An interesting promotion from the McLaren team will take place at PartyPoker from 23 August to 19 September. It is called the McLaren F1 Card Rush, and within the framework of this promo valuable prizes will be awarded: up to $ 1000 daily, as well as packages for the upcoming 2022 French Grand Prix according to Formula One. The packages include 2 VIP tickets and $ 5K travel expenses.

PartyPoker and Formula-1

At the end of May, the well-known room entered into a partnership agreement with an equally well-known Formula 1 team – McLaren Racing. Already in the summer it was possible to see PartyPoker logos on helmets and cars, but now the cooperation is moving further:

From 23 August to 19 September 2021, the room will host a special McLaren F1 Card Rush promotion, during which players will receive scratch cards with prizes or McLaren Mile points.

The mechanics of the promotion this time are simple and do not require a long study:

By playing at the cash tables every day and generating rake, you will receive scratch cards. They are issued one at a time upon reaching 0.4, 2, 3.9, 5.5 and 7 room points every day, that is, you can get up to 5 tickets every day;

You can activate the cards in a special section “Offers”, which can be found by clicking on the arrow next to the nickname in the lobby.

Regular players will be able to win random prizes without any effort, and amateurs will be able to significantly increase their bankroll.

How big is the prize fund?

When opening cards, you can receive one of two types of rewards, namely: real money without wagering and special McLaren Miles points. The following reward sizes are available:

Cash	McLaren Mile
$0.50	1
$1.5	2
$2.5	3
$1	4
$2	5
$2	6
$4	7
$5	15
$10
$20
$50
$1000

Miles are issued to determine the player’s position on the leaderboard. Within its framework, 1000 players will receive cash prizes to their account, which do not need to be wagered:

Place	Prize
1	$1000
2	$625
3	$475
4	$350
5	$300
6	$200
7	$150
8-9	$125
10-13	$100
14-15	$50
16-20	$30
21-50	$25
51-100	$20
101-250	$10
251-500	$5
501-1000	$3

Each mile will also be used as a lottery ticket – at the end of the promotion, 9 French Grand Prix 2022 spectator packages will be played out among all McLaren Mile owners. Each includes two VIP tickets, as well as $ 5K in travel expenses.

The last update on July 28, 2021 at GGpokerok brought many interesting updates to the players. In addition to the $ 1 million Gift Box promo, a new All-in or Fold SnG format and Road to Vegas tournaments have appeared. They will be used to give away tickets to the WSOP Main Event. Read more about these promotions below.

Road to Vegas

The World Series will run starting September 30 this year. It is still difficult to predict how it will be possible to get to the gambling capital due to covid restrictions, but soon you will be able to win a package for a participant in the main event.

From August 1, 2021, the Road to Vegas promotion with satellites starts at GGpokerok, where tickets for $ 12,500 for the main event WSOP 2021 will be raffled off.

In addition to the ticket itself for the tournament itself, the participant’s package also includes:

• $ 1,250 travel expenses;
• 7 nights hotel accommodation;
• Special branded merchandise and the right to participate in the party from GGpoker.

In the schedule of the series, tickets are planned only until August 8, but, most likely, they will be extended. But even such a modest number of tournaments will allow more than 50 poker players to qualify for the main event of the year! Many satellites are direct and buy-ins start at $ 80.

To cover the guarantee of the cheapest qualifying tournament, more than 170 participants must be gathered in it. That’s a lot for one prize, but such a generous tournament has never been held!

All-in of Fold SnG

GGpokerok has launched a new format of tournaments:

In the AoF SnG section, there are now corresponding tournaments for 16 people in Hold’em and Omaha. There are 3 types of buy-ins: 50 cents, 5 and 25 dollars.

The format features are as follows:

1. Each player receives 3 stacks (8 BB each). They can be used one at a time or immediately. Automatic re-buy of chips is activated when the stack falls below 3 blinds;
2. 4-max tables;
3. Growth of blinds every minute;
4. Prizes are distributed among the participants in the final table in a ratio of 40% -30% -20% -10%. Before the start of the final table, all players again receive 3 stacks;
5. Rake varies from 7 to 10 percent.

