All the bonuses listed below are cashable casino bonuses that allow blackjack. One thing to note is that the world of cashable casino bonuses changes very frequently, as almost all thee deals cost the casinos money, so be sure to check the terms and make sure that they are still cashable, that blackjack is allowed, that the WR isn't astronomical, etc. I try to keep these lists as up to date as possible but it's impossible, due to the element of constant change.
If you haven't read the basic beginners guide to profiting from casino bonuses, hop over there and read that. Some of the below bonuses are also monthly casino bonuses, so don't forget to loop back and hit them every month.
Cashable Blackjack Casino Bonuses that Allow Blackjack
StarLuck: 100% up to $100, $1,600 WR
PlanetLuck: 100% up to $100, $1,600 WR
Linesmaker: 15% signup bonus and + $40 bonus for downloading and playing in casino, WR of 25X bonus. (They claim they can escalate the WR to 50x bonus if you "exclusively, or predominately, play casino games"...this makes little sense to me and I haven't heard of it being enforced, but be forewarned.)
InterCasino: 100% up to 100, $2,500 WR
Littlewoods: £25 bonus added automatically after wagering £625
UKBetting: £25 bonus added automatically after wagering £500
WillHill: 100% up to £25, £800 WR
Bet365: 100% up to $200, $4,000 WR
CasinoRoom.com: 100% up to $100, $14,000 WR
Casino-On-Net: 100% up to $200, $4,000 WR (If you deposit by Neteller the WR is astronomical, so try to avoid using Neteller if you can.)
VIP Casino: 50% up to $50, $1,500 WR
SuperVegas Casino: 100% up to $50, 20xb WR (The bonus will be automatically credited to your account when you have successfully deposited and staked the bonus amount.)
BeTheDealer: 100% up to $200, $8,800 WR
BetRoyal: 100% up to $200, $14,000 WR
SportsCafe Casino: 25% up to 100 signup bonus (WR of 7,500 for max bonus), then a monthly bonus of 100% up to 25, with a WR of 25x deposit + bonus.
BetFred: This is now a monthly cashable bonus that allows blackjack. Bonus is 25% up to 50, with a WR of 25x bonus + deposit (or 7,500 for max bonus).
GoldenPalace: 300% up to $300, $8,000 WR (GoldenPalace, Online Casino, and Grand Online are owned by the same people and they usually only allow you to create 1-2 accounts at their casinos before barring you from collecting a bonus at another one.)
Online Casino: $8,000 WR (GoldenPalace, Online Casino, and Grand Online are owned by the same people and they usually only allow you to create 1-2 accounts at their casinos before barring you from collecting a bonus at another one.)
Grand Online Casino: 100% up to $200, $6,000 WR (GoldenPalace, Online Casino, and Grand Online are owned by the same people and they usually only allow you to create 1-2 accounts at their casinos before barring you from collecting a bonus at another one.)
Superbook: deposit $50, download casino, wager $10, and get a $30 bonus, with a WR of $600
Oasis Casino: 10% to 35% bonuses based on deposit size, WR of 10x bonus + deposit.
Jazz Sports: 100% up to $500 signup bonus, with a WR of 30X bonus + deposit ($30,000 WR for max bonus).
BetMaker: 20% bonus up to $500, WR of 7x bonus +deposit, and funds must remain in account for 30 days with no withdrawals (WR of $21,000 for max bonus).
Aces.com: $25 bonus for downloading casino and wagering $10, 20x bonus WR.
Pharaoh's Casino: 100% up to $30, WR of $1,500.
BetCasino: 100% up to $50, WR of $1,250
AceClub: up to $300 free
Peach Casino: up to $200 free
32Red: 100% up to 50, 1500 WR (Note: to be elgibile you have to get an email from them offering the monthly bonus and then contact live support and get the bonus credited after depositing into your account.)
SIA Casino: 125% up to $125, WR of $4,500. (The terms make this appear to be a sticky bonus, but it actually is a cashable one.)
Sands of the Caribbean: 100% up to $50, WR of $2,000
Players Only: Download casino, wager $10, and get a $25 bonus, with a WR of $500
Totesport Casino: 100% up to 100, WR of $4,000 (Can't deposit via Neteller or other online payment systems, must use credit card which effectively bars US players.)
