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Betfair are getting in early with their offer of free places to the 2010 WSOP.  The super betting site is giving away three levels of packages to poker players who qualify.  Essentially you need to play your socks off at the Betfair tables over the next three months and start gaining Betfair points.  The more points you earn the higher  the package tariff you stand to qualify for.

These are the Packages:-

450,000+ Betfair Points

$14,000 Main Event Package Guaranteed:

• 14 days accommodation in Las Vegas
• $10,300 entry into the WSOP Main Event
• Exclusive Betfair WSOP Merchandise pack
• Betfair poker hospitality
  
   

On The Strip - 325,000 - 449,999 Betfair Points

$7,000 Side Event Package Guaranteed:

• 10 days accommodation in Las Vegas
• Entry to a WSOP bracelet event
• Merchandise pack
• Betfair poker hospitality
  
   

Downtown - 100,000 - 324,999 Betfair Points

Entry to a WSOP Main Event freeroll:

• 1 in 20 entrants win a $14k package
• 14 days accommodation in Las Vegas
• $10,300 entry into the WSOP Main Event
• Exclusive Betfair WSOP Merchandise pack
• Betfair poker hospitality

You will need to opt in to this promotion.  It is open to all betfair poker players.  You can track how well you are doing on a leaderboard.  Betfair are really having a proactive year.  They signed up to sponsoring the APAT last month and now are prepared to give away a lot of expensive WSOP packages to poker players that make the grade.

If you sign up to a Betfair Poker Account you get up to $600 as a welcome bonus.  Betfair have very popular sports book site that allows you to back or lay bets against real people.  Couple that with Casino, exchange betting and financial spreads and you have a monster gambling institute.