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Poker World Cup: Ladbrokes will be hosting an added money tournament to represent every team at every stage during the World Cup. Your players can participate in any tournament or as many tournaments as they like, if they place in the top 10% percent of players and that team moves on to the next stage, then they will get a free entry into the next tournament.

The first round of tournaments start Thursday, June 10th and the Laddie’s World Cup Final tournament will be held Friday, July 12th. Check out the tournament schedule and details today!

   

Top of the Dogs – Special World Cup Edition: The Top of the Dogs promotions have proved so popular, that Ladbrokes is launching a special World Cup edition, giving away 8 tickets to players to see their team’s first match of the season! Players that top one of the featured Promotions (listed here) not only walk away with the normal juicy cash prize but they’ll also bag themselves two tickets to their team’s first match of the season.

As a quick refresher, the Top of the Dogs promotion includes over a whopping 50,000 Euros awarded in prizes each month, two MTT Leaderboards, 2 weekly cash races and 2 weekly Sit n Go Races – so there’s something in it for every one!

For more info check out Top of the Dogs at Ladbrokes Poker.

Doubling of Points: Every day that England plays in the World Cup and either wins or draws, Ladbrokes will be offering double points on all Great British Pound Tables! Tell your players to look out for the appropriately named GBP tables like ‘Mushy Peas’, ‘Lancashire Hotpot’ and ‘Glasgow Central’. They can find GBP Cash tables running from 0.02/0.04 up to 5/10 GBP. These tables are easily identified in the cash lobby, the names are in green. Click here for the full promotion details.

POKER SCHOOL
Ladbrokes are excited to announce the launch of their new Poker School. It stars Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Nick Moran alongside Jon “skalie” Kalmar – Ladbrokes’ poker professional. Ladbrokes’ Poker School offers a series of online videos, articles and podcasts to help mentor players from getting started to honing advanced strategies and bankroll management.

This provides a fantastic opportunity to invigorate your Ladbrokes Poker campaigns – a famous face and name can add a big boost to player conversion rates. New banners featuring Moran are now available, so login to your affiliate account to retrieve them today!

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And it is bigger and better than ever.

In January 2011, the fourth Ladbrokes Poker Cruise sets sail from Florida for an 8 day Caribbean Poker Cruise aboard the world’s largest deluxe cruise liner ‘Oasis of the Seas’.

As always, there will be a Festival of Poker that includes a full tournament program, cash games and STT’s.

Qualification for the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV is available now, so do not miss out on being part of Europe’s biggest poker festival!

When and Where

Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV will depart from Ft Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday 22 January 2011 and return on Saturday 29 January 2011 having visited three exotic destinations:

• Labadee (exclusive beach & water sports paradise)
• Falmouth, Jamaica
• Cozumel, Mexico

The Cruise

The Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV is worth £4,000 (available for as little as £4.40!), and includes:

• An ocean view balcony cabin for qualifier and one guest
• Travel allowance of £950
• Poker Bankroll of £500
• Eligibility to participate in the Festival of Poker
• Ladbrokes Poker schedule of hospitality and entertainment over and above the standard programme offered on board
• Meals on board the ship

How to Qualify for the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise

To join us on the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV you need to obtain a Cruise Place, which can be won in the Cruise Weekly Final that is held each Monday evening at 20:15 GMT.

You can either buy directly into this freeze-out tournament or qualify via the Cruise Daily Finals, for which there is a daily program of satellites available in the Tournaments/ Offline Events/ Poker Cruise IV lobby.

Cruise Buy-Ins

At present we are unable to offer Cruise Places for purchase, however, if you would like us to contact you should we be able to offer Cruise Places in this way please contact the Cruise Team at cruise2011@ladbrokes.co.uk.

The Ship and Cabins

The luxury ‘Oasis of the Seas’ is the first of her class and is the world’s largest passenger vessel. She is part of the fleet operated by the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. At 225,000 tonnes, she is over three times the size of the QEII.

All Cruise Place winners will be accommodated in an ocean view cabin with a balcony. A limited number of suites will be available on a first come first served basis for players who wish to upgrade.

Oasis of the Seas Amenities

The ship features a zip-line, a casino, a mini-golf course, four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, theme parks and nurseries for children.

Onboard recreational, athletic and entertainment activities are organised into seven themed areas called “neighborhoods”:

1. Central Park features boutiques, restaurants and bars, including access to the Rising Tide bar, which can be raised or lowered to three separate levels
2. It houses the first living park at sea with over 12,000 plants and 56 trees
3. The Pool and Sports Zone features a sloped-entry beach pool and two surf simulators
4. The Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness Centre features a spa for teens
5. Boardwalk features a handcrafted carousel, restaurants, bars, shops, two rock-climbing walls, and a tattoo parlor. Its outdoor 750-seat Aqua Theatre amphitheater hosts the ship’s largest freshwater pool
6. Royal Promenade features restaurants and shops and is viewable from a mezzanine
7. Youth Zone features a science lab and computer gaming

Travel Allowance

All Cruise Place winners will have their £950 travel allowance credited to their Ladbrokes Poker account. The qualifier will be responsible for arranging return flights to and from and hotel accommodation (for themselves and guest) in New Ft Lauderdale for the night of 21 January 2011.

