Bodog Bonus Clearing

Bodog Poker is a thriving global internet poker room that is gladly accepting players from the US! That’s right, Bodog has always been available to US players and since the so called “Black Friday”, continue their loyal service to the USA. Bodog poker offers a sizable bonus for all first-time real money depositors. You could stand to acquire $1100, free, with an initial deposit of up to $1000. Of course, it’s always more complicated than that.

Bodog has a FAQ on their website in which they detail the exact mechanics of the Bodog bonus clearing requirements. However, they’ve placed a seductive image of a beautiful woman right next to the text, so it might be difficult to concentrate on the words. That’s why you have this blog.

How it works is, you make an initial deposit into your account of up to $1000. You receive 10% of that deposit immediately as cash in your account, and 100% of that deposit as bonus money that needs to be cleared. So if you deposit $100, you would have $110 immediately in your account ($100 plus 10% of $100) and $100 of potential bonus money; if you deposit $200 you would have $220 plus $200 of bonus money; if you deposit the full $1000, you would have $1100 plus $1000 bonus money.

Keep in mind, this ONLY works for all deposits made in the same calendar day as the initial deposit you made. So, if you deposit $100, then you decide you want to be eligible for more bonus money, you have to deposit more money on that same calendar day.

In order to clear the Bodog bonus, you have to acquire 10 Poker Points for every dollar you want to clear, within 60 days of your initial deposit. So if you made an initial deposit of $200 you need to acquire 2000 Poker Points within 60 days to get your $200 bonus. The full $1000 bonus would require 10000 Poker Points to clear within 60 days.

Poker Points are awarded based on a) how much time you spend in-game and b) how much money gets “raked” from each pot. For every sixty minutes you spend playing poker, you receive one poker point, up to a total of 500 points in a month. If you play for three hours a day, five days a week, you would receive 60 Poker Points for that month. The amount of money that gets raked is determined by the size of the pot. The Bodog rake is 5% of each pot, up to a maximum of $3. Here’s a helpful chart to determine how many Poker Points you would get, depending on the size of the pot:

Pot Size ——– Rake Amount – Poker Points
$20.00-$60.00 | $1.00-$3.00 | 1.00 points earned
$10.00-$19.99 | $0.50-$0.95 | 0.50 points earned
$5.00 – $9.99 | $0.25-$0.45 | 0.25 points earned
$1.00 – $4.99 | $0.05-$0.20 | 0.10 points earned

How it breaks down is, you would need to play 100000 low stakes poker hands, 40,000 medium-low stakes hands, 20000 medium-high stakes hands, or 10000 high stakes poker hands (or any combination therein) within 60 days in order to receive the maximum bonus of $1000. Of course, you don’t have to deposit the maximum. You just have to determine how many high, medium, or low stakes games you’re likely to play within 60 days, and make your initial deposit accordingly.

You receive your bonus in increments determined by Bodog. Once you acquire 100 Poker Points, you clear $10 of bonus money. At 500 points, you clear an additional $40. At 1,500, clear additional $100; 3,000, clear additional $150, at 6000, clear additional $300, and at 10,000, clear the final $400. If you made an initial deposit of under $1000, you clear your remaining bonus money once you receive the corresponding number of Poker Points. If you’re making an initial deposit of between $600 and $1,000, be careful. You may lose out on a lot of bonus money if you don’t manage to acquire the Poker Points you need by the time the bonus expires.

Finally, Bodog has an interesting limited-time bonus offer – if you acquire 2,000 Poker Points in a month, they will double your monthly total. This means that if you’re looking to get 10,000 Poker Points in two months, you only have to “earn” 5,000. 2,500 one month, and 2,500 the next. Since there is no Bodog rakeback, this is a great way to get some extra cash back! Try out Bodog today!

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