66% Rakeback on Betfair Poker

I'm a big geek for social networking sites Twitter and Facebook and I follow a number of the big-name professional poker players such as Daniel Negreanu and Betfair's Annette Obrestad.

From time to time, Annette has been "tweeting" about a deal that she can put people onto if they add her as a friend and send a direct message to her. She has said that it is worth up to 66% so I have done a little digging to see if it is true and how the deal is structured.

It seems new players who sign-up with the appropriate code from Annette_15 will receive the standard rakeback allowed which is 30% rakeback if you earn between 0-29,999 Betfair Points (£0-£1,499 approx) or 40% rakeback for earning 30,000 points or more.

On top of that there is a sign-up bonus of $2,500 which is five times the size of the bonus mentioned in my previous post AND it clears at 300 Betfair Points per $10 rather than 400 Betfair Points.

To boost the potential rakeback to 66% it looks like Betfair are doing some sort of buy one get one free (BOGOF) with their $18k Guaranteed tournament that runs everyday at 2015 UK time.

The $18k is a $109 buy-in tournament that pays out at least $5,400 to the winner and usually has some sort of overlay attached to it., I know last night's had an overlay of $5,500 due to just 125 fish entering.

Apparenlty, each time you buy into the $18k Guaranteed tournament, Betfair Support will issue you with a ticket for another one, up to 10 times or $1,090 in cash value, absolutely free. It all sounds pretty good to me, shame I already have an account!

You can follow 2007 WSOPE Main Event winner Annette Obrestad on Twitter by clicking here and further details of this limited time only offer can be found here.

WSOPE Caesars Cup

Betfair Poker are currently running a promotion where the winner will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent Europe in the inaugural Caesars Cup.

The Caesars Cup has been inspired by golf's Ryder Cup and sees a team of European poker players take on a selection of players from The Americas in a a series of games.

One lucky Betfair Poker player will have the chance to be part of 2007 WSOPE Champion Annette Obrestad's team as she prepares to do battle with Daniel Negreanu.

To claim your place in Team Europe all you have to do is compete in the Caesars Cup leaderboards by taking part in SNG and MTTs in June until August. SNG and MTTs up to $22 will earn points for the $3,00 Guaranteed Low Stakes board whilst any SNG or MTT commanding a fee over $22 will earn points for the $7,000 Guaranteed High Stakes board.

The top 200 Low Stakes and top 100 High Stakes players will each month go through to Heat Low or Heat High and play an online tournament in which the top 18 finishers progress to the monthly $5,000 Guaranteed Monthly Final. Points will be awarded to the top 36 finishers of the $5k GTD Monthly Final and at the end of August the top nine players in the Caesars Cup Leaderboard will play in a one-off tournament where 2nd to 9th place share $25,000 but the inner wins the right to represent Europe in the Caesars Cup to be held September 25 at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe.

Over $70,000 is up for grabs between now and the end of August along with large sign-up bonuses too.