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Think Outside the Box: Free Poker Money!
- By Texas Holdem Poker
- Published September 23, 2008
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1. Become a poker affiliate and make money referring your friends.
This is by far the top method of making money through online poker. In addition to playing at the tables you can refer your friends to play with you. Each new player you sign up that makes a deposit into their poker account and plays on the site earns you money. Blogs and websites are perfect for referring players to play poker although they aren't needed. Simply create a custom "bonus code" and email or tell your friends. Anyone can sign up, and best of all - its free!
2. Get money back each month through a rakeback program.
Rake is the money taken out of the pot at each poker site. This amounts to the house commission or fee for letting you play on their site. Rakeback is a percentage of the house rake that you are eligible to get back each month. The more poker you play, the more money you get back each month - it's that simple! You can also offer potential players a rakeback deal as an incentive or reward. Rakeback is becoming increasingly important in today's age of online poker.
3. Take advantage of the huge sign-up deposit and reload bonuses
All poker sites offer deposit match or sign-up bonuses. When you create a poker account at a given site and deposit money, the poker site matches your deposit amount with a bonus. Most sites off a 100% sign-up bonus up to a particular amount. For example, depositing 600$ on Full Tilt will earn you 600$ worth of bonus money, which is "cleared" by playing a Set amount of hands. This is to prevent fraud and people immediately cashing out without playing to collect bonus money.
4. Participate in tournament freerolls and other promotional events
Most sites offer "freeroll" tournaments where entry fees are waived. Although they are difficult to win you have nothing to lose. One famous player, "annette_15" never deposited money into her poker accounts since she was under the legal age to play. She entered tournament freerolls and eventually won money. She never looked back, building her account into the millions over the course of 5-years.
5. As an affiliate refer other people to become affiliates (sub-affiliates)
Once you become a poker affiliate at a card site you can recruit players and earn commission. Did you know you can also refer people to become affiliates just like you? You earn an additional percentage of the revenue generated by the people you sign up to become affiliates. Best of all you don't have to do any of the work!
6. Advertise for poker book websites like amazon.com.
Although there is a low turnover rate for book and merchandise advertising, amazon.com and other online retailers offer commission affiliate programs. You can advertise things like card tables, chips, books and dvds on your website or blog and earn money.
7. Advertise for poker software programs for commission.
With the explosion of online poker, everyone is trying to gain a little bit of an edge. The need for software tracking programs has increased dramatically. Software like pokertracker and holdem calculator are becoming increasingly popular. These sites have become so competitive that they now offer generous affiliate commissions for leads that turn into sales.
8. Become a prop player and earn an hourly rate to play.
Although prop player programs are becoming more and more scarce, newly formed poker sites often create these programs to increase traffic at their tables. They often offer hourly rates for players to play at their tables during non-peak hours. These types of programs are usually offered at brick and mortar card rooms as well.
9. Create a poker blog about your poker life with adsense on it
If you have a poker blog or website that gets a decent amount of traffic you should consider putting google adsense on your pages. This pay-per-click advertising service could earn you a little money each month. Certainly enough to cover the cost of hosting and domain name fees.
10. Download a SNG poker bot to play for you
Poker bots have made a breakthrough in recent months. They now have sit & go poker bots available for purchase. Basically, you program the bot with desired formulas and it plays for you. I suspect these bots will become increasingly popular. Websites like icmbot.com offer lucrative affiliate programs, which could earn you extra cash - not to mention the bot play potentially being profitable.
Are we missing any? Please contact us or post it in the forum!
This is by far the top method of making money through online poker. In addition to playing at the tables you can refer your friends to play with you. Each new player you sign up that makes a deposit into their poker account and plays on the site earns you money. Blogs and websites are perfect for referring players to play poker although they aren't needed. Simply create a custom "bonus code" and email or tell your friends. Anyone can sign up, and best of all - its free!
2. Get money back each month through a rakeback program.
Rake is the money taken out of the pot at each poker site. This amounts to the house commission or fee for letting you play on their site. Rakeback is a percentage of the house rake that you are eligible to get back each month. The more poker you play, the more money you get back each month - it's that simple! You can also offer potential players a rakeback deal as an incentive or reward. Rakeback is becoming increasingly important in today's age of online poker.
3. Take advantage of the huge sign-up deposit and reload bonuses
All poker sites offer deposit match or sign-up bonuses. When you create a poker account at a given site and deposit money, the poker site matches your deposit amount with a bonus. Most sites off a 100% sign-up bonus up to a particular amount. For example, depositing 600$ on Full Tilt will earn you 600$ worth of bonus money, which is "cleared" by playing a Set amount of hands. This is to prevent fraud and people immediately cashing out without playing to collect bonus money.
4. Participate in tournament freerolls and other promotional events
Most sites offer "freeroll" tournaments where entry fees are waived. Although they are difficult to win you have nothing to lose. One famous player, "annette_15" never deposited money into her poker accounts since she was under the legal age to play. She entered tournament freerolls and eventually won money. She never looked back, building her account into the millions over the course of 5-years.
5. As an affiliate refer other people to become affiliates (sub-affiliates)
Once you become a poker affiliate at a card site you can recruit players and earn commission. Did you know you can also refer people to become affiliates just like you? You earn an additional percentage of the revenue generated by the people you sign up to become affiliates. Best of all you don't have to do any of the work!
6. Advertise for poker book websites like amazon.com.
Although there is a low turnover rate for book and merchandise advertising, amazon.com and other online retailers offer commission affiliate programs. You can advertise things like card tables, chips, books and dvds on your website or blog and earn money.
7. Advertise for poker software programs for commission.
With the explosion of online poker, everyone is trying to gain a little bit of an edge. The need for software tracking programs has increased dramatically. Software like pokertracker and holdem calculator are becoming increasingly popular. These sites have become so competitive that they now offer generous affiliate commissions for leads that turn into sales.
8. Become a prop player and earn an hourly rate to play.
Although prop player programs are becoming more and more scarce, newly formed poker sites often create these programs to increase traffic at their tables. They often offer hourly rates for players to play at their tables during non-peak hours. These types of programs are usually offered at brick and mortar card rooms as well.
9. Create a poker blog about your poker life with adsense on it
If you have a poker blog or website that gets a decent amount of traffic you should consider putting google adsense on your pages. This pay-per-click advertising service could earn you a little money each month. Certainly enough to cover the cost of hosting and domain name fees.
10. Download a SNG poker bot to play for you
Poker bots have made a breakthrough in recent months. They now have sit & go poker bots available for purchase. Basically, you program the bot with desired formulas and it plays for you. I suspect these bots will become increasingly popular. Websites like icmbot.com offer lucrative affiliate programs, which could earn you extra cash - not to mention the bot play potentially being profitable.
Are we missing any? Please contact us or post it in the forum!
