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Ladbrokes Poker Million VII - Details
Ladbrokes Poker Million VII - Details
February 12, 2008 - Deanna Goodson
Joe Beevers won the Poker Million VI right before Xmas 2007 (Credit: Ladbrokes Poker) 
Ladbrokes Poker Million VII is Europe’s longest running televised tournament and now until the 29th of June you can qualify exclusively at Ladbrokespoker.com for a package worth $21,000 to play in one of the 12 televised 6 seat heats. This time round there is a twist to proceedings, like last year Ladbrokespoker.com will allow the cream of sponsored poker players to buy their way into the heats for this event, giving you the rare opportunity to play against some of the best players in the world, but in addition to this Ladbrokes Poker, for the first time ever, will be adding four additional semi-final seats, two of which will be won online exclusively at Ladbrokes whilst the show is being broadcast (Sept to Nov 2008). The two other additional semi-final seats will be played for in two televised six handed second chance tournaments by the runners up in the 12 televised heats.
Become a part of its illustrious history and follow in the footsteps of snooker whizz Jimmy White, EPT founder John Duthie, Donnacha O'Dea, peoples champ Raj Modha and most recently poker millionaire The Hendon Mobs' Joe Beevers. For as little as $1 you can play in one of the multiple daily super satellites on Ladbrokespoker.com (while seats are still available), which feed into regular daily and weekly finals. To sweeten the pot Ladbrokes will be adding a massive $500,000 in prize money and first prize as usual is a guaranteed cool $1,000,000!
The Ladbrokespoker.com Poker Million VII heats, will be broadcast every Tuesday from the 9th Sept – 9th December on Sky Sports 2. The semi finals and final will be broadcast live in December.
Edward Ihre, Managing Director of Ladbrokespoker.com said: “ We’re keen to build on the popularity of Ladbrokes Poker Million, knowing that it holds a special place in poker history. The changes we made last year allowing the cream of the worlds poker players to buy-in, was well received and we think the addition of four seats and the opportunity to get in on the action while the event is full flow is another interesting facet to the tournament that will be welcomed by our players. Ultimately, we want the to ensure that the format remains fresh and exciting to all."
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