888 Poker free $8 bankroll challenge thread
I decided to try 888 with there free $8 offer. Since I have no want to deposit on another site I figured I would challenge myself to see how big a bankroll I could grind up from it.
I decided to go with .01/.02 PLO playing with a $1 buy in until I can get up to around $60 then go to a $2 buy-in. I will move up from there when I get 30 buy-ins for the next level.
So far I have played 3 sessions and am up to a $16.36 bankroll partly due to VERY soft opponents and partly due to a little luck.
I will try to update after each session which may not be every day as I mainly play on Stars and am doing this on the side just because I can and it's free money.
I decided to go with .01/.02 PLO playing with a $1 buy in until I can get up to around $60 then go to a $2 buy-in. I will move up from there when I get 30 buy-ins for the next level.
So far I have played 3 sessions and am up to a $16.36 bankroll partly due to VERY soft opponents and partly due to a little luck.
I will try to update after each session which may not be every day as I mainly play on Stars and am doing this on the side just because I can and it's free money.
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Just have to wait for a hand and you get paid off at these stakes.
Pacific Poker - $0.02 PL Hi - Omaha - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: PokerTracker - Online Poker Software, Player Stats Tracking & HUD
UTG: $0.96
UTG+1: $1.74
MP: $0.78
MP+1: $0.52
LP: $4.42
CO: $2.44
BTN: $4.28
SB: $2.00
Hero (BB): $0.94
SB posts SB $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has 8h 9c 6s 6d
fold, fold, MP calls $0.02, MP+1 calls $0.02, LP calls $0.02, fold, BTN calls $0.02, SB calls $0.01, Hero checks
Flop: ($0.12, 6 players) 3h 2s 6c
SB checks, Hero bets $0.12, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.12, fold
Turn: ($0.36, 2 players) 3d
Hero bets $0.36, BTN raises to $0.72, Hero raises to $0.80, BTN calls $0.08
River: ($1.96, 2 players) 9s
BTN shows Ah 2h 2d Td (Full House, Twos full of Threes)
Hero shows 8h 9c 6s 6d (Full House, Sixes full of Threes)
Hero wins $1.87
Still haven't got mine.
you have rakeback?
Played five minutes and down two bucks when I ran my AA into 96o pre flop. LOL'z to the penny stakes.
Was up to $18 then had a bad run of cards for 2 days where I couldnt flop anything and kept getting sucked out on (1c/2c I expect this). I dropped down to around $16. Now I am back at it getting paid off everytime I make the nuts and I am up to $18.95.
Hopefully I can keep this going.
Suited Pair who did you get rakeback through?
Good luck, I hope you hold on to it longer than I did..
Anyway another quick update. I sat down at a new table and quickly dropped a buy-in ($1) when someone decided to call me all in with middle pair and a backdoor flush draw vs. my straight and they hit their flush. go figure
Than I rebuy and get a good run of cards and triple+ up in short order before my hot streak ran cold and I didn't get much from then on that table.
While I was waiting for cards I decided I wanted to 2-table these for a bit but there was only 1 table in the lobby with players so I sat at a new one and had one other person sit down. Anyway long story short he was a total PLO donk and dropped 2 buy-ins to me (he was also buying for $1) within 30 hands before others joined.
Up to $21.38 now after about 700 hands
RaketheRake but it seems the rake back percentage is 0%. I was wondering when they said VIP in the rate column what that would mean.
Man, i'm so brutal i cant even get the free 8 bucks. Filled out all the required information including a valid email add'y and still i'm getting the runaround.
What gives?
I suppose in the end, this runaround email relationship i have with their 'support' is going to save me the monies.
If you have ever had an id on 888 before then you can't get the free $8. However I got the free $10. with a $30. deposit. It does have play through requirements however.
Been downloading the PLO vids.
No, i haven't had an account there before. I keep getting an email (which only further varifies that they do have my correct add'y) saying that the 8$ should be in my account next time i log in. I've had that email come 4x now and still nothing.
Anyway, i'm not likely to get it now as i just sent them a scathing email regarding their b.s and free money runaround. Means nothing to them i'm sure but one has to stand up for oneself.