The arrival of March in the year usually heralds the first days of spring and as the days get slightly longer and the cold slowly starts to ebb away, people can start to get a little excited thinking about the coming summer days once again.
It’s known as March Madness and Bet365 Poker have got in on the act this time around releasing a brand new promotion of the same name, which also celebrates the fact that a brand new game has just been released on the site.
That game is Six Plus Hold’em and while it is popular in the Far East, especially in the poker rooms in Macau, it is still a relatively new game in the west. However, by the end of this fantastic promotion at the end of March, Bet365 will be expecting many of its players to be utterly conversant with the game.
Six Plus Hold’em promises more action due to a smaller pack of cards (36 instead of 52) with all the lower value cards (2 through to 5) removed from the pack and you can enjoy this new game as part of this outstanding four-week long promotion.
How does March Madness work?
March Madness is the latest in the “Missions” series of promotions that have been seen regularly on Bet365 Poker over the past few months, chiefly due to their popularity with players.
In these events, players typically complete Daily and Weekly Missions to earn themselves a variety of tournament tokens for entry into poker tournaments. Some of these tournaments can only be entered via acquisition of a tournament token by completing a mission.
In the past, the Missions have been based predominantly on the traditional form of Texas Hold’em but the March Madness promotion is slightly different in that its main focus is the new Six Plus Hold’em game that has been newly released on the Bet365 Poker site over the last couple of weeks.
From the 29th February through until Sunday 27th March, there will be a host of missions to complete, with tournament token rewards across a wide range of Bet365 Poker games. Let’s now look at the schedule for the promotion in more detail.
What is the March Madness Missions Schedule?
There are four weeks where Bet365 Poker customers can earn themselves a number of different tournament tokens for a variety of different tournaments. The full schedule of events, the reward for completing the mission and how many tokens can be won and when are shown in the four tables outlined below.
The Bet365 March Madness Missions Week One – 29th February to 6th March
Mission | Reward | Tokens that can be won |
Play 36 Cash Game Hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | A €1,000 All In Shootout Freeroll Tournament Token | Up to 8 per day |
Play 75 Cash Game hands on Premium Tables with stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 3 Buy in | One per day |
Play 165 Cash Game Hands on Premium Tables with stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 4 Buy In | One per day |
Play 10 Cash game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €500 All In Shootout Freeroll Token | One per day |
Play 250 Cash Game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €5000 then €6,000 Six Plus Hold’em Freeroll Token | Up to four each week |
The Bet365 March Madness Missions Week Two – 7th March to 13th March
Mission | Reward | Tokens that can be won |
Win Six Cash Game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | A €1,000 All In Shootout Freeroll Tournament Token | Up to 8 per day |
Win 15 Cash Game Hands on Premium Tables With Stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 3 Buy in | One per day |
Win 33 Cash Game Hands on Premium Tables with stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 4 Buy In | One per day |
Play 10 Cash game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €500 All In Shootout Freeroll Token | One per day |
Win 60 Cash Game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €5000 then €6,000 Six Plus Hold’em Freeroll Token | Up to four each week |
The Bet365 March Madness Missions Week Three – 14th March to 20th March
Mission | Reward | Tokens that can be won |
Be dealt 6-6 as your hole cards on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | A €1,000 All In Shootout Freeroll Tournament Token | Up to 8 per day |
Play 75 Hands on Speed Tables With Stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 3 Buy in | One per day |
Play 165 Hands on Speed Tables with stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 4 Buy In | One per day |
Play 10 Cash game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €500 All In Shootout Freeroll Token | One per day |
Deposit or Transfer €10 or more to your poker account and play 100 hands on Six Plus Hold’em Cash Tables | €5,000 freeroll token | One per week |
Deposit or transfer €30 or more into your poker account and play 100 cash game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €6,000 Six Plus Hold’em Freeroll | One per week |
The Bet365 March Madness Missions Week Four – 21st March to 27th March
Mission | Reward | Tokens that can be won |
Be dealt a 6-6 as your hole cards in a no limit hold’em or Six Plus hold’em cash table game | A €1,000 All In Shootout Freeroll Tournament Token | Up to 8 per day |
Win 15 Hands on Speed Tables With Stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 3 Buy in | One per day |
Win 33 Hands on Speed Tables with stakes of at least €0.10/€0.20 | Premium Steps Step 4 Buy In | One per day |
Play 10 Cash game hands on Six Plus Hold’em Tables | €500 All In Shootout Freeroll Token | One per day |
Deposit or transfer €10 or more into your poker accont and play a total of 100 cash game hands on No Limit Hold’em or Six Plus Hold’em | €5,000 freeroll token | One per week |
Deposit or transfer €30 or more into your Poker account and play a total of 100 cash game hands on No Limit Hold’em or Six Plus Hold’em tables. | €6,000 Six Plus Hold’em Freeroll token | One per week |
When can I use my freeroll tournament tokens?
Of course, if you are earning freeroll tournament tokens, or Premium Steps tokens, then you will want to know when you can use these tokens so you don’t miss out on the tournaments that your mission success qualifies you for.
Firstly, if you earn any Premium Steps token through the promotion, then you have seven days within which to use the token before it expires.
The other tokens you earn all pertain to tournaments that can only be entered via procurement of a token through completing a mission and we’ll look at when these run starting with the lowest value tournament.
Each day there is a €500 All In Shootout freeroll which is scheduled to take place at 22:00 UK time every day of the tournament from the 29th February through until the 26th March. On the 27th March, the final day of the promotion, the time of the tournament changes to 18:30 UK time.
In addition to the daily tournament above, the promotion will also see two €1000 All In Shootout Freerolls. From the 29th February until the 26th March these will take place at 12:30 and 19:30 UK Time each day. However on the 27th March, the tournaments start an hour earlier at 11:30 and 18:30 UK time.
Each week there is also a €5,000 Freeroll event which is scheduled to take place every Sunday in the promotion (6th, 13th, 20th and 27th March) at 12:00 UK Time, apart from the final tournament on the 27th which kicks off at 11:00 UK time.
Lastly, there is also a weekly €6,000 Six Plus Hold’em Freeroll tournament taking place on Sunday. Usually these events will start at 18:30 UK time, however on the final Sunday, this event will start an hour earlier at 17:30 UK Time.
As you can see there is a full month of top quality poker action on Bet365 Poker to enjoy. Why not log in now to participate in this fantastic promotion.