How to get play money for free at 888Poker?

High-speed Internet and powerful smartphones have made poker very accessible. Now you don't have to go anywhere or make arrangements with your friends - you just go to the poker app and start playing. Some amateurs are wary of real poker rooms because they do not want to risk their money and want to play for free. However, many rooms have a separate client for free poker. 888Poker is one such room.

How to download and enable the client for play money?

Finding the 888Poker client for free poker won't be easy for a new player: the official room website only offers the real-money version. In fact, we need it - switching between versions is inside the client. So just follow the steps below:
1. In the upper right corner of the 888Poker website, click on "Play Now". This will start the automatic download of the poker room installation file.

2. Install the client and run it.

3. Choose "Register" in the Signup Menu and go through the registration process. It is not possible to play for free without opening an account, so you should fill in the fields and confirm the registration with your e-mail. The whole procedure takes only a few minutes.

4. Login to the client 888Poker.

5. The button to switch to the free game is at the top of the lobby. First, click on "Real Money", then move the tick to "Play Money".

That's it! Now you can play poker for free with all the convenience of the 888 Poker client.

How to get free play money at 888 Poker?

Poker rooms with free play use two approaches to charging play chips. PokerStars gives all new players 35,000 chips at the start and lets you get new chips every four hours: you hit a button at the cashier's desk and they credit you with 15,000 chips. PokerStars even offers to buy chips with real money.

888Poker has a different solution to the issue. No button to get chips or buy in for real money. Instead, a stern rule: new playmoney only if you have a zero balance. That is, you will be credited with a new 1,000 play money after losing your old one. There is no other way.

In free poker, the limits cannot be beaten with the "Deposit" button

The problem of those who like to go all-in with any two cards 888 decided to ignore. From such comrades adequate players have only one defense - to earn chips by playing and go to the limit, where with a thousand chips at the tables are not allowed.

What to play for free on 888Poker?

Let's briefly go through the tabs with play money. By types of poker here offer only no-limit Texas Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. Don't be deceived by the tab with cash game, where Fixed Limit Holdem and PLO Hi/Low are listed. There is no traffic in them and the tables are always empty.

In fairness, we note that these types of poker are not of great interest when playing for real money too

The set of disciplines does not differ from the main client: tables for beginners, Blast, fast poker, cash, tournaments and Sit&Go. Let's consider each separately.

1. Beginners. In the client for real money this tab plays a role of a buffer between beginners and professionals. Only users with new accounts are allowed to join the tables. If the account is opened more than 90 days ago, you will not be able to sit at the tables. The client for play money does not protect and anyone can sit down. You can play in Blast and cash tables with Hold'em.

2. Blast. Local variant of tournaments Spin&Go: three participants, fast growing blinds, random prize. Nine limits with buy-ins ranging from 0.10 to 50 notional chips. The maximum prize in the blast is 500,000 play money. Tournaments take a long time to assemble - in the cheapest of them, a trio of contestants didn't make it to 5 minutes. Spin&Go for 30 chips began 3 minutes after registration.

3. SNAP. Fast poker on play chips does not enjoy interest: only 2 limits and 12 connections in total. There are Omaha tables in filters, but there are no available tables when you click on the tab.

In the evening, there is more interest in Snap

4. Cash. The most popular tab. For example, in the middle of the day the game is played at 10 tables: 4 long and 6 short. Available tables with bets from 1/2 to 200/400.

5. MTT. In the day there are up to 30 tournaments. The number of participants is not striking - on average 25-30 people are registered in a tournament. Most of the MTT take place in the form of freezeouts, but there are events with rebuy and knockouts. A few tournaments are even password-protected.

6. Sit&Go. The tab is traditionally dead: if any tournaments are assembled, only Heads Up.

There are 2 more options to play at 888 without risking your money. When you get the no deposit bonus you can try your hand at the real money tables. There are instructions on how to get a no deposit bonus in a separate article. Another option is to participate in free tournaments with real prize money. There's more information on that in the freerolls manual.

How to see my chip count at 888Poker?

To find out exactly how many chips you have on your balance, click on your avatar in the upper left hand corner.

Yellow numbers representing your chip count.

If you want to always see your balance, then go to the settings (the gear icon). Then select the "Game Settings" tab and uncheck the "Hide bankroll balance" box. Remember to click on "Save and Close" for the changes to take effect.

Playmoney will now appear next to your avatar in the upper left corner.

How to play with friends for free?

888Poker is one of the few rooms which offer you the opportunity to play with your friends at private tables. Without a password and game name, no one will join you.

Free play with friends is only available in Sit&Go. A private cash table can only be created for real money play

You can create a cash game or Sit&Go tournament. More information about the social function "Play with friends" read in a separate article.

What free programs are there for 888Poker?

Eight allows the use of poker software when playing. With them, you can win more and the process will become more comfortable. Here are 2 free programs for 888 Poker:
1. 888Caption. The software makes playing at multiple tables more comfortable.

Layout can also be configured in 888caption

It increases fonts, automatically places tables across the screen, converts stacks to big blinds, displays a built-in HUD, and blocks pop-ups. 888Caption is free to play with no time limit on limits up to NL10 and in tournaments up to $3. The program is also free when playing with contingent chips.
2. Hand2Note. The program collects all the deals in the history of hands and displays all the information in a convenient HUD.

H2N can draw beautiful graphics

Statistics allows you to find weaknesses in your opponent's game and use them. The poker tracker is also useful for analyzing your own hands. Thanks to the filters you recognize the weaknesses of the strategy and correct them. As of 2019, the basic version of Hand2Note is free with no time limit. You can download the tracker from the official website.

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