16 Dec 10

888poker: Get your Free $8 Before It's Too Late

Due to popular demand, 888poker has decided to extend their free $8 promotion. Get your free money now if you haven't already done so. On top of that, they have also added a Hit the 8s promotion, where getting dealt hands with 8s wins you $888 and $8888 freeroll seats.

888poker have decided to extend their free starting capital promotion and are still offering any new player that joins 888poker, $8 without any deposit needed.

There are 4 simple steps:

• Download and install the 888poker client
• Fill out the 888poker registration form
• Click "Claim your cash gift now" in the confirmation email
• Wait for another confirmation email and $8 will be credited to your account
• Don't forget to enter your 888poker username in your PokerStrategy.com profile, so that you can receive StrategyPoints for playing there.

To find out more, take a look at our previous announcement by clicking here.

Claim your free $8 capital now

Hit the 8s for seats to the $888 and $8888 freerolls

If you hit any of the hand combinations shown on in the image on the right between December 14 and January 4, you will win a seat to the $888 Holiday Freeroll held on the very next day. The $888 freerolls will run everyday from December 14 to January 4, at 20:00 GMT

If you hit quad 8s, you will also win a seat to the $8,888 Holiday Freeroll,held on December 23, 2010 or January 8, 2011. The tournament start at 20:00 GMT on both dates. Find out the terms and conditions below.

Bonus Prizes in the $0.08 Holiday Hold'em

During this promotional period, all the $0.08 'Holiday Hold'em' tournaments will also award extra bonus prizes to the top 100 finishers. They include cash prizes, seats in the 888poker $50k Challenge, and also seats in the $8,888 Holiday Freeroll

• When: 15th, 20th, 22nd, 27th, 29th Dec 2010 & 3rd Jan 2011 @ 19:00 GMT
• Where: "All Tournaments" tab
• Buy-in: $0.08

$0.08 Holiday Hold'em Bonus Prizes
Rank	Prize
1st	$1,000 voucher + seat in the $50K Challenge
2nd	$500 voucher + seat in the $50K Challenge
3rd-5th	$200 voucher + seat in the $50K Challenge
6th-10th	$100 voucher + seat in the $50K Challenge
11th-30th	$50 voucher + seat in the $50K Challenge
31st-100th	Seat in the $8888 Holiday Freeroll

- The voucher cannot be redeemed for cash.
- The Voucher can only be used for one transaction and is not for multiple use.
- The voucher offer ends on February 4th 2011.
- All vouchers will expire after 30 days after sending.
- All vouchers will be awarded in Reward Points, eg: 10,000 Reward Points = $100 voucher.
- Entrants can only win one seat in the $888 Holiday Freeroll, $8,888 Holiday Freeroll or $50K Challenge tournaments

We're eager to hear if you're going to play in the $0.08 Holiday Hundred tournament, tell us about your plans in the forum:

Will you play in the $0.08 Holiday Hold'em Tournaments?


Hit the 8s Terms & Conditions
- Registration to the Daily $888 Holiday Freerolls & $8888 Fortnightly Holiday Freerolls begins 2 hours before the start-time.
- The HIT the 8s promotion is for cash games players only.
- Only hands of HIT the 888 combinations that win the round or get into the showdown can win a seat in the $888 Freerolls and $8888 Freerolls.
- The HIT the 888s promotion does not include Heads Up games.
- To win a seat in the next day’s $888 Holiday Freeroll, entrants must hit one of the following 5 combinations:
2 pairs: 8’s + Aces  
3 of a kind 8’s
Full house over 8’s
Full house 8’s over
4 of a kind 8's
- To win a seat in the next $8888 Holiday Freeroll entrants must hit 4 of a kind 8’s.
- Entrants who win seats in the daily $888 Holiday Freerolls can only win 1 seat per player per day.
- All entrants who HIT one of the 888s combinations between 00:01 GMT and 23:59 GMT during the Promotion Period will be eligible for one seat in the remaining daily $888 Holiday Freerolls.
- Winners of seats in the $888 Holiday Freeroll or $8888 Holiday Freeroll will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours after being granted the prize