Pacific Poker And 888 Casino Launch Brand New Player Rewards Program.

888 Casino and Pacific Poker have announced the launch of their anticipated Rewards Program, an industry ground breaking players' loyalty scheme which ultimately earns online poker players substantial cash backs every single time they play a hand at multi award winning Pacific Poker room.

Pacific Poker clients automatically receive these new reward points when they play any money game on the site, so there is no need for customers to fill in any forms or apply for the Rewards Program - players just visit the site and play their favourite games - but now every hand is worth more with the brand new rewards program. Itai Pazner, 888 Senior Vice President regions explains:

"Every time a player plays a poker hand at Pacific Poker they are earning reward points which can be exchanged for cash. The more a player plays, the more reward points he earns and ultimately the bigger cash back he receives. Now every single hand is literally worth more than it was before."

888 automatically credits their players accounts with rewards points upon completion of every hand. Once a client has reached a minimum of $10 they are free to withdraw that amount into their real money account or bank account.

Rewards points can also be used to enter various daily and weekly online poker tournaments at Pacific Poker, or can be exchanged for merchandise such as iPods or large screen TVs at the soon to be launched Pacific Poker online shop.

For every bet 888 players will also be awarded with status points and placed into new status groups. There are 6 statuses to climb in the Pacific Poker Rewards Program beginning at Bronze and moving onto Silver, Gold, Platinum, VIP and VIP Diamond. The higher the player's status group the more reward points are earned. For example, when a player reaches the Gold Status he receives 4.5 reward points for every status point he collects (equivalent to 9% cash back). Once in Platinum status the same player will earn 9 reward points for every status point (e.g. 18% cash back). The moment you earn enough Status Points, you move up to the next monthly status, no matter if it is in the beginning, middle, or end of the month. Players keep the same status from that day on until the end of the next calendar month.

As well as earning more reward points for the higher the status a player is, there are also special poker events, exclusive promotions, gifts, and freerolls only available to those within each stratum. The new Rewards Program supersedes the old Frequent Player Points scheme.

Status Points
Pacific Poker rewards program has 6 statuses. First come Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, which you can reach at any time of the month. On top of that, you have the two highest statuses of the rewards program: VIP and VIP Diamond. Once you reach them, the benefits are yours to enjoy for a full year.

The amount of Status Points you accumulate determines your status in the rewards program. The more Status Points you earn, the closer you are to moving up to the next status.

Status Minimum number of Status Points needed
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Bronze 0
Silver 500
Gold 1,500
Platinum 4,500
VIP 60,000
VIP Diamond 300,000

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