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Why Play Ladbrokes Poker

Best Online poker site - Here's why

1. Lots of Players = Lots of Choice
Ladbrokes Poker is Europe’s Busiest Poker Room, with as many as 12,000 players competing against each other at any one time, on up to 1,000 virtual tables. Ladbrokes Poker has more players than any other European Poker room, giving our players more choice of who they play.

2. No.1 Community
The Ladbrokes Poker room has the strongest sense of community of any Poker site on the web, due to it’s European concentration, unique player profiles and player leaderboards. As a non-networked site – it is independent of other sites. All players are Ladbrokes players.

3. Brand Reliability
Ladbrokes is the world's biggest betting and gaming company. It's size and reputation reassures players that they will be dealt fairly and paid promptly. Ladbrokes, unlike other sites, does not employ robot players, shills or house players.

4. "Great Action"
"Ladbrokes has some of the best poker games around. There is great multi-way pot action in all forms of poker." - Online Poker Review. Ladbrokes Poker has the widest range of staking options and the highest average pot size on the web. Ladbrokes have a great selection of games, from classic Texas Hold-Em to Omaha and 7-Card Stud and a choice of tables including single or multi-table tournaments, cash games plus free play practice tables. And players can play a maximum of 5 tables at once.

5. Team Ladbrokes at the World Series of Poker
Ladbrokes were the ONLY official providers of online qualifiers to the WSOP 2007. Main and side event Buy-in, registration, accommodation and use of the exclusive Ladbrokes' Players Loungue in the Rio Casino were all included in our $16,500 packages! 12 Team Ladbrokes players cashed in the 2007 Main Event, including Richard "taffstour" Harris ($190,053) and Paul "OhTequila" Kershaw ($154,194) who finished 54th and 55th respectively.

6. Cost-free, hassle-free banking
Ladbrokes offers a painless commission free currency exchange service into US Dollars. (All Poker staking takes place in USD). Ladbrokes does not use bid / offer rates but instead runs floating mid-point prices for over 15 different currencies. There are no restrictions on taking out your winnings, Ladbrokes pay your winnings to your bank account, immediately, upon request and you can use Switch and Delta cards. Ladbrokes is commonly recognised to have the best banking service of any online poker operator.

7. 24/7 Poker Manager coverage
Ladbrokes employs a team of professional poker card room managers who are always online to resolve disputes and provide support and advice for novice players.

The Ladbrokes Poker Million tournament was the first to include online contestants who had qualified through Ladbrokes online Poker. Ladbrokes is committed to popularising Poker by funding Poker Million and providing online players with the opportunity to become Poker stars on the live TV stage. By joining the Ladbrokes Poker community you too could be playing in the live Poker Milllion televised tournaments. Ladbrokes Poker also sponsors players to play in tournaments around the globe, including the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

8. Promotions
Ladbrokes Poker offers a range of promotions for players including:

  • $500 Welcome Bonus - Ladbrokes offers up to $500 free on your first chip purchase.
  • $50 when you refer a friend - For every friend that you successfully refer you will receive $50 and your friend will receive $25
  • $000's in free to enter tournament prizes given away every month
  • $000's given away to regular cash game and tournament players via the Player Points promotions *Terms and Conditions apply

    9. Exclusive Ladbrokes Events

    The site for Poker Million – Ladbrokes and Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Sport have a Joint Venture called “Poker Million” which is Europe’s most famous Poker Tournament, covered on Sky Sports. In the 2003 Poker Million, the UK snooker player, Jimmy White won the $360,000 event, causing one of the biggest upsets in World Poker. Jimmy was quoted as the 100-1 outsider when Ladbrokes opened betting on the event. The 2004 event was won by Irish pro, Donnacha O’Dea, after a memorable ‘heads up’ battle with Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott, arguably England’s greatest ever player. The 2005 event was won by Freeroll Specialist Tony 'Spider99' Jones, who retired from his forklift driver job $1m richer. The 2006 event saw Northamption's Raj "foggy71" Modha win over £1m for his $9 buy-in!

    The 2007 Poker Million is a groundbreaking event in the history of Poker. Ladbrokes is adding $1,000,000 to the prize money, the most amount of money every added to a poker tournament. It is the richest online Poker tournament in Europe and also the most famous with $1,200,000 to the winner. The heats are showing on Sky Sports from Sept - Dec '07. The semi finals and the final will be shown live in Dec on Sky Sports. Qualification was exclusively via online tournaments at ladbrokespoker.com, reflecting the symbiotic relationship between online and offline poker.

    Ladbrokes Poker Cruise 2004
    209 poker players boarded the Costa Mediterranea on Sunday 10th October, each of them hoping to be a quarter of a million dollars richer when they disembarked 7 days later. The ship departed from Venice, taking in the delights of Bari, Katakolon, Izmir, Istanbul and Dubrovnik before returning home down the Grand Canal to its Venetian home. At 74, Eric "Lowball" Dalby was the oldest player in the field and outlasted 208 of his peers, some of whom were over 50 years younger to capture the $250,000 first prize, he had qualified online for just $3.

    Ladbrokes Poker Cruise 2006 – Bigger and Better!
    After the success of the first Ladbrokes Poker Cruise, Ladbrokes Poker charted the entire ultra-luxury Zenith cruise ship for a breathtaking Eastern Caribbean cruise. Ladbrokes Poker flew 600 players to Miami for a 9 night Caribbean Poker Cruise for 2 persons, including meals and entertainment, and $5,500 entry into the No Limit freeze-out tournament on board the ship where the winner 'norflush' collected $725,000 from a total prizepool of $3,300,000. The cruise sailed from the 14th - 23rd January 2006.

    LEOCOP
    The inaugural Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker was held in 2005 from the 24th April – 1st May, and proved to be Europe’s No.1 online poker event. With seven events and a combined prize pool of over $2,000,000 some 10,000 aspiring poker players entered last year’s online satellite qualifiers and over 2,000 players participated in the seven LEOCOP event tournaments. The Main Event prize pool peaked at massive $1,065,000 – with Scarborough born catering manager Alistair Lane winning a whopping $266,250 from a mere $3 stake. During 2006, Graham "Grazza" Newman was champion, winning $230,000! Qualification for LEOCOP III begins on the 1st of August 2007!

    Sponsoring Players
    Ladbrokes Poker also sponsors players to play in tournaments around the globe including:
  • Aussie Millions – Australia
  • Cavendish Classic – Belfast
  • World Heads Up Poker Championship –Barcelona
  • Masters Classic – Amsterdam
  • European Grand Prix - Paris

    10. The Total Betting Service
    Poker players can use their same Poker account to play other casino games, bet on sports and play Balls! - Ladbrokes' popular every minute numbers game. They can also bet through the following channels: Internet, Telephone, Interactive TV and Mobile Phone.

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