An incentive payment made by an online poker provider is known as a ‘poker bonus’. The purpose of poker bonuses is to encourage potential customers to use a particular website. Since online poker is such a competitive industry, there are a number of good offers available – usually to new customers who open an account and make a deposit – and, in this bonus blog, we will look at some of the good sites. Offers are liable to change from time to time and the following were on offer in September 2011, when I last confirmed.

• Titan Poker (www.titanpoker.com) offers a bonus of 150% up to $600. This means that they will pay a maximum bonus of $600 and the actual amount receivable will be 150% of the amount deposited. So the minimum you can deposit to obtain the full amount is $400. This room is recommended by this bonus blog.
• Party Poker (www.partypoker.com) provides a 100% match on an initial deposit up to a maximum amount of $500. Deposit $500 to receive an additional $500. This bonus blog notes that Party Poker is one of the most popular online poker sites out there.
• Cake Poker (www.cakepoker.com) offers an equivalent bonus to that provided by Titan Poker. Players from the USA are welcome.
• Victor Chandler (www.victorchandler.com) sometimes offers one of the most generous and alluring incentives – a 300% match up to $600. This bonus blog advises you that this means that the full $600 bonus is receivable on an initial deposit of just $200.
• Pacific Poker (www.pacificpoker.com) offers a smaller bonus in comparison to some of the other sites that have been mentioned. It is 111% up to a maximum amount of $444 (the full amount being receivable on a deposit of $400). However, it earns its place in this poker blog since it tends to provide very good promotions to existing customers, rather than concentrating solely on snaring them in the beginning.
• Lucky Ace Poker (www.luckyace-poker.com) offers a 100% matched bonus up to a maximum amount of $400. However, the level of skills and experience of the players on this site is often considered to be poorer than on some of the others, so the chances of success are maximized.