Also, players have access to a leaderboard with a prize pool of $ 5K in the form of tickets:

Limit	Prizes	Number of participants
$25	$3600	30
$5	$1245	50
$0.5	$210	70

Leaders are determined by points. One point is awarded for each All-in.

$1,000,000 Gift Box promotion

A new promo for tournament players was also announced. The winners of the standings will receive tickets for MTT, Spins and AoF SnGs. 1400 prizes will be played out daily in the form of special boxes:

• 1-200 places – $ 100 Gift Box (tickets for $ 25 All-in or Fold Sit & Go, $ 20 Spin & Gold, $ 10 Battle Royale, $ 20 Flip & Go and C $ 25).
• 201-600 places – $ 20 Gift Box (tickets for $ 5 All-in or Fold Sit & Go, $ 5 Spin & Gold, $ 3 Battle Royale, $ 3 Flip & Go and C $ 4).
• 601-1400 places – $ 5 Gift Box (two tickets for $ 0.5 All-in or Fold Sit & Go and $ 0.5 Flip & Go, $ 1 Spin & Gold, $ 1 Battle Royale and C $ 1).

Ranking points are calculated using the formula:

Point = log(prize fund)/sqrt(final place / number of entries).

New Battle Royal

Special Battle Royal tournaments have become more exciting and exciting: now the maximum number of participants is only 30 people. Along with this change in the format, there were other innovations:

1. Half of the players move from the Rush Zone to the next phase;
2. The Shootout Zone stage is in 3-max format, and after 5 minutes all players go all-in;
3. The final round is represented by a 5-max table, where all the seats will be prize-winning.

Also, now in freerolls GGCare plays out $ 50K. In total, the room plans to draw more than ten million dollars in August!

In the last month of summer, an interesting action called Rakeback Days will be held in the rooms of the American network Chico. The prize fund for this promo will be $ 150,000! What players can expect – we will tell you further.

$5,000 promotions every day

Monthly promotions on the network often boil down to completing simple missions and getting tickets to freerolls. Now it will be a little different.

From August 1-30, 2021, the Rakebak Days promotion will bring players $ 150,000 in prizes. They will be distributed among the leaders of the cash and tournament ratings.

How will winnings be paid out? Everything is simple here, but some regulars will not like such rules:

• Prizes are awarded in proportion to the rake earned. The minimum rake for cash game players is $ 1, and for tournament players – 10 cents;
• Every day, $ 3,000 is paid for cash games and $ 2,000 for tournament lovers. Please note that all winnings are credited in the form of tournament and cash money, which can only be used for the game. It is necessary to use the prizes within a week from the date of receipt, or they will be debited from the account.

The name of the Rakeback promotion is rather difficult to relate to the usual understanding of the word rakeback, but for beginners and low-limit players, an additional increase in their bankroll will come in handy.

To take part in the promotion, go to the Missions / Contests section of the client and register for it. 

Regular races and a new format

The changes also affected the usual races. There is no information yet about whether they will work during the action, but after it the races will resume for sure.

1. The Cash Race has returned to the Limit Leader Boards prize distribution system. In total, $ 1,000 is paid every 12 hours, and there are two tables themselves;
2. The Sit-n-Go Race now has one leaderboard and pays out $ 500 every day. Playing in spins, you will receive twice as many points, and for HU-SnG points are not awarded at all.

Place	SnG	Cash (up to NL200)	Cash (from NL500 and higher)
1	$100	$105	$135
2	$75	$85	$100
3	$65	$65	$75
4	$50	$40	$55
5	$35	$30	$35
6-10	$25	$25	$20
11-25	$10	$10

3. All prizes in tournaments and races are awarded in tournament and cash dollars. They cannot be withdrawn from the account immediately, as some must first be used for the game. Many regulars did not like such innovations, which is why some left the room. Nevertheless, this practically did not affect the overall online – apparently, such promotions are quite successfully attracting new players.

In August 2021, the poker rooms are promising players an interesting series with multi-million dollar prize pools. Many of them begin in the coming days, and before you get acquainted with them, we suggest that you study all the innovations of the last month.

August promotions for players

In the coming month, promotions and tournament series will be held in many rooms. For example, GGpokerok will host the World Series of WSOP, and rooms such as PartyPoker and Redstar will delight players with great promotions. Let’s talk about them in more detail.

