Poker Bonus Codes

Some new players of online poker ask to themselves why is it that poker sites usually give away such good prizes in cash and such tempting free bonuses. The answer is pretty easy – just like any online or offline company, an online poker site craves for its site members’ money. Online poker sites figure that once a player starts playing at that site, they will stick around, especially if they also offer some monthly and weekly free bonuses as well.

 

Since they make some money – may be just a few cents... – for every hand played, they are eager to pay excellent prizes and free bonuses to encourage new signups. Not only they pay the player a signup bonus, but also they pay a certain amount of money to that person who has referred the new player to their site, who is called AN AFFILIATE.

 

However, some sites don’t offer bonuses on their regular site home page, but they do offer certain partners some special promos to help affiliates promote their sites. Many poker sites like these have been uploaded in recent years and have been working for many years now, so they have the funds to offer such attractive bonuses.

 

In spite of the facts above mentioned, many new online poker players still don’t think they will really be allowed to cash out their bonuses earned simply for signing up. As incredible as it may be, they will definitely get them on two essential conditions. The first one is that they are usually required to sign up for a real money account at the site, which requires a minimum deposit – usually of about 50 dollars. In the second place, after the player deposits, he or she will need to play a certain number of rake hands to get their funds released. That number of hands is determined by a fixed number - for example 7x –meaning that for a bonus of 60 dollars, a player must play 60 multiplied by 7 hands which totals 420 hands with the aim to clear the player’s bonus. As it takes one hour to play between 30 and 50 hands – depending on the site’s and the player’s computer speed – players may use these data as a guideline to estimate how long would it take for them to be able to cash out.

 

In connection with this issue, some new players may also wonder what the term CLEARING means. Clearing is the action of releasing a certain free bonus into a player’s account once it has cleared the poker site’s approval. Most well known online poker web sites work on a certain system of clearing to award free bonuses to prevent users from abusing the site. However, online poker experts claim that poker bonus codes are, in fact, the easiest promos to clear.

 

To sum up, poker free bonuses are one of the best features of online poker. Knowing the secrets of clearing will go a long way in cashing out players’ winnings and all the free promotions and prizes they may get.