A Look at NJ Online Poker Opening Bonuses
Below you will find a comprehensive breakdown of each online poker deposit bonus in New Jersey, including the clear-rate and equivalent percentage of rakeback.
WSOP.com
100% Deposit Bonus up to $400
WSOP.com is currently offering a 100% match of your first deposit at the site up to a maximum of $400. Players have 60 days from their initial deposit to clear this bonus before it expires.
The bonus is released in $10 increments, and requires a player to contribute $50 in rake or tournament fees at the WSOP.com tables to clear each $10 of bonus money: A clear-rate equivalent to 20% rakeback.
Verdict: Sure, the $400 may be one of the larger bonus offers in New Jersey, but the 20% rakeback rate makes this one of the slowest opening bonus to clear in New Jersey. A decent bonus for higher-volume players, but low limit, casual players may have trouble clearing the entire $400 before the bonus expires.
Party Poker NJ
100% Deposit Bonus up to $100
NJ.PartyPoker.com is offering new players a 100% match of their first deposit at the site up to a maximum of $100. This bonus does not expire.
The Party Poker bonus clears in $10 increments, and players will need to rake just $20 to receive $10 in Bonus money: A clear-rate equivalent to 50% rakeback.
Verdict: The bonus is capped at just $100, but New Jersey online poker players will find that this drawback comes with a tradeoff, as the bonus clears extremely fast and never expires. This is a great bonus for high-volume and casual players.
Betfair Poker
$25 Bonus on any Deposit of $10 or more
Betfair offers the most straightforward opening bonus in New Jersey. The $25 bonus on any deposit of $10 or more being offered by Betfair is released in one lump sum after you rake $62.50 at the site: A clear-rate equal to a 40% rakeback deal.
Betfair’s opening bonus expires after 45 days.
Verdict: A small bonus, but very easy to clear, which makes it ideal for brand new players with limited funds to deposit.
Ultimate Poker
100% Deposit Bonus up to $500
UltimatePoker.com is offering all new players at the site a 100% match of their initial deposit up to a maximum of $500. The bonus requires a minimum deposit of $50, and does not expire.
Ultimate Poker releases bonus dollars in $50 increments, and requires you earn 2,000 Experience Points (XP’s) to release each $50. This puts Ultimate Poker right in the middle of the pack in terms of clear-rate (equal to 25% rakeback) and at the high-end in terms of the total value of the bonus.
Verdict: Even though the clear-rate is ok, with it clearing in $50 increments Ultimate Poker’s opening bonus is a better option for consistent, high-volume players.
Borgata Poker
100% Deposit Bonus up to $600
BorgataPoker.com is currently offering a 100% match of your first deposit at the site up to a maximum of $600. The bonus expires 45 days after your initial deposit.
The bonus at Borgata Poker is released in increments of 10% of your initial deposit (in $10 increments if you deposit $100 and in $60 increments if you deposit $600), and requires you to earn 20 iRP’s for every $1 in bonus money. iRP’s are earned at the rate of 2 iRP’s for every $1 in rake you contribute, which makes the BorgataPoker.com deposit bonus the slowest clearing in New Jersey: A clear-rate equivalent to just 10% rakeback.
Verdict: With by far the slowest clear-rate (just 10% rakeback), and only 45 days to clear the bonus, BorgataPoker.com’s opening bonus should not be a major factor in your decision to play at the site. High-volume grinders may be able to clear this bonus, but casual players will likely see very little in the way of bonus money before it expires.
888 Poker
100% Deposit Bonus up to $500
US.888Poker.com is currently offering a 100% match of your first deposit up to a maximum of $500. This bonus expires 90 days after your initial deposit is made.
888 Poker’s deposit bonus is cleared in $10 increments and requires a player to contribute $50 in rake per $10 of bonus money: A clear-rate equivalent to 20% rakeback.
Verdict: A typical online poker deposit bonus, nothing stands out about it, but nothing about it is overly detrimental either.
