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UK Poker Magazine InsidePoker has teamed up with Ladbrokes Poker, to give their readers the chance to win one of two Poker Cruise III packages and thousands of dollars absolutely free.

For the next 5 months, InsidePoker will be running two Sunday night Freerolls on Ladbrokes Poker.

If you finish in the top ten, you’ll win a share of the $500 prize pool. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Finish in the top 30 and you’ll receive points according to your placing and these will be recorded on the leaderboard.At the end of the five months the top 30 players on the leaderboard will join the ten freeroll winners to play in a private online tournament on Ladbrokes Poker.

When the final ten is reached, the game will be frozen and those players will advance to a VIP live final in an exclusive central London location.

Here’s what is up for grabs in every freeroll:

Place: Money, Points*
1st: $250 500 (and final seat)
2nd: $100 400
3rd: $50 250
4th: $25 150
5th: $25 100
6th: $10 80
7th: $10 70
8th: $10 60
9th: $10 50
10th: $10 40
11th-20th: $0 20
21st-30th: $0 10
* points in the second freeroll each month count double
GRAND FINAL

At the end of our ten freerolls the 30 players with the most points and the ten freeroll winners will get to play for:

First Prize
An $8,000 package to the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise III for the winner plus guest including flight allowance and one $2,500 buy-in to the main event

Runner-up Prize
A $5,500 package for winner plus guest to the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise III including flight allowance

weeeeeeeeeeee

I played in pokergod 1 last year (WSOP package for grabs) and it was great fun, and I met some really great people and drank a LOT of beer - so here’s hoping I can make the final this time around also.

Last night was game #1 in the season and I took 2nd place (would have been 1st but poker being poker, I got rivered when it looked like it was in the bag!). The cash prizes are pathetic to be honest, however the big prizes at the end make it all worthwhile.

What are you wating for? Download Ladbrokes Poker, buy or subscribe to InsidePoker Magazine and win yourself a PokerCruise Package!

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Tonight I played a decent MTT on Poker.co.uk. I started off well, and had a 6k chip lead within 20 mins. I played the stack aggressively, however in one hand I was dominated (kicker wise) holding top pair and was back down to 2k. After a bit of patience and some good bluffs (and the inevitable luck we crave) I got a stack together and managed to get to the final table with a 60k stack.

I hung on to 3rd place with less than 5 bb’s because I suspected the guy on my right would stack off to the big-stack and there was a 400$ difference betweeen 3rd and 2nd. The Inevitable happened and I managed to get heads up. The other guy had a massive chiplead so I shipped it all in every hand and inevitibly ran into his overpair. Still a payday of $1200 or so for 2nd. not bad.

Thanks to my railbird pokerbuddies for the encouragement and banter in msn.

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