Sportsbook.com: Download casino, wager $10, and get a $25 bonus with a WR of $500
SportingBetUSA: Download casino, wager $10, and get a $25 bonus with a WR of $500
SportsFanatik: Download casino, wager $10, and get a $50 bonus with a WR of $1000
Betsson: 30% up to 30, $750 WR
Casino Euro: 30% up to 30, $750 WR
Cherry Casino: 30% up to 30, $750 WR
Omni Casino: $100 bonus after wagering $4,000, $8,000 WR if playing BJ
Eurobet: 50% up to 50, 800 WR (Note: you need a code to get this bonus andit changes each month, so check the site for the current code.)
Cowboy Casino: 25% up to $200, 25x bonus+deposit WR
Casino.net: weekly 15% bonuses, 10x bonus+deposit WR (Bonus maximums depend on Players Club level, check site for details.)
Ritz Club: 100% up to £50, £2,000 WR (Ritz Club doesn't accept US players.)
BetDirect: 100% up to £25, £1250 WR, BJ allowed (Doesn't accept US players.)
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006
Noodling
Chipping away at something that's becoming a larger something, so stay tuned for that, as it'll likely be Monday, when bored out of my skull at work, before I get manage to post it.
Ended yesterday with many fewer American dollars in my possession than when I began the day. Boo, that.
One interesting offshot of all the luck/skill talk is the seemingly widespread belief that when we're running well and winning money, it's because the universe is being nice and non-chaotic and our expected edge is expressed, just as should be, in nice, regular fashion. And the natural extension of that belief is that when we run poorly and lose money, it's because things get messy, chaotic, and wacked out, poodles raining from the sky, with all normal expectations turned on their head.
Umm, no. Sorry, try again. And I'm not just being cantankerous, because I see the point, and it's a very natural point, but it's also dangerous thinking.
Even the absolute best poker players in the world are entitled to absolutely nothing in the short run. It's only after hundreds of thousands of hands that any edge they have is expressed. In the short run, they can play perfectly and get kicked in the junk, hand after hand after hand. And then get kicked in the junk some more.
That's exactly what the odds predict. That's not a statistical anomaly, it's a statistical certainty. Just as it's certain that terrible players will go on a 10,000 hand heater with a 8BB/100 win rate. Unlikely events are supposed to happen. They can't help but happen.
In the long run, all these things smooth out, and trend towards the expected result. If you can beat the game, you beat the game. If you can't, you can't.
The danger is in subscribing to the idea that when things are going well, it's just the odds finally straightening out, the chaos subsiding, cue the chorus of angels, hallelujah. That's lazy thinking, because it insinuates that if you're winning money, you're playing absolutely correctly, which is almost never the case. More often than not, you're actually playing pretty damn sloppily, letting the mountain of chips growing in front blind you to all the small mistakes you're making.
There's very little correlation in the short run between playing well and winning money, just as there's very little correlation between playing horribly and losing money. Really. It's not nonexistent (because obviously you can force yourself into a disastrous short-term session at NL by shoving all-in every single hand, where there's an obvious, direct correlation between playing poorly and losing money), but I'd wager that the actual control over results that we exert in the short run is actually pretty small.
That's not as fatalistic as it seems. Really. It's just that the long run is really damn long, more than anything.
The solution, at least, is actually pretty easy and happy and smiley. Just play each hand as well as you can. Make the best decision you can, when faced with a decision. Learn from your mistakes. Study hard. Be honest. Forget all that other nonsense, as far as what's expected, what you're entitled to, what should be happening or not happening.
Ended yesterday with many fewer American dollars in my possession than when I began the day. Boo, that.
One interesting offshot of all the luck/skill talk is the seemingly widespread belief that when we're running well and winning money, it's because the universe is being nice and non-chaotic and our expected edge is expressed, just as should be, in nice, regular fashion. And the natural extension of that belief is that when we run poorly and lose money, it's because things get messy, chaotic, and wacked out, poodles raining from the sky, with all normal expectations turned on their head.
Umm, no. Sorry, try again. And I'm not just being cantankerous, because I see the point, and it's a very natural point, but it's also dangerous thinking.
Even the absolute best poker players in the world are entitled to absolutely nothing in the short run. It's only after hundreds of thousands of hands that any edge they have is expressed. In the short run, they can play perfectly and get kicked in the junk, hand after hand after hand. And then get kicked in the junk some more.
That's exactly what the odds predict. That's not a statistical anomaly, it's a statistical certainty. Just as it's certain that terrible players will go on a 10,000 hand heater with a 8BB/100 win rate. Unlikely events are supposed to happen. They can't help but happen.
In the long run, all these things smooth out, and trend towards the expected result. If you can beat the game, you beat the game. If you can't, you can't.
