Wednesday, December 18, 2024

High-Stakes Cash Games With $5 Capped Rake Return to 888poker

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While it is often the case that multi-table tournament players receive the attention of the poker community, there is something exciting and alluring about high-stakes cash games. Watching the world’s best players battle it out in high-stakes online cash games is super-exciting. Those high-stakes games have returned to 888poker.

$5/$10 was the highest stakes 888poker players could play No-Limit Hold’em cash games for until this week. After much discussion and following player feedback, 888poker has added even higher stakes to its cash game offering.

888poker cash games players can now jump into $10/$20 and even $25/$50 No-Limit Hold’em cash games. The $10/$20 games have a minimum buy-in of $400 and a maximum buy-in of $2,000, while the $25/$50 come with minimum and maximum buy-ins of $1,000 and $5,000, respectively.

“Nosebleed” Stakes Available at 888poker’s Push or Fold Tables

If $25/$50 is not high enough stakes to get you hot under the collar, perhaps playing in a $100/$200 game might be? 888poker’s Push or Fold tables see players sit down with a five big blind stack, with the only preflop options open to them being move all-in or fold and wait for another hand.

Push or Fold is now available to play on $10/$20, $25/$50, $50/$100, and even $100/$200 tables! Be warned, these fast-paced are not for the faint-hearted, but they are ridiculously exciting!

Rake Capped at $5 in 888poker High-Stakes Games

You will never pay more than $5 rake in a single hand when playing high-stakes No-Limit Hold’em or Push and Fold cash games at 888poker. There’s a hard cap of $5 per hand, which is relatively low in today’s market.

888poker Rolls Out Brand New PLO5 & PLO6 Cash Games with Epic Rewards

The Latest in Cash Game Additions

The reintroduction of high-stakes is the latest step 888poker is taking to revamp its cash game offering. Last month, the online poker site launched five and six-card Pot-Limit Omaha with blinds ranging from $0.01/$0.02 to $2/$5 ($1/$2 for PLO6).

Cash players can also enjoy the fast-paced SNAP games online at 888poker. SNAP is 888poker’s take on fast-fold poker, where players are whisked away to a new table with fresh opponents whenever they fold. Being part of a pool of players instead of being fixed at one table enables you to play a massive number of hands per how while negating the need to sit around waiting for premium holdings.

Don’t forget that 888poker’s popular Card Strike feature is active at its cash game tales. Card Strike places 16 random cards at the top of your screen, which are ticked off when they match your hole cards. Tick off all 16 cards within 45 hands to win cash prizes of up to $10,000. Best of all? 888poker funds the Card Strike feature, so no additional rake is taken from the pot; it’s a win-win game!

Matthew Pitt

Senior Editor

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.

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