Ladbrokes Poker paid out over $70,000 in prize money in their 12th Festival event, the LEOCOP Pot Limit Championship. 161 players competed for a first prize place of $19,470, which was won after over seven hours of play by ‘GamblingPays’ from Essex, UK. ‘Jvsky123’ from Espoo, Finland came second winning $12,655.50.
Satellites for the last 4 of the 16 money added online festival events which include Second Chance Plus 2, Short Handed Championship, Heads-Up Championship and the Main Event are still running on Ladbrokespoker.com, which means that players can still qualify for all including the festival finale, the Main Event for as little as $1. With a massive $250,000 added to the $1,000+100 no limit Hold'em tournament it really is worth a try!
‘Jysky123 ’ and ‘GamblingPays’ both entered heads-up play evenly matched. However, the momentum of the game shifted as GamblingPays hit quad sixes and with his chip lead siezed control of the match. Shortly after, Jysky123 raised preflop with Kh-3h, which was called by GamblingPays. The flop came down 8d-Jh-9h. GamblingPays checked, Jysky123 shoved all-in and GamblingPays instantly called with Ah-6h for the superior flush draw. On the ace of spades turn, Jyesky123 was drawing dead and GamblingPays was crowned pot limit champ with top pair.
Edward Ihre, MD of Ladbrokes Poker commented: “The feedback from the players who have participated in our events so far has been brilliant. The festival has been our chance to showcase all that is good about Ladbrokes: European start times, great friendly community and some of the best value and well structured tournaments around. I think new players are smitten enough to play on Ladbrokes Poker even when the festival ends and it has reaffirmed what Ladbrokes Poker is about to our regular players/community"
The Main Event is just around the corner, so make sure you book your seat in what should be a online poker extravaganza of the year.