Will you be the frontrunner in Ace the Race? The latest promotion from 888poker is underway now, giving players on the client the chance to race their way to tickets for freerolls with prize pools up to $100k.
Ace the Race has $300k up for grabs across various freerolls and getting into the games is easy. There are multiple challenge paths for 888poker players to to secure their tickets, with access via cash poker, MTTs (including BLAST), casino or sports betting play.
By completing easy challenges, players earn tickets to daily and weekly freerolls from Feb 1 to Apr 28. The daily freerolls have prize pools of $400 each and run three times per day from Monday to Saturday. Weekly games have $4,500 guaranteed and run every Sunday at 7 pm GMT.
The whole race is capped off at the end by the big show — a $100,000 Vegas Grandstand Freeroll that closes the promotion at 7pm GMT on Apr 28. Ace the Race is a great chance for players to earn extra just by playing their usual games — see below for some details on how to get into the games.
Daily and Weekly Prizes
There are three target freeroll races for players in Ace the Race:
- $400 Monaco Kings Freeroll
- 3 times per day Mon-Sat
- Complete one challenge to earn a ticket, max 3 per day
- $4,500 London Race Freeroll
- Every Sunday at 19:00 GMT
- Complete 9 or more challenges in the week for a ticket
- $100,000 Vegas Grandstand Freeroll
- Apr 28 at 19:00 GMT
- Complete at least 30 challenges from Feb 1 through Apr 28 for a ticket
Three Ways to Complete Challenges
There are three different challenge paths for players to choose from so no matter what you enjoy doing on the 888poker client, there is likely a way for you to Ace the Race doing what you already player. Whether you love the thrill of sports betting and casino fun, grinding the cash games, or looking for the win in MTTs, there is a way to earn tickets to the freerolls.
- Cash Poker — win a hand with ace-king (AK) at minimum stakes of 1c/2c
- MTT Poker — Play at least $5 worth of MTT buy-ins, including BLAST games
- Casino/Sports — Bet $2 on any casino games or sports events
Ace the Race is just the latest in a series of well-received promotions from 888poker, including the Card Strike feature implemented last year. In a recent interview, Poker Industry PRO caught up with the VP Head of Poker at 888, Amit Berkovich, who spoke a bit about the ecology of promotions at the operator.
Touting responsiveness as a key feature, Berkovich suggested that “the most successful operators will be the ones that react quickly to industry changes and trends and manage to adapt and innovate accordingly.” He added that active engagement with feedback is necessary for any operator.
“At 888 we very much appreciate user feedback and we receive it from multiple sources: our Customer Support department, forums, Discord, Reddit and also via our own 888poker ambassadors and streamers who are very much involved in the poker community and regularly communicate to us any relevant feedback.” This is the approach that led to the Ace the Race, as well as the aforementioned Card Strike and the well-received Micro-Rollers, a slate of micro-stakes MTT games launched last year.
Ace the Race is just the latest in a long line of unique promotional offerings from 888poker. Buckle up your seatbelt and take your shot at the $300k guaranteed before the checkered flag comes down on Apr 28.
