[TheMightyJim2k]

As I've mentioned on here before I play low-limit hold'em on Party and have had moderate success. However with the current Monster Bad Beat Jackpot sucking in all of the fish into games with a ridiculous rake I have been struggling to make a profit. My cards have been dead for about two weeks, but if you take out party's added rake I would be almost even. I can't stand it anymore (10% rake or more on nearly every hand is ridiculous) and have decided to try another site.

Here are my priorities:
1. workable and reliable rakeback and the name of rakeback site that is still running.
2. moderately easy low-limit hold'em
3. decent first time deposit bonus that is possible to clear
4. variety of other games at micro-stakes (such as O8, triple draw, etc) that I want to learn.

So does anyone have any recommendations? Rakeback sites that they have experience with? Best place to play llhe from your experience?

thanks for the help and info

[TheMightyJim2k]

sitting at work bored as hell on friday afternoon....somebody reply and give me something to think about

[scottwire]

My first instincts would be UltimateBet or Absolute Poker.

Both have reasonable traffic

UB has triple draw

Absolute doesn't subtract bonuses from your rakeback.
UB while clearing a bonus pays 75% of what you would normally get.

I like UB's software better.

I think Absolute has a flat 28% rakeback no matter where you go and they pay it directly into your account each month. PSO would be my top affiliate site to go through.

For UB, PSO only pays out in points, not cash so you may want to look else where for rakeback.

I'll try to take a look around in a bit.

I'll try to see if there is anything else worth looking at.

[Big Mike]

PSO does rakeback on a couple sites, I would recommend either SunPoker or Ultimatebet.
Sun has easily beatable games at 2/4 and below, but not a lot of other games besides hold'em. They do have a $100 monthly bonus which I don't think is affects your rakeback at all. It is a Cryptologic site (european) so peak hours are a bit different but there is always 1/2 games going. The £1/2 games are especially soft.
Ultimatebet has better players overall but are still quite beatable at 1/2 and under. There are many different games at micro limits there (I was playing .01/.02 triple draw lowball just the other day). UB has large bonuses that clear kind of slow but you can earn them and rakeback at the same time, though not full rakeback. Also the rakeback for UB comes in the form of PSO points, not cash like Sun.

As I finish typing this I scroll down to see that Scottwire has beaten me to this.
I must type slow.

Mike

[smoore]

rakerebatereview.com

A pokerroom skin comes to mind. I'm sure you can find a good affiliate on the above site. The forum is fairly active and you can get user impressions of the different affiliates.

[TheMightyJim2k]

thanks for the info guys and keep it coming...

I used to play on UB for play money before I started playing for real and I think I won about 35 bucks in a freeroll one time. I may have to try it out, but my question is what do you do with the PSO points if that is how they get your rakeback to you? Can you turn PSO points into cash?

[hachkc]

Originally Posted by TheMightyJim2k

thanks for the info guys and keep it coming...

I used to play on UB for play money before I started playing for real and I think I won about 35 bucks in a freeroll one time. I may have to try it out, but my question is what do you do with the PSO points if that is how they get your rakeback to you? Can you turn PSO points into cash?

I don't believe PSO points can be turned directly into cash but can purchase poker merchandise at the PSO store and better yet, gift cards/certificates. They offer GC for Party Poker, Absolute, Nevada Jacks, Target, Best Buy, Amazon and a few other sites. I believe the Party Poker and possibly the Absolute GC do have some restrictions on withdrawls though; you can just cash them in and then withdrawl the money. I could be wrong on this though.

As for UB bonuses, they do clear slow at $1/2 limit and .50/$1 NL/PL and below but they don't expire and offer a decent number of reload bonuses. For microlimits, they take forever. For the record, I don't play there much anymore so things could have changed.

[TheMightyJim2k]

smoore...looking over the link you gave...which rakeback sites do you have experience with? any recommendations?

also has anyone ever been a prop? seems like a reasonable way to build a bankroll if you can find a site that you trust.

[smoore]

I've used rakerebate.net and they always paid me what and when they said they would.

[grbs1605]

I used rake the rake for Full Tilt. Pretty good service. Good rakeback % too. They handle most sites as well.