You do not have to be a cricket fan to play in then 888poker.com Ashes events but you do need to live in Australia or England. The Ashes poker tournament series is a great chance to win big with a very small investment. While this tournament series is named after a Cricket event, it is a pure poker tournament series. With a buy in of $0.01 you can share in a prize pool of a guaranteed $1,000.00. There are two remaining events in the Ashes poker tournament series and the first one is tonight, Sunday December 26th, 2010 (Boxing Day) at 8:00 PM AEDST. The next and final event in the Ashes poker tournament series is on Wednesday January 5th, 2011 at 8:00 PM AEDST. Make certain to participate in these two remaining Ashes events because the value of such a small buy in and a guaranteed prize pool is too good to pass up.
Hit The 888’s
888poker.com is having a promotion for cash games that involves, as you would expect, the number 8. If you happen to be playing in a cash game and you hit one of the following hands you will win an $888 Daily Holiday Free Roll tournament entry. The winning hands for this promotion are:
88AA Two Pair 8’s and Aces
88XXX Full House over 8’s
888 3 of a kind 8’s
888XX Full House 8’s over
8888 4 of a kind 8’s
Hitting quad 8’s will also get you a $8,888 Fortnightly Holiday Free Roll to be held on January 8th, 2011
Holiday Hold Em
There is still time to get some Holiday Hold Em action at 888poker.com. There are Holiday Hold Em tournaments still to come on December 27th, 2010, December 29th, 2010, January 3rd, 2011. All of these tournaments will run at 19:00 GMT. The buy in for these tournaments is $0.08. First place wins a $1,000 voucher and a seat in the $50k Challenge, 2nd place wins a $500 voucher and a seat in the $50k Challenge, 3rd through 5th place wins a $200 voucher and a seat in the $50k Challenge, 6th through 10th place wins a $100 voucher and a seat in the $50k Challenge, 11th through 30th place wins a $50 voucher and a seat in the $50k Challenge, and 31st through 100th wins a free seat in the $8,888 Holiday Free Roll.
7 Extra Ways to Win in The Monday Twins
On Monday nights at 888poker.com there are two tournaments that start at the same time that are called the Monday Twins. They both start every Monday at 19:35 GMT. Both tournaments have a $10,000 Guaranteed prize pool and a buy in of $20 + $2. You will find these tournaments in the Tournament Tab. One is the Twins Challenge: Royal and the other is the Twins Challenge: Flush. If you play in both of the Twins tournaments at the same time you get an additional 7 ways to win. Check out all of the terms and conditions at the 888poker.com web site.
