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Newsletter Survey - The results
are in!
A big thanks to all of you who
took the trouble to write replies to the newsletter survey, the
response was very good and quality of feedback I got was
extremely helpful.
To be honest, there were so
many good quality efforts that it was impossible to pick one out
as the outright winner, so what I decided to do was put all of
the entries into a draw and pick out a winner from them.
Here are the best of the
replies:
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1 --- What Do you like about the newsletter? |
its
very informative,i found freerolls i would never have
found without u,this site rocks :) --- layton
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It
is a good source for poker sites and freerolls. You update
the info often and good a good job of keeping ontop of
anything thats going on . --- David
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What
do I like - well the price is great! Just kidding - we all
appreciate all the hard work you put into producing the
newsletter. I do promote your newsletter in the poker
community here in London. It's great for newbies to help
them learn to play at no cost, for people (including me)
trying out new sites, and for building a bankroll from
scratch. Your unselfish efforts in producing it also
encourages other people to give back to the poker world
and help other players for free. --- Adrian
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I
love the fact that the decision to join a freeroll that I
would not have necessarily known about is being brought to
my attention. It gives me a chance to see other poker
sites that I would not know about either. I am a big boy
and can make my own decisions as to whether I want to
contribute to the poker site or not. It is ultimately up
to each and every one of us what we do. I thank you for
taking the time, and I am sure there is a lot involved in
it, to make sure we are updated on any and all new poker
sites, new freerolls and new ways to stretch our dollar at
the poker tables. Keep up the GREAT week and keep the news
a comin. ---
Dave Reid
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the
news letter is a good tool for finding out where the
freerolls are --- jeff
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Lets
me know all the freerolls,and I play alot of them. Thanks
--- Randy Crabtree
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I
like the fact that the newsletter is constantly updated. It is well-organized and easy to follow. --- Robyn
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Making
your subscribers aware of new sites and also letting the
US Players know if they are welcome. --- Ed
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informative,
not too long and has made me aware of some great offers
that I would have missed otherwise --- Adrian
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good
call for poker heaven...euro freerolls next month look
really interesting :)) p.s and it also is a great
site...looks a bit like celeb poker tho :)) --- layton
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| everything
- you do not need to change it - i look forward to it even
though I rarely play freerolls its great info --- richie |
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| Question
2 --- What
Don't you like about the newsletter?
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badly
formatted, sometimes misleading ('freeroll' requiring
points etc), but minor quibbles when compared to the
advantages- havent found a better newsletter out there! (3
others I get suck in comparison) --- Adrian
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I
hate signing up at a site just to find out that I cant
play for real money because I am from America and worse
Jersey....I read your page and think I found a new place
to play download the site go to set up an account and I am
denied or sign up go to a table and am denied...It wold be
nice if you stated right at the begining Americans or not.
--- David
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the
font! (joking) --- richie
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You
need to have a a way to get to your site by clicking on
your address in your e-mail letters --- Randy Crabtree
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i
like the fact that the news letter comes every sunday just
in time for the weekly free rolls --- jeff
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What
I don't like about the newsletter is that the information
is not always correct - especially as it pertains to US
players. There
are a few gaming sites that you say accept US players when
they do not. --- Robyn
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I
don't see anything I don't like about the newsletter. You
continue to do a fantastic job. Keep it coming please.
--- Dave Reid
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Your
idea of separating pure freeroll from freerolls with
qualifying criteris attached, would save time for those
who will not have cash funded accounts. --- Ed
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I'm
not a fan of entries that have a requirement to play - all
sites have some sort of reward system for loyal players,
but to call them 'freerolls' is not quite correct. I take
your point about people wanting them - but if they are
clearly designated as having a condition attached then
surely no-one can complain. I think you once mentioned
about playing a few raked hands at a very low level to
qualify for a huge 'freeroll' - a good point. --- Adrian
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nothing,like
i said it rocks...any info is good info whether its wot ur
looking 4 or not ---
layton
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| Question
3 --- What would you like to see more of in the
newsletter?
