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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 👋

Today at 18:00 GMT, our traditional free tournament with a $200 guaranteed prize pool takes place on 888poker – the Wednesday Cardmates Freeroll (UK Only). 

 To receive the password for freeroll, simply comment “Pass” under this post – nice and easy 😉 Shortly after, you’ll be contacted via private message on Cardmates.co.uk by d19932808, who will send you the freeroll passwords. 

 Please note: only registered users can leave comments on the website. If you’re not signed up yet, registration on Cardmates.co.uk is quick and straightforward. Best of luck in the freerolls

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🍀 You might also be interested in: Bloggers Challenge – special rewards for Cardmates.co.uk users

Hi i wanna share my recent experience with 2 big scores i had playing freerolls in the last 2 weeks, i won the coin freeroll that had just under 3300 people playing for $258, i started the day with only $1 bank roll for that site and was told by a friend to go get myself in this game so i did and 5 and a half hours later i took down the trophy and a nice prize to boost my bankroll! Then 1 week later 888 have a 20k GTD freeroll with yet again another 3300 players entered could i do it again on a different site? unfortunately i could only get 2nd in this one and bagged myself $830 to almost triple my bank roll on 888, i wanna thank both sites for putting on these great tournaments for all off us to play for free and build a bankroll with, all i gotta do now is transfer my freeroll strategy into paid game strat as i always bust out the ones i paid for haha, Im gonna stick to the micro stakes on coin and see if i can get my bank roll moving in the right direction and treat myself to some low buying's on 888 to see if i can grow my bankroll over there. 

In the past i have been told by friends that the freerolls are not worth playing well i got over 1000 reasons why they are worth playing after bagging over 1k in 2 weeks, so if your one to turn your nose up at a freeroll then take a look at my pics i have put on this post and reconsider next time you see a nice guaranteed freeroll going you can play get yourself in them, ill be playing more for sure.

ty for reading and let me know your freeroll stories below \m/

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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!

Played the PartyPoker freeroll this evening. My early hands were fairly unremarkable. I won a few small pots but nothing to justify wasting electrons in describing. Picked up pocket 4s which turned a full house, and was modestly paid on them from my opponent who rivered a straight and called my three-bet. Put me up to about 120k in chips.

A few hands later, I open A9 of clubs, my opponent re-raises. It folds around to the player on my right who calls. I also call. Flop TA9 rainbow. Two pair: nice. Player on my right checks, I check (in hindsight, I should have bet something here, but it's easy to be wise after the event), and the original re-raiser checks. Turn is a 6. Nothing worrying, and it's on this street I bet. 30k, just slightly over the pot, as the player to my right is reasonably short and has roughly that in chips, and I have my eye on them. Plus, I think I have a read on the original re-raiser. They call, and short stack folds. Turn is the Q.

At this point, given their opening re-raise, I think I'm up against pocket kings. My reasoning being that there's an ace in my hand and on the flop, and I'm assuming the shorter stack on my right called with an ace, meaning my re-raiser can't have pocket aces. And I'm not sure they re-raise with KJ or 78, so they don't have a straight. Which leaves pocket kings, maybe ace-king. I think jacks and queens probably fold on the turn, and therefore I'm ahead. So I put my remaining stack in, 81k into an 87k pot. They call and I'm right - they don't have AA, but I'm also very, very wrong. Their hand isn't KK or AK, it's AQ. And that filthy, treasonous river sends me to an early rail. So no freeroll cash for me this week. Still, that's poker.

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.