Casinos offer potential players bonuses to entice them to sign up and play poker at their casino poker table. This, in and of itself, should not be the reason that a poker player goes to play poker at a casino. The casino, and the people running the poker game, need to be professional and trustworthy.

That said, if you have a quality casino such as Doyle’s Room, why not take the extra 50%? I would. I will, as a matter of fact. This increases your odds and give you a larger stack for cash management. Doyle Brunson’s casino is offering a 50% bonus of up to $300 for new deposits if you use the promotion code Paddy50.

A second great offer at Brunson’s casino is their St. Patrick’s Day $50,000 Bounty Tournament this coming Wednesday, March 17th. Not only are there the $50,000 in bounty cash and cash bonuses at tables, all first time players receive a full buy-in rebate. Talk about receiving a lucky four-leaf clover on St. Patrick’s Day at Brunson’s casino.

I’ve always wondered about the placement of bounties on the heads of professional poker players. From a marketing perspective, its a great idea. People, and poker players in particular, tend to have big egos. Don’t get me wrong, a good poker player needs to be confident and believe in him or herself. But the idea of paying cold cash in order to go up against a top poker player for the sake of a $500 bounty? These professional poker players feed on fish like you for a living. Do you really think that you can go up against Alex Kamberis at Doyle’s Room?

So first, you have to look at the entry fee. What is it going to cost you to play poker against a professional poker player? And how many people are going to play? So what are the odds of him even being at your table so that you’ll have a chance to knock him out? Granted, it isn’t just Alex Kamberis, who was the 2008 Online Player of the Year, but you would also be going up against poker professionals Dani Stern and Zach Clark, each of whom have $500 bounties on their heads.

But wait. It isn’t only the professional pokers players with a bounty on their heads. You, and everyone else, also have $10 bounties on your heads. Now it is getting interesting.

My ego is big enough. I’ll see you at Doyle’s Room.