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Friends, we’re excited to announce a new contest on Cardmates.co.uk! From 15 January to 15 March, publish posts in the Blogs section on Cardmates.co.uk and earn great rewards. The most active bloggers will receive freeroll tickets and cash prizes in popular poker rooms.

Access to Friday GGPoker Freerolls with a $150 Guarantee

Sign up on Cardmates.co.uk and publish your first post in the Blogs section. You’ll be guaranteed to receive the “Fan” status on our website – this status grants access to the weekly $150 CM Freeroll tournament.

You’ll be able to play this freeroll every Friday at 20:00 GMT. Keep publishing posts on our website to unlock access to other private tournaments with guarantees of up to $600 – full details can be found here.

Weekly $300 Giveaway for All Bloggers

Every week, we’ll also be giving away 10 prizes of $30 each among the most active users on our website. Winnings can be paid using one of the following methods of your choice: PokerStars transfer, ACR Poker transfer, CoinPoker transfer or PayPal. This giveaway is open to UK players only.

To take part in the giveaway, you need to publish blog posts during the following qualifying periods 👇

• 19–25 January;
• 26 January – 1 February;
• 2–8 February;
• 9–15 February;
• 16–22 February;
• 23 February – 1 March;
• 2–8 March;
• 9–15 March.

The list of winners will be published on our website every Monday as a separate post in the Blogs section. Winners will be selected at random from all users who publish posts during the qualifying periods.

📩 All winners will be contacted by BlueBeard via private messages on the Cardmates.co.uk website.

How to Create a Blog Post

Simply click the “Add post” button on our website and enter your title and text in the designed fields. Formatting is easy – you can add images, create subheadings, highlight text in bold, and more. When everything is ready, click “Save” and then press the blue tick to publish your masterpiece.

What should you write about? Poker, casino games or sports. Tell us a bit about yourself, share your wins, or post interesting stories from your gambling journey. For inspiration, browse the blog feed and see what other users are writing about.

Please remember that creating more than one account on our website is strictly prohibited and may result in a warning or a ban.

Good luck! We have many more exciting competitions planned for you ahead – join the Cardmates.co.uk community today!

i managed to get 7th not bad from a free $109 ticket i did make a huge icm blunder in my last hand vs a aggro brazillian but hey ill take 7th good sunday hope everyone else had some luck?

I’ve been playing on 888 Poker for 12 years, which basically means my brain now refuses to do one thing at a time. Watching TV without poker on my phone feels illegal, like I’m wasting perfectly good thinking power. At some point, TV stopped being entertainment and became background noise. The real action? Folding bad hands, chasing draws I definitely shouldn’t, and telling myself this is the last game (it never is). A show can be gripping, dramatic, award-winning… and I’ll still be more emotionally invested in a £2 pot. The funny thing is, my interest in poker has dipped over the years, but the habit hasn’t. I don’t always enjoy it — I just feel weird without it. Sitting through a full episode with no poker table open now feels like meditation. Uncomfortable, confusing meditation. Twelve years on, I’ve learned many things: patience, probability, and that my phone will appear in my hand the second the TV turns on. Poker didn’t ruin TV for me — it just turned it into a side quest.

Thanks for the game 

I wrote this out multiple times. The first time it was very detailed. The second time a little less detailed. I somehow managed to delete it both times. Here is the third attempt, hahaha. Before I give a brief rundown of the game I would like to thank Cardmates for providing the game and Party Poker for hosting it. I joined Cardsmate today and this was my first game with everyone. Early on in the tournament I got some KO's so had plenty of chips to work with. I only continue to build my stack from there. 

The Bad Beat 

Once we make it to the final table there are multiple short stacks and I try to put pressure on them. I end up doubling one of them (Twice). On the third attempt I KO the short stack and get my lost chips back. Once the bubble breaks it didn't take long to get heads up. The heads up match seen MANUELF.A and RentMoney (me) even in chips. There is some back and forth but eventually I pull the lead by about 600K. 

Key Hand:

I'm dealt K9H and call a preflop raise. The flop comes 5H 6D JH. I have the nut flush draw and before my opponent even bets I decide I'm raising all in. They do bet/ I do raise all in/ they call/ I don't hit. I now have 600K and pick up KK and add an additional 200K to my stack. There is allot of timed aggression going on as is expected in headsup play. I now pick up A3. My opponent raises to 120K preflop. Blinds are 20/40K. I jam all in and get called. The tournament is all but over as my opponent has AQ. Unfortunately for MANUELF.A the board runs me (Rentmoney) out a flush. I now have 1.6 million in chips to my opponents 2.1 million chips. Sorry for the bad beat MANUELF.A. You played a great game.

The Final Hand 

Leading up to the final hand I recover the cheap lead. I have over 2.3 million chips to my opponents 1.4 million and am dealt A5c. I limp and get raised to 120K (Blinds are 20/40K). I call and the flop comes 10d Qs Qc. Opponent min bets/ with an ace high on a paired board with these table dynamics; that's an easy call. Turn comes 6c and I now have the nut flush draw with one over card. My opponent bets 165K into a 330K pot. It's decision time for me. I have to decide if my opponent hit a full house or not. I'm not just making this call to fold if I hit. I have to decide now if my opponent has a full house. I decide that they don't and make the call. The river comes Jc and I make the nut flush. My opponent is first to act and they put out a 495K bet. A bet that had me thinking they just might got that boat. I made the decision on the turn and stick to it and jam. They call and turn over Qh 4c and the final pot is pushed to me.

