3 AM $50 3 team parlay at PokerHost

I thought I would drop a little note about a tournament I recently won.

Last Sunday night, I entered the PokerHost $50 3 team parlay at pokerhost. After being short stacked most of the game, I managed to come back and win this tournament. Which was extremely lucky, because it only pays out to the winner. Unfortunately, I didn't understand what the prize was. The prize is actually a 3 team bet on another site, a sportsbook, where you will bet point spreads. You have to choose 3 winners to have any chance at cashing in on this.

Well, Monday morning, I spoke with live help at PokerHost. They sent me a form to fill out and I returned it to them in a couple of hours with all my information. They informed me that the site would be sending me an email for notification of account status.

After 4 day, I finally received the email. But, it wasn't an account verification. They were saying I had no account and no bet with them. I spoke to PokerHost and was informed that they would handle the problem.

This morning, after almost a week, I called SBG (the sportsbook) to check on the status of my prize. After 45 minutes with the rudest, most unintelligible customer service representative I have ever had the displeasure to meet, I finally got my prize. Now came the actual betting of the ticket.

As I looked through the lines, I noticed that most of the point spreads were far from the norm. Almost to the point of laughable jokes. (a side note, I have my own bookie, and I know what the actual point spreads are, these were far from reasonable spreads)

My teams:

Oklahoma State -2 (I won, although most teams had OSU a 4 point fav)
Arizona -2 1/2 (I don't care after it was all said and done)
St. Joseph +2 1/2 (a six point underdog EVERYWHERE else, I lost)

So, my take on this freeroll. Don't enter it unless you are really into sado-masochistic pleasure. The payoff doesn't exist and is more of a fight than it is a reward.

I worked hard to come back in that tournament. It set off a very good win streak for me and had me in a very good mood for several days. For it to end on this note is depressing to say the least. I'm still flabbergasted to think that after all the hard work, all I got out of it was bragging rights. This is very disturbing to me.

But, live and learn I guess.

Very interesting. i was told by players in that freeroll that you could use the $50 prize to play at the tables at Pokerhost. That you didn't HAVE to make the 3 team bet. Were they wrong? Did Pokerhost ever give you the opportunity to use the money at the poker tables?

No, they informed me that the only prize was the bet. If you won the parlay, you could then transfer that money to the Pokerhost tables. But, only if you win.

i placed third in that tourney the other night and will never take it seriously again. i ran in to the guy that beat me that night and he didn't even know how to collect the prize. seemed like there is no satisfaction from winning that one.. touugh luck maskeolad. thanks for warning others

really sorry to hear that make

im sure i read somewhere else on the forum that someone won and got their cash - maybe im mistaken

can some other members give me their opinion on this - if theres a few people that have had problems ill remove their ad from the site

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It's my understanding you can only use it to lay a parlay bet. However, they do offer other freerolls you guys can win. I would stay away from that parlay freeroll. The odds on parlays are absolutely awful! Especially with bad lines.

Here is MY somewhat comprehensive list of FREEROLLS. Free as in FREE. NO rake requirements, NO player points requirements, just free. Many sites offer "FreeRolls" that are not free....need a certain # of raked hands to play, etc. GOOD LUCK ALL!

ENROLL time---Tourney time------Payout----Max #players----ROOM

6AM enroll ------7AM tourney ------$200----15,000----Royal Vegas
6:30AM enroll --8AM Tourney ------$100 -----750-------PokerHost
???-------------9AM tourney------$1000-----1000-----Poker Room
9AM enroll -----11AM tourney -----$1000 ---15,000----Royal Vegas
11:45AM enroll -1:45AM tourney ---$1000 ---15,000----Royal Vegas
10AM enroll ----11AM Tourney -----$300 -----750-------PokerHost
12:30PM enroll--2PM Tourney ------$100------750-------PokerHost
1:40PM ------2:30PM tourney---Satellite-$500—3000----PokerStars
3PM enroll -----5PM Tourney --WSOP Qualif—--1000-----PokerHost
2:30PM enroll---4PM tourney ------$1000-----1000------Poker Room
2:45PM enroll---4:15PM tourney----$500-----1000----Poker Room
4:30PM enroll---5:30PM tourney ---$1000----15,000--Royal Vegas
7PM enroll ------8PM tourney ------$1000----15,000----Royal Vegas
11PM enroll-----12:01AM ----------$500-------750------PokerHost
2:10AM enroll--- 3AM -------Satellite-$500-----3000-----PokerStars


I'll put this post in a New Thread for easy access for all.

Royal Vegas as a 15,000 person freeroll? Geez that would take about 2 days to play and with 5 min breaks you would pass out or have your family kill you.

lol fonz its only aht freeroll thats really bad. right now they are finishing up 96 freerolls in 24 hours over there. it was a lil bannanas a a lil rocky at times, but an overall success id say. i have no beef with the site, they are jus getting used to having traffic, and tehy got some big name pros signing up soon. not to be like tooting poker hosts horn, cause its not my favorite, but its hardly bad, jus support is retarded.

Congrats on the game.The rest sounds not so fun,especially in basketball.Now in football season it would be a go.