The start of the Premier League football season is looming on the horizon and as the top sides from the top tier of the English game play prestigious friendly matches across the globe, all teams will be focused on the return to league action on the weekend of the 8th and 9th August.
Of course, before that Chelsea and Arsenal will face off at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 2nd August to kick the season off in style in the FA Community Shield. To celebrate the start of the football season, Bet365 Poker are re-running one of their most popular soccer-themed promotions, Fantasy Football.
If you’ve participated in this offer before in any of its other guises over the years then I’m sure you’ll remember how you went about creating your team of soccer superstars. However, since then there have been a few changes made to how you earn coins and the thresholds at which players are earned for your team.
As such, it may be prudent to read on to discover exactly how you build your team for this promotion. Of course first you’ll need to join the site, and when you do, you will be qualified to receive a Bet365 welcome bonus – follow the link for more details.
Bet365 Fantasy Football explained
The first thing to note about this offer is that it is an offer that players must opt in to in order to participate. This is easily done by visiting the Fantasy Football page on the Bet365 website and clicking the green “Opt In Now” button when you are logged into the site. Once you have done this, you can start piecing together your football dream team.
All you need to do to collect the eleven players you need for each of your team is to collect coins. For your first team, you only need to collect two coins in order to unlock your first player for the team. As you progress through the promotion however, the number of coins required to unlock players increases as the bonuses available for the player also increase.
For the first ten players in your team, you only need to collect two coins per player. For the next 40 players, you need to collect 10 coins per player and for every player after that, you need to earn 15 coins to unlock the next player.
The more players you collect, the greater the value of each successive player and the greater total value your team will be worth. You can unlock a maximum of 100 cards in each qualifying period.
At the end of each 24-hour qualifying period, the total value of all your current players making up your team will determine which of the prizes you qualify for. The greater the value of your team and its constituent players, the bigger the prize you will be eligible to receive. The prizes available, how much your team is currently valued at and the value of each individual player in your team is displayed in the poker lobby for easy reference throughout the promotion.
Coins are earned by players by converting the Merit Points that they earn through playing real cash games on Bet365 Poker into coins. If you play on any table on Bet365 with the word “Premium” in its title, then you will earn coins at the rate of one coin for each Merit Point you earn. On all other Bet365 tables, you will earn one coin for every two Merit Points earned.
You can now see how easy it is to collect coins to help put together your Fantasy Football team on Bet365 Poker. The rules of the competition have altered slightly to previous years and there is more focus on daily play, rather than building your team over a week.
How are the prizes allocated?
So you now know that you need to collect coins to buy players in order to make the best possible and highest value team each day. So the question is, if you manage to put together a team of players, what could that team win you on a daily basis?
Well the answer is that that your players can win you between one and four prizes each day. The first prize is entry into one, two or all three “All In” Shootouts, which are held each day at 19:00, 20:00 and 21:00 GMT, with increasing prize-pools of €100, €200 and €500 available to share between the prize winners.
If your team is worth one million, you will receive entry into the €100 All In Shootout, for 4.5 million, you gain entry into the 1m and the 4.5 million All In Shootouts and lastly, if your team is worth 13.5m then you will gain entry into all three All In Shootouts.
All In Shootouts are quick-fire poker games where every player starts every hand all-in, players are then eliminated very quickly after each hand is completed until just a few remain and a winner is declared. The players finishing in the payout places in the tournament will receive a share of the total cash prize. Those finishing higher receiving a greater share of the pot.
However, push your team on and get higher value players and you can then qualify for an additional reward in the form of a Premium Prize.
If your team is worth 100 Million or more, you will win a €2 Twister Sit & Go token, if your team is worth 425 Million, you win €5 cash added to your account and if you get your team up to the 1 Billion mark, you’ll receive €15 in cash.
You can only receive one Premium Prize each day and that will be the highest of the three amounts your team qualifies for.
At the end of each qualifying period, all participating players teams are reset and each player starts the next 24-hour qualification period from scratch, enabling you to continue to play the game each day and earn yourself entry into the freerolls and perhaps also a Premium Prize.
This is a great way to enjoy some outstanding poker on Bet365 and also gain a little bonus as a result of your playing on the site. What better way to celebrate the start of the football season! And remember, you can now participate in this promotion via the exciting new Bet365 Mobile Poker app too.
And don’t forget – we have a whole slew of guides to help you find your way around the Bet365 family of sites. If you’re a sports fan, you won’t want to miss this guide on how to max out your Bet365 Sports welcome bonus.
Fantasy Football significant terms
Promotion runs from 12:00 GMT on 27th July until 11:59 GMT on 24th August and comprises qualifying periods of 24 hours which run from 12:00 GMT until 11:59 GMT the following day.
Your final team value – the total value of all your current players – determines the prizes for which you qualify. You can have up to 11 current players; these are the ones of the highest value which you’ve unlocked so far. Available prizes, team value and individual player value are displayed in the poker lobby.
You unlock players as follows: each of the first 10 when you collect two Coins; each of the next 40 when you collect 10 Coins; and each after that when you collect 15 Coins.
