$500K ‘Race to Alias’ giveaway will reward players who choose new alias on June 17th

partypoker plans to release its next major software update for the global dotcom client on June 17, 2019, and as part of the update all players will be required to select a new alias/nickname. The goal behind is to make sure that third partie tracking tools will not work anymore because partypoker made some changes with the new software update

From 09:00 BST (10:00 CET) on June 17, 2019, players will be see a pop-up window with the request to choose a new nickname. To motivate all players to choose their nickname, partypoker will run for 24h a $500K ‘Race to Alias’ for all dotcom players except of those in Czech Republic and Sweden.

The promotion is only for real money accounts and the promotion is split into three separate strands. ‘Login Click Cards’ will award random prizes worth up to $10,000 in cash to players after choosing their new alias, while the site will also give away between $10,000 and $40,000 in ‘Hourly Click Cards’ for earning at least 0.10 in loyalty points per hour.

A players who choose a new nickname within the 24h window will receive a part of incredible 500.000 in form of different prizes. partypoker players in Czech Republic can claim a shared $25,000 in prizes through their own dedicated version of the Race to Alias campaign.

partypoker recently introduced a redesigned hand replayer featuring optimised controls to make for a smoother playing experience, along with a simplified dashboard. Further changes will be announced soon.

partypoker Player Panel member Patrick Leonard said: “I am excited at all the changes partypoker has scheduled as part of the company’s next software update, and I encourage everyone to log in and update their player name on June 17 to take advantage of the huge $500,000 giveaway!”

partypoker managing director, Tom Waters, said: “This client update is one of a number of initiatives that we are working on in order to provide players with a safe environment where they can play online poker.

“With this release, we will be making changes to our software that will prevent third-party tracking tools from working. We want our players to have a fresh start and therefore we are asking all players to select a new alias so that all third-party tool tracking is lost for all our players. At the same time, we have some great promotions running and I’m sure there will be a mad rush by players eager to secure their preferred screen name!”