Ladbrokes Poker’s Event Management Team will endeavour to provide all qualifiers with information on flight options, and hotel availability within differing price bands, as information becomes available. It is the Cruise Place winner’s responsibility to book and ensure that flights and accommodation is suitable for their individual needs.

For players qualifying before the end of February 2010, credits to Ladbrokes Poker accounts will be made in March 2010. This is the time that flights to Florida from all European destinations usually become available. See terms and conditions for more details.

Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV – The Festival of Poker

The onboard card room will operate (subject to any contrary instructions that we receive from the ship’s operator) whenever the ship is at sea, but will close for a dinner break on sea days.

Full details of the Festival of Poker will be announced in early 2010, which will comprise a full tournament schedule, Cash Games and Sit n Go’s.

The £500 cruise bankroll which is included within your Cruise Place can either be used to buy-in to tournaments or fund on-board cash games and Sit n Go’s.

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Titan Poker players will compete to win a share of the $4.5M guaranteed prize pool in the European Championship of Online Poker.

Serious poker players from around the world are showing an increasing interest in the upcoming European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP IV). The 14-day online poker event is being sponsored by Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, and guarantees a combined $4,550,000 in cash prizes for its leading events, including Texas Hold’em, Omaha and 7 Card Stud Poker.

ECOOP IV online poker tournaments will be staged nightly starting on May 25th. The tournament series will conclude with a $1,500,000 Main Event on Sunday, June 7th. A total of 4.55 Million Dollars will be awarded to winning players over the course of the series. Qualifying satellite tournaments are now taking place daily at Titan Poker.

In addition to the huge cash prizes that Titan Poker players stand to win, winners of each nightly event will also receive a special ECOOP IV bracelet.

Buy-ins to the qualifier satellite tournaments start at just $2 + $0.20. Titan Poker players could potentially win a share of $4,550,000 for an investment of less than three dollars.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the Irish Open and European Poker Tour events at San Remo and Monte Carlo. Titan Poker is also sponsoring the EuroPoker Tour (ECPT) Salzburg this April.

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After a hard-fought, 13-hour-long battle, Titan Poker player Ragen wins First Prize of $525,000 at the huge online poker tournament.

Online poker room TitanPoker.com player ‘Ragen’ has ascended to poker glory after winning 1st place in the $2,500,000 Guaranteed tournament staged on March 8th, 2009.  After playing for a total of 13 hours and 28 minutes, he won the top prize of $525,000.

Ragen, a Titan Poker player who signed up at the poker room in May 2007 through PokerStrategy.com, the online professional poker school, outlasted second place finisher gwka, who won a huge cash prize of $275,000.

In the final hand of Heads-up play, Ragen had Ace of Spades and Ten of Hearts versus gwka’s pair of Jacks. gwka went All-in before the Flop. The Flop brought a pair of Kings and a four. But the tournament win was assured for Ragen when the Turn brought him an Ace of Clubs.

The $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament started on March 8th, but lasted into the early morning hours of March 9th.  A total of 1,370 players participated in the tournament.

The $2,500,000 qualifying satellite tournaments had buy-ins as low as $2.75 + $0.20, so players could potentially win a share of $2,500,000 for an investment of less than three dollars. Players could also skip the satellites and buy-in directly to the Main Event for $1,500 + $80.

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What could be more fun than winning a hundred dollars in a fast-paced, sit ‘n‘ go tournament? Winning $100,000 or more at that same tournament!

Titan Poker is proud to offer its players an exclusive jackpot tournament series, where they can take home cash prizes of tens of thousands of dollars.

Win six consecutive $50+$9, six-player Fort Knox Sit ‘n‘ Go tournaments and you‘ll take home the jackpot prize starting at $50,000. The jackpot increases by $10,000 every week and has frequently been awarded with prizes as high as $150,000.

If your consecutive winning streak is broken and you finish in second place, don‘t worry. You still qualify for a prize! Six tournaments in a row with either a first or second place finish gives you $750 in cash.

The Rio Jackpot starts out initially at $25,000 and increases by $10,000 each week until some skillful player manages to win six of the tournaments in a row. The Maui Jackpot starts at $15,000 and also increases progressively week by week. That‘s an incredible deal for a $5 + $1 sit ‘n‘ go tournament entry.

Don‘t have a big budget for tournament play? There‘s a jackpot sit ‘n‘ go tournament series for you – the Dirty Dozen. And all you have to do is win four tournaments in a row for a quick $2,000 prize.

Jackpot sit ‘n‘ go tournaments = poker action with huge prizes at Titan Poker! Titan Poker currently offers more than $16,000,000 in monthly guaranteed prizes. Get into the action at Titan Poker today!

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