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Frequently Asked Questions
"A personal touch to customer support is an Absolute priority at AbsolutePoker. If you have any questions that are not answered in the Frequently Asked Questions below, please contact us at support@absolutepoker.com."
Promotions Questions:
- What is my Bonus Dollars Account?
At Absolute Poker, we are frequently offering bonuses and other rewards for our loyal and much appreciated customers. When a bonus is awarded, it is placed in your Bonus Dollars account and is not immediately available for play at our tables.
To turn your BONUS DOLLARS into cash, you need to earn STATUS POINTS playing real money games.
The higher your FAME status, the faster you can cash in those BONUS DOLLARS.
The table below represents the amount of STATUS POINTS a player will have to earn to release ONE DOLLAR of BONUS DOLLARS.
| LEVEL | STATUS Points |
| BRONZE | 20 STATUS Points |
| SILVER | 20 STATUS Points |
| GOLD | 20 STATUS Points |
| PLATINUM VIP | 18 STATUS Points |
| DIAMOND ELITE | 17 STATUS Points |
- BONUS DOLLARS are released in five-dollar increments.
- All pending BONUS DOLLARS will expire 60 days from the date of issue and will be forfeited if not released within this period.
- Players who receive a subsequent bonus before releasing an earlier bonus will need to completely release their original bonus before being able to release the second bonus. The original 60-day expiry dates will remain intact.
- Expiration dates only apply to BONUS DOLLARS that haven't yet been cleared by the player. BONUS DOLLARS that have already cleared are credited to the player's account and do not expire.
- STATUS Points earned playing Blackjack do not count towards the release of BONUS DOLLARS.
- STATUS Points earned playing Tournament Blackjack count towards the release of BONUS DOLLARS.
You can earn STATUS Points the following way:
| Limit | ||
| Stake | Status Points | Raked Hands* |
| $0.01/$0.02 | 1 | 20 |
| $0.02/$0.04 | 1 | 20 |
| $0.05/$0.10 | 1 | 15 |
| $0.10/$0.20 | 1 | 15 |
| $0.25/$0.50 | 1 | 10 |
| $0.50/$1 | 1 | 5 |
| $1/$2 | 1 | 2 |
| $2/$4 | 1 | 1 |
| $3/$6 | 1.5 | 1 |
| $4/$8 | 2 | 1 |
| $5/$10 | 2 | 1 |
| $10/$20 | 2 | 1 |
| $10/$25 | 2 | 1 |
| $15/$30 | 2 | 1 |
| $25/$30 | 2 | 1 |
| $30/$60 | 2 | 1 |
| $50/$100 | 2 | 1 |
| $80/$160 | 2 | 1 |
| $100/$200 | 2 | 1 |
| $150/$300 | 2 | 1 |
| $200/$400 | 2 | 1 |
| $300/$600 | 2 | 1 |
| $500/$1000 | 2 | 1 |
| Pot / No-Limit | ||
| Stake | Status Points | Raked Hands* |
| $0.01/$0.02 | 1 | 15 |
| $0.02/$0.04 | 1 | 10 |
| $0.05/$0.10 | 1 | 10 |
| $0.10/$0.25 | 1 | 5 |
| $0.25/$0.50 | 1 | 3 |
| $0.50/$1 | 1 | 2 |
| $1/$2 | 1 | 1 |
| $2/$4 | 1.5 | 1 |
| $3/$6 | 1.5 | 1 |
| $4/$8 | 1.5 | 1 |
| $5/$10 | 1.5 | 1 |
| $10/$20 | 2 | 1 |
| $10/$25 | 2 | 1 |
| $15/$30 | 2 | 1 |
| $25/$50 | 2 | 1 |
| $30/$60 | 2 | 1 |
| $50/$100 | 2 | 1 |
| $80/$160 | 2 | 1 |
| $100/$200 | 2 | 1 |
| $150/$300 | 2 | 1 |
| $200/$400 | 2 | 1 |
| $300/$600 | 2 | 1 |
| $500/$1000 | 2 | 1 |
*What is a 'Raked Hand'?
A 'Raked Hand' is any hand where rake is collected and the player contributes to the pot. There is no need to see a flop and any points earned are credited to your FAME account as soon as the game ends. In ante games, antes will not count as contribution towards generating Status points.
Tournaments and Sit&Gos
Every time you play a Tournament game or a Sit & Go, you earn more Fame.
Earn one status Point for every 30 Cents of entry fee.
Fractions will not be displayed but any balance will be retained and added to your next buy-in.
For Example :
- A $30+$3 Tournament earns you 10 Status Points
- A $5+ $0.50 tournament earns you ONE Status Point. The $0.20 difference is carried over to the next session.
Keep Track of your Bonus Dollars
You can view your Bonus Dollars status through the Cashier, just click on Fame Status Details, AbsolutePoints Transaction History and you will see how many Status Points and AbsolutePoints you have earned and redeemed.
*Non-depositing players will not accumulate STATUS points or AbsolutePoints within the FAME program.
- What is FAME?
FAME is our exclusive new loyalty program. Please visit the following link for full details: http://www.absolutepoker.com/fame/
- What are AbsolutePoint Tournaments?
Currently, you can find a variety of AbsolutePoint tourneys listed under the "Satellites" tab, including qualifiers to our $150K Guaranteed Weekly Tourney.
As part of the FAME program, players at Absolute Poker earn AbsolutePoints when they pay real money tournament buy-ins, and when playing in real money hands. As a reward to players accumulating AbsolutePoints, Team Absolute offers AbsolutePoints buy-in tourneys where players can use AbsolutePoints in place of money to pay their tournament buy-in.
Top finishers in some AbsolutePoints tournaments can win real cash and prizes. AbsolutePoints can be viewed from the cashier tab in the Account Info Tab.
