Chase the Chair

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“The Chair” is a $120,000 Poker Million VII Semi-Final seat, which is the most valuable seat ever offered for a Poker tournament and guarantees the winner:

• $20,000 Prize money
• Chance to progress to the $1,000,000 first prize Final Table

Ladbrokes Poker is offering one lucky player the chance to win a $130,000 Chase the Chair package:

• $120,000 Poker Million VII Semi-Final seat
• $5,000 expenses
• 5 nights accommodation for 2 from at Hilton Metropole, London
• 10 Green Room passes for their Semi-Final
• Table for 10 at Poker Million VII Live Final Party

From Friday 1st August to 28th November 2008, Ladbrokes Poker will be holding 120 daily “Chase the Chair” freeroll & player point satellites.

The winner of each “Chase the Chair” satellite will win a $1,000 seat in the “Win the Chair” tournament that will be held online Saturday 29th November at 7:30pm UK time.

Poker Million VII will be shown live on Sky Sports from the 9th September. The winner of the “Win the Chair” tournament will be playing live alongside some of Poker's greatest players. For a sneak preview of what happens in the heats, and who you could be up against in the semi-final, click here.

Each week, three Chase the Chair satellites will be free to enter Freerolls (Tue to Thu) and four will require 120 player points to enter (Fri to Mon).

All Chase the Chair satellites will be held at 7pm UK time and can be found in the MTT section of Tables in the Ladbrokes Poker lobby in either MTT / All or MTT / Offline Events / Poker Million VII / Chase the Chair.

Registration will be open for two hours before the commencement of each satellite and each tournament should take no longer than one hour to complete.

If you have never played poker at Ladbrokes before, it is quick and easy to get started. Just download the software by clicking here, and then follow all the on-screen instructions to create your account and start playing.

In the software, you will be able to access the Poker Lobby - this is where you can select which tournament or cash game you want to play in. You will be able to enter the Chase the Chair tournaments by logging into the software and clicking on: Tables > Offline Events > Poker Million VII > Chase the Chair

Good luck!

• The Promoter of this promotion is Ladbrokes International Ltd, PO Box 150, Europort, Gibraltar.
• The $130,000 Chase the Chair package comprises; 1) a single $120,000 seat in the televised semi-final stage of the Poker Million VII Tournament that will be filmed on Thursday 11th December 2008; 2) $5,000 expenses paid into a Ladbrokes Poker account; 3) Hospitality package that includes 5 nights accommodation for two in London - Tuesday 9th to Sunday 14th December 2008; 10 tickets to the Sky Studios Green Room for the filming of the semi-final on Thursday 11th December; Table for 10 guests at the Poker Million Live Final Party that will be held at the Metropole Hotel, London on Friday 12th December 2008.
• The eleven winners of the Live Final VIP packages awarded in the Win the Chair tournament will each receive a packages that comprises; Two tickets to at the Poker Million Live Final Party that will be held at the Metropole Hotel, London on Friday 12th December 2008; Two nights accommodation for two in London; $900 expenses (paid upon attendance).
• The Semi-Final will be an eight seat satellite with the top 3 finishers progressing to the Final, taking forward their finishing chip stacks from their Semi-final.
• The Final will be filmed London at Sky Sports Studios, Isleworth, London on Friday 12th December and broadcast live on Sky Sports.
• The minimum age to participate in this promotion is 18.
• The Semi-Final seat won as part of this package is not transferable and there is no cash alternative.
• Players can only win one entry to the Win the Chair Tournament. Should any player win two seats then he or she will forfeit their latest win and the seat will be allocated to the next highest finisher who does not already have a seat in the Win the Chair tournament.
• Seats in the Win the Chair tournament can only be won through Chase the Chair satellites. There is no limit to the number of Chase the Chair satellites that a player can enter.
• The Tournament Director shall have absolute discretion to approve the clothing and apparel worn by the players during the filming of Poker Million VI. Logos worn by players must measure no larger than 3” by 2” and be worn on the left breast of outer apparel. No hats are to be worn during filming. A maximum of one logo can be displayed by each player.
• The winner of the Chase the Chair promotion will be representing Ladbrokes Poker in Poker Million VII and will be required to display Ladbrokes logo on the left breast of their outer apparel during the filming of the tournament. Branded clothing or branded patches will be provided.
• The Tournament Director shall have absolute discretion to remove any logo, image or words on the players’ clothing and apparel which in the opinion of the Tournament Director contravenes ITC regulations or the requirements of BSkyB.
• By participating in the tournament you agree to reasonable publicity, including betting markets around the event and television media coverage.
• In the event of a service crash or a disruption, the promotion for that day will be rerun at the discretion of Ladbrokes. Ladbrokes will be the sole arbiter as to whether a promotion will be rerun.
• Ladbrokes accepts no responsibility whatsoever for system or connection problems that might affect any player during any of these promotions, such as a fold / timeout.
• The promoter reserves the right to refuse this offer to any player or to withdraw this / or part of this offer / promotion at any time. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for any 'fold / timeouts' or disconnects as per the general rules of the Ladbrokes Poker service. If the game is disrupted by system or network issues Ladbrokes reserves the right to resolve the issue as it sees fit.
• Ladbrokes reserves the right to amend the tournament rules at any time.
• Ladbrokes Tournament rules apply.
• In the event of event cancellation or buy-in unavailability, cash equivalent will be awarded.