Christmas season is the busiest time for all poker operators. The days are short, the evenings long and many casual poker players come back to the virtual tables for some action and fun.
Naturally all operators try to get the players engaged in their product and most offer extra incentives during the holiday season.
Today we take a look at the Christmas program Bet365 poker has in store for its players.
Bet365 offers a poker advent calendar which offers up to €1,000 in cash each day. The calendar works rather simple:
- Each day you can open the calendar once and you receive a mission to fulfill. (Those missions are more or less simple tasks like "Be dealt JJ at a Twister Tournament".)
- After fulfilling a mission you get to spin the Advent Calendar Prize Wheel and will receive a random prize. We break down the prizes below.
Bet365 Advent Missions
Those are the missions for each day:
| Date | Mission |
| 1st December | Win with AK (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 2nd December | Win three Twisters (€5 min. buy-in) |
| 3rd December | Win five Twisters (€2 min. buy-in) |
| 4th December | Win with AQ (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 5th December | Win with QQ or JJ (Twister tables: €5 min. buy-in, or cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 6th December | Win with AQ (Twister tables: €5 min. buy-in) |
| 7th December | Be dealt AK (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 8th December | Win with QQ (Twister tables: €5 min. buy-in, cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 9th December | Win with KK at Showdown on mobile (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 10th December | Be dealt AA, KK or QQ three times (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 11th December | Win with 88 or 99 (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 12th December | Be dealt JJ (Twister tables: €2 min. buy-in) |
| 13th December | Be dealt AK suited (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 14th December | Flop three of a kind whilst holding a pair in your hand (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 15th December | Be dealt 67 suited (Twister tables: €2 min. buy-in) |
| 16th December | Win a hand with AK suited (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 17th December | Be dealt AA (Twister tables: €2 min. buy-in) |
| 18th December | Be dealt TT (Twister tables: €2 min. buy-in) |
| 19th December | Win with JJ (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 20th December | Win two Twisters (€10 min. buy-in) |
| 21st December | Be dealt AA or KK three times (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 22nd December | Be dealt AJ (cash tables: €0.05/€0.10 min. blinds) |
| 23rd December | Win two Twisters (€5 min. buy-in) |
| 24th December | Be dealt 99 (Twister tables: €2 min. buy-in) |
Some of the missions are almost trivially easy to fulfil while other a bit more difficult, but all of them should be easily done within one or two hours of regular play.
Bet365 Advent Calendar Prize Breakdown
Those are the prizes you can win when spinning the Advent Calendar Prize Wheel:
| Prize | Probability |
| €1,000 cash | 0.001% |
| €100 cash | 0.004% |
| €10 Twister ticket | 0.41% |
| €5 Twister ticket | 4.07% |
| €2 Twister ticket | 14.23% |
| Five Free Spins | 16.26% |
| €1 Twister ticket | 8.13% |
| €0.50 Wild Twister ticket | 12.20% |
| 50 bet365 Coins | 12.20% |
| 10 bet365 Coins | 32.52% |
The top prize is very difficult to get - only 1 in 100,000 spins will net you €1,000. But the average expected value of each spin is worth roughly 90 Cent.
Let's say you're playing 20 out of the 24 days. Then on average you can expect to win €18 extra through the Christmas promotion. While this probably won't make you rich right away, it's extra value just for playing.
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