What’s Happening at PokerPlanets: Your Guide to Current Promos

A Classic Welcome Bonus: 100% Up to $600

The first PokerPlanets promotion is your classic first deposit match. When you sign up and use the bonus code PLANETS600, you receive a 100% matched bonus up to $600. Pretty standard as far as poker sites goes. The structure is simple enough:

1. Deposit any amount up to $600
2. Play your usual cash games or tournaments
3. Unlock your bonus as you earn Poker Point

These Poker Points accumulate at a rate of 100 points per $1 in rake or tournament fees. So let’s say you’re playing MTTs with $10 in fees, you’ll collect 1,000 Poker Points.

In cash games, the points are distributed based on how much of the pot you contributed, meaning even if you don’t win the hand, you still earn your fair share of points. Just as an example, if you contributed 40% of the pot in a $100 pot with $5 rake, you’d be credited with 40% of the rake (that’s $2) and receive 200 Poker Points.

Rakeback Chests: 10 Boxes, Up to 80% Cashback

Of course, there has to be some kind of rakeback. At PokerPlatents, it’s a limited-time offer with a bit more structure then you maybe used to. Termed the Rakeback Chest, it’s open to all new players who deposit $10 or more using the bonus code RAKEBACK80.

The promotion is divided into two (very on-brand) levels: Milky Way and Andromeda.

You’ll earn 1 Poker Point for every cent in rake or tournament fees, and each chest unlocks once you hit the required total. The Milky Way chests are the easier ones to get (2,000 points each). This is what you’re aiming for if you’re playing low to mid stakes. Andromeda’s 6,000-point chests are more for higher-volume players.

Once the chest promo ends, players are automatically moved into PokerPlanets’ long-term rewards program.

PokerPlanets Rewards: The Long-Term Cashback Program

After the initial promos, the room goes more into a stable rewards structure. The PokerPlanets Rewards system has a rakeback and tournament fee returns through a tiered system, where each level requires a set number of Poker Points to unlock a new chest. The more you play, the higher your level and the better your cashback. Again, pretty simple design.

Here’s how it looks at a glance:

Each chest in a level has a flat reward. So for example, at the “Comet” level, every 6,000 Poker Points gets you a $12 chest. Accumulating all five chests at that level adds up to $60, equivalent to a 20% rakeback rate.

One thing that you should know is how PokerPlanets calculates point distribution. In cash games, Poker Points aren’t awarded just to the winner of the hand. Instead, they’re distributed proportionally based on each player’s share of the pot. If two players each contribute $50 to a $100 pot with $5 in rake, they each earn 250 Poker Points.

In tournaments, the system is simpler: $10 in tournament fees = 1,000 Poker Points.

Just keep this is mind: if you don’t unlock a chest within 28 days, your progress resets, and you move down one level. You’ll keep whatever chests you’ve already earned, but your progress bar won’t hold its place indefinitely.

So, these are the big three to focus on at the moment. When anything new or worthwhile pops up on PokerPlanets, PokerListings will be the first to tell you about it. Until then, check out some other popular poker bonuses.