Captain Cooks Bonus Terms

[Clayman]

about a week later they informed me they reversed the cashout because of these NEW terms and b/c i'm not a VIP member.

Hi EZ
Maybe we're neighbors. Go Steelers. Down with the Eagles.

Sorry your first experience was so unpleasant. Unfortunately the terms were not new - they existed at the time you deposited.

I imagine it's more typical than not, given where they bury the definition of VIP and, if you are lucky enough to find it, wouldn't think you were one anyway.

Had you understood the terms as you do now, would you have deposited in the first place? I'm sure alot of first-time players feel the same way. If I were more cynical, I'd almost think CCC liked it that way.

So what were your surprising results - hope you won during the additional wagering!

 

[Clayman]

If you do not have a bonus account you will receive a $25 bonus into your deposit account. "

Kind of get ya coming and going, don't they? Thanks for the $6 with a 30% risk of ruin, CCC. Well, assuming I'm a VIP, that is. Wonder what they give "Premium VIP's". Anybody here achieved that never-mentioned-on-their-website lofty status?

 

[555YY]

Hi EZ
Maybe we're neighbors. Go Steelers. Down with the Eagles.

Sorry your first experience was so unpleasant. Unfortunately the terms were not new - they existed at the time you deposited.

I imagine it's more typical than not, given where they bury the definition of VIP and, if you are lucky enough to find it, wouldn't think you were one anyway.

Had you understood the terms as you do now, would you have deposited in the first place? I'm sure alot of first-time players feel the same way. If I were more cynical, I'd almost think CCC liked it that way.

So what were your surprising results - hope you won during the additional wagering!

hi sorry i live in philly burbs, go eagles

as for the results, yea right i wish i won

basically i had no urge after all that to personally wager 28K more, so i set vegas strip blackjack on autoplay with a few minor modifications to simulate perfect strategy. i left it on and went to sleep, i woke up to find some very skewed results

apparently, i promptly lost 400+$ in 15,000 hands wager 1$ each hand. this is odd considering the house advantage is .36% for vegas strip bj. (i should have lost @54$ within 15k hands at wager of 1$ each) and 15,000 hands is not a *small* sample size

while one can argue i also won 600$ initially, that was within 500 hand sample with 10$ per wager, so the standard deviance can be expected to be higher

so all that said and done, i was depressed and fed up with this entire ccc ordeal. at that point i couldn't care less if i won, lose, go broke or got plugged back into the matrix with this particular casino. so i finished hammering out my remaining wr at $100 a hand. i was able to make 300$ back by the time i finally FinAlLy FINALLY finished the winner's tax wr (i hope *crossing fingers*)

i cashed out for 800$ a few days ago and am waiting to hear back from cook (so basically lost 100 net during that second phase, also losing 400+$ in autoplay is a very curious anomaly with that large of a hand sample)

the ironic thing is that i was so pleased with my initial dealing with cooks casino (before being notified of the additional wr) that i signed up with their sister site as well: the kingdom casino. I did well with their bonus account also and have cashed out after fullfilling my real money wr, i wouldn't be surprised if they made me go thru all this crap again for that site too

even though i'm new to micrograming casinos, i have had pleasant experiences with casino-on-net and igm global casinos. never before have i experienced a t&c that changes depending on if you win or not

i have to say i don't see myself playing there further until some new revisions are implemented

 

[Clayman]

apparently, i promptly lost 400+$ in 15,000 hands wager 1$ each hand. this is odd considering the house advantage is .36% for vegas strip bj. (i should have lost @54$ within 15k hands at wager of 1$ each) and 15,000 hands is not a *small* sample size
so all that said and done, i was depressed and fed up with this entire ccc ordeal. at that point i couldn't care less if i won, lose, go broke or got plugged back into the matrix with this particular casino. so i finished hammering out my remaining wr at $100 a hand. i was able to make 300$ back by the time i finally FinAlLy FINALLY finished the winner's tax wr (i hope *crossing fingers*)
i cashed out for 800$ a few days ago ...
i have to say i don't see myself playing there further until some new revisions are implemented

Since you are an Eagles fan, I can only tell you, you got what you deserved and CCC is a great place to play.

If you were a Steelers fan, I'd tell you that you probably wagered around $16,500 in 15,000 hands with a $59 expected loss. No big deal. It still is around 1 in 133 to the bad. That never happens over here BTW.

It may be worth a quick look to make sure you have auto-play optimally set but I assume you do. Not for CCC but other Micro casinos that you may actually play at in the future.

So, if I have this right, CCC has a player who actually won $700 his first time playing there and will probably never play there again!? Nice bonus structure CCC.

Don't worry about it EZ - I don't think they really want you back anyway.

On the bright side, you just might be a VIP by now.

See you in the play-offs

PS Keep us posted on Casino Kingdom.

 

[jetset]

Backing up a bit to ezc3m's earlier post:

"...most players play at a casino for FUN, win or lose, the main objective for a recreational player is FUN. the OBVIOUS pre-requisite of having "fun" is to be able to stop when you're "NOT HAVING FUN". and you can stop having fun for a variety of reasons, it doesn't have to be when you lose, it could also be when you're tired, bothered, bored, or have other committments."

Bearing in mind the importance of keeping players happy, you would think that by now someone in casino-land would have developed an automated WT system where the amount a player can withdraw at any stage is pro rated to the amount of WT he or she has completed.

 

[willy]

kangaroos

For those in the Philly area, if you are interrested in a great sporting spectacle, the Australian national rugby league team is playing the U.S. national team in Philadelphia this week sometime. I realize it's hardly the national sport there but the Aus side has just trounced the best of the best in Europe, so there'll be some fine athletes on display. Sorry to get off the subject.
JohnD

 

[555YY]

For those in the Philly area, if you are interrested in a great sporting spectacle, the Australian national rugby league team is playing the U.S. national team in Philadelphia this week sometime. I realize it's hardly the national sport there but the Aus side has just trounced the best of the best in Europe, so there'll be some fine athletes on display. Sorry to get off the subject.
JohnD

thanks willy, i'll try to find out more and see if i can watch it

rugby is actually pretty entertaining, its like american football on stereoids :notworthy

 

[555YY]

well, this is a pleasant surprise, the casino kingdom processed my cash-out today to neteller, in only 5 days!

here's to hoping ccc cashout can go just as smooth