The danger is in subscribing to the idea that when things are going well, it's just the odds finally straightening out, the chaos subsiding, cue the chorus of angels, hallelujah. That's lazy thinking, because it insinuates that if you're winning money, you're playing absolutely correctly, which is almost never the case. More often than not, you're actually playing pretty damn sloppily, letting the mountain of chips growing in front blind you to all the small mistakes you're making.
There's very little correlation in the short run between playing well and winning money, just as there's very little correlation between playing horribly and losing money. Really. It's not nonexistent (because obviously you can force yourself into a disastrous short-term session at NL by shoving all-in every single hand, where there's an obvious, direct correlation between playing poorly and losing money), but I'd wager that the actual control over results that we exert in the short run is actually pretty small.
That's not as fatalistic as it seems. Really. It's just that the long run is really damn long, more than anything.
The solution, at least, is actually pretty easy and happy and smiley. Just play each hand as well as you can. Make the best decision you can, when faced with a decision. Learn from your mistakes. Study hard. Be honest. Forget all that other nonsense, as far as what's expected, what you're entitled to, what should be happening or not happening.
Operation Send ScurvyDog to Stockholm
So this is pretty blatant shilling and self-promotion, but hey, it's for a good cause. Which is, umm, helping me possibly win a free trip to Sweden. I mean, wait, it's to help feed left-handed starving kids who have bubonic plague. Yeah, definitely that.
CasinoRoom.com just opened, and is the sister casino site of PokerRoom.com. Their affiliate program is running some promotions to get the word out, including one where the person that refers the most new depositing players to CasinoRoom.com wins a trip for two to Sweden and other assorted goodies.
The contest runs through June 15th and I hadn't really been paying attention, but I'm in 6th place at the moment, and still possibly within reach of 1st. Close enough to, umm, resort to blatant shilling.
Not only will signing up at CasinoRoom.com increase your length and girth and result in a veritable flurry of panties and boxers thrown in your direction, but they're offering a 100% up to $100 bonus, exclusive to people who sign up via an affiliate. One thing to note is that if you sign up at CasinoRoom.com your account will also work at PokerRoom.com, and you can actually clear the signup bonus at either place. So yes, indeed, it's a casino site, but the 100% up to $100 bonus can be cleared at the poker tables, too, as well as at the casino, which is actually a nicer signup bonus than PokerRoom.com currently offers now. (And the WR is really high on the casino side, so it's likely better to clear it at poker anyway). No bonus code neccessary for the signup bonus and it shows up under your account as a pending bonus, that is credited when you clear 700 points in their system.
PokerRoom is also currently offering a reload bonus, too, 30% up to $150, using bonus code WSOPNOW, so you could immediately reload for a decent bonus, too.
(If you already have a PokerRoom.com account, though, this won't work for you. Well, it won't work if you use the same email address as you registered before. Not sure if their system is savvy enough to pick up that you already have an account if you use a different email address when creating an account.)
One thing I should note, too, is that as long as a player signs up and deposits money, even as little as $10 or $20, I get credit. So if you're just looking to create an account to get access to future reloads on the PokerRoom network, hey, this would work great for that, and you could deposit a token amount, play a few hands, and there would be much rejoicing in the world.
So, verily, it's a win-win situation. Many thanks and many apologies for the blatant shilling. Real post coming soon.
CasinoRoom.com just opened, and is the sister casino site of PokerRoom.com. Their affiliate program is running some promotions to get the word out, including one where the person that refers the most new depositing players to CasinoRoom.com wins a trip for two to Sweden and other assorted goodies.
The contest runs through June 15th and I hadn't really been paying attention, but I'm in 6th place at the moment, and still possibly within reach of 1st. Close enough to, umm, resort to blatant shilling.
Not only will signing up at CasinoRoom.com increase your length and girth and result in a veritable flurry of panties and boxers thrown in your direction, but they're offering a 100% up to $100 bonus, exclusive to people who sign up via an affiliate. One thing to note is that if you sign up at CasinoRoom.com your account will also work at PokerRoom.com, and you can actually clear the signup bonus at either place. So yes, indeed, it's a casino site, but the 100% up to $100 bonus can be cleared at the poker tables, too, as well as at the casino, which is actually a nicer signup bonus than PokerRoom.com currently offers now. (And the WR is really high on the casino side, so it's likely better to clear it at poker anyway). No bonus code neccessary for the signup bonus and it shows up under your account as a pending bonus, that is credited when you clear 700 points in their system.
PokerRoom is also currently offering a reload bonus, too, 30% up to $150, using bonus code WSOPNOW, so you could immediately reload for a decent bonus, too.
