Gambling Pays!

The inaugural LEOCOP IV Masters Event was held online on the 22nd November. The Masters was an exclusive invitation only event that was given to players that placed in the top 80 of a special Ladbrokes Poker Leaderboard that was run as part of their two week October LEOCOP festival a few weeks ago.

29-year-old Kevin GamblingPays Allen, from Romford, has now won a seat in the semi-finals of Poker Million VII worth $120,000, which guarantees $20,000 prize money and the opportunity to progress to the live final table on Friday 12th December 2008 and walk away with the $1,000,000 first prize. You can see him in action in the semi-final on Sky Sports 2 on the 10th December.

Kevin said: “I’m over the moon. I won the LEOCOP Pot Limit event a couple of weeks ago and didn’t even realise that this put me in the running for an invitation to the LEOCOP Masters and ultimately a shot at the Poker Million Crown, until my mate pointed it out the next day. This sort of thing just doesn’t happen to me and everything from this moment on is icing on the cake. I’m really excited to think that I’ll be playing in a tournament with over a million in the prize pool especially as I always watch the Ladbrokes Poker Million on TV. I can’t believe that this time round instead of watching, I’ll be in it.”

Kevin will be lining up with Ladbrokes Poker sponsored pro Jonas Danielsson, Hendon Mobsters Barney and Ross Boatman, Ryan Fronda, Ciaran O’Leary, Liam Flood and Kenneth Sorensen.

Edward Ihre MD of Ladbrokes Poker said: “Its a great opportunity for any player and possibly a position they can use to their advantage, after all Kevin has not played a heat, so no one has a clue as to how he will approach the game! There is one last chance to win a satellite to the Ladbrokes Poker Million semi-finals and that is this Saturday, although you should hurry, you have to win one of the daily Chase the Chair Freerolls and they close on Friday.”

The final heat next Tuesday includes Max Rushden, co-presenter of Soccer AM, who is trying to emulate Helen Chamberlain’s epic Poker Million performance when she won $500,000 as runner up to winner Tony Jones and Ladbrokes sponsored Player Jonas Danielsson along with 2008 Irish Open champ Neil Channing.

Poker Million VII Payout structure

First      $1,000,000

Second  $260,000

Third     $175,000

Fourth   $130,000

Fifth      $100,000

Sixth     $75,000

Seventh – Sixteenth $20,000