VIP Poker Player Sponsorship

Earn between $50 and $500 every month

We all know that playing Online Poker can be tough, managing your Bankroll, recovering from new players Fishing and hitting on the river. And coming to terms with another Bad Beat after a solid day of Online Poker play.
We have relaunched our VIP Poker Player Sponsorship. We reward all our Poker Players with a VIP Poker Player Sponsorship. Register with LTDPoker.com and sign up with any of our Platinum Poker Sites to become a sponsored player.

In addition to any sign up bonuses you can become a sponsored player. Once you have made an initial deposit we will monitor you game play and based on the number of hands played we will sponsor your play for the following month.

The Minimum sponsorship is $50 upto $500 every month, in addition we are giving away $150 each month to the player with the highest rake generated and another $150 to the player who plays the largest number of hands. What are you waiting for Sign up now!
How do you track your Sponsorship level
Player Sponsorship is based on the number of LTD Points accumulated throughout the month.


LTDPoints Player Sponsorship
50+ $50
100 $75
150 $100
200 $150
300 $200
400 $300
500 $400


How do I earn LTD Points?Ring Games: LTDPoints are earned for all cash game play at all qualiying Online Poker rooms downloaded via LTDPoker.com, the number of points depends on the Blind levels and number of players in the game.
Tournaments : LTDPoints are earned for all your tournament entry, the tournament fee is added to your overall Rake generated and then converted to LTDPoints. The number of points depends on the tournament entry fee and the Poker Room you are playing.

Player sponsorship is paid at the end of every month the minimum sponsorship payment is $50.

LTDPoints will be carried forward up to a maximum of 3 months.

How great is Online Poker?

Poker is the fastest growing pastime in the UK right now. We have always had a love affair with the danger and glamour of poker portrayed in movies and now the advanced poker playing software has opened up the game to a much wider audience.
Apart from the fun factor, Online poker is a great way for players to win money and earn a little extra income (did you know its tax free!), for some living the dream means poker is their only source of income! So if this has aroused your interest here are some of the great reasons why more and more people are registering and winning big!
It’s Fun! It’s as much fun as playing face to face but it’s easier to bluff online! Most poker rooms have chat boxes so who knows you may even meet your Mr/Mrs Right and make some money to pay for the date!
Its So Easy! Once you have an online poker account it often takes only one click to get into a game.
It’s a learning experience! It does not matter if you do not know how to play poker. You needn’t feel embarrassment at your lack of experience. The anonymity of playing online will make you feel more confident.
It Looks Good! The online poker websites are technologically advanced and visually impressive, you get to see the table and the other players’ faces. Sites like PKR allow you to create your own image so you can pretend to be anyone you want! LTDPoker offer great free bankroll for PKR
It’s convenient. You can play from your plushy recliner in the living room if you wanted.
Variety is the Spice of Life: There is a wide variety of online poker games to play online. From Texas Hold Em to 5 Card Stud to Omaha as well as many other variations of the games and playing styles. When you start playing online you do not have to stay with one particular type of poker, you can switch between different styles of games. LTDPokerschool.com explains the basic rules of all the main types of poker as well as advanced level strategy and management advice.
You can play for free! Sites such as www.ltdpoker.com offer large free bankroll to the top sites. This means for a minimum stake of £15 you could be playing with over £100 in your account! Setting up accounts through sites such as these will give you better offers and advice than if you sign up direct.
You can win real money: Many of the Big tournament winners during 2007/08 have not been playing for very long. Online Poker is a great way to practice (often for free) but it also gives new players equal chance to enter into big money tournaments.
Poker tournaments. Many poker websites have large tournaments with a small buy-in but with large jackpots, just like WSOP and WPT! Online Poker tournaments are a great way to experience what the pro poker players experience..
For reviews of some of the top poker websites online visit www.ltdpoker.com
About LTDPoker.com: We are an leading online poker portal covering many topics from poker reviews, poker strategy. Help with specific poker games like texas holdem, 7 card stud and omaha and the site you can find the best action. We also include detailed room reviews online, where we score and rank each and every room and details of our exclusive free online poker bonus too.

Sky Poker. Let the Games Begin!

