McPoker Bonus Progress
Back in February, this site had a 500% bonus up to 1000 EUR. This site is quite soft, so I took advantage of the offer. It required 30000 of their FPPs to clear, and clears in one lump sum.
As of this morning, I have 21378 FPP to go. I have until the 9th of August to clear it. That’s about 180 FPP per day every day.
That may seem like a lot, but you can earn up to 15 FPP per hand! You get 1 for each 20 cents rake. I’ve had ups and downs, but I got my roll up to a reasonable size again where I can play 0.5/1 NL, and the points just roll in at that level. At one point I was down to playing .05/0.1 NL!
This is a German site, and has mostly German players on it. It attracted a lot of gamers with different promotions. It is quite common to see people sitting with 5+ buy ins at the NL tables. There are only 500+ people connected at a time, so not great game selection. Just lots of free money 
I’ll keep you posted.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
So how long does each hand take on average?
How long does it take each day to get the 180 FPP?
Okay, what are FPP?
You need an acronym dictionary in your sidebar for newbie people (remember when you were one?). Interesting to hear you speak in poker jargon. I understand all the English words in between.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Hi Katherine (my sister),
An average online poker hand takes about 1 minute. FPP stands for Frequent Player Point. They are a measure of how much you play at a site, or more correctly, how much money the site makes when you play there. Generally FPPs are awarded to all players in a hand based on how much money the site takes out of the pot (the rake is 5% of the pot). McPoker gives out 1 FPP for every 20 cents it takes. The maximum rake per hand is 3 EUR, so max FPP per hand is 15. At higher stakes (sitting down with, and therefore risking, 50 or 100 EUR), getting 180 FPP does not take long at all.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:28 am
As another first timer to your BLOG, and ignorant as well, I was glad to have some terms defined. I agree a glossary would be nice for all of us in that category. I am learning as I read your stuff. How many people do you think play regularly in these games? Do you get to play enough with the same people that you notice a style of play, for example? Do you all have identifiable names? Can people “watch” and not actually play? An interested fan of yours from VA, USA