What is a Poker Deposit Bonus?
Channel: Pokerbonus.com
Date: 2015-03-13

Learn what a poker deposit bonus is, and how you can take advantage.  Step by step instructions to clear up any questions you might have.   Visit the full bonus list here:  http://www.pokerbonus.com/bonus-codes/?t=signup 

Video Transcript for the hearing impaired:

Hi guys, Jim here for PokerBonus.com.  Today I'm gonna explain exactly how to claim and clear a poker deposit bonus, also known as a ‘signup bonus’.  

To find a great online poker deposit bonus, you'll want to start off with our powerful Bonus Finder tool.  You can find that at www.Pokerbonus.com/bonus-codes, but you can just check the description below or any link on the screen, too.

Once you find the deal that you want, download the software for that online poker room and get ready to get paid.

Today we'll use PokerStars as an example to walk you through the process.  

You'll see here that PokerStars is offering a couple different bonuses, but we'll go for the $600 deposit bonus.  You can see all of the relevant details about the bonus by scrolling down on the page.  

Once you're satisfied with the bonus details, you can go ahead and click the 'Claim Bonus button' which takes you to the official PokerStars download page.  The process will work pretty much the same for every room.  

When you run the software, you'll be prompted to create a new account.

Fill in and any code if required which you'll be able to see up in the iFrame, or back on the PokerBonus.com pages.

Since this is a deposit bonus, naturally we need to make a deposit to take advantage.  So after your account is created, click on the cashier.

Select your deposit method from the list to see a form on your screen which will ask you for your credit card details and other information needed to complete your deposit.

In this case I'll make a small deposit just to show guys how it works. 

On this screen, you'll also see a place to type in the bonus code for this particular site which is STARS600.

Click to complete your deposit, and if it's successful, your bonus will be automatically added to your account.  In this case, keep in mind that the bonus is a “100% match up to $600” bonus, and what that means is that for every $1 you deposit, an additional $1 will be credited to your bonus account.  

You can always refer back to the PokerBonus.com pages to check the relevant details such as match percent, minimum deposit, and days to clear.

So now we can see our deposit amount is in our account and the bonus amount has been credited already, and this took around 2 minutes.  So now we just need to play a few games to see how it works.

And now we're checking back in after I've played a couple of small tourneys; so we'll go ahead and click the cashier window, and then click the "Bonus Status" button.  Now you can see the progress already!  PokerStars will release $10 once I've reached the first threshold.  We call this a $10 increment.  

Continue playing and clearing these $10 chunks to add them to your real money balance and then you can cash out anytime, or use the money to play larger games – it’s up to you.  

And that's pretty much it.  Now you're all set to start clearing your own poker deposit bonus!

Anyway guys, we all know playing online poker is a lot of fun, but it's even more fun to get paid extra for playing the game you love.  So be sure to check out the PokerBonus.com bonus code listing page by following any link on this screen or in the description below.  

Thanks for watching and best of luck!