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Hello, mates!

We recently launched our WhatsApp channel. It’s a very convenient way to stay updated on freerolls, contests and other news on our website. And to make sure this event doesn’t go unnoticed, we’ve prepared a small giveaway for you 😉

🎁 We’re giving away 10 prizes of $15 each. Winners will be able to receive their prizes using one of the following methods: PokerStars transfer, ACR Poker transfer, CoinPoker transfer, PayPal or Skrill.

How to participate? Post your favourite meme about poker, casino or sports betting in the comments under this post.

The winners will be selected at random on 17 March. The list of lucky winners will be published in a separate post in the Cardmates.co.uk Blogs section and on our channel.

Don’t want to miss our upcoming giveaways? Join us on WhatsApp!

Good luck! 🍀

Hi everyone

ive decided after 15 years of playing NLH MTT'S recreationally that i would like to try something new to me. so i think im going to try to play PLO MTT'S. i was wondering if someone here could point me in the right direction into some free study material for pre flop ranges and maybe some good PLO streamers that i can watch and ask questions? i currently use octopi for NLH but theres nothing on there about PLO from what i have seen. Thanks for any advice given. And GL to everyone on the sunday grind

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Alright, mates! Got some cracking news. Henceforth, every Friday active users of our site will be able to join CM Freerolls – exclusive private tournaments hosted on GGPoker. Freeroll guarantees vary from $150 to $600. Dead simple to gain access: start your blog on Cardmates.co.uk, rack up enough Aura points to achieve a particular status.

What’s Aura and statuses? Find all the details via the link.

Friday freeroll deets:

• Tour name – CardMates Freeroll;
• Date – every Friday at 20:00;
• Buy-in – free entry;
• Game – No-Limit Hold'em (NLH);
• Late registration – 30 mins;
• Starting stack – 125 BB;
• Format – 8-max, no re-entry/rebuys.

Please note: the tournaments pop up in the GGPoker lobby about two hours before kickoff (around 6pm). Freeroll tickets get credited on Fridays.

The higher your site status, the quicker you tap into freerolls with bigger guarantees. What to do next once you've achieved a certain status? Check details at the end of this post.

$150 CM Freeroll (Fan)

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A starting freeroll for new bloggers kicking off their course on our site. Reach "Fan" status on Cardmates.co.uk to gain access.

Getting your first status is dead easy – one only needs 200 Aura points. The first 100 points land automatically as soon as the user registers on our site and completes their profile.

Just set up your blog and share the story of your gambling journey. Let's get acquainted, mates! 😉

$250 CM Freeroll (Expert)

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Tournament unlocks for everyone who hits the "Expert" status. To achieve it, you'll need to spend a bit more time on the site and charge your Aura with at least 500 points.

Get active in blogs: post new stuff, comment on others. Won't take too long to become an Expert, actually.

$350 CM Freeroll (Guru)

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One must collect at least 1,500 Aura points to qualify for this tourney – that’s an automatic grant of the "Guru" status. Worth it: fewer participants, fatter prizes.

Aim for longer, top-quality blog posts. The more gripping your pieces are, the more ratings from the crowd.

$450 CM Freeroll (Elite)

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Next level up – exclusive Friday freerolls for "Elite" bloggers. You need to elevate your Aura meter to 5,000 points to grab this status.

By this point, you'll have enough experience to smash it on Cardmates.co.uk. Make sure to grow your following – they'll get instant notifications on every new post and contribute to your desired ratings.

$600 CM Freeroll (Legend)

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This is the peak of your adventure on our site. Only those hitting the "Legend" status will qualify for the cream of the crop freeroll – 10,000+ Aura points required.

Yeah, only select and most active bloggers will pull it off. But nothing's impossible – become a true Cardmates.co.uk legend and grab the sweetest perks! 👑

How to join private freerolls

Once you secure your first status on Cardmates.co.uk, you’ll need to register your GGPoker nickname on our site. Click your profile pic and select "Status" to hit a special form that registers usernames. Do it once, and you're always on the Friday tournament lists.

Note: You'll get a notification as soon as you unlock a new status on our website.