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I
would like to see more invitations to special freerolls
that are for members only (like you did with 3D poker).
--- Robyn
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A
daily or weekly summary of freerolls as well as maybe
adding some private freerolls for you members at various
sites for US players. --- Ed
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More
on what Americans can play --- Randy Crabtree
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free
cash and lots of it...dunno...maybe some jokes..lol....only
joking ;-)
--- layton
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Ian,
I also think you should list Player Points Freerolls and
any tourneys under $2 entry --- richie (again)
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Prehaps
a timetable of the weekly freerolls.... --- richie
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Could
the link in the newsletter please take recipients to the
web site? Some of your links are active, but the link to
the main site has to be cut and pasted in (well, OK, it's
in the browser's Favorites folder - but you get my point).
I liked the idea of removing the password. I'd be wary of
adding too much more to the newsletter, it says
'Freeroll' on the tin and I'd be wary about adding
too much else. Perhaps a different newsletter with a
different title to deliver other information would work.
Just send it to the same mailing list - I don't think
you'd get many people unsubscribing - hey, it might even
grow to become bigger than the freeroll newsletter. Best
wishes, Adrian. PS: Don't enter me for the prize draw
thanks - you've done enough for me - no need to give me
money as well! Best Wishes, Adrian Pullar. --- Adrian
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it
would be nice to see more freerolls and some sites where
you get free no deposit money
--- jeff
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freerolls!
Could also organise/ mention instant bonuses plus any
special low buyins with big overlays --- Adrian
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More
of the same Please. ---
Dave Reid
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| freeroll
passwords --- Szabolcs
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| And
a special thanks to Mark, who couldn't get the form to
work but wrote this great reply by email instead:
well i tried to reply to the survey
but kept saying i was getting the word wrong? lol anyway
to recap i thought site was great or the newsletter.it
tells of sites i have and gives me reasons to re open them
n log in ie carbon and heaven poker.i
play alot online for cash now and still like a good
freeroll to try a site out and graphics and gameplay
etc.alot of ppl well cry and whine that they arent really
getting sumthin for nuthin with kids these days lol..wah
wah... and i find that your letter is very informative not
to long not to short
with links that work and your email pops up when i
seem to have forgot about it lol and ya good job CIAO..
mark aka yzfgr8one ---
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So there they are, the best of
the relies. I don't necessarily agree with all of them but as
I said it's not about me - it's about you and it's great
to get genuine opinions whether they are good, bad or
indifferent.
In the interests of fairness I
asked my 10 year old daughter Eilidh to pick a number and so the
winner of the $20 prize is...(drum roll!)
Layton!
Congratulations to you Layton,
please let me have your Paypal address and I'll get the money
paid in right away. All complaints to Eilidh!
By the way I hope a few of you
managed to get in to the Ladbrokes $1K freeroll I mentioned on
Friday, please let me know if you managed to pick up a prize. As
you can tell from the timing of this message, I wasn't among the
winners!
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
If you signed up for Ladbrokes
Poker when I featured them a couple of weeks ago - listen up!
Even if you didn't take a look at the following because it might
be good news for you too.
| Dear Ian,
I'm writing to invite
you, our affiliates, to the $1,000 Exclusive Monthly
Freeroll. All the sign ups who have come through you
will be invited and I hope you can make it along too.
If you go to the
Ladbrokes Poker Lobby, under the MTT tab and 'Special'
section, you will see the "$1,000 Exclusive
Monthly Freeroll" - the password is 'September'
and it kicks off at 6pm GMT on Sunday, September 30th,
2007.
If you have any
queries, please send me an email and I look forward to
seeing you there. I will be playing under the username
TheBear1971.
Thank you for your
continued support and happy poker playing!!!
See you on Sunday.
