The World Cup 2014 is nearly here and 888 Poker are celebrating in style with their Football Carnival where there is $400,000 to be won in freerolls. This football World Cup 2014 linked promotion is for both new and existing players who have made a deposit.
The whole promotion, Warm Up and Game Time stages, runs from Sunday June 1st through to Sunday July 13th.
$2,000 Warm Up Freerolls
The $2,000 Warm Up Freerolls will be held three times a day from Monday 2nd June to Wednesday 11th June, no ticket required, at the following times:
- 11.08am UK time
- 4.08pm UK time
- 9.08pm UK time
The maximum number of entrants is capped at 8,500 with the top 900 getting paid out of the $2,000 prize pool, registration open 4 hours before each freeroll.
The top 50% of players in each Warm Up Freeroll will receive a ticket to the $10,000 Football Carnival Freeroll – you’ll get an email within 72 hours with your tournament ticket but there’s a only 3 x $10k tickets per player allowed. The $10,000 Football Carnival Freerolls are part of the Game Time stage of this promotion.
$500 Free Teams Tournaments
During the Warm Up stage of the Football Carnival, Monday 2nd June to Wednesday 11th June, there are three daily $500 Free Football Teams Tournaments at the following times:
- 9.08am UK time
- 2.08pm UK time
- 7.08pm UK time
These $500 Free Teams Tournaments are only available to play on PC. The maximum number of entrants is capped at 8,500, registration open 4 hours before each freeroll.
Free Sport Bet Offer
During the Warm Up period of this promotion, Monday 2nd June to Wednesday 11th June, make a single $30 sports bet to get a $10 bet free. You can get in on the betting action by clicking on 888sport in the bottom right hand corner of the 888poker lobby or log into 888sport, you can use your existing 888poker username and password.
The Free Sports Bet is only on offer to players from Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom and, by the way, is not available on the Webapp version.
Game Time
The Game Time part of the Football Carnival will run from Thursday 12th June to Sunday 13th July and the action cranks up a notch!
Free Kick
Simply click on the top banner, featuring Luis Suarez, score a goal and win one of the daily prizes which could be a ticket to one of the $10,000 Football Carnival Freerolls, FreePlay on 888casino games or 888poker merchandise.
$10,000 Football Carnival Freerolls
There are 26 daily $10,000 Football Carnival Freerolls, from Thursday 12th June to Monday 7th July, held at 7.08pm UK time where the top 50% of players from the $2,000 Warm up Freerolls get their chance to play for the $10,000 prize pool. New players will get a ticket as part of their welcome package. The top 500 finishers from the $10,000 Football Carnival Freerolls go on to enter one of the two x $15,000 Semi Final Freerolls.
$15,000 Semi Final Freerolls
The action will be hotting up and the stakes getting higher both on the World Cup football pitch in Brazil and at 888poker with the two x $15,000 Semi Final Freerolls (turbo) to be be held on:
- Tuesday 8th July at 7.08pm UK time and
- Thursday 10th July at 7.08pm UK time
The top 4000 players from each semi final will go on to tackle the $20,000 Cup Final Freeroll.
$20,000 Cup Final Freeroll
This is the big one! The 888poker Football Carnival Championship is to be held on Sunday 13th July at 7.08pm UK time. There will be a maximum number of 8,500 players battling it out for a share of the $20,000 prize pool.
Get a Cash Bonus Offer.
Choose your winning team, from Monday 2nd June to Friday 27th June, when you deposit using the World Cup country promo code and get an instant 10% cash bonus. Plus, if your chosen football team wins the semi final you’ll get and extra 30% cash bonus and if you chosen team wins the Football World Cup 2014 they have earned you a further 60% cash bonus – limited to $50!The country promo codes to use when depositing are simply your country of choice, any Country who are playing in the World Cup 2014 of course, to win the World Cup followed by 2014.
As an example, if you fancy England to win, deposit $50 using the bonus code ENGLAND2014 and you’ll get $5 in bonus straight away, England then go on to win the semi final and you’ll get $30 in cash bonus, they win the World Cup and you’ll get a 60% cash bonus, add that all together and England winning the World Cup has earned you a 100% bonus, double your money! Last chance 27th June 2014.
New Players
In addition to the Welcome Package, currently £12 free plus 100% up to $600 for UK players, join before Monday July 7th and get to play in the Warm Up freerolls plus you’ll get a tournament ticket for a Game Time $10,000 Football Carnival Freeroll deposited into your account. Full details of how to get hold of the excellent 888 Poker new players welcome package, wherever you live, here.