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Updated Thu, 2012-05-03 14:19
888 Poker does more than let players play online poker for money; they are currently giving away a share of a race horse in the Race Horse Syndicate.
When you play holdem online you expect the opportunity to win cash prizes, points prizes, bonuses, maybe even a live event package, but few on line poker sites can offer what 888 Poker offer – a share in a race horse!
It is probably fair to say that 888 Poker has out done all other on line poker sites in terms of generosity and imagination with their currently running Race Horse Syndicate. The Race Horse Syndicate invites players to play holdem in a regular tournament except instead of signing up to play online poker for money, players are signing up to play online poker for a part ownership of a professionally trained race horse. There are 20 shares of the horse to be won, and winners will be invited to attend owners’ gatherings, to visit racing great Ralph Beckett’s training facility in Berkshire where the horse is trained, access to owners’ areas at races, and a 5% share of any prizes won by the horse in races.
If this sounds all a little like a dream, you’re in for a very pleasant surprise because in fact it is very much within the grasp of every member of 888 Poker. Every other week on Thursdays at 19:55 GMT a Race Horse Syndicate Qualifier will take place; the winner of each of these tournaments will get one of those shares in the Race Horse Syndicate, a prize worth £3,000. The direct buy-in to the qualifier is $200 + $20, but members of 888 Poker have a number of options for qualifying for less.
The least expensive means of getting into that qualifier is by starting in a Step 1 Feeder. The Step 1 Feeder tournaments run every day at 10 minutes past each hour; the buy-in is 50c + 5c. The next step up is the Step 2 Feeder which runs at 16:35 and 19:05 GMT every day with a buy-in of $88 + $0.80. Finally, the closest step to the Race Horse Syndicate Qualifier are the Step 3 Feeder tournaments which run on Saturdays and Mondays at 19:05 and on Thursdays at 17:05 GMT, and they have a buy-in of $44 + $4.
