A lot of you have probably already heard about Poker Blue. They had some fantastic freerolls here recently where the prize was an expense-paid trip to play in the Legends of Poker tournament. That generated quite a bit of buzz for them and several people began promoting them.

Anyway, I decided to check it out myself, but then I saw that to participate in the freeroll, you had to make a $100 deposit first. Normally, I would probably go ahead and do that, but just coming back from Florida, I didn't feel like I could spare the cash at the moment. But I registered anyway, so that my chosen username, "evilbilly," wouldn't be taken if I decided to come back and play. I didn't even bother to download the software.

Well, I forgot all about it after that, mainly because I was running so good at Poker Room lately and wasn't interested in playing anywhere else at the moment. About 10 days later, however, I received an email from Poker Blue asking me to take a survey. The message said that they had noticed I had registered but didn't create a real-money account, and they wanted to know why. If I would just click on a link and take their survey, they would reward me by putting $25 in my account. Best of all, there were no play requirements attached to the money; I could cash it out immediately, if I so desired.

So, I thought I would share this little secret with my readers. I know a lot of people are always on the lookout for no-deposit bonus offers, and this is one that I'm certain most people know nothing about, since it isn't a regular offer. I don't know if they will still be doing it or not, but if you're looking for free money, it's worth a shot to simply visit the Poker Blue website and register. Don't download the software or deposit any money. Just wait a couple of weeks and see if they make you the same offer. If not, well, you're not out anything except about two minutes of your time.

When you do go, be sure to click my link. After all, I've just given you information that could give you a free $25. Here it is once more -- Poker Blue.

Since I got the free money, I decided to give them a try. I have to say I'm not overly impressed at the moment, but that could change. My biggest problem with them right now is game selection, and that's only really a problem because they haven't got a whole lot of players yet. When I've signed on there, the number of players has been between 600 and 1,000, but it seems like they're almost all limit players. I've checked them several times over the past few days, and only twice have I seen any no-limit games, and only once were the stakes low enough (.50/1.00) for me to afford. (I know, I know ... it's free money, but I'm still not about to sit down in a $2/4 game with $25.)

Source: Trials of a Poker Apprentice