OSS Cub3d Series and Venom with overlay

The PokerKing room is distinguished by two events at once. Firstly, a major OSS Cub3d series with a $ 20 million guarantee will be hosted here from August 1st to August 29th. Secondly, the big tournament The Venom, which starts soon, does not seem to have reached the prize pool. At this point, 3 flights have already passed, which have gained 2332 entries, and to beat the guarantee, 4000 are needed. There are suspicions that the required number of entries for the remaining satellite will not be enough, which means that the tournament with a buy-in of $ 2650 and a prize of $ 10 million will become an overlay.

PartyPoker promotions

PartyPoker has extended the Magic Cards promotion until August 22nd. It allows you to get lottery cards, which are issued up to 5 pieces per day for each rakeback point. You can get up to $ 2,000 from one card at most!

The Boosted Cashback additional promotion has also been extended. As you earn points, you will additionally receive 10% of the top amount.

In the period from August 29 to September 13, players will find the WPT Main Event, the cost of entering which is $ 5300. You can qualify for it through step satellites, which are held daily. You won’t be able to qualify directly, but it can be done through the weekly finals that run on Sundays.

GGPoker updates

GGPoker has received one of the largest lists of updates. We propose to briefly consider all of them.

AoF SNG

Some time ago, a completely new format was launched in the room, which included shootout tournaments and All-in or Fold. These are 4-max tournaments, the game is played until one player is left on the slot, after which the final table starts.

At the start of the tournament, all players receive 800 chips (500 for Omaha), and 3 stacks. They can be used either immediately or at the request of the player. If you have less than 2 BB left, then the re-purchase will be made automatically.

The final table starts with the first level of blinds and refreshed stacks. All finalists receive winnings depending on the place taken and the limit played:

1. $0.50 – from $0.80 to $2.90;
2. $5 – from $7.60 to $30;
3. $25 – from $38 to $150.

Rake is charged at 10% for tournaments with buy-ins of $ 0.5, while the rest are charged at 7%.

Battle Royal

This tournament format has been significantly accelerated. Now it starts with a set of 30 inputs, not 100 as before.

The Rush Stage lasts 15 minutes, after which the 15 surviving players move on to the next round. Further, the pre-final stage of Shootout lasts until the finalists, that is, 5 players, are determined. Please note that after 5 minutes, all players automatically go all-in. The final stage is in 5-max format, and all finalists receive prizes depending on their places. The minimum you can get is 10.64%, and the maximum is 27.40% of the prize fund.

The rake is 4% for the $ 0.25 buy-in, and 5% for the rest of the tournaments for $ 1, 3 and 10.

Million Dollar MTT Leaderboard

In the period from August 1 to August 31, a Gift Box promotion is held in the room, thanks to which you can receive sets of tickets. You can get such a prize for participating in MTT tournaments by collecting points. The more you play and the higher the limit, the more points you get.

There are $ 32,000 in prizes every day. All of them are divided into 1400 best players.

$10k Flip&Go

A classic race where you earn points for playing Flip & Go. In addition to being awarded for buy-in, you will also receive additional points for starting combinations:

• Х2 for straight and flush;
• Х3 for three of a kind;
• Х4 for straight-flush.

Every day from 9 am to 11 am, you will receive additional points as part of the Happy Hours promotion.

$50k Spin&Go

The leaderboard is divided into 9 levels – one for each limit. Points are awarded for paying a buy-in and winning a tournament. There are also happy hours, which increase the amount of points by one and a half times.

By the way, now in Spin & Go you can hit the jackpot for $ 3, which will bring $ 120,000 – that is, x40,000 of the size of the entry fee.

$50k AoF Leaderboard

The All-in or Fold leaderboard has been around for a long time. Points are awarded here for participating in a hand with 3 or more players who have reached the showdown.

Prizes are given out in cash dollars, and happy hours from 9 am to 11 am Moscow time will help you get even more points.

Daily Leaderboards $25k Holdem and $25k Omaha

When playing for real money, you will earn points for raked hands. During Happy Hours, their number increases by a factor of x1.5. All prizes in the table are given in cash dollars.