The busy bees over at Sky Poker have thrown down the gauntlet in a true test of stamina in this 10 day, 10 event online poker Decathlon!
Who will be the last player standing to claim the title as the Sky Poker Games Champion? They are giving away 1 year Sky HD packages to the 3 Online Poker athletes with the highest accumulative points total after the 10 events. The top 10 athletes will receive an exclusive Sky Poker Hoodie, plus other poker goodies! For the athletes who make it over the last hurdle and compete in all 10 events they'll receive £50 worth of free Sports Bets.
For each game, Games Points are awarded to the Top 100 finishers, 1st place will receive 100 points, 2nd place 99 points 3rd place 98 points etc. Our leader board will be updated by midday daily to show how our poker athletes are progressing in the "SPG".
In each daily game there will be a £500 GTD prize pool The Schedule of Games starts on Friday 8th of August at 9.45pm and runs at the same time for 10 consecutive nights.

Buy in £3.00 + 30p

Friday 8th August 08 -100 metres - 3000 chips, 2 minute blinds.
Saturday 9th August 08 -Long Jump - 2000 chips. Blinds increase with the run up, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 then Jump where blinds "jump 3 levels" then continue in 10 minute intervals thereafter.
Sunday 10th August 08 - Shot Put - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "shot putter" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Monday 11th August 08 - High Jump - 3000 chips. Blind times decrease as he runs up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then jump 3 levels for 5 minutes during the jump, dropping back 3 levels to normal 10 minute blind levels.
Tuesday 12th August 08 - 400 metres - 2000 chips. 10 minute blinds, with the blinds increasing to 7 minutes after 45 minutes, and 5 minutes after 1.5 hours and 3 minutes after 2 hours.
Wednesday 13th August 08 - 110 metre hurdles - 3000 chips, 3minute blinds, jumping 3 levels every 3 blinds, dropping back down 2 levels on the 4th blind.
Thursday 14th August 08 - Discus - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "Discus Thrower" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Friday 15th August 08 -Pole vault -3000 chips. Blind times decrease as he runs up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then jump 4 levels for 5 minutes during the jump, dropping back 4 levels to normal 10 minute blind levels.
Saturday 16th August 08 - Javelin - 2000 chips. Blind times decrease as the "javelin thrower" winds up, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then a 20 minute blind level, followed by 10 minute blinds thereafter.
Sunday 17th August 08 - 1500 metres - 3000 chips. 10 minute blinds, with the blinds increasing to 7 minutes after 1 hour, and 5 minutes after 2 hours.
So let the Games commence...

For further information about Sky Poker and full terms and conditions sign up to your free player registration at LTD Poker.com. LTD Poker is the fastest growing online poker community site.

PartyPoker’s $1,000,000 Birthday Party!

To celebrate their seventh Birthday PartyPoker has put together a $1,000,000 birthday party on Sunday, August 10th.

No cheesy disco, clowns or birthday cake for PartyPoker… they are pulling out all the stops, rivaling even the most glitzy WAG wedding!

The centerpiece will be a big-money tournament featuring a stunning $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with a championship-style blind structure stack.

Party Poker is one of the biggest poker rooms in the world, with massive traffic, good game selection and a huge tournament line-up. Although it's no longer the absolute largest as it once was, promotions, tournaments and games are all top tier. Party Poker is also well known for hosting tons of special events including, of course, the famed PartyPoker Million. Because of the massive traffic and good game variety, any player is sure to find a table that suits their needs

LTD is delighted to be able to offer new players wanting to get in on the action some fantastic Free Bankrolls when you set up a PartyPoker account through us. We also many other top rated poker rooms available to new and experienced poker players.

With at least $1,000,000 to play for and all the excitement you can handle you will think all your birthdays have come at once!




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Poker Bots – Are they a real Threat to Online Poker?

Concern is growing in online chat rooms and news groups devoted to poker that sophisticated card-playing robots – known as “bots” in the nomenclature of the Web – are being used on commercial gambling sites. The premise underlying online poker is that all players are humans. But with the growing availability of free poker "bot" downloads, it is becoming difficult to detect whether a player is real or a possibly unbeatable bot.
Poker playing computer programs helps human players hone their skills, but now that researchers have made programs that claims they can beat any human player, are online poker sites under threat?
Well because there's no real way to tell a program from a person. Some players could enter programs, or poker bots, as people.
Ian Fellows of the University of California in San Diego (who make the Poker Bots) concludes "It wasn't until mid-2000, [when] an algorithm was developed, that [bots] could even come close to a competent player. But now online computer poker playing may become a thing of the past," said Fellows.
Fell Omen is based on an artificial intelligence algorithm called "fictious play." The algorithm enables bots to use imperfect information. Unlike chess, for instance, players do not know what cards are held by other players. (In chess, all information is known to both players.) Normal game-tree searches like those used by chess-playing bots cannot be used for poker. Fell Omen "is all based on decision trees that tell you at any point in the course of the game, What's the probability you should raise, call or fold? Then it generates a random number and goes with that action," said Fellows. That strategy is combined with randomness that prevents other bots from guessing its strategy.
But skeptics argue the complexities of the game and the changing strategies ensure that creation of a program that can “read” opponents’ cards using screen scanning techniques and respond in real time is years away at best. They point to the handful of commercial products that claim to give online players significant advantage, which they deride are inadequate, as proof today's bots are no match for humans.
“It is pretty much a certainty that bots are playing online,” said Gautam Rao, a 43-year-old Canadian poker pro who regularly plays three high-stakes Internet games simultaneously. “… What we don’t know is how strong they are.”
Widespread use of bots capable of beating your average player would pose a significant problem for the online poker sector, which has grown exponentially in recent years and is expected to top the $1 billion revenue mark this year. Without some way of verifying the identity – and humanity – of players, the business could be significantly undercut.