Registration for the special GGPoker freerolls is automatic. Find Friday tournaments in the poker room’s lobby using filters: Tourney – Private. Reg opens about two hours before kickoff.

Crucial point! We pass the list of players to GGPoker every Monday. Miss the new status deadline? You'll be able to join the fatter game next week – keep this in mind.

Your epic journey on Cardmates.co.uk is about to kick off! Best of luck, mates!

Additional info:

• Each time you achieve a new status, you’ll be automatically added to the matching freeroll list. This means you won't be able to play multiple tourneys at once, only the one that mirrors your status.
• Any Friday freeroll requires at least 6 players to be run. Once we record eight participants with a specific status, the corresponding event will appear in the GGPoker lobby.
• To rack up Aura points faster and climb statuses, check the table in this article. It’s simple: earn points when other users rate your blog posts and comment on them. Extra points drop as you leave reviews on poker sites/online casinos, or when new bloggers start following you, etc.

Cheers!

Hey everyone . 

I'm a new user on here. So have just been having a read through some posts some bringing very familiar feelings back from my past casino sessions. 

I'm not exactly a massive gambler. Poker immensely, 100% addicted. But trying to explain to people who don't play that to me I don't see that as gambling....it's a skilled game. Many aspects, strategy and I can spend £10 on a tourney and play 6 hours having fun.......or £60 in an hour at the local pub and have nothing but a head ache 🤣🤣🤣.......people who don't play don't get It. 

Slots however..........are my nemesis. Again I'm not a massive gambler when it comes to slots.  But I am terrible at getting a bad beat in poker , maybe dropping out just before the money. (Thats my worst moment) Because instantly I'll switch to slots.....and RAGE SPIN.  

Usually using winnings I won on my previous tournament. And ultimately ending the night with what I started with or less. But occasionally you hit a lucky first spin and tops your bankroll back up so I feel a immense sense of wellbeing and can sleep happy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I do have one major bug bear with slots, it seems every casino does it. Which is games being set at MAX BET. 

Even knowing this it's caught me out on a few occasions. Or worse I've lowered the bet  and clicked BACK instead of OK which has kept spins at max bet anyway. 

I have a very love/hate relationship with this situation. On a quick 10 min work break and thinking .....Ive got a tenner in my account I'll have a few spins....to find out crap ....I've Span twice and I've lost my money and still have 9 mins and 30 seconds of my break left...........uggggghhh

However it gives me a massive fond memory of an accidental max spin on the classic book of the dead. 

First spin

Instant bonus  and 

3 more time's hitting bonus within bonus

Kept getting 3 or 4 symbols and twice all five symbols  

Watching you winnings going up into the thousands still gives me goosebumps. 

The immediate.......OMFG once I span on max by mistake I instantly changing to THANKYOU GOD OF SLOTS. 

Ahhhhhhh makes it all ok in the end 😁

Regardless slots being set at MAX BET I personally think is a little crappy of these sites. 

Set them low allowing players to raise the bet would be a much more player friendly way of doing this. Obviously never spend what you can't afford. But for the casual player I feel it's easy to get caught by accident. 

Maybe this is just me. 

 Hello again Cardmates, just wanted to say thanks for the invite to the GGfreeroll and enjoyed being at the tables with some of you. The short time that I stayed in that is! 🤪💙

So this week, I’ve had another week to forget about at the tables, no Ft, 2x min cashes and basically some tilting poker😤🤬🤯

Although this morning I managed to get 10 ko’s in the $1PKO sitting 2nd and feeling good 

Then All-in with AQo 2x callers ChipLeader BB and the button , OH NO! 😩

CLBB 66 button 77 here we go 

so I LOST they both got a set! and to top it off I BUBBLED!

Now I do not mind this beat, I am at peace with this exit from the tournament. I made a profit had some good hands, enjoyed playing the game and got beat by reasonable hands.

It is when you go Ai with AA and get called by 73o and he hits a straight I go full tilt 🤬

You start to imagine the guy sitting at his desk developing the RNG and poking him in the eyes with a heated 4” nail and watch him scream 😱🤣🤣🤣

I’m in a good place with my poker for the weekend now, that’s the main thing 

Lets Go Cardmates! ♥️♠️♦️♣️🃏🥳💙💙