Looking for free poker chips? Then you've hit the right site, I have been putting together list of the latest free chip deals available to online poker players.
My blog is dedicated to bringing you the very best and latest promotional deals from online poker rooms. All the poker sites featured here are trustworthy and reputable. You can rest assured that if you join a poker site featured here you will be in safe hands.
Free chip deals come in a variety of flavors and I can help you make sense of them all. The most common type of deal is a sign-up or new player bonus. This is when a poker room offers you a fixed cash amount or agrees to match your first deposit on a percentage basis to attract you to play poker with them.
These types of deals are generally good news. A few things to watch for with this type of deal are the withdrawal policies on the bonuses - most sites which add cash to your account when you sign-up and make a cash deposit won't allow you to withdraw the bonus until you meet certain conditions - for example at 888 Poker you must wager $2,000, before you can cash out a bonus of $100. It might sound harsh, but the poker sites need to protect themselves from people who would just deposit cash and then withdraw it (and bonus too) without playing a single hand of poker.
The second type of bonus is the 'Play Thru' deal. This is when a cash payment is made after you've played a certain number of real money games with a poker site. These deals are good for people who play or plan to play lots of games. A site may offer to give you $100/£50 every month as long as you play a minimum number or ranked hands/games.
You might well ask "What's a ranked hand" and "Why do poker sites require you to play them before you claim your bonus?" Excellent questions, I'm glad you asked! To answer the first question, a ranked hand is when you play a poker hand/game for real money. There is normally a minimum buy-in or blind value for a hand/game to qualify as 'ranked'. Poker sites which use this bonus method are trying to reward loyal players based on the number and value of hands they play.
PlayThru bonuses will normally be larger than the matched deposit type but they are also harder to claim. Some poker sites place totally unrealistic requirements on the amount of ranked hands you need to play. Be wary really big bonuses, you will probably need to play thousands of ranked hands at high values to qualify for them.
The last type of bonus available is the 'Free Roll' and this bonus is one of my favorites! Because it's so simple, normally requires no money down on your part and can lead to big rewards. Join nearly any poker site and you will be entered into a new player free roll, this is a multi-tabled tournament where you get a free seat at the table. The prize money for finishing in the top spot can be very high, anything from $500 to $5000!
Lets be honest - there's nothing better than gambling with someone else's money whatever the deal!