Poker is a very competitive yet lucrative business for the businesses who operate in this space. Every customer could earn them thousands of pounds and they will pay a big poker bonus to get you to sign up to their site and deposit your money.

So it doesn't hurt to make sure you find a site you like that offers a nice juicy poker bonus for you.

You will often see about three different types of bonus payouts which I will go into below:

Sign-Up Bonus
You typically get this when you reigster with an online poker site and deposit around three to five times the bonus amount. At this point, you will receive the bonus as cash or credits for that site.

Bonus Deposit Match
Usually a site offering this will match the deposit you put down and allow you to convert this into cash by playing a set number of games

Refer-a-friend Bonus
Often if you recommend a friend to join a site and deposit a minimium amount of cash, then you will be rewarded a poker bonus of this nature.