LONDON, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

                 - Poker giants host last Freeroll of the 2011/12 Premier League season this           Friday         - Final round of crucial matches set to kick-off on Sunday         - Poker players can win free poker bet tokens 

Ahead of this weekend's final round of Premier League matches, online poker giants, Sky Poker, are today confirming that this Friday (May 11th) will be the last Freeroll on Friday of the season.

Throughout the entire 2011/12 Premier League campaign, Sky Poker have given registered poker players the chance to win free poker [https://www.skypoker.com ] bet tokens playing Freeroll on Friday, the poker event which fuses the thrills of online gaming with the action on the halloed turf.

This Friday, before the last round of Premier League games are set to kick-off, a maximum of one thousand runners will play poker online [https://www.skypoker.com ]: battling it out in the hope of finishing in the top twenty prized positions.

Those lucky twenty will then be allocated a Premiership League football team, according to the current Premier League table and the player's overall finishing position after Friday's freeroll. So if a player were to finish in first position, they would be cheering on Manchester City- currently top of the Premier League table- during their clash against lowly QPR on Sunday.

"With entry costing 100 Poker Points, it's no wonder Freeroll on Friday has proved to be so overwhelmingly popular throughout the season." Said a spokesperson for Sky Poker

"Hundreds of Sky Poker customers have vied to finish in those top 20 places each week.The prizes aren't bad either. If a player's allocated Premier League team can pull off a winning performance, we'll give them a GBP10 free poker bet. For every goal their team scores, they'll win a GBP5 free bet- even if their team goes on to draw or lose."

"We'll even double the prizes if a player's allocated team is featured as part of Sky Sports' live Premiership coverage on Sunday."

For further information on the Freeroll on Friday promotion and for terms

and conditions, please visithttp://www.skypoker.com

About SkyPoker.com.

Sky Poker is the British Sky Broadcasting's online poker division, which allows users to play poker online on their website and screens selected hands from various tournaments and cash games on Sky Poker TV, allowing players on the site to become the stars of the TV channel. Sky Poker focuses on UK poker players, with all play at the tables in pounds rather than dollars, as well as its own Sky Poker Tour around the country.

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