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Now I don't know whether this
freeroll is open to new members who sign up today,
but if you are interested in Ladbrokes - which is Europe's
largest bookmaker - you might as well and see if you get in. I
just got the message so I don't have time to contact Ladbrokes
before the game.
As of the time of writing
this there are only 30 people signed up to play - for a $1000
freeroll!
Click
here to sign up for the Ladbrokes Freeroll
-- (Sorry, not
available to US players)
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Fair
Poker have added some new freerolls since we last featured
them. There's a daily $200 game with $2 rebuys for starters, as
well as the $100 tourneys that were already in place.
Fair Poker has it's own loyalty
points system and you can buy into additional freerolls using
iponts that you have accumulated. These are on Saturdays at
15:30 for the $300 Special and 18:00 for the $500 Omaha Special.
Also there is a $100 daily
freeroll for new players, join up and you are good for 90 days
in this freeroll. The start time for the beginner's freeroll is
13:00 daily.
If you play any of the big
buy-in tournaments at Fair Poker, you'll be able to play in the
weekly
$1,500 Freeroll every Sunday at 20:00. To enter, you need to have taken part in
one of the following:- the Friday $10,000 tournament, the Saturday
$15,000 tournament, the Sunday $25,000 tournament or the monthly
$100,000 tournament.
Click
Here to play the freerolls at Fair
Poker
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Ladbrokes Cruise
Ladbrokes
Poker are running a fantastic competition to win a
luxury Carribean poker cruise, a prize worth $9000 - and you can
win it through their freerolls.
Here's how it works:-
Play the Cruise Freeroll (held each evening except Saturdays)
and win a place to the next stage, the Cruise Daily Final ( $95
+ $9 buy-in). Top three places qualify.
Qualify from the Daily Final and go forward to the Weekly
Final ($900 + $50 buy-in). One place for every $950 in the
pot.
One in every ten players in the weekly final qualify for the
big $9000 Cruise Combo ticket. You can take a guest with you and
you'll get $1700 paid into your Ladbrokes player account to
cover travel expenses for getting to New York on 24th January
next year.
Your $9k Cruise Combo ticket includes:
- Ocean view balcony cabin for you and your and
guest for the 10 day tour.
- $1700 travel allowance in cash.
- Entry to the Festival of Poker Main Event
($2500).
- Hospitality, entertainment and all meals.
Sound good? There's less than 100 cabins left on board the
luxury cruise liner ‘Explorer of the Seas’, make sure you're
in one of them! For
more details Click Here for the Ladbrokes Poker site or click
the banner above
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Poker
Heaven are running something a little bit different - a
poker freeroll league! They are calling it the "European Freeroll Challenge"
and as the name suggests it's an international tournament
between the countries of Europe.
The tournament itself will
consist of leagues for each of the top 15 poker playing
countries in Europe and the best players in each of the leagues
will go forward to represent their countries in the finals -
with the winners being crowned the best poker country in Europe.
The action kicks off in October
so you have got plenty of time to register for the event. I
would suggest though that if you want to get involved, get over
right away and sign up for an account if you don't already have
one. There will probably be a cut-off day for registrations
where only people who are already members before the date can
take part so the sooner you get in the better. Click
here to go to Poker Heaven and register.
The Newsletter survey:
Thanks to all of you who have
replied so far, there's been some good responses. I'm still
looking for a few more though so if you'd like the chance to win
$20, just jot down something in the form below. You don't need
to write a book, just a few words to let me know what's good and
bad about the newsletter is all I'm looking for.
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Win a PRIZE!
This week I'm going to start off with a bit of a rant - so hold on to your seats!
I've been getting a few emails recently which have been a bit on the negative side to say the least. People have taken the time and effort to write to me to tell me that some of the freerolls I've featured aren't in fact real freerolls - as they requires some sort of pre-qualification.
