Free money is free money…

…even if you have to play 10x the bonus amount in raked hands. Another Party affiliate bites the dust:

Dear player,

We’re pleased to announce that PokerNOW.com has joined forces with PartyPoker.com, the world’s largest poker room.

To celebrate, we’re offering existing PokerNOW.com players a great ‘merger’ bonus to say thank you for your loyalty.

Now, this merger means that PokerNOW.com services will no longer be available. However, you will now have access to all the exciting games and services at PartyPoker.com. To make the transition as straightforward as possible, click here to follow the easy steps that will help you get your PartyPoker.com account up and running in no time.

For me, this meant a chance to move 80 whole cents over from PokerNow to Party. They’d just been sitting there, mocking me, safe behind withdrawal restrictions that didn’t allow for anything under a dollar to be transferred to a place where I could get myself a newspaper and a pack of cheap gum. The demise of PokerNow meant that I could finally zero out that column in my bankroll spreadsheet and go on doing whatever obsessive-compulsive thing I had next on my agenda. To my great amazement, Party actually gave me the $25 bonus. Woo hoo! And just when I was considering adding a few more bucks to my Party account to take advantage of the 20% reload bonus.

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