888poker Running Flopomania Celebration Promotion
This was published 01-09-2017888poker released a new game called Flopomania on Sunday, 20th August 2017 that, on the surface, looks like a traditional Texas hold’em cash game, although there is no pre-flop betting round in the game.
Flopomania games are played on six-handed tables and instead of there being a small blind and a big blind, there is one notable difference: everyone at the table pays an ante prior to the hole cards being dealt. These antes weigh in at $0.05, $0.10, $0.30 or $1 with the minimum and maximum buy-ins for these games being 50 times the ante. Therefore, players who sit at a $0.10 ante table, will start with a stack of $5.
All players receive hole cards once the ante has been paid. The flop is then dealt with no pre-flop betting round with the player to the left of the dealer button opening the betting. The traditional Texas hold’em rules apply from this point on.
In order to celebrate the launch of the amazing new game, 888poker is running a special Flopomania Celebration Promotion between now and Thursday, 7th September 2017 that could see lucky players winning a share of a whopping $500,000.
In order to participate in the promotion players are required to play 50 hands in Flopomania for which they will be given an Action Scratchcard where up to $100,000 is waiting to be won. Players may complete this challenge up to 3 times each day.
888poker is also running 2 x $3,000 All-in Flopomania Celebration Tournaments every day at 15.00 and 18.00 GMT. Tickets can be won via 888poker’s Flopomania Action Scratchcards or through their daily Spin game.
There is also a variation of Flopomania called Push or Fold Flopomania where everyone pays the same antes as in the standard Flopomania games and sits down with the same stack of 50 times the ante, but the only betting options are to fold or make a “push” bet of 10 times the ante, after which no other betting is possible.
By removing the pre-flop betting round it not only speeds up the game by allowing more hands per hour, but also creates a unique dynamic where up to six players see a flop with random hands that sees players flop unlikely two pairs with trash hands and pick up draws they would not usually see.