(If you already have a PokerRoom.com account, though, this won't work for you. Well, it won't work if you use the same email address as you registered before. Not sure if their system is savvy enough to pick up that you already have an account if you use a different email address when creating an account.)
One thing I should note, too, is that as long as a player signs up and deposits money, even as little as $10 or $20, I get credit. So if you're just looking to create an account to get access to future reloads on the PokerRoom network, hey, this would work great for that, and you could deposit a token amount, play a few hands, and there would be much rejoicing in the world.
So, verily, it's a win-win situation. Many thanks and many apologies for the blatant shilling. Real post coming soon.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Compounded Interest is Goot, Compounded Mistakes are Not Goot
Feeling cantankerous and bored isn't a good combination. Consider yeself forewarned.
Go read F-Train's recent post on "luck". Then read it again.
I try to take a pretty laissez-faire approach to stuff that floats around in the world of poker blogs. When it's all said and done, people tend to find their own paths. A few work their way to the point where they're consistently pulling money out of the world of poker, many don't. A few stick with it, continuting to blog and play, many don't.
But man. It makes my spleen ache sometimes to see the amount of misinformation and bad advice that gets dispensed, the negative behavior that gets reinforced, watching people continue to bleed chips away, while all they get is encouragement from the peanut gallery.
Collect and distill all of the pokery advice and strategy in the world and you can pretty much boil it down to the following:
Be honest with yourself.
Poker isn't some mystical, theatrical battle of psyches, karma, and/or creativity. It's just math and pattern recognition, and the willingness to recognize and learn from your mistakes.
If you've played many, many hands of poker and you're not winning, there's something wrong with your poker game. I'm sorry, but there just is.
It's not that you have bad luck because you bashed the last living dodo bird with a rock and supped on roasted dodo. It's not a matter of just adjusting your tinfoil hat into the perfect position. It's not that you just haven't found your style of play yet.
It's because you're not being honest with yourself and because you're not using the plethora of resources available to pinpoint why you're losing, and to take the necessary steps to correct it.
Now, granted, you may be completely and entirely cool with that, playing recreationally, playing for fun, playing for the social aspects of poker. I completely and utterly understand that not everyone is looking to eek out those extra slivers of BB/100, and could largely care less about methodically grinding out profits at the tables. That is completely and utterly copacetic. To be brutally honest, you'll probably get much more pleasure and enjoyment out of poker in the long run if you take that approach.
But if you really and truly want to improve and to win money playing poker, well, there's the mirror. Be honest. Even if it hurts. Because that's what winning players do, each and every day, scrutinizing every single blemish and flaw and horribly misplayed, misbegotten hand they bequeathed onto the world.
Go read F-Train's recent post on "luck". Then read it again.
I try to take a pretty laissez-faire approach to stuff that floats around in the world of poker blogs. When it's all said and done, people tend to find their own paths. A few work their way to the point where they're consistently pulling money out of the world of poker, many don't. A few stick with it, continuting to blog and play, many don't.
But man. It makes my spleen ache sometimes to see the amount of misinformation and bad advice that gets dispensed, the negative behavior that gets reinforced, watching people continue to bleed chips away, while all they get is encouragement from the peanut gallery.
Collect and distill all of the pokery advice and strategy in the world and you can pretty much boil it down to the following:
Be honest with yourself.
Poker isn't some mystical, theatrical battle of psyches, karma, and/or creativity. It's just math and pattern recognition, and the willingness to recognize and learn from your mistakes.
If you've played many, many hands of poker and you're not winning, there's something wrong with your poker game. I'm sorry, but there just is.
It's not that you have bad luck because you bashed the last living dodo bird with a rock and supped on roasted dodo. It's not a matter of just adjusting your tinfoil hat into the perfect position. It's not that you just haven't found your style of play yet.
It's because you're not being honest with yourself and because you're not using the plethora of resources available to pinpoint why you're losing, and to take the necessary steps to correct it.
Now, granted, you may be completely and entirely cool with that, playing recreationally, playing for fun, playing for the social aspects of poker. I completely and utterly understand that not everyone is looking to eek out those extra slivers of BB/100, and could largely care less about methodically grinding out profits at the tables. That is completely and utterly copacetic. To be brutally honest, you'll probably get much more pleasure and enjoyment out of poker in the long run if you take that approach.
But if you really and truly want to improve and to win money playing poker, well, there's the mirror. Be honest. Even if it hurts. Because that's what winning players do, each and every day, scrutinizing every single blemish and flaw and horribly misplayed, misbegotten hand they bequeathed onto the world.
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