America’s Cardroom has taken the patriotic theme one step further, describing its loyalty program in military terms and enlisting players to train for Elite Benefits. As with any poker site’s rewards program, America’s Cardroom’s Elite Benefits are all based on earning points for your play at the site.
There are two types of points you can earn in this program. You earn Combat Points (CP) each time you participate in a cash ring game or online tournament with real money at the America’s Cardroom site. You earn Rank Points (RP) each time you pay a tourney fee or pay a rake in ring games. CP are used to activate bonuses, release special rewards and make purchases in the AC online store. RP are used to determine your rank in the AC rewards program. You start out as a Lieutenant as of your first cash game or tourney.
Obviously the higher your rank, from Captain to Major to Colonel to General, the more benefits you receive, including an ever-increasing CP multiplier.
All players at any level have access to Medals of Achievement and Site Freerolls. Captains also get $50 cash for use in the store. Majors get $300 cash in the store. Colonels get $600 and Generals get $1,500 and $4,000. Each rank also has a different level of store access, with correspondingly increasing benefits.
You also need to maintain a certain minimum level of monthly RPs to maintain the rank you’ve attained. The exception to that are Generals who must only maintain a yearly minimum RP level to keep their rank.