Ladbrokes Poker is now bigger and better! Content for key partners 1 st Week / March 2009...

Ladbrokes Pokeris now biggerand better!Content for key partners

1st Week / March 2009

Ladbrokespoker.com - the home of the monthly $1m rake race, paying 3,000 places!

1. This week…News

Weekly bulletin

New Promotions

Skalie’s Sunday Deep Stack…in his word!

Skalie’s Sunday Deep Stack - Structure

Poker Events - Update

Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous

Weekly Bulletin

MTT Schedueles- Ladbrokes poker is the home to Europe's best tournament schedule!

Ladbrokes poker is the home to Europe's best tournament schedule, and with $4,000,000 of guarantees each month, you’re never far away from the game of your choice. The variations of games at Ladbrokes Poker include Fixed, Pot and No Limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Stud and 5 Card Draw.The full schedule can be found here: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/news/new-schedule-tournaments

$1,000,000 Rake Race Leaderboard - Improved functionalityThe Leaderboard displays the top 5,000 players in the Rake Race with player positions and the prize they will receive if they hold that position at the end of the month. Be aware that players from position 1 to 3,000 will get paid out. So if you aren’t in the top 3,000 make sure you don’t miss out on this opportunity.The new and improved search functionality. To use it, just enter your alias in the search box on this page: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-promotions/rake-race-peak. If you are in the top 5,000 players it will take you directly to the correct leaderboard page and it will highlight your position.

World-wide winners on Ladbrokes Poker - The winners of the $10,000 added tournaments Ladbrokes Poker hosted seven exclusive $10,000 added tournaments to celebrate its exciting move to the Microgaming poker network in February. Word had obviously spread about the brilliant value as Ladbrokes experienced nearly a 400% increase in the starting fields for the $10,000 added tournaments by the time the last of the seven games was played on Tuesday 17th February.

The winners of each daily tournament, who won around £3,000 each were from Gibraltar, Norway, The UK, Singapore, Russia and Finland reflecting the truly international audience of Ladbrokes Poker. The buy-in ranged between $5 and $50, so the first prize proved a brilliant return for everyone.

Edward Ihre MD of Ladbrokes Poker said: "Players know true value when they see it and flocked to the site to play the $10,000 added. As well as added money tournaments players can now try their luck and play to win an Easter Rendezvous (Brighton) package - our first live event of the year - or a $5,000 Vegas Dream.“

For those that missed out on the $10,000 added tournaments don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for more of the same by logging on to Ladbrokes Poker, and join the monthly exclusive $1,000,0000 Ladbrokes Poker Rake Race, which starts again on Sunday 1st March. Ladbrokes Poker promises to pay out cash to the top 3,000 players on their leaderboard and with a first prize of $20,000 its a chance that you cant afford to miss!


Skalie’s Sunday Deep Stack…in his words!

Skalie Deepstack - Join me every week for skalie’s Sunday Deepstack.

At last! I have the chance to host my own tournament on Ladbrokes Poker. When asked what I wanted this to be - the answer was simple: A deepstack tournament with plenty of time to play it. Join me every week for skalie’s Sunday Deepstack. The tournament is a NLHE freezeout with a $100+9 buy in and has a super structure that I hope everyone will enjoy playing. The tournament will start at 1600hrs (GMT) with regular satellites available during the week.

The news doesn’t stop there as Ladbrokes Poker is adding some fantastic offline poker prizes giving you the chance to take your game into the “live” arena. You can join me on the GUKPT circuit later in the year pitting your wits against some of the great names in poker. There will be a league system where if you finish 1st (overall) you will win buy ins to three GUKPT events of your choice. See below for a breakdown of the added prizes awarded for skalie’s Sunday Deepstack.

For the first twelve weeks, points will be awarded for the top 20 finishers (in addition to the cash payout). The points will go towards the league that will be updated every Monday.

What I like most about this tournament is that it’s on a Sunday – my favourite day. Watching sport on the tv and playing good poker – what more can you want? I have put together a structure that follows the majority of all major “live” poker tournaments. The idea is to not only provide a great game that provides value but also a structure and starting stack that prepares you for playing in some of the biggest tournaments on the poker circuit.

I hope you all enjoy this new tournament and if you have any questions or ideas, you can contact me at [email protected] where I will do my best to answer.


Skalie’s Sunday Deep Stack - Structure

Added Prizes

Skalie’s Deepstack offers fantastic value with Ladbrokes adding offline seats to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) where you will be hosted by Ladbrokes’ Jon Kalmar (skalie). The winners will be asked to nominate the GUKPT leg(s) of their choice. Prizes are for seats only and players are required to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Note – there are no cash alternatives in this promotion. In the event that a player cannot attend any of the GUKPT legs available in 2009, the prize will be awarded to the player finishing in the next position.

The breakdown of the prizes can be seen below.

1st $4,500 GUKPT Package (3 x GUKPT legs)2nd $3,000 GUKPT Package (2 x GUKPT legs)3rd $1,500 GUKPT Package (1 x GUKPT leg)Top 18 play for 1 additional Package ($1,500)The top 18 (including the prize winners finishing in the top 3) will play for the remaining GUKPT package on a date to be confirmed.

League and Points System

Skalie’s Sunday Deepstack will has a league system where the top 20 finishers every Sunday will receive points on a sliding scale as per the table below. (Cash payouts will remain for the tournaments depending on finishing position as per normal). All information can be found on: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-promotions/skalie-deep-stack#s3To follow the progress and view the league table: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-promotions/skalie-deep-stack-table

For all details on this promotion please visit: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-promotions/skalie-deep-stack#s3


Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous

Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous- Spend Easter weekend in Brighton for just $1!

This Easter, Ladbrokes Poker will be staging the very first Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous Festival to be held at the Rendezvous Casino. The Casino is located on the spectacular Brighton Marina www.brightonmarina.co.uk, where you can dine, shop, take in the sea air whilst taking part in a first-class poker tournament. Just a short ride away is Brighton town centre which is hip, cosmopolitan and relaxed all at the same time, making it the perfect location for your Easter break.

The Festival has a week long schedule with tournaments starting Monday 6th April, including the £100,000* Main Event (£550 buy-in) which kicks off at 16:00pm on Sunday 12th April and will be held over two days. (*based on 200 runners).

Added Value

Ladbrokes are adding five $5,000 Vegas Dream Packages to the Main Event.Ladbrokes are adding three €1,000 Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival Packages to side events.Make a weekend of it!

You can take part in all the action by winning a $1,000 Easter Rendezvous package:

£500 + £50 ($770) Main Event Buy-In$230 expensesQualify Today for a credit crunching $1!

Weekly online qualification is available exclusively at Ladbrokespoker.com. You can buy-in directly to the Monday Weekly Finals for $110 or make your way there by registering for the $11 Daily Finals which are fed by our $1 daily satellites.

All Ladbrokes Rendezvous satellites can be found via the Tournament section and then Offline Events within the lobby.


Easter Rendezvous schedule:

Sat 11th April - 5pm - Welcome ReceptionSun 12th April - Main Event Day 1Mon 13th April - Main Event Day 2

It is a great time to be an affiliate with Ladbrokes Poker!Contact immediately the Poker Affiliate Team:Simone PignatelliEmail: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)208 515 5168Craig Van FluteEmail: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)208 515 5784


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