Poker Loyalty Programs and Frequent Player Points Rewards

Every online poker room that wants to compete with the big boys has a loyalty program or player rewards program. The concept behind these systems is very simple. You earn frequent player points for every raked hand you are in. Over time these points accumulate and you will soon have a bunch sitting in your account. Some poker rooms allow you to use these points to enter into satellite tournaments while others allow you to purchase certain merchandise. Depending on the room you may also get to purchase actual retail items. (like ipods, dvd players, books, etc.)

Below I have highlighted the best loyalty/points programs in online poker. If any of them peak your interest, simply click on the room name to visit that poker room and begin playing. If you were a smart prospective player (and I think you are) you would sign up for the poker room through PokerSavvy.com so you can take advantage of both loyalty programs independently.

Yup, double points which means double prizes. Click the banner below to visit PokerSavvy.com and get started after you have determined which room's rewards program is right for you. This is just one of the many perks for playing poker online that you will find on this site.

Aced Poker Rewards System

Aced has a truly unique rewards program called "Outs". Each out is a different "goal" that you must complete to earn points. For example you earn points for getting pocket aces, going all in, winning 3 hands in a row, getting your chipstack over a certain amount, etc. It's a really cool way to do the rewards because the better you play the more points you earn. There are four levels of vip status at Aced. There is club, heart, spade, and diamond. Diamond is the true baller status with the personal concierge and all the perks. As usual you can cash in your points for various prizes and tournament entries. Check out the program at Aced.com

Full Tilt Poker's Points System

Full Tilt Poker rewards players with 1 point per $1 in rake they generate. You also have the ability to earn fractional points. The points are capped at a maximum of 3 points per hand. If you like playing sit n go's, you can earn 7 points per $1 in tournament fees. These points can be cashed in for a wide variety of prizes from poker chips to Full Tilt gear to satellite tournaments. All in all I would personally say that FT's loyalty program is fairly decent. That is unless you sit down and do the math. For every $1 you earn for Full Tilt you get one point. To get the poker table prize you need to accumulate 114,000 points. It doesn't take a genius to realize that for every $114,000 in revenue you generate for Full Tilt... you get a poker table. At the end of the day you may want to consider an alternative option like PokerSavvy's program, in addition to Full Tilt's program. Visit Full Tilt.

PokerStars VIP Club

PokerStars has the most complex rewards prorgam I have ever seen. Just looking at the different levels of the VIP program makes my head spin. Pretty much it works like this: Once you make a deposit you are in the VIP club (funny how that works) and then based on your play you get bumped up to different levels. You earn points faster and get better perks the higher your VIP level is. You earn FPP's and VPP's which are not the same. VPP's have no value except to track how close you are to reaching a new VIP level for the month or year. Your FPP's can be accumulated and cashed in for merchandise and retail products similar to Full Tilt's points system. Visit PokerStars.

BodogLife Poker's Points System

BodogLife Poker, or Bodog Poker, has a points system in place that allows players to cash in points for cash. This created a big stir when it first came out because everyone was calling it rakeback when in fact it's not. Players would get a better return if they had rakeback and no cap versus just cashing in their points for cash. Nonetheless you earn points by playing for real money in a similar way you earn points at other popular poker rooms. Bodog also has a casino for those of you who like to win tournaments and then blow the money on blackjack (I myself am guilty of this).Visit Bodog.

Cake Poker Rewards Program

Cake Poker runs a fairly stand up rewards program that allows players to earn points which then convert to gold chips which can be used at the cake shop or for tournament entries. The more points you earn the faster your points will convert to gold chips. Cake's program also has a cool feature that releases "gold cards" at any level of play completely at random once a certain amount of rake has been generated. You can then use these gold cards for access to up to $150,000 worth of prizes and entries. Play at Cake.

Carbon Poker Rewards Program

Carbon Poker has a pretty straight up rewards program similar to all of the others listed above. If you play for real money, you earn points. You can then cash these points in for all sorts of different merchandise that is delivered right to your doorstep. You can also use the points to enter freerolls. It's a pretty straightforward rewards program that needs no further explanation. However, I would like to know who is in charge of making their ad banners. ;-) Play at Carbon now.