Ladbrokes Cruise 2011

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The Ladbrokes Poker Cruise is BACK! And it is bigger and better than ever.

In January 2011, the fourth Ladbrokes Poker Cruise sets sail from Florida for an 8 day Caribbean Poker Cruise aboard the world’s largest deluxe cruise liner ‘Oasis of the Seas’.

For any club in Ireland that wants to reserve a seat for this please contact me directly on nkelly@bigslickevents.net or call me 087 2828744 each package is worth £4000 . This exchange rate is about €5000 per seat . This is a unique opurtunity to avail of these packages for the club and allows two people to travel on what will be a unique poker experience .

As always, there will be a Festival of Poker that includes a full tournament program, cash games and STT’s.

Qualification for the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV is available now, so do not miss out on being part of Europe’s biggest poker festival!

When and Where
Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV will depart from Ft Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday 22 January 2011 and return on Saturday 29 January 2011 having visited three exotic destinations:

Labadee (exclusive beach & water sports paradise)
Falmouth, Jamaica
Cozumel, Mexico
And will have a huge range of poker tournaments on cruise.
The Cruise
The Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV is worth £4,000 (available for as little as £4.40!), and includes:

An ocean view balcony cabin for qualifier and one guest
Travel allowance of £950
£500 Main Event 1 Buy In
Eligibility to participate in the Festival of Poker
Ladbrokes Poker schedule of hospitality and entertainment over and above the standard programme offered on board
Meals on board the ship
How to Qualify for the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise
To join us on the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV you need to obtain a Cruise Place, which can be won in the Cruise Weekly Final that is held each Monday evening at 20:15 GMT.

You can either buy directly into this freeze-out tournament or qualify via the Cruise Daily Finals, for which there is a daily program of satellites available in the Tournaments/ Offline Events/ Poker Cruise IV lobby.

Cruise Buy-Ins
You can now guarantee your place on the ship by buying in directly for £3,050 - Terms and Conditions apply. This includes all elements of the Cruise Place (though excludes the travel allowance cost). It's easy - just join the lobby, available under the offline events tab. If you have any queries you can also contact our cruise team at cruise2011@ladbrokes.co.uk.

The Ship and Cabins
The luxury ‘Oasis of the Seas’ is the first of her class and is the world’s largest passenger vessel. She is part of the fleet operated by the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. At 225,000 tonnes, she is over three times the size of the QEII.

All Cruise Place winners will be accommodated in an ocean view cabin with a balcony. A limited number of suites will be available on a first come first served basis for players who wish to upgrade.

Oasis of the Seas Amenities
The ship features a zip-line, a casino, a mini-golf course, four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, theme parks and nurseries for children.

Onboard recreational, athletic and entertainment activities are organised into seven themed areas called "neighborhoods":

Central Park features boutiques, restaurants and bars, including access to the Rising Tide bar, which can be raised or lowered to three separate levels
It houses the first living park at sea with over 12,000 plants and 56 trees
The Pool and Sports Zone features a sloped-entry beach pool and two surf simulators
The Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness Centre features a spa for teens
Boardwalk features a handcrafted carousel, restaurants, bars, shops, two rock-climbing walls, and a tattoo parlor. Its outdoor 750-seat Aqua Theatre amphitheater hosts the ship's largest freshwater pool
Royal Promenade features restaurants and shops and is viewable from a mezzanine
Youth Zone features a science lab and computer gaming
Travel Allowance
All Cruise Place winners will have their £950 travel allowance credited to their Ladbrokes Poker account. The qualifier will be responsible for arranging return flights to and from and hotel accommodation (for themselves and guest) in New Ft Lauderdale for the night of 21 January 2011.

Ladbrokes Poker’s Event Management Team will endeavour to provide all qualifiers with information on flight options, and hotel availability within differing price bands, as information becomes available. It is the Cruise Place winner’s responsibility to book and ensure that flights and accommodation is suitable for their individual needs.

For players qualifying before the end of February 2010, credits to Ladbrokes Poker accounts will be made in March 2010. This is the time that flights to Florida from all European destinations usually become available. See terms and conditions for more details.

