The day began with possibly the earliest start since Ladbrokes Poker started taking players to the World Series of Poker. Why? The VIP Golf trip demanded a 6am meet up and naturally a couple of our more illustrious players were found wanting with the somewhat alien alarm call. Players teed off at the superb Rio Secco Golf Club in temperatures close to 100 degrees. Laddies regulars banksoir, Yogi147 and bigchin showed some class on the fairways and flashes of brilliance on the greens in what turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable days play in testing conditions. The round ended with much needed refreshments at the 19th hole!
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The evening saw the now legendary Ladbrokes Poker Welcome Party take place at the Rio's Voodoo Lounge. Check the party pictures & video here: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/events/wsop-2009/2
The Ladbrokes players indulged in the free bar and took time to meet some of their online foes for the very first time. For many though, the welcome party is a chance to catch up with poker playing friends who they had met through various Ladbrokes poker events.
Sponsored pro's spotted enjoying themselves were skalie and Nebuchad. One famous face was certainly letting his hair down and that was none other than Laddies favourite Steve. 'Fivek' Davis. The nugget, as he is known on the snooker circuit, was seen drinking cocktails whilst also twittering - his new found interest. You can follow Steve Davis on twitter using his username fiveknuckle.
Other familiar faces included Norman Pace, Shane Lynch and one of the UK's latest bracelet winners JP Kelly. All were partying well into the night.
Btw. Check out Vegas Dreamer’s Freeroll promotion: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Close, but no Cigar. WSOP 2009 by Andreas Hoivold aka _Theah_
I came to Las Vegas two weeks ago looking forward to playing a lot of events and my plan was to win only two bracelets in this year’s World Series of Poker. My plan got kind of crushed after playing 8 events without making day 2! I have played a lot of different tournaments. Hold’em no limit of course, but also pot limit Omaha 8 or better and two mixed games tournaments, one H.O.R.S.E. and one with 8 games. I was really close to make day two once, but my A-Q was eliminated to K-J after being all-in preflop two hands before the end of day one.
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Since poker have been kind of useless other things has become more useful. Partying for instance. I was lucky enough to be invited to a party at Neil Channing little house here in Vegas. Or should I say Neil’s big mansion. It was a really nice house they rented here, and the party was nice! Really nice. I would not be surprised if there were more than hundred poker players visiting the party, most of them from the UK, but a few exceptions. I believe I was the only (crazy) Scandie there. But they treated me nice and I had a really good time!
It was time for my ninth event, WSOP event # 50 that was. $ 1500 Texas hold’em fixed limit shootout. Before starting day 1 I had a filming with Ladbrokes together with Nebuchad and Skalie. I got second thoughts about playing, so I did not register before 6:36 PM, 1:36 after the tournament had started. But I played a really good game, and won my first table. I was really happy about getting my first WSOP cash this year!
In the second round I continued to play well. I was on a table that took the longest to finish. We played 8 tables with 8 players this day. All the other tables were finished when I was playing an Italian that was kind of lucky.
In one hand I had him all-in preflop holding K-J. He had 9-8. The flop was the very good looking K-Q-10. But a jack on the turn and a blank on the river doubled him up.
I had him in one more time with top pair top kicker against K-6 with the six of hearts. He got the flush on the river and doubled up again.
After playing for way more than two hours heads up he managed to win with Q-9 beating my A-10. It didn’t feel good. In fact it felt really, really bad!
9th place in a WSOP event is not bad. But getting to the final table would have been so fantastic. But I guess I’ll save it for the main event!
Andreas Hoivold aka _Theah_ , Las Vegas, July 29th 2009
Btw. Check out Vegas Dreamer’s Freeroll promotion: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
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Follow Andreas & other Ladbrokes Poker PRO’s at Twitter http://twitter.com/ladbrokes_poker & at WSOP 2009 Blogs: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/wsop-2009/blogs
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Since poker have been kind of useless other things has become more useful. Partying for instance. I was lucky enough to be invited to a party at Neil Channing little house here in Vegas. Or should I say Neil’s big mansion. It was a really nice house they rented here, and the party was nice! Really nice. I would not be surprised if there were more than hundred poker players visiting the party, most of them from the UK, but a few exceptions. I believe I was the only (crazy) Scandie there. But they treated me nice and I had a really good time!
It was time for my ninth event, WSOP event # 50 that was. $ 1500 Texas hold’em fixed limit shootout. Before starting day 1 I had a filming with Ladbrokes together with Nebuchad and Skalie. I got second thoughts about playing, so I did not register before 6:36 PM, 1:36 after the tournament had started. But I played a really good game, and won my first table. I was really happy about getting my first WSOP cash this year!
In the second round I continued to play well. I was on a table that took the longest to finish. We played 8 tables with 8 players this day. All the other tables were finished when I was playing an Italian that was kind of lucky.
In one hand I had him all-in preflop holding K-J. He had 9-8. The flop was the very good looking K-Q-10. But a jack on the turn and a blank on the river doubled him up.
I had him in one more time with top pair top kicker against K-6 with the six of hearts. He got the flush on the river and doubled up again.
After playing for way more than two hours heads up he managed to win with Q-9 beating my A-10. It didn’t feel good. In fact it felt really, really bad!
9th place in a WSOP event is not bad. But getting to the final table would have been so fantastic. But I guess I’ll save it for the main event!
