We give away 7 seats for the WSOP 2009 Main Event worth $10k each

The first in a series of satellites for Ladbrokes Vegas Dream winners to qualify for the Main Event took place at the Rio Hotel & Casino earlier today. This was a $1060 satellite and there were 73 players taking part. This meant that seven lucky players would win a WSOP Main Event seat. The bubble prize was generously boosted by Ladbrokes and turned into a seat for the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival.

One player was doing his best to imitate poker legend Phil Hellmuth. Laddies regular Happymaxy (Max Winberg) was nowhere to be seen when it was time to shuffle up and deal. In fact, he didn't even make it in time to see the first player to hit the rail. That was Tamas Fuhl who came all the way from Hungary only to last 15 minutes into the first satellite.

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The players continued to fall think and fast. The final table was 10 handed and the banter at the table was quickly muted as the seriousness of what was at stake was dawning on the players. The first player to exit was Karl Beare (yogi147). He was followed closely by Simon Adams (Adamsss86). Adams was cruelly knocked out by Martin Stalros (Michelin). Michelin doubled up through Adams when his J 4 was too strong against Adams A K. In the very next hand Michelin hit an ace on the river to crack Adams pocket Kings and virtually assure himself a Main Event seat. Adams was devastated and was left in shock on the sidelines.

That took us to the bubble. The unlucky player was Jocke57 (Johan Hargesson). The player from Sweden could still raise half a smile after securing a seat to the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker festival in Killarney.

So we have our first winners. In no particular they are; Lee Pope (sirus77), 4thnoxx (Michael Sterk), David Mann (dmannyboy), martin Stalros (Michelin), Gary Edgley (shortstack), Craig Swatton (Plymlegend) and Vinod Jadav (vinny). Congratulations to all of these players. The Vegas Dream roadshow now moves on to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the next satellite.

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