Ladbrokes Poker Cruise IV – The Festival of Poker
The onboard card room will operate (subject to any contrary instructions that we receive from the ship’s operator) whenever the ship is at sea, but will close for a dinner break on sea days.

Full details of the Festival of Poker will be announced in early 2010, which will comprise a full tournament schedule, Poker Cash Games and Sit n Go’s.

All qualifiers will be registered for the £500 Event 1 or can upgrade to the High Roller £1,500 event - for more details see the cruise schedule here.

Book your holiday and qualify now!
So what are you waiting for? Book your time off with the boss, and select your accompanying guest.

Simply select the ‘Cruise’ tab under the MTT section of the lobby, and get playing.

Regards

Neill Kelly
Big Slick Events
Ladbrokes Tournament Director

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The 2011 Ladbrokes Poker Cruise edges ever closer, and we can now announce the Poker Schedule. There will be four separate tournaments aimed at catering for all of our passengers.

All qualifying players and their guest(s) will be eligible to register in the events. A breakdown of the tournaments can be seen in the table below:

Date Tounament Buy-in
Sunday 23rd Jan (Seaday) Event 1 (Day 1A) £500 (2 Day Event)
Monday 24th Jan (Labadee) Event 2 £250 (1 Day Event)
Tuesday 25th Jan (Seaday) Event 1 (Day 1B) £500 (2 Day Event)
Wednesday 26th Jan (Costa Maya) Event 1 Final Day
Thursday 27th Jan (Cozumel) Event 3 (Ladies only) $100 (1 Day Event)
High Roller £1500 (2 Day Event)
Friday 28th Jan (Seaday) High Roller Final Day

Note: The poker schedule is subject to change.

Players may register for the onboard poker tournaments via the cruise lobby – only cruise ticket holders may register for these events, any guests who wish to register must be also be ladbrokespoker.com account holders. Players will not be allowed to de-register or re-register once aboard the ship. All transactions will be made via player’s poker accounts prior to the ship sailing.

This is with the exception of the $100 Ladies Only tournament where players will be able to register once on the ship. The Ladies Only event is the only event that has a buy in currency of US$. This is due to the currency used on the ship being US$. The buy in equivalent of your account currency will be taken from your account should you wish to register.

All cruise ticket winners will be automatically registered for Event 1, (£500 tournament). Event 1 is scheduled to have two Day 1’s allowing players to plan their trip effectively as well as allowing for Poker Cash Games and Sit n Go’s on the first day.

Qualifiers for ‘Event 1’ will also have the opportunity to buy into the ‘High Roller tournament’ for £1500, or forfeit their ‘Event 1 seat’ and add £1,000 to be manually debited from their poker balance and pre-registered, by contacting: cruise2011@ladbrokes.co.uk.

Players can also qualify for the High Roller via the Monthly satellite. Dates for the Monthly Satellites are:

Sunday 26th September
Sunday 31st October
Sunday 28th November
Sunday 26th December

The buy in for the Monthly satellite will be £120 + £5 with one seat every £1,500 in the prize pool. One ticket will be guaranteed in the Monthly Satellite. Players can also qualify for the Monthly Satellite through our Cruise Steps. If a player wins a Cruise Step 3 ticket they can redeem it for a Monthly Final ticket entry. Please be advised that only players who have qualified for the cruise (and their guests) should play the monthly satellite. There will be no cash alternatives for players who win a prize in the monthly satellite and are not on the cruise.

Cash games and Sit n Go’s at varying stakes will be available every day.

Terms and Conditions
Only players who have already won a cruise place may register into the cruise tournament lobbies (but may have to contact us with their alias and the associated cruise placeholders alias in order to facilitate their registration).

Guests of players who have won a cruise place are eligible to register into the cruise tournament lobbies .

Cruise place winners (only) are eligible to transfer to the High Roller Event if they add £1000. The player will then be de-registered from the £500 lobby.

Players can register for all tournaments (except the Ladies Tournament if they are male)

Players will not be able to register for Event 1, Event 2 and the High Roller on the ship.

Ladies will be allowed to register for Event 3 on the ship.
Each Monthly Satellite will have one ticket guaranteed.
For Cruise Full Terms & Conditions please click here

The Clamper

looks great Neil

I think I better win me one of these

Thanks for the update

Derek