Do You Play High Stakes BLAST Games at 888poker? How Does 40% Rakeback Sound?

Earlier this month, 888poker offered its BLAST grinders up to 50% cashback on the fees they generated. That week-long promotion was only available to those player BLAST games costing less than $50 to enter. Now it is time for the high-stakes BLAST players to pad their bankrolls with a juicy rakeback offer.

Those who play $50 and $100 BLAST tournaments will receive up to 40% rakeback on the fees generated from those games. Players must generate at least $30 in fees for rakeback to be triggered. That may sound a lot, but it really isn’t. A single $50 BLAST tournament has $3.49 in fees, so the rakeback threshold will be hit after only nine games!

The rakeback offer is ongoing and pays out weekly based on BLAST games played Monday through Sunday. The more you play, the more rakeback you generate.

What Are BLAST Tournaments?

BLAST tournaments are 888poker’s take on jackpot sit-and-go games. They are three-handed super-turbo tournaments where the prize pool is randomly determined before the pitching of the first cards.

Most of the time, the prize pool will be 2x or 3x the buy-in amount. However, BLAST tournaments can award up to 10,000x, meaning those grinding the $100 games can play for a share of $1 million.

BLASTs use a winner-take-all format when the prize pool multiplier is 2x, 3x, or 5x. They pay 80% to the winner and 20% to the runner-up when the prize pool multiplier hits 10x or 25x, then use a 70/20/10 split in BLAST, which boasts a 100x or 10,000x prize pool multiplier.

What Are the High-Stakes BLAST Payout Structures?

$100 is the highest stakes BLAST tournament you can play. As you can see from the table below, you’ll mostly be playing for a $200 or $300 prize, but it is possible to battle it out for the lion’s share of $1,000,000.

This level sees 6.13% ($6.13) of the $100 buy-in taken in fees.

The payout structure for the $50 BLAST games is similar to the $100 level, although you’ll play for 2x and 5x slightly more.

This level sees 6.98% ($3.49) of the $50 buy-in taken in fees.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.