Andreas Hoivold aka _Theah_ , Las Vegas, July 29th 2009
Btw. Check out Vegas Dreamer’s Freeroll promotion: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
Monday 29 June 2009
World Series of Poker 2009 - Day 1
The Ladbrokes Vegas Dream winners are expected to arrive en mass today (Sunday 28th). A few have already arrived and are doing their best to acclimatize. On his arrival, Michelin decided to skip check in and head straight to the cash tables followed by a few hours at Caesars top nightclub, Pure. Needless to say he was less than coherent the following day.
The Ladbrokes office is now operational and all eyes are on the first event, which happens to be the legendary Welcome Party at the Voodoo Lounge. The guest list includes all the Ladbrokes Vegas Dream winners as well as a host of other familiar poker faces from around the world.
The first of the Ladbrokes Vegas Dream Satellites will take place at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Tuesday 30th June. This is a $1060 tournament exclusive only to Ladbrokes players.
We have an online tournament to coincide with our WSOP journey, but you have to watch the videos or read the write up for the special passwords. Vegas Dreamers promotion: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
You can follow everyone’s journey instantly through http://twitter.com/ladbrokes_poker. Also stay tuned for daily videos, uploaded within hours of being filmed in Vegas. All can be found at Ladbrokes Poker WSOP 2009 pages: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/events/wsop-2009/1
Stay tuned for more..
The Ladbrokes office is now operational and all eyes are on the first event, which happens to be the legendary Welcome Party at the Voodoo Lounge. The guest list includes all the Ladbrokes Vegas Dream winners as well as a host of other familiar poker faces from around the world.
The first of the Ladbrokes Vegas Dream Satellites will take place at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Tuesday 30th June. This is a $1060 tournament exclusive only to Ladbrokes players.
We have an online tournament to coincide with our WSOP journey, but you have to watch the videos or read the write up for the special passwords. Vegas Dreamers promotion: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
You can follow everyone’s journey instantly through http://twitter.com/ladbrokes_poker. Also stay tuned for daily videos, uploaded within hours of being filmed in Vegas. All can be found at Ladbrokes Poker WSOP 2009 pages: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/events/wsop-2009/1
Stay tuned for more..
Friday 26 June 2009
Didn't qualify for WSOP 2009? Join VEGAS DREAMER’s
With so many of our players out in Vegas enjoying their ‘Vegas Dream’ package and all the great fun that goes along with it, here at Ladbrokes we thought we should give something back to our players left back at home….
So, for all you Vegas Dreamer’s who may be feeling a bit left out, we have a mini series of tournaments with hundreds of guaranteed prizes and it’s all available for FREE!
This great promotion starts on Wednesday 1st July until Friday 5th July and we’re running 4 ‘Vegas Dreamer’s Freeroll’ events and a ‘Vegas Dreamer’s Main Event’ all with fantastic added prizes and tournament entries to be won.
Every ‘Vegas Dreamer’s’ freeroll has hundred prizes with a value of almost €1000!
How to take part? Check here: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
So, for all you Vegas Dreamer’s who may be feeling a bit left out, we have a mini series of tournaments with hundreds of guaranteed prizes and it’s all available for FREE!
This great promotion starts on Wednesday 1st July until Friday 5th July and we’re running 4 ‘Vegas Dreamer’s Freeroll’ events and a ‘Vegas Dreamer’s Main Event’ all with fantastic added prizes and tournament entries to be won.
Every ‘Vegas Dreamer’s’ freeroll has hundred prizes with a value of almost €1000!
How to take part? Check here: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/poker-events/wsop
Thursday 25 June 2009
Nebuchad in Vegas - World Series of Poker 2009
We got to Las Vegas yesterday and it is really good to finally be here. I think I have a love/hate affair with the city of sins but i will only expand a bit on the love - as the city has everything you could ask for; world class entertainment, world class restaurants and of course the World Series of Poker!
The shows and the restuarants are half the reason of why I go to Vegas every year and I would probably not come here if it were not for them. All lot of my friends have never been to the Cirque de Soleil shows even though they have been here like 3-5 times. I find that unbelievable and its a much bigger offence than not going to a strip club when in Vegas. Imagine that!? Going to Vegas and not visiting a strip club!?
check more stories from Nebuchad at: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/community/team-ladbrokes/nebuchad/blog/nebuchad-wsop-2009
The shows and the restuarants are half the reason of why I go to Vegas every year and I would probably not come here if it were not for them. All lot of my friends have never been to the Cirque de Soleil shows even though they have been here like 3-5 times. I find that unbelievable and its a much bigger offence than not going to a strip club when in Vegas. Imagine that!? Going to Vegas and not visiting a strip club!?
check more stories from Nebuchad at: http://poker.ladbrokes.com/en/community/team-ladbrokes/nebuchad/blog/nebuchad-wsop-2009
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Welcome to Ladbrokes Poker Blog
Welcome to Ladbrokes Poker Blog.
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We will try to update this blog on weekly basic, sometimes more often, so keep checking what's new here or you can follow us on Twitter: Ladbrokes Poker on Twitter & join us on Facebook.
See you at the Poker Tables: Ladbrokes Online Poker
What is Ladbrokes Poker? One of the world's top online poker rooms. With players from the UK, Sweden, Norway as well as Greece and Spain, Ladbrokes is a truly Europe poker experience.
We will try to update this blog on weekly basic, sometimes more often, so keep checking what's new here or you can follow us on Twitter: Ladbrokes Poker on Twitter & join us on Facebook.
See you at the Poker Tables: Ladbrokes Online Poker
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