As of January 2013 Smart Live Poker is now holding two points races each month with a combined total prize pool of $10,000.

Every month from now on, Smart Live Poker will hold 2 monthly points races, each with a $5,000 prize pool. Smart Live Poker is one of only two Ongame skins offering this opportunity, which can be used in addition to whatever reload bonuses or welcome bonuses a player may still be clearing.

Earn points by playing at any SmartLive Poker cash games or tourneys, Hold’em, Omaha and all other poker variants offered on the site. Points are earned at a rate of 3.6 points for each $1 paid in rake or fees. Every player to earn at least 500 points during a race period is guaranteed to win a prize. The 2 race periods divide each month in half, the first running from the 1st of the month through the 15th of the month, the second running from the 16th of the month through the last day of the month.

Players must first leave the table or tourney at which they were playing in order to see the points earned at that table credited to their account and therefore reflected in their position on the current race leaderboard.

First place each biweekly period will win $1,250; second will win $900, 3rd $500, 4th $300, 5th $250, 6th $200, 7th $150, 8th $100 and then 9th through 15th each get $50. Smart Live has also made allowances for the possibility that more than just 15 people will qualify for payment based on the 500 point minimum so that all qualifying individuals will receive some portion of the total payment.