Do you receive 888poker club points as you should?

[Leifhackman]

Hi!

I have been wondering about this, I asked 888 support by email and they answered "We don't find anything wrong with your points." They said it can take up to 72 hours to receive the club points. I had my points at 288 in my previous level 26 a week and a half ago. At that time I played a $0.50 tournament and few others after that. That $0.50 tourney alone should have raised me to 38 pts at next level 27. Yet I am still at 6 pts. How is it with you ppl? As I understand, for tournaments you should receive a point for each cent you spend on buyins and in cash games for every cent that you contribute to rakes. Does some one knows if once again there is some catch in the terms that turns the whole deal upside down from what they are announcing with big letters or what is it really?

In several places they state what's also in the image below. Even the 888 rep at this site did not seem to know what the policy with the points is since he asked me "Where did you get that from?" when I asked about it from him.


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[fundiver199]

I had my points at 288 in my previous level 26 a week and a half ago. At that time I played a $0.50 tournament and few others after that. That $0.50 tourney alone should have raised me to 38 pts at next level 27. Yet I am still at 6 pts.

A $0.50 MTT has 5c of rake/fee, so it gives you 5 points not 50. The other 45c is the tournament buyin, which is added to the price pool.

 

[Leifhackman]

A $0.50 MTT has 5c of rake/fee, so it gives you 5 points not 50. The other 45c is the tournament buyin, which is added to the price pool.

Where is that said? I always thought fee means buy in. Should not be that hard to make visible so that anyone would understand it at a glimpse.

 

[VictorOd]

Everything is correct for me. Read full terms and conditions at 888 official website.
And what fundiver199 wrote is true.

 

[fundiver199]

Where is that said? I always thought fee means buy in. Should not be that hard to make visible so that anyone would understand it at a glimpse.

You are not the first to misunderstand this, so perhaps it could be written more clearly. But if you think about it logically, why would they reward you more for playing tournaments rather than cash games? That would not make any sense at all, and it would be financially unsustainable, since the rake-back could easily exceed 100%, if it was calculated from the total tournament buyin.

 

[Galette71]

Yes When you are entering a 0.50 tourney there is 0.45 that goes for the pot and there is 0.05 that goes for the poker sites and that the fee (5cents)

 

[Leifhackman]

You are not the first to misunderstand this, so perhaps it could be written more clearly. But if you think about it logically, why would they reward you more for playing tournaments rather than cash games? That would not make any sense at all, and it would be financially unsustainable, since the rake-back could easily exceed 100%, if it was calculated from the total tournament buyin.

If we try to think "why" and whar makes sense, the first why would be "Why dont they just talk to adult people about dollars and cents everywhere, no clubs and club points, no points of any kinds, no gold coins. When hou have spent this much you get this. They are just clearly trying to to confuse us every way they can, to spend more and not to realize how much tou spend. Did anyone ever heard of anyone who really got to play all that $88 bonus they advertize? And if you get even some of that, the money you win with it, is not even yours. I am sure everyone who sees the advertizing thinks you just join and you get $88 on your poker account and what ever you win with it is yours. And they know that but they knowingly lead people to believe what is not true.

 

[fundiver199]

Did anyone ever heard of anyone who really got to play all that $88 bonus they advertize? And if you get even some of that, the money you win with it, is not even yours. I am sure everyone who sees the advertizing thinks you just join and you get $88 on your poker account and what ever you win with it is yours. And they know that but they knowingly lead people to believe what is not true.

Well if something sounds to good to be true, then its probably not true. I think, deep inside most adults understand, that gambling sites are not charities

 

[iwont20]

Well it's clearly written that only fees and rake count. In other words, the money which is payed to the room for the services it provides (the place for you to play, that is). Money that goes to the prizepool, therefore is distributed among the players only, is not a fee or rake.

 

[Leifhackman]

Well it's clearly written that only fees and rake count. In other words, the money which is payed to the room for the services it provides (the place for you to play, that is). Money that goes to the prizepool, therefore is distributed among the players only, is not a fee or rake.

And where is it clearly written what is a fee???? Isn't a fee something you are charged for something? For example, I am charged a dollar to enter a poker tournament, entry fee is a dollar. That's all I see. Now I guess intuitively I'm supposed to know part of it is this and part of it is that and conditions apply to everything they say.

 

[Leifhackman]

Well if something sounds to good to be true, then its probably not true. I think, deep inside most adults understand, that gambling sites are not charities

That is a totally different conversation. What they are doing can clearly be called false advertising by anyone's common sense. With that kind of advertising logic you could sell plane tickets and say "conditions apply" and in conditions you would find out that a Ticket to "Paris-New York" does not include a flight, it is just that you get to sit in a plane that is named "Paris-New York".

What they do is just unfair and morally wrong and period. We all know it. Why should we put up with with advertising that is not true? It is in their control what they say and promise. We should be able to trust that.

 

[iwont20]

And where is it clearly written what is a fee???? Isn't a fee something you are charged for something?

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[fundiver199]

What they do is just unfair and morally wrong and period. We all know it. Why should we put up with with advertising that is not true? It is in their control what they say and promise. We should be able to trust that.

Well if you dont like a poker site for whatever reason, then first of all dont play there. Its not like it cost anything to open an account, so if it does not live up to expectations, then dont use it. If you made a deposit, withdraw your funds again and move on. Pretty much as simple as that.

Second here in sweden we dont even recieve any club points, nor can we play in the majority of their freerolls, spin the wheel or take part in challenges like "hand of the day", or whatever else they might be running. All, we get, is a small sign-up bonus (not 88$), and then thats it. Which is all because of our local regulation. So ask yourself, if you would rather get something or nothing, and I think, the answer should be fairly obvious