Casino bonuses are free money and a great break from your poker game.

If you have the discipline to be a winning poker player, then you should also be taking advantage of the casino bonuses that are out there. It's just more free money but easier to attain. There's no thinking required. You just follow the appropriate strategy card at Wizard of Odds and click click click.

If you've never played online casinos before, here are a couple easy bonuses to get you started that are completely risk-free.

The first one is at Planet Luck. You can deposit $100 for a $100 bonus. You have to wager $1600 dollars to clear the bonus. That's known as a 'Wagering Requirement' or WR for short. (not to be confused with 'Win Rate' in poker). So you wager $1 per hand and play 1600 hands of Blackjack. Don't play any other games. Follow the basic strategy as that will cut the casino advantage down to the barest minimum. (less than 1%)

1600 hands sounds like a lot of blackjack to play when you're constantly looking at the card. You'll pick it up pretty quickly though. A lot of the plays are common ones that happen the same way the majority of the time. Even looking at the card you'll still manage at least 200 or 300 hands an hour. Once you get familiar with a lot of the more common plays, you'll probably be doing about 500 to 600 hands per hour. So you will probably take anywhere from 3 to 6 hours to clear it. Don't forget to count your double-down and split bets too. Each dollar you wager counts toward clearing the bonus.