neteller absorbs it, or it sits and earns nearly infinitessimal
> interest in Paradise's bank account: I'd rather give it to Neteller.
>
> You've made my ignore list, so don't bother expecting responses to further
> diatribe. Based on your silly and abrasive reaction, and use of anonymous
> e-mail accounts, I guess that you're just shills for Paradise.
>
> "Stew" wrote in message
> news:416b6652$0$27272$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> > You're a dipshit.
> >
> > First off, you get a point per every hand that is raked regardless if you
> > pay to se the flop or not at Paradise.
> >
> > Second, if you cashed out to Neteller, they only accept transfers in even
> > dollar amounts.
> >
> > Get a clue before you open your pie-hole moron.
> >
> >
> > On Oct 11 2004 9:40PM, Dan wrote:
> >
> >> I am not whining because I lost (I actually won $130 because of some
> >> stupid
> >> plays by others). I'm not complaining because the interface is horrible
> >> (Difficult to tell what someone bet, difficult to bet/raise anything
> >> other
> >> than the minimum due to no text entry box, too many pop-up windows
> >> interrupting the flow).
> >>
> >> What I am posting as a warning to anyone playing at this site is the
> >> crappy
> >> deposit bonus structure they use. Get this, they promise a 25% bonus (up
> >> to
> >> $100) for your first real money deposit. Unfortunately, to earn the full
> >> bonus, you have to actually see 300 flops! Even if you were playing
> >> .25/.5
> >> no-fold'em, you'd pay far more in rake than the piddly $100.
> >>
> >> The way they word it is that you get one point for each raked hand you
> >> play,
> >> and, for every 100 points, you get $10 of your bonus. This should
> >> wouldn't
> >> be so onerous if they considered the word play in the standard way--a
> >> hand
> >> in which you are dealt in. The scam is that they don't credit you unless
> >> actually see the flop. I didn't even get credited for hands in which I
> >> folded out of the blinds!!
> >>
> >> I can only say this is a semi-scam because, when I re-read the terms of
> >> the
> >> bonus, it does say this...sort of. Their judicious misinterpretation of
> >> 'play' is very misleading.
> >>
> >> To cap it all, once I realized how bad the set-up was, I tried to cash
> >> out
> >> and was told that I had to wait >4 hours. What crap!
> >
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