Snap Poker
What is SNAP Poker?
Music video by Snap! Performing The Power. LUMA Musikverwaltungs GmbH#Snap #ThePower #Vevo. Snap poker is basically a fast-fold poker format that tis designed to minimize the waiting time between the moment you fold a hand and until a new hand is dealt. In snap poker the players join a “Players Pool” and they are randomly re-seated at a different table in every hand they play.
SNAP Poker is the fast-fold poker format from 888poker, designed to reduce waiting time as you’re dealt new cards the instant you fold! It’s faster and better than any other online poker software and can be played both in Cash game and Tournament formats. SNAP is also available on Mobile, so you can play the game you love whenever, wherever!
Here’s how it works
When playing SNAP poker, you’re automatically placed in a ‘Players Pool’ and randomly re-seated at a different table every time you fold. SNAP lets you ‘SNAP Fold’ before the action gets to you (out of turn) and within seconds, you’ll be dealt a new hand at new table with new opponents. However, other players on the table will not see that you folded until it is your turn to act.
Fold, watch and play
You may opt to fold or ‘SNAP fold’ and continue watching the hand play out, by either clicking on the Fold watch and play button or by holding down the Shift key whilst clicking on ‘fold’ or ‘SNAP fold’.
By choosing to ‘Fold watch and play’, a new screen will appear. In this screen you can watch the rest of the hand in ‘observer mode.’ In the original screen you’ll be moved to a new table, so you can continue to play.
Please note that it’s only possible to observe one hand at a time.
The “Fold watch and play” option is enabled for SNAP ring games only.
How to join SNAP games
You’ll see the SNAP tab on the right side of the screen when you enter the 888poker Main Lobby.
Click on it or drag it to the left and you will be transferred to the SNAP Main Lobby. Under the SNAP tab, you’ll find two sub tabs, with ‘Cash’ or ‘Tournament’ play options.
If you want to buy-in to a SNAP Cash game, start by clicking on ‘Cash Games’. Then just double click on a specific pool name, highlight and click on the ‘Join Game’ button.
Click on ‘SNAP Tournaments’ to see a list of SNAP Tournaments that are open for registration, including SNAP Sit & Go games. Simply choose one, buy-in and start playing!
You can also find a list of SNAP Tournaments including Sit&Gos under the ‘All games’ tab in the 888poker Main Lobby.
Starting from Tuesday, 888poker has officially joined the instant-fold poker games party with the launch of Snap Poker, a new variant now available to all 888poker players.
In line with one of poker’s latest trends, Snap Poker offers players a great chance to increase the number of hands played and generate even more frequent player points than ever before by instantly joining a new table every time they fold their hand. At the moment this new poker variant is available on a number of tables including sit-and-gos, cash games and multi-table tournaments.
As PokerNews’ own Matthew Pitt reported yesterday, at the time of the launch there were three cash games available; No Limit Hold’em with blinds of $0.01/$0.02 and $0.05/$0.10 and a Pot Limit Omaha table with blinds of $0.12/$0.25 although none of those tables had players seated at them.
Exception made for the new neon-style logo, Snap Poker tables look and feel exactly as the 'traditional' 888poker ones, the only difference being the new 'Snap Fold' button appearing on the screen every time you are not playing as the big blind and there has not yet been a raise.
Joining the action at the $20 Snap Freeroll that started yesterday at 1.20 p.m. (GMT), we could see how 888poker's rapid-fire poker variant met our (high) expectations and dealt new cards getting us in the middle of some new good poker action within 3 seconds from the moment we hit on the 'Snap Fold' button.
$250,000 and an extreme jet flight experience up for grabs!
If you think that a good incentive could convince you to give Snap Poker a shot, get ready to discover the details of 888poker’s latest promotion, as this is going to bring you what poker players like the most: lots of free money and a totally crazy top prize.
As often happens when a room launches a new product, 888poker chose to celebrate Snap Poker with the launch of a series of special $5,000 Snap Extreme tournaments running every day at 9pm and 10pm GMT. New players can join the party and compete to win a share of the $250,000 available using the 2 free tickets they are given right at the moment of opening an account with 888poker –no deposit needed!
In addition to these 2 tickets, all players also get the chance to win other tickets for the $5k daily tournaments by completing some special personal Snap Poker challenges.
What's even better – and also a way more amazing – is that the best 600 players of the daily Snap Poker tournaments will also be guaranteed a spot in a crazy weekly Jet Fighter Experience freeroll, where the winner will be awarded with an incredible Fighter Jet Flight Experience package that includes:
- return tickets to Prague, Czech Republic + coverage of additional travel expenses
- 2 nights in a 5* hotel in Prague – breakfast included
- 2 group dinners to high-end restaurants in Prague
- 888poker goodies and an exclusive flight DVD
- an incredible flight aboard an L-39 Albatross Fighter Jet
And it’s not over yet, as players opening an 888poker account through PokerNews qualify also for an incredible 100% match up to $888 sign up bonus and an even more attractive Free$88 one right at the sign-up!
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Once completed the registration process, players tied to PokerNews are in fact immediately awarded with a free $8 made of $2 in cash and $6 in tournament tickets. Right after that, 888poker will give players 10 x $8 gifts once they will start to play on the room and collect Status Points.
Snap Poker Rules
So, what are you still waiting for? Go to 888poker now, get yourself an account and head straight to the brand new Snap Poker tables to win an unforgettable trip to Prague and a breathtaking flight on a fighter jet!
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