Saturday, March 8, 2008

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Ladbrokes marches in with Rake Race

By Sarah Polson

The month of March could be a big one for cash game players at Ladbrokes Poker. The site is offering players a chance to compete in four weekly rake races for more than $170,000 in prizes.

Each week, the top 30 finishers in the rake race in each of the levels of the race will receive $27,000 in guaranteed cash prizes.

The prize payout structure is:

Place	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
1st	$1,250	$2,000	$3,500
2nd	$900	$1,250	$2,250
3rd	$600	$900	$1,500
4th	$400	$600	$1000
5th	$300	$450	$800
6th	$225	$350	$600
7th	$175	$250	$450
8th	$125	$175	$325
9th	$100	$150	$225
10th	$75	$100	$175
11th-20th	$45	$75	$125
21st-30th	$35	$45	$100
50th-54th	$30	$40	$75
100th-104th	$20	$30	$50
150th-154th	$15	$20	$30

In addition to that, the top 50 players and players finishing in the 100th and 150th positions in the standings will be invited to one of three end-of-the-month $20,000 World Series of Poker Freerolls. The freerolls will give them a chance to join Jonas "nebuchad" Danielsson and Team Ladbrokes at the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

The race levels are split up as follows:

• Level 1: 25¢/50¢ and 50¢/$1 stakes
• Level 2: $1/$2 stakes
• Level 3: $2/$4 or higher stakes

The first race wrapped up on Friday, and the second rake race for the month gets under way today and will run through Friday, March 14 at 11:59 p.m. (GMT). The third leg of the race runs March 15-21, and the fourth runs March 22-23.

There will also be special bonus days throughout the races. During this week's race, players can get Double Rake Race Points on Thursday, and 50% extra Rake Race Points will be awarded on Friday.

During the third week, double Rake Race Points will be awarded March 20, and 50% extra Rake Race Points will be awarded March 21.

The final week will see those double Rake Race Points dished out March 27, and the 50% extra Rake Race Points awarded March 28.

Related Article: Ladbrokes Approved as WSOP Satellite

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