Promotion

This page gives you an overview of the current and upcoming promotions and poker tournaments at PokerKings. At many of our tournaments you can qualify for live poker tournaments all over the world.

We are constantly working on offering our members the best, most attractive tournaments. Check back often – there is always something new happening!

• €50,000 Rake Race & €25,000 Raked Hands Race
• Guaranteed Tournaments
• Special Promotions
• Poker League
• Freerolls
• Frequent Player Point Tournaments (FPPT) and other promotions
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 €1000 New Player Freeroll

Register today at PokerKings and you will eligible to play in our weekly “€1000 New player Freeroll” which will be held every Saturday at 18:00GMT, open to all players registering a new account at PokerKings within the previous 7 days.  NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED!

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PokerKings Bad Beat Jackpot – Losing means winning!!

The jackpot that makes losers winners!
PokerKings are proud to announce its all-new Bad Beat Jackpot. Losing hands are now transformed into winning hands!

What is a bad beat?
What’s a bad beat? A bad beat is when your really good, can’t-be beaten-hand gets... beaten.  In other words: a Bad Beat winner holds the best hand to lose the round.  To qualify for a Bad Beat Jackpot at PokerKings, you must have four of a kind jacks or better, beaten in a hand on one of the specifically marked PokerKings Bad Beat Jackpot tables.

We collect 50 cents from the pot of every raked hand played on our Bad Beat Jackpot tables. So the more you play, the bigger the pay-out.
 
Win on our Bad Beat Jackpot tables if you lose with a hand of Four of a Kind Jacks, or better.

How “Bad” does it get...?

The PokerKings Bad Beat Jackpot, when taking place, is divided as follows:
•    70% to the players who were dealt into the round.
•    20% is used for the next jackpot.
•    10% Administration fee
Of the sum distributed to players who participated in the round:
•    50% of the stake is awarded to the player who held the bad beat hand (the next highest-ranking hand).
•    25% is awarded to the player who held the winning hand (the highest-ranking hand).
•    25% is shared by the rest of the players who took part in the round. This includes players who went sit-out or retired from the round.

IRISH POKER OPEN 2009

Dublin, Ireland

We are giving players a chance to take part in the Irish Poker Open 2009.

Europe’s oldest poker tournament is taking place between the 9th & 13th of April 2009 in Dublin. Win a piece of the estimated €2.5 Million prize pool and take part in one of the most anticipated tournaments in Europe which will be a held in the City West Hotel in Dublin.

Win the €5,000 prize package including €1,500 travel and accommodation money.

You can win one of these seats via the satellites running over the next 12 weeks giving entry to the €300 + €20 online finals on the 18th of January; 15th of February & 15th March 2009.

€2 & €4 satellites will run every day starting on the 22nd December 2008. Winners of the daily satellites will win entry into the weekly €35 final every Sunday to compete for a €320 seat in the monthly online finals. Single table satellites direct to the Final are also available.


Check the Multi Tourney lobby for further information.

€250,000 GTD

The €250,000 GTD will run on the first Sunday of every month at 18:00 GMT.
This tournament offers a special deep blind structure and starting stacks of 5000 chips. Qualification for this fantastic event has already started. The winner is guaranteed a life changing €100,000!
Satellites are running all day every day, with €2+.20 & €3.50 +.30 daily satellites to the weekly final and daily direct satellites €10+1 & €20 +2 to the main event.
The weekly final is held every Sunday at 16:30 GMT (1 entry into the main event for every €320 in the prize pool)
Direct buy in to the main event is €320+20.
Check out the Multi tourney lobby for more information

PAT (Pick-A-Tournament)

The all new PAT tournaments are satellites to live tournaments to anywhere in the world!
The €9000 package consists of €1500 for accommodation and travel and €7500 entry value for tournaments. You CHOOSE where and when you would like to play, you can use the €7500 for one entry or you can play all the poker tournaments at a particular festival. Your choice!
Daily €5+.50 and €20+2 satellites running all day, every day.

Daily tournaments with guaranteed prize money

For starting times , prize money, and buy-ins, of all our tournaments with a guaranteed prize pool please see the table below.

