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Congratulations to all users of Cardmates.co.uk! 

 We have some great news for you - from now on, the PartyPoker freerolls will take place on Mondays. Please check below for the exact time and full schedule. 

9 March 2026 – 19:00 UK

23 March 2026 – 18:00 UK

6 April 2026 – 18:00 UK

20 April 2026 – 18:00 UK

How do you get the passwords? On Monday, our moderator d19932808 will post in the Blogs section.

Everyone who leaves a comment «password» under that post will receive the passwords via private messages on our website.

Important Update the tournament starts at 9 March 2026 – 19:00 UK

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Alright everyone, it’s time to highlight last week’s lucky winners! 

🎉 Here’s a short recap: every Monday, as part of our Bloggers Challenge, we randomly select 10 participants who each receive a $30 cash prize. To be eligible, all you need to do is publish at least one blog post in the Blogs section during the week. 

There’s also a special bonus for newcomers. Anyone who publishes their very first blog on the site automatically gets “Fan” status and access to the first GGPoker freeroll with a $150 guaranteed prize pool (held every Friday). On top of that, you’ll be able to join our private freerolls with prize pools reaching up to $600 - you can find all the details through the link on the site. 

Winners for 2 March - 8 March:

Ronojohno04

noodeloo

Smout91

DiscoDerek

Collector

chrismeboi2

Ktulu0203

Etmo

kmiarka

Lance_Pereira

Want to take part in the next draw? The upcoming qualifying period runs from 9 to 15 March, so it’s the perfect time to start posting your blogs. We’re looking forward to reading what you share.

😉 Don’t forget to subscribe to our WhatsApp channel so you don’t miss site updates and exciting giveaways.

Hello Cardmates, I had a complete meltdown yesterday my game was at Rock bottom. I couldn’t Win a hand all premium hands LOOSE all pocket pairs BEAT. I was in a complete mess, I decided to step away and shut down ( A good old afternoon siesta) which to be honest is pretty much the norm for me.

l came back refreshed and focused, determined I was going to beat my misfortunes and yes I did.l entered the $0.50-$5.50 tournament ticket satty as I had very little 🤑 left in my account and won🎟️

I then entered the $5.50 Bigshot and made the money, no Ft though. Making the money was a big step forward from where I was earlier on in the day and raised some much needed funds for poker chips 🤑

I awoke this morning feeling great, I had overcome my bad day and come out the other side before the day was done 🥳💙. So I decided to go on and see what Tournaments were going and I entered a $2.20 PKO which I managed to win 🏆 1st 🥇 place 

Now this is a rare thing winning the tournament, so the point of the story is this, we go through this process and loose a lot more than we win. Why do we choose to put our selves through this whole process for a moment, when we spend most of our time at the other end 🤔🤪

Cardmates, I am of the opinion we must get off more with being unhappy and the fight to snatch it back!

Is it a matter of days, weeks or a % of your bank roll?

We all go through downswings but when do you call it so?

The question is mainly about mtt's but cash players please let me know your thoughts too.

Hey everyone!

We’re currently on the lookout for a new home for our private community freerolls, but for now the Friday games on GGPoker are still going strong. So tonight we’ve got another one lined up for you guys. 

The Cardmates Freeroll (Fan) with a $150 GTD kicks off at 8pm (UK time) and is open to everyone who has Fan status on the site.

We’ve been told that all the tickets should already be credited to your accounts.

Just a quick reminder of the key details about our private GGPoker tournaments:

• The tourney shows up in the GG lobby two hours before kick-off. So you’ll see it there from 6pm.
• We send the list of eligible players to GGPoker every Monday. If you’ve got «Fan» status but no ticket, chances are you didn’t register your GG nickname on Cardmates.co.uk in time.
• How to register your GG nickname? Click your avatar ➡️ Go to «Status» ➡️ You’ll see the field where you can add your GGPoker nickname. Simple as that.

If you’ve got any questions about our community freerolls, just drop a private message to our mod: d19932808 (he’ll sort you out).

GL GL!

If you play on regularly, you’ve probably seen the $20K Monthly Freeroll pop up in the tournament lobby. On paper it sounds brilliant – a big prize pool and it costs absolutely nothing to enter. Free money, right?

Well… sort of.

Freerolls always attract massive fields. You’re not sitting down with a couple hundred players – you’re usually looking at tens of thousands. That means even if you play well, you need a lot of patience and a fair bit of luck just to get near the money.

Then there’s the early stages of the tournament. Anyone who has played a freeroll knows exactly what I’m talking about. Players shoving with anything and everything. You can pick up pocket aces, get all the chips in, and someone calls with something like 7-3 offsuit because, well… why not? They didn’t pay to enter.

It can be chaos.

But to be fair, that’s also part of the charm. Some players have actually built small bankrolls from freerolls like this, slowly turning nothing into something. If you’ve got the time and the patience, there is always that chance of a decent score.

Personally, I see it as a bit of fun more than anything serious. A huge field, a long grind, and the occasional moment where you question how someone just cracked your premium hand with complete rubbish.

That’s freeroll poker.

And whether you love them or hate them, you can’t really complain too much when the buy-in is exactly zero.

Yes Cardmates I bricked it again. I was the big stack right till the final couple of places. I must have a good enough game I just don’t seem to be able to get that final hand to get me over the line!

But that’s Poker I guess the more I experience it I will adapt and become more familiar and comfortable in those positions 😩🤪😂 feel free to comment on what a massive suck out I achieved ♥️♣️♦️♠️🃏💙💙

The Blue harts are because I’m a toffee💙💙🚀

Hi. Hope you're all well. Tonight I will be streaming some micro stakes poker on twitch @ https://www.twitch.tv/ktulu0203 from 6pm GMT. Please pop in and help me reach my 200 followers goal, I'm currently at 180. I stream micro stakes poker on the many platforms I can play on in the UK. I sometimes play bigger buy-ins where I have laddered up from playing cheap satellite's or freerolls. Tonight's main game is a $22 PKO, I won entry from the chip track promotion they have on 888. Alongside I'll also be in some of the home games on ACR. Please pop along and show some support and if not already following hit that button to help me on the road to 200 followers. Appreciate you all and maybe see you on the twitch streets or virtual felts tonight \m/. 

Hello everyone!

As many of you know, the Cardmates team is currently putting a lot of effort into organising freerolls and private tournaments for our community. What we are particularly interested in is running private and exclusive tournaments for users who have achieved certain statuses on the site. To be clear, these wouldn’t be simple password tournaments. Instead, tickets would be credited only to users who hold a specific status.

The idea is to create our own atmosphere at the tables, where you’re competing mainly with active members of the Cardmates community rather than anyone who happens to have a password. This should result in smaller fields and a more familiar community vibe. It would also allow us to run things like seasonal leaderboards, cups, and other community competitions. As you know, our status tournaments are currently held on GGPoker, and we described the setup here: https://cardmates.co.uk/blogs/cardmatescouk-private-freerolls-for-our-online-community

However, at the moment our communication with GGPoker has been a bit strained due to rather unresponsive management on their side. I want to stress that this doesn’t mean the tournaments on GGPoker will be cancelled - not at all. They will continue as usual. That said, we now have an opportunity to set up additional private status tournaments on Unibet Poker. So my question to UK players is the following: What do you think of the Unibet poker room overall? Do you like it as a platform? And would you be interested in having additional status-based tournaments on Unibet Poker?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

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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!