12 Mar 10

Two more Weekly Races at 888.com - How soft are they?

We are currently in the third week of our five consecutive rake races that total $50k. That means that $20k more are to be won in the next two weeks starting with Monday, March 15. How easy is it to get in the money?

Each of the races has a payout of $10,000 for the top 100. As the results for the past two races are now available, let us have a closer look at the numbers.

The following table shows how much additional rakeback could be earned in the first two races:

Payout	SP needed		% Additional rakeback
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 1	Week 2
$1,000	22,261	15,422	18%	26%
$800	14,048	13,898	22.8%	23%
$600	13,503	10,967	17.8%	21.9%
$400	9,828	10,061	16.3%	15.9%
$...	...	...	...	...
$50	431	476	46.5%	42.2%

As you can see, it was possible to make it into the ranks with less than 480 StrategyPoints, which meant more than 46.5% additional rakeback for some of our players.

Two more races

On Mondays, there will be two more races where you can compete for the payouts:

March 15th – March 21st
March 22nd – March 28th

Note: The relevant timezone is GMT, i.e. playing until 01:00 AM CET still counts for the previous day.