Jackpot Sit'n'Go Tournaments

From the 1^st of May 2008 PokerKings are launching new Jackpot Sit’n’Go’s; where you can win up to €10,000!!! All you have to do to win the €10,000 Jackpot is to win six “JACKPOT” tournaments in a row. There is also a consolation prize for any player’s that finish 1^st or 2^nd in 6 “Jackpot” Sit’n’Go’s  in a row  

The “Jackpot” Sit’n’Go is a €10 + €2 Full ring table Sit’n’Go tournament with 8 minute blinds and a 1,500 starting stack.

This promotion starts on the 1^st of May 00:00 and is on-going until further notice.

Our Poker League is an exciting race where you can measure yourself against other poker players for a whole month and win attractive prize money. The tournaments of the Poker League are held daily at 7:00 p.m. GMT (9:00 p.m. CET).

Each tournament in the league is a Texas Hold'em No-Limit Freezeout with a buy-in of €3 + €0.30. Apart from Thursdays which will be pot limit Omaha. The payout of the winnings at each tournament follows the standard payout procedure of PokerKings. The top ten players of each tournament receive tournament points and are featured in a top-ten list that you can view on our website.

Every MONDAY you'll get DOUBLE POINTS! At the end of each month, we award €1,000 prize money, depending on the player’s rank in the list. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays we guarantee a prize pool of 100 euros!

And all winners of the daily league tourneys are eligible to play in a 500 euro Freeroll!

Each registered member of PokerKings can participate! The tournaments are listed in the lobby under „PokerKings League.“ Register NOW and measure yourself against other members of PokerKings!

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Three FPPTs every week

PokerKings holds three FPP tournaments every week where you can use your Frequent Player Points (FPPs): Wednesday it’s Omaha, Friday Omaha Hi/Lo and on Sunday’s Seven Card Stud

You can collect player points at our cash tables, or at our buy-in tournaments. You receive one (1) FPP for every €0.25 that you obtain as a rake at the cash tables. At tournaments, you receive four (4) FPPs for every €1 that you paid in tournament fees.

Check the Multi Tourney lobby for further information

Terms & Conditions – “Irish Open 2009”

•    The Promoter of this promotion is PokerKings.
•    The tourney event that represents the prize is the televised Irish Open 2009 in the City West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland to take place between the 9th & 13th of April 2009. The prize includes entry to the €3,500 main event and €1,500 for travel and accommodation costs.
•    The accommodation and travel arrangements including flights , travel to venue and visas are the sole responsibility of the player,
•    The minimum age limit for the tournament is 18.
•    PokerKings reserves the right to choose a replacement subject to their total discretion.
•    In the event of a service crash or a disruption, the promotion for that day will be rerun at the discretion of PokerKings. PokerKings will be the sole arbiter as to whether a promotion will be rerun. If the game is disrupted by system or network issues PokerKings reserves the right to resolve the issue as it sees fit.
•    PokerKings accepts no responsibility whatsoever for system or connection problems that might affect any player during any of these promotions, such as a fold / timeout.
•    The promoter reserves the right to refuse this offer to any player or to withdraw this / or part of this offer / promotion at any time.
•    PokerKings reserves the right to amend the tournament rules at any time.
•    PokerKings Tournament rules apply.
•    Places are not transferable, there is no cash alternative.
•    If the event is cancelled or if there is buy-in unavailability, cash equivalent will be awarded.
•    The Promoter shall not be liable for force majeure.
•    Any player who wins any of the promotions has the right not to participate and agrees to forfeit the prize. There is no cash alternative. In this instance, PokerKings will usually pick the runner-up as the replacement, subject to their total discretion.
•    The winners will be required to wear PokerKings branded clothing at the main event whenever they are playing, subject to event permissions.
•    By participating in the tournament and satellites you agree to reasonable publicity, including betting markets around the event and television media interviews and press releases. Event reports will also feature the name and alias of the winners.
•    Seats for the Irish Open 2009 are not transferable and there is no cash alternative. Should a player win two seats to the event then he or she will forfeit one of them.
•    Players can only win one satellite entry at a time to an Irish Open 2009 Online Final.
•    There is no cash alternative and seats are not transferable for the Irish Open Online Finals.
•    Players not entitled to play due to local regulations are excluded.