Tournament Results 

Congrats to all that cashed. 

Evening all

I've been a long time poker player. I lost SO much money in the early days chasing rivers and then trying to claw back lost money. Nowadays I mostly play freerolls on 888 but have set small limits on only a a couple of websites to chase that dream of the big win. 

I play WAY to many hands and it's a major weakness but I've won tournaments in the past so will continue to try to beat the odds. I mostly play on 888 as they have a load of freerolls but honestly I've only ever won a couple of tournaments on 888 and as a % must be less than 1%. I've been more successful playing on NetBet and WilliamHill in the past for paid tourneys as the numbers are fewer and odds greater. I've banned myself from pretty much most of the poker sites because of my addiction so freerolls are my food to the addiction and I'm glad to have it.

I still hope to hit the jackpot on a randcm (small fee) tourney but I know my skills just aren't good enough so I hope similar players reach that point before they lose as much as I have.

Good luck on the tables

Cheers

Clint

    Hi , My Name is Ned but i play by the moniker Noodeloo. 

I have been playing poker on and off for about 20 years. I mostly play online but I've had an amazing experience playing live when i sattied into an 888 event a few years back. Has anyone else ever sattied from an online to a live tourney? I mostly play recreationally and low stakes online but occasionally satty into higher buy ins like $109s etc. I find game selection and bankroll management are the 2 most underated skills in poker and would like to improve at those because that what i know seperates the pros from the amateurs. I play mostly on 888/GG/Coin but also AcR for some home games.

Id like to hear about what sites people favour and where people get the most value from their poker?

I play mostly tourneys but can see that theres more consistent value from cash games that i dabble in.

ALl the best Cards mates fam,

Noodz

Hi my name is Adam and poker is my number 1 hobby, I absolutely love the game I have been getting into the study side of things in the last few months even though I have played the game for 15 yrs its never to late to learn the technical side of how the game actually works. And I would just like to wish Card mates all the success with there new site and wish every grinder all the best of luck on the felt. Thanks for your time to read this 

So, are you ready? This Friday, 30 January, Cardmates.co.uk users are in for a treat – we’re running three free tournaments at once! The freerolls will be held on 888poker, Partypoker and GGPoker.

How to get in? Read on 👀

Friday Cardmates Freeroll on 888poker & Cardmates.co.uk Freeroll on Partypoker

Our regular Friday freeroll on 888poker is back – and this time we’re adding another Friday tournament on Partypoker. Both events come with a $200 guarantee, but they kick off at different times.

Tournament details 👇

Friday Cardmates Freeroll on 888poker:

• Start time – 8:00 PM (UK time);
• Guarantee – $200;
• Late registration – 30 minutes;
• Access – password protected.

Cardmates.co.uk Freeroll on Partypoker:

• Start time – 6:00 PM (UK time);
• Guarantee – $200;
• Late registration – 30 minutes;
• Access – password protected.

How do you get the passwords? On Friday, our moderator d19932808 will post in the Blogs section. Everyone who leaves a comment under that post will receive the passwords via private messages on our website.

CardMates Freeroll (Fan) on GGPoker

Good news! We’ve been told that all the issues from last week have now been sorted. The freeroll with a $150 guarantee is scheduled to start tomorrow at 8:00 PM (UK time).

⚠️ Please note: the tournament will appear in the GGPoker lobby 120 minutes before kick-off.

Just a reminder – to join this freeroll, you need to have «Fan» status on Cardmates.co.uk. As part of our «Bloggers Challenge», we give away this status and also raffle off cash prizes every week. To take part, all you need to do is publish blog posts on our site.

All players who have already sent us their GGPoker nicknames will receive freeroll tickets. Here’s the list of players registered for tomorrow’s tournament:

• Tiny28
• katyavita
• Rocket_Pockets
• Clint187
• JP350
• VCross1
• TheMarketMech
• N-3-D
• Noelc1234
• GotAllDay
• rezwanruf1
• Deluded1
• Geoff Tipps
• delboy2211

Next Friday, we’ll be sending a new list of players to GGPoker. Want to make it onto that list? Just publish at least one blog post before 6 February.

GL, friends! 🍀

Hey everyone! 👋

Today we’ve got two freerolls lined up for the Cardmates.co.uk community, both with $200 guarantees (UK Only). 

•   Friday Cardmates Freeroll on 888poker – kicks off at 8:00pm (UK time) 
• Cardmates.co.uk Freeroll on Partypoker – starts at 6:00pm (UK time)
  

To get the passwords for both freerolls, just drop «Pass» in the comments under this post. Easy as that 😉

Shortly after that, you’ll be contacted by d19932808 via private messages on Cardmates.co.uk, where you’ll receive the freeroll password.

Please note that only registered users can leave comments on our website. Registration on Cardmates.co.uk is quick and easy.

Good luck in the freeroll! 🍀

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just joined and want to hopefully share posts with fellow members 

my name is madcatnad nad