Required Number of Hands

[joeblack]

In order for us affiliates to get paid, we need traffic that will deposit money. And in most cases, they also need to play a certain number of hands or player points.

I see it on almost every site, including mine, that this number is stated. Some higher than others. (Players must play 1,000 raked hands to clear the $100 bonus.)

My Question:

Do you guys view this as a turn off for your players?

I know it's a good thing for the Poker Site and probably for us too, for it weeds out the bonuses whores.

But, do your real poker players see it as a good thing or a bad thing?

And if it's a good thing ALL AROUND, should we raise it higher than the minimum?

Thanks!!
Joe Black

I'm sure that poker players see the minimum hands required as a necessary evil, but there are certainly degrees of this. I really enjoyed playing at Superior Poker, but it seemed like it took FOREVER to clear my bonus requirement. Full Tilt Poker took a long time too, but it didn't seem as long as Superior.

Everything's relative, I think. There's surely a happy medium number of raked hands that don't discourage or irritate players. I want to say that I clear my bonuses at Party Poker pretty quickly, in fact.

[joeblack]

Yes I can agree with there.
Paradise Poker was another one that took a very long time to clear.

[joeblack]

Has anyone else had any kind of feedback from players concerning the number of hands or points you need in order to recieve bonuses?

Negative or postive?