While I accept that this is the case and these type of tournaments might not be "freerolls" in the purest of forms, I feel that it is still good information. I know for a fact from my statistic pages that a lot of you ARE interested in this type of game so I feel that it is worthwhile bringing it to you.
I try never to ONLY bring you this type of freeroll in a newsletter, whenever there is a freeroll that requires some sort of qualification criteria it is as an extra and there will always be information on "real" freerolls.
BUT...
It's not about me! It's about you and what kind of information you want me to bring you. I value all of you as subscribers and want to bring you the best information every week, but most of all I want to bring you the information that you want to read.
So, over to you. If you have an opinion on the newsletter, whether it's good or bad, let me know. I will print your replies next week if you take the time to write. So make yourself heard and help to make the newsletter to be what you want to read.
To make the deal a bit sweeter for you, I am going to pay the best reply $20! That's a nice buy-in to a poker tournament or you can just take out the cash and spend it, it's up to you. You will get your prize by Paypal after the winning entry is announced next Sunday.
So get your skates on and get writing! Just fill in the simple form below and tell me what you like and what you don't like about the newsletter and what you'd like to see in future editions.
Thanks!
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OK then, here's a great piece of freeroll news:
Tower
Gaming is running a great freeroll as a way of
compensating it's members for their site having some recent
downtime. They are calling it the "10k Player Appreciation
Freeroll" and the prize fund is - believe it or not -
$10,000!
Now for all of you waiting for
a catch, there is one. You need to have a real money account to
get in the game. By the way this is urgent, you need to
be signed up before 12th September to qualify.
But if that's OK for you, Click
Here to go to Tower Gaming and sign up for the $10K freeroll!
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Poker Host is a site that you
might not be too familiar with, but it's got some good freerolls
available.
Click on the
banner below to open an account at Poker Host.
As well as freerolls, Poker Host has a variety of
great tournaments where you can win a share of up to a guaranteed
$200,000!
Click
Here to play at Poker Host
Bugsy's Club Poker is available to USA players and has a very interesting tournament that I think you'd like. For only $0.20 + $0.02 (that's a total of only 22 cents!) you can get in to play for a place in a $600 guaranteed minimum rebuy game. The top 10 places win through to the $600 game and the player numbers are VERY low in these tourneys!
OK so it's not entirely free as in a freeroll, but in a lot of ways it's much better. You have an almost one in three chance of reaching the $600
guaranteed tournament and a real chance of taking home some worthwhile cash. Or
you could sit in a freeroll for three hours for the chance of a share of $50 and
save yourself the $0.22 entry fee!
Bugsy's Club also have a great $15,000 Loyalty Freeroll
tournament that they run. The qualification for this one is 500 BBPs
(see site for current details of how to obtain BBPs) which gets
you a free entry to the freeroll on 8th September at 2pm
CST. Judging by the number of people who have qualified and
registered - 640 at the time of writing - it can't be too
difficult to collect enough BBPs to play.
Click
here to go straight to the action at Bugsy's Club Poker
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my account at VC Poker! That's right, you get $10
absolutely free just for signing up to a real money account.
Here's how to get your FREE $10:
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1. Click
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2. Click on the big button in
the middle that says "Download VC Poker Now"
3. Click on the Run button to
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4. Log in and click on the
Cashier button. Fill in the form to open a real money account
and confirm you email.
5. Log in to the
cashier and go to the Promotions tab. Enter the special
code " VCFREE35B" in the box, that's it -
you're done!
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As well as the free $10, you
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Action Points in order to release the bonus.
Furthermore, there are a whole
host of freerolls that you can enter as a beginner when you sign
up, you can play these for up to 90 days and there's three
freerolls every day.
And there's more! VC Poker have
what they call Giveaway tournaments, you can enter them too and
win free cash. Finally there are Action Point freerolls that you
get to play for collecting Action Points in the real money
games.
Sorry, but VC Poker isn't
available to players in USA.
Click
Here to get your FREE $10 at VC Poker
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