September 9, 2016
September is set to be a bumper month for poker fans, with over $72 million invested by online poker providers in upcoming tournaments, according to the publication Pokerfuse. Collating the investments of several providers, Pokerfuse reports that PokerStars, partypoker.com , 888poker, Winamax and MPN all have bigger and better tournament series this month, with $72 […]
September 6, 2016
888Poker’s new series of 11-day live poker tournaments staggered over the year should prove again the value of this strategy in attracting players to internet poker through online satellites, and for creating greater brand awareness. 888live Festivals will be held at different locations three times a year and kicks off with the inaugural tournament in […]
August 24, 2016
Amidst continued discord regarding online poker legalisation in California, the usually reliable internet publication Online Poker Report (OPR) carried a story Wednesday reporting that the Pechanga Band of Luiseño and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have been holding talks with 888 Poker. our readers will recall that the Pechanga and the Agua Caliente […]
August 10, 2016
888Poker has followed Unibet in leveraging the current interest in the Olympic Games with a suitably branded competitive micro-series. The company has followed Unibet’s “Road to Rio” tourneys with the 888Poker Summer ChampionChips Series, which kicks off this Sunday and, like the Olympics in Rio, runs through to August 21. 888Poker has invested $150,000 in […]
July 23, 2016
In a good example of its continually evolving promotional innovation 888Poker has announced a new online game which will be launched Monday July 25 titled Blast. The game has been designed to generate both time and action pressure on players, and includes big-earning capability of up to 10 times the player buy-in. The format is […]
July 19, 2016
888Poker marketers have developed an ingenious new way of entertaining players whilst at the same time spreading brand and awareness across social media and other channels. Titled Personalized Videos, the initiative builds on the penchant of most players for a little bragging about their poker prowess, usually via social media channels, Skype and poker forums […]
July 12, 2016
888Poker’s partnership with the World Series of Poker this year resulted in the European online poker provider sending 250 players from 35 nations to Las Vegas for the world’s most prestigious tournament. 148 of these won seats in the main event currently running its course at the Rio, whilst the rest played in the inaugural […]
April 20, 2016
Next month will see the launch of the fifth edition of 888Poker’s popular Super XL Series, this time offering forty competitions, a guaranteed prize pool of a million dollars on the $1,050 buy-in main event, and a total of $3 million guarantees on prizes. May 14 to 22 are the dates to diarise for this […]
April 15, 2016
Two tournaments – the Swedish Poker Federation’s Swedish Poker Championship, and the King’s Casino Deutsche Poker Tour’s German Championships of Poker – will benefit from 888Poker sponsorships in deals announced this week. With the Kings deal, 888Poker gains ground in the Czech Republic, where the Rozvadov-based King’s Casino will host the Deutsche Poker Tour (DPT) […]
March 11, 2016
Hard on the heels of renewed speculation that the Russian government may soon legalise online poker as a skill game (see previous reports) comes the news that 888Poker has formed a strategic partnership with the Russian Poker Tour (RPT). The RPT hosts live poker tournaments in Eastern European cities in the absence of a welcoming […]