The Winter Olympics 2014 have started but if you prefer your games to be of the indoor poker kind the latest promotion from 888 Poker could be just the job. There’s $300,000 (£180k approx.) in total to be won between February 9th and March 8th at a rate of $10,000 (£6000) a day in the daily freerolls until 1st March. Then there’s $90,000 to be won in the three freeroll finals taking place in the final week of the promotion. Every player, new or old, will receive at least one free ticket with plenty of opportunities to claim extra entries.
Winter Games Freeroll Finals
If you are going to take part in these Winter Games then your main aim should be the three freerolls held in the final week of the promotion 2nd to 8th of March. The number of $10,000 Winter Games Freeroll tickets you have earned over the promotion period dictates which final freerolls you can enter:-
| Freeroll Final | Tickets Required | Date | Time UK |
| $20,000 Bronze Hero Freeroll | 3 | 3rd March | 7.09pm |
| $30,000 Silver Defender Freeroll | 5 | 6th March | 7.09pm |
| $40,000 Gold Champion Freeroll | 8 | 8th March | 7.09pm |
The Daily $10,000 / £6000 Freerolls
These freerolls take place at 7.09pm UK time every day this month. With 1500 starting chips, the blinds increase every seven minutes, there has to be 800 players to get the game started and the capacity is 8500. The registration for these freerolls starts at 7pm UK the previous day and they have filled up fast and closed quickly so we recommend you try and get registered as soon as you can or you could be unlucky and not get in. The first 500 players get paid or should I say 8000 don’t!
Daily Freeroll Payouts
- 1st – $1,600
- 2nd – $755
- 3rd – $600
- 4th – $450
- 5th – $350
- 6th – $300
- 7th – $250
- 8th – $800
- 9th – $150
- 10th – $100
- 11th to 20th – $50
- 21st to 30th – $45
- 31st to 40th – $40
- 41st to 50th – $35
- 51st to 60th – $30
- 61st to 70th – $26
- 71st to 80th -$24
- 81st to 90th – $20
- 91st to 100th $12
- 101st to 125th – $10
- 126th to 150th – $9
- 151st to 200th – $8
- 201st to 250th – $7
- 251st to 300th – $6
- 301st to 400th – $5
- 401st to 500th – $4
You can get to play in all three final freerolls. Once you have three tickets to the $10,000 freerolls you get your Bronze ticket, win two more (total five tickets) and you’ve qualified for the Silver keep going and win three more daily freeroll tickets (eight in total) and you get to play in the Gold freeroll too.
Freeroll Tickets for Every Player
All players, new and existing, will get free tickets…
Bonus Code for New Players
All brand new players, once they have registered their new account, will receive a free tournament ticket to the $10,000 Winter Freeroll, no deposit necessary. This special offer is in addition to the welcome package which includes a deposit match bonus of 100% up to $400.
Deposit $10 plus using the Promotion Code EXTREME to receive a further five tournament tickets to the $10,000 Winter Freerolls. This promotion code is important when you make your very first deposit to ensure you get your five more free tickets – when you go into cashier you will see a box to tick to indicate that you want to use a code then fill in the promotional code box with EXTREME.
Existing Players
Sometimes existing players feel that all the freebies go to new players as an incentive to sign up. However, if you have already made your first deposit you will be sent one free ticket for a $10,000 winter freeroll via email. If you have not received your free ticket check your junk email and, if you still haven’t got your freeroll ticket, contact support@888poker.com and find out why!
Important Note: Your free tickets don’t count towards entry into the Winter Games Final Freerolls, they can only be earnt in the daily freerolls.
Earn Extra Freeroll Tickets
There are several ways to get your hands on more freeroll tickets, The claim the maximum of one a day, you’ll have play two or more of the following games in a day in ‘real money’ mode. These tickets also count towards entry into the Winter Games Freeroll Finals.
- Snap Games (fast fold poker): Play over 30 hands in cash games or 1 tournament with a minimum buy in of $1.
- Cash Games: Play 30+ hands in Texas Hold’em.
- Omaha Games: Play over 30 hands in Omaha cash games or 1 Omaha tournament with a minimum buy in of $1.
- Mobile App Games: Play over 30 hands in cash games or 1 tournament with a minimum buy in of $1 on the Android or iOS 888poker app.
- Casino Games: Place over 30 bets.
Days count as from Midnight to 11.59pm UK time.
Your tickets should be in your account under tournaments in the lobby, once you have logged in, within 72 hours. There’s no need to keep checking your account, 888 Poker will send you an email letting you know when your freeroll tickets are there to use.
When the weather takes a turn for the worst in the Northern Hemisphere we think there’s nothing better than staying in, keeping warm and dry playing online poker.