$40k Rush&Cash Daily

The leaderboard is divided into two disciplines and 7 existing limits. You can get points for performing actions:

• 10 points – cash-drop;
• 5 points – insurance;
• 5 points – bet/raise;
• 3 points – call;
• 1 point – pass.

If you play in the morning, that is, from 9 to 11 am, then you will be given 2 times more points. Prizes are awarded in cash dollars.

$10k Short Deck Leaderboard Daily

Classic shortdeck ladder – one per limit. Points are awarded based on the number of raked hands played. Happy hours are common here: from 09:00 to 10:59 Moscow time.

Prizes are awarded in cash dollars.

$1k Battle Royale Daily

Points are awarded based on the number of tournaments of this type played. For each buy-in made, 1 point is awarded. Happy Hours are slightly shifted here: from 11:00 to 12:59.

The race has become daily, and there is a $ 7,000 raffle per week.

Shock Turbo Tournament Series €100K GTD at Vbet

The Vbet room hosts a large series of tournaments in the turbo format. Buy-ins range from 55 cents to 33 euros. Tournament guarantees start at € 100 and go up to € 15,000. Below we offer you to get acquainted with the largest events:

• € 22 Opener Event € 10K Gtd – starts on July 31 at 20:00 MSK. Starting stack – 200 BB, late registration – 24 levels. The initial knockout is € 10, and the re-entry during late registration is not limited;
• € 33 Main Event € 15K Gtd – starts on August 8 at 20:00 GMT. Starting stack – 200 BB, late registration – 24 levels. The initial knockout is € 22.5 and there are no re-entries during late registration;

Tournaments are held with a non-standard structure. During late registration, levels of 5, 8 and 10 minutes alternate with each other. After registration is complete, the blinds increase every 6 minutes.

Players are advised to pay attention to the leaderboard, where 5000 euros are played. They will be split among the top players with the most points. They are awarded for buy-ins, re-entries, and, of course, for prizes at the final tables.

ChampionsChips series from 888poker

A major series will be held at 888poker from 8 to 16 August. It consists of 24 Hold’em events with buy-ins ranging from $ 2.20 to $ 50. Also, along with the series, special Splash Party free-rolls will be held:

Name	Guarantee	Time	How to get in
Jacks Speedslide	$1K	From Monday to Saturday at 19:25 / 01:25 / 05:25 Moscow time	Complete 1 mission in a week
Queens Aqualoop	$3K	Each Sunday at05:25 / 19:25 / 03:25	Complete 5 missions in a week
King Kamikaze	$500K	Day 1 from 23 to 26 September, Day 2 – September 27	Complete 25 missions in all time

If you want to take part, then you need to make a minimum deposit and complete any mission. Up to 3 tasks can be done every day.

€ 2000 Leaderboard from RedStar Poker

RedStar Poker runs the Bounty Hunter series until September 7th. Along with the series, a leaderboard appeared, in which you can win great prizes. They are received by the players with the highest number of points, which are awarded 1 piece for each knockout. The awards are as follows:

Place	Prize
1-3	€100 Sunday Sweat
4-10	€50
11-25	€20
26-50	€10
51-110	€5
111-500	€500 Bounty Leader Freeroll

Received tickets for free-rolls are valid for 7 days, and tickets for the first places are valid for 60 days. The free-roll can be played on Thursdays at 8:30 PM Moscow time.

An additional promotion for players consists of a lottery with prizes of € 25,000. It is very simple to take part in it, you just need to complete one of two tasks:

• Make a deposit of $ 10 or more;
• Play 250 hands at the cash tables.

One spin of the wheel is awarded for each ticket, that is, one guaranteed prize. The list of rewards includes free spins, bonuses, and cash rewards from $ 5 to $ 250.

Twister players can take part in a leaderboard with a prize pool of € 12,000 per week. By earning points for participation and victories, you can win one of the following prizes:

Place	Prize
1	20 х €50
2	15 х €50
3	10 х €50
4	8 х €50
5	6 х €50
6	5 х €50
7-10	3 х €50
11-25	4 х €20
26-50	3 х €20
51-100	5 х €10
101-150	3 х €10
151-250	4 х €5