Free Sirius for Playing Poker - Ripoff or Bargain?
There is a new site out there, http://www.siriusforpoker.com/, that allows you to get a free Sirius by signing up to play poker online. The question becomes, is it worth it? The site works as most poker affiliate sites do, where you have to play ‘raked hands’, or hands of poker where the poker site takes a percentage(about 3-5%, depending on the site) of the pot. This one requires you to play in at least 1250-1500 raked hands with a $1/2 minimum bet for most radios except the S50, which is a minimum of 4500-5000 raked hands. Oh, and you only have 90 days(120 for the S50) to complete that number of hands. At the end of the day, it would be a very expensive way to try and get a free Sirius radio. But, if you are a good poker player and have been playing online for a while, it cannot hurt. Otherwise, I would advise against it. You will spend a lot less money(and time!) just buying the radio instead of trying to play for it. If you lose your initial ‘investment’, generally a minimum of $500, you could have bought yourself a new Starmate Replay along with lifetime service for $100 more.