Terms & Conditions – PokerKings Bad Beat Jackpot

Payment
•    Jackpot payments will be on display on the table.
•    Jackpot payments will occur only if the hand is dealt on a jackpot table to 4 or more players and a rake is collected from the hand.
•    The jackpot payment is collected from the pot as soon as the first rake is collected in the hand.
•    The jackpot payment of 50 cents is collected only once during the hand
•    These contributions are added to the jackpot until it is hit.

The Payout...
•    Please note: Bad Beat Jackpots are exclusive to specifically marked PokerKings Bad Bead Jackpot tables only.
•    A minimum of 4 players must be dealt into the hand for the Bad Beat Jackpot to take effect.
•    Players sitting out do not qualify for the Bad Beat Jackpot
•    The hand must go to a showdown.
•    The losing hand must contain Four-of-a-Kind Jacks or better in order to qualify.
•    The best hand for both the winner and the loser has to include their two hole cards.
•    When there is a Four-of-a-Kind, both hole cards must be a pocket pair.
•    The hand must be raked and the jackpot donation collected for the hand to qualify for a Bad Beat Jackpot.
•    The two highest hands will be considered for CCP’s Bad Beat Jackpot if there are two or more hands that qualify for the jackpot, with the highest hand being the winning hand and the second highest hand winning the Bad Beat Jackpot.
•    If there are two claims then the hand that started first according to the server clock (GMT) will become CCP’s Bad Beat Jackpot winner.
•    Elements which disqualify the hand from any Bad Beat Jackpot payments: Coffee-housing, revealing cards or any discussion of the hands in play.

The Distribution of PokerKings Bad Bead Jackpot Pie:
The Bad Bead Jackpot pool at PokerKings will be divided as follows:
•    Bad Beat Jackpot:              70%
•    Seed New Jackpot:             20%
•    Administration charge:       10%

Jackpot Payout
PokerKings Bad Beat Jackpot will be divided as follows:
•    Losing Hand:                        50%
•    Winning Hand:                      25%
•    All other players dealt cards on that table split:     25%

Terms & Conditions: €50,000 Rake Race & €25,000 Raked Hands Race

•    The Promoter of the “€50,000 Rake Race” & the “€25,000 Raked Hands Race” promotion is PokerKings.
•    The €50,000 Rake Race promotion will commence on January the 3rd at 00:00 GMT & will run until the 11th of January at 23:59 GMT.
•    The €25,000 Raked Hands Race promotion will commence on January the 12th 2009 at 00:00 GMT & will run until the 18th of January 2009 at 23:59 GMT.
•    All winners will receive their allocated prizes as stated in the relevant payout tables which will be credited within 72 hours of the close of each promotion.
•    All winning accounts are subject to standard Fraud and Security checks to ensure compliance with Promotional and General Network T&Cs. Any accounts found to be in breach of Fraud or Network rules will be locked and disqualified from the promotions
•    All leader-boards will be updated daily and posted on a relevant website for customer viewing at the earliest opportunity each day.
•    Poker Managers reserve the right to adjudicate or amend any result as they see fit.
•    PokerKings reserves the right to use customers Nickname and/or first name and last initial for use in reasonable amount of marketing and/or future promotions.
•    Any abuse of the chat facility during qualifying tournaments will result in disqualification and account suspension.
•    PokerKings reserves the right to withdraw or alter this promotion at any time or to refuse this offer to any player.
•    In the event of a service crash or a disruption, the promotion will continue throughout the two day period, though in cases of prolonged downtime PokerKings reserves the right to change dates or extend the promotion. PokerKings will be the sole arbiter as to whether the promotion will be rerun.
•    PokerKings reserves the right to refuse this offer to any player or to withdraw this / or part of this offer / promotion at any time. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for any disconnections as per the general rules of the PokerKings service. If the game is disrupted by system or network issues PokerKings reserves the right to resolve the issue as it sees fit.
•    No director, employee, consultant or agent of PokerKings or any of its group of companies or its suppliers, vendors or white label partners is eligible to participate in any of the above promotions directly or indirectly, nor is any supplier or vendor. This restriction also applies to relatives of such persons and for this purpose 'relative' includes, but is not limited to, any of a spouse, partner, parent, child or sibling.
•    Account Sharing is not permitted, any violation will result in disqualification from listed Promotion.

Version 1.5 – 29/07/2008