Ladbrokes’ biggest ever online-only tournament, with over $1,200,000 in guaranteed prize money

Friday 15th April 2005

This year’s Ladbrokes European Championship – 100% Online, the number one online poker event in Europe, is set to be the Ladbrokes’ biggest ever online-only tournament, with over $1,200,000 in guaranteed prize money. It will take place at Ladbrokespoker.com from Sunday 24th April – Sunday 1st May, culminating in the “Main Event”, with the winner collecting a minimum $225,000.

In addition to a stake of the prize money, event final winners will also receive a full package on the next Ladbrokes Poker Cruise, entry into the $10,000 Champion of Champions Freeroll held on board the cruise, and an exclusive 110 gram gold Championship bracelet.

Online daily satellite tournaments for the Ladbrokes European Championship – 100% Online (or LEOCOP as it’s called in the poker room) are being played now and for as little as $3 online poker players can sign up for a chance to play against the likes of Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley and a host of other poker professionals to win the $750,000 prize pool Main Event.

The growth of poker in the UK over the past year is a unique phenomenon, with the number of hands dealt at Ladbrokespoker.comn, Europe’s busiest poker site, trebling since last May. Poker has quickly become the UK’s fastest growing social activity and is now regarded as a mass participation international game, attracting players of all levels to a veritable online poker community. Erik “The Salmon” Sagstrom, the leading Ladbrokes online player, earned over $1,000,000 in 2004 at Ladbrokespoker.com.

Source: OnlineCasinoNews