Three Promos To Watch: Boosted Leaderboards, Freerolls, and More

June 23, 2020

Online poker promotions are designed to catch players’ eyes, attract them to the site running the promo, and return some much-needed value in those players’ pockets. These Three Promos To Watch definitely tick all three boxes, so let’s not waste any more time and jump straight in at the deep end with all the juicy details.

Increased Leaderboard Prizes at Run It Once Poker

Business is booming over at Phil Galfond’s Run It Once Poker where loyal and new customers helped the site enjoy its best-ever traffic figures earlier this week. One of the reasons for the recent influx in traffic is the site’s leadeRboards, which reward cash game players with cash prizes.

These leaderboards kicked off with a €10,000 prize pool but Run It Once are giving even more money back to the community by boosting them by 50%, meaning €15,000 is waiting to be won. As many as 30 places are paid across the various stakes spread at Run It Once Poker, with a top prize of €2,000 waiting to be won.

No-Limit Hold'em leadRboards Rewards

Pot-Limit Omaha leadRboards Rewards

Throw into the mix one of the best welcome bonuses in the entire online poker world that includes a never-expiring welcome bonus*, extra rewards, and coaching, and up to 75% cashback, it’s easy to see why players are flocking to Run It Once Poker.

Learn more about the €15K leadeRboards

Over $500,000 Waiting to be Won at 888poker

888poker is pulling out all the stops to draw people to its site during what is traditionally a quiet time in the online poker world. Recreational players have always been 888poker’s focus and this is certainly the case with the Trails of Fortune promotion that’s in full swing.

More than $500,000 worth of prizes are waiting for you to win between now and August 9. 888poker players are invited to complete daily challenges and try their look on the Hiker’s Loop prize wheel to earn or win freeroll entries.

The biggest of these freerolls is the 888Summit, which so fantastic that we highlighted it in our popular Value Town article. $30,000 is up for grabs, including a $9,000 top prize, for free. You can't argue that this is a must-play freeroll.

How much of thus $500K will you win?

Get Involved in This Weekend’s €50K Ultimate Sweat

This weekend, June 28 to be exact, sees the Ultimate Sweat tournament return to Betfair Poker. In fact, it runs at all iPoker sites meaning you can also compete for a slice of its €50,000 guaranteed prize pool over at Betsafe if they’re your preferred site.

The €50,000 GTD Ultimate Sweat usually costs €100 to enter. This princely sum grants you 10,000 chips and allows you to complete for prizes across 12-minute blind levels; the cream rises to the top in this tournament.

Nobody likes paying full price for anything these days so it’s unsurprising that Betfair Poker is running a plethora of satellites that award Ultimate Sweat tickets. These satellites only cost €10 to enter and have between two and 10 seats guaranteed. The best value satellite runs at 4:00 p.m. CET on Sunday as it has 10x €100 seats guaranteed for your €10 buy-in.

Once you’ve secured your ticket to this massive tournament, get ready to bring your A-game to the tables and don’t forget to put on your aggressive pants because it is a PKO tournament. You win cash for every opponent you send to the rail! Win your way in via a €10 satellite, bust one foe and you’re freerolling towards a bankroll-boosting prize.

Your route into the €50K Ultimate Sweat

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