Deposit Bonuses are released on VC Poker by earning Action Points. Action Points are earned in one of two ways:

1) Action Points for Tournament Entries
For every $1 you spend in tournament fees, you will immediately receive 100 Action Points (not including re-buy fees).

2) Action Points for Play on Real Money Tables
When you play on the VC Poker real money tables, you earn Action Points based on your contribution to the pot divided pro-rata amongst the other players. In other words: the bigger the pot; the more action points that are available to everyone. Moreover: the more you personally contribute to the pot; the greater the number of Action Points you will personally earn for that particular hand (i.e. until the rake is capped).
By necessity, the maximum Action Points available per hand are capped in the same manner as the maximum rake taken from the table (see our rake charts). We hope you can appreciate the logic behind this and what would happen if we gave out more $ in point value per hand than we collect in rake!

Example 1
In a 5-handed $1/$2 game:

Players bet the pot up to $50 with 5 players remaining to the end of the hand.
Rake is not capped for this particular table/limit until it reaches $60.
250 Action Points are generated from the $50 Pot 
Your personal contribution was $10 (i.e. 20%), so you would earn 50 Action Points.
Example 2 (with rake capped)
In a 9-handed $10/$20 cash game:

6 players fold before the flop.
3 remain to the final showdown.
The pot totals $93
Rake is capped at $3 for this table/limit.
300 Action Points are awarded for the hand (at the rate of 100 Action Points per $1 of rake).
As there were 3 players contributing to the pot, each of whom contributed an equal amount, they each receive 1/3rd of the available points or 100 Action Points in total for the hand.