For more information about these and other Poker news events go to Online Poker News at LTDPoker.com. You can register for the Ladbrokes festival and the Gala Casinos British Poker

Ladbrokes to join with Microgaming Poker Network!

Ladbrokes Poker is to set to join the Microgaming Poker Network, one of the world's leading Online Poker networks, to ensure more action for its players in both cash games and tournaments.
Ladbrokes Poker already licenses Microgaming's poker software, so Ladbrokes' customers will notice little change to the site when it begins operating within the Microgaming Poker Network from early 2009.
Play now at Ladbrokes Poker

"Joining the Microgaming network will give our players more action on a wider variety of games, particularly at higher staking levels. Microgaming is a leading network and will offer Ladbrokespoker players faster access to the games they want. We will continue to operate outside of the network on tables where we already offer players the level of action they demand." commented John O'Reilly, Managing Director

Ladbrokes Poker continue to provide its customers with high levels of customer service and a unique experience through world-leading poker events, tournaments and promotions such as the Ladbrokes Poker Million, World Series of Poker packages, the Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship, Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker, Ladbrokes Poker Cruise and Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival.
For more information about these and other Poker news events go to Online Poker News at LTDPoker.com. You can register for the Ladbrokes festival and the Gala Casinos British Poker

Ladbrokes set to accept US poker bets

Ladbrokes had made the decision to enter the US market prior to the passage of a bill making the operation of an online poker room illegal in the States.
“This follows with the guidance we gave earlier this year,” John O’Reilly, Managing Director of egaming said. “We intend to take advantage of our position in the market and invest heavily in player acquisition and sign ups are up 30% on last year, and we have set a 20% growth target for NGR between now and 2010 and we are bang in line with that.”
Commenting on Ladbrokes’ decision to join the Microgaming poker network and accept US bets, in particular for its high stakes players, O’Reilly said: “Most of the poker rake is generated by the high stakes players and we have taken the decision to offer them US liquidity from the states where there is less of a legal risk. We have evaluated the legal situation and are happy with our position.
Nearly all the publicly traded Internet poker companies retreated from the US market following passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act in October 2006.”
Ladbrokes is a member of the FTSE 250 Index and was once part of the Hilton Group, owning the hotel brand outside of the United States.
Group pre-tax profits for the six month period to the end of June fell to £170m from £192.7m over the same period last year, the company said this morning. Excluding high rollers, gross win increased 13% to £583.3 million, pre-tax operating profits fell 2% to £130m and UK retail gross win increased 6.5% to £394.3m. Chief executive Christopher Bell commented: "The group's performance has continued to show resilience against a challenging economic backdrop. In UK retail, following a strong first four months of the year, June suffered a string of poor results affecting all channels, most notably Royal Ascot and the early stages of Euro 2008. Notwithstanding a poor fourth week during July, Group gross win for the period from 1 July to 5 of August was up 11% overall and up 6% in UK retail."
Ladbrokes owns over 2,200 retail betting shops divided between the UK, Ireland and Belgium. It also operates several online gambling websites offering sportsbook, poker, casino, games, bingo and backgammon. Ladbrokes uses the OpenBet system from Orbis Technology.
Online sports betting had performed well, O’Reilly said, with in-running revenues up 50%. “In-running will continue to be one of the drivers for us on that side of the business. Our online sportsbook is a long tail business, where we offer thousands of markets and all the small bets create a critical mass once they are added up. We have also signed a deal with the Perform Group for more live streaming events, which will add to our in-running activities,” he said

For more information about these and other Poker news events go to Online Poker News at LTDPoker.com. You can register for the Ladbrokes festival and the Gala Casinos British Poker