You get one Coin for each Merit Point you earn on Premium Tables; on all other tables, you get 0.5 Coins for each point you earn.
Merit Points are earned on all our real money cash and tournament tables at a rate of 15 for every €1 or £1 of attributed rake or tournament fees.
To receive any prize you win in any initial qualifying period, you must opt in before the end of that qualifying period. Once opted in, you can receive any prizes which you win in any current and all subsequent qualifying periods.
As a result of each qualifying period, you can receive a Tournament Token for entry to all three relevant ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls and one Premium Prize; the one of the highest value for which you qualify.
Daily ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls take place as follows: at 19:00 GMT with a €100 prize-pool; at 20:00 GMT with a €200 prize-pool; at 21:00 GMT with a €500 prize-pool.
Tournament Tokens for entry to ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls can be used to enter any relevant event with the corresponding prize-pool and, if unused, will expire once the final relevant event begins.
Tournament Tokens for entry to Twister Sit & Gos can only be used to enter Twister Sit & Gos with a €2 buy-in and, if unused, expire two months after they are credited.
If you don’t log in to the poker lobby or Mobile Poker for seven days after a cash amount is credited, it expires.
Fantasy Football full terms and conditions
The Fantasy Football promotion runs from 12:00 GMT on 27th July 2015 until 11:59 GMT on 24th August 2015. The promotion has qualifying periods of 24 hours which run from 12:00 GMT until 11:59 GMT the following day.
In order to receive any prize which they win in any initial qualifying period, players must opt in before the end of the relevant qualifying period. Any player who opts in may receive any prize amount which they win in any current and all subsequent qualifying periods. It is only necessary to opt in once before the end of the stated promotional period.
Daily ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls take place as follows: at 19:00 GMT with a €100 prize-pool; at 20:00 GMT with a €200 prize-pool; at 21:00 GMT with a €500 prize-pool.
A player’s final team value determines the prize(s) for which they qualify. Available prizes are displayed in the poker lobby.
Team value is determined by the total sum of the individual values associated with the player’s current cards. The current cards are those of the highest individual value which the player has unlocked. A player may have a maximum of 11 current cards. Team value and individual card value are displayed in the poker lobby.
Dependent on the number of cards already unlocked, players unlock a card for each whole increment of Coins awarded as follows: first 10 cards, two Coins; next 40 cards, 10 Coins; remaining cards, 15 Coins.
Any individual player may unlock a maximum of 100 cards in each qualifying period.
In order to be awarded Coins, players must accumulate Merit Points. For each Merit Point accumulated, Coins are awarded at the following rates: on tables which contain the word ‘Premium’ in the table name, one Coin; on all other qualifying tables, 0.5 Coins.
Only Merit Points accumulated in real money poker count towards the award of Coins: Merit Points gained by any other method do not count towards the award of Coins.
Merit Points are accumulated at a rate of 15 for every £1 or €1 paid in rake and/or tournament fees.
Within three hours of the end of each qualifying period, the accounts of qualified players are credited with the total prize amount which the player has won.
Tournament Tokens for entry to ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls can be used to enter any relevant freeroll with the corresponding prize-pool.
Tournament Tokens for entry to Twister Sit & Gos can only be used to enter Twister Sit & Gos with a €2 buy-in.
Any individual player may receive a maximum of three Tournament Tokens for entry to ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls as a result of each qualifying period: one for entry to each relevant freeroll.
‘All In’ Shootout freerolls are limited to 3,000 entrants.
Any individual player may receive a maximum of one Premium Prize (Tournament Token or cash) as a result of each qualifying period. This is the highest value prize for which they qualify.
Unused Tournament Tokens for entry to ‘All In’ Shootout freerolls expire once the final relevant freeroll, for which they are valid for entry, begins.
Unused Tournament Tokens for entry to Twister Sit & Gos expire two months after they are credited.
Should a player fail to log in to either of the following for a period of seven days subsequent to any prize amount being credited, it expires: poker software; Mobile Poker.
Any prize/bonus amounts offered will be calculated using the current currency multiplier table as determined at the sole discretion of Bet365.
Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, Bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition Bet365 reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.
All Bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and Bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.
All customer offers are limited to one per person, family, household address, email address, telephone number, same payment account number (e.g. debit or credit card, NETeller etc), and shared computer, e.g. public library or workplace.
We reserve the right to withdraw the availability of any offer or all offers to any customer or group of customers at any time and at our sole and absolute discretion. Offers only apply to customers who have made an actual/real money deposit with Bet365.
Bet365 reserves the right to amend, cancel, reclaim or refuse any promotion at its own discretion.
Bet365 reserves the right to use first names, nicknames and/or alias in any announcements about tournament results, recipients of any promotional bonus and Progressive Jackpot winners.
Employees, officers and directors of Bet365, its promotional or other agencies, licensees and licensors, service providers and any other associated or affiliated companies shall not be eligible for the promotion. The same terms shall apply to the direct families of such persons.
Bet365 reserves the right to refuse payment to any player who is found colluding or slow playing. In addition, where a player’s account is frozen or they are excluded from the poker room for whatever reason, the player will be removed from all aspects of this promotion.
