@vecais:
If I remember correctly, even with a ROI of 5% you have a 10% chance of going broke in the first 1000 games (or even more? I think it was something between 10 and 20, I just can't find the graphs anymore^^). But even if you do, it is completely free money, so it is definitely +EV^^ and, of course and maybe even more valuable, +Experience....
Just wanna give you an example: ME:-)When I read about it, I just could not believe the whole story, but I thought I'm gonna play a huge freeroll, well, why not, can't lose anything but my time^^ BTW: up there in this thread is my first post in this forum^^
I read the bronze articles only once or twice, did not even bother to print the charts (well, I think I don't need them anymore, anyway), but just tried to understand them. Also I read and posted only few hands, and watched less than 10 videos. So I was not extremely dedicated to learning...
As for my poker level: Berfore I started with PS I played a total of 8 real life games, and some play-money poker and freerolls (admittedly, quite a lot

). Maybe I am just lucky to still have money in my account after 500 games (down to 23 from 78 within just 99 games )
Anyway, the 50$ are mine now and won't ever be taken away(it just took about 200 SNG games which I played in a bit more than 6 weeks, mostly 2 games at once, on average 30 min per game). I can't withdraw them yet, but as far as I know I could just deposit 100$ and then withdraw everything. Won't do that though^^I also became silver member for a short time:-) Oh yeah and then there's the 100$ bonus, this one is a bit harder to clear I guess. I cleared only 15$ of it and time is over after this weekend.
So, I guess, getting the 50 dollars is not really hard to do, if you know what you are doing and are a bit concentrated at the tables...and if you are more dedicated than me lots of profits may be waiting...