PLAY your cards right against poker-playing Vinnie Jones and you could win a share of a whopping pounds 5,000 pot!

Sunday Mirror Sport has teamed up with getmintedpoker.com to bring you the chance to play cards online with footballer-turned-actor Vinnie.

We're giving you the opportunity to test your skills against former Wales international Vinnie along with other hopefuls at www.getmintedpoker.com where Vinnie will be waiting online to do battle at 8pm. "I'm looking forward to getting online and playing some competitive poker," Vinnie told Sunday Mirror Sport.

But he warned: "Poker sorts the men out from the boys. If they're not tough enough, they shouldn't sit at the table."

Getminted Poker is the world's first multiplayer poker room available in UK sterling. More than three million people already play in the UK and enjoy the thrill and excitement of both free and real play.

To play, you simply go online to www.getmindtedpoker.com and register at the Sunday Mirror Sport Poker Game. And you can register any time - it takes about two minutes - but NOT after the start time of 8pm.

It's free to enter and you don't actually use real money just fake chips...but you DO win real cash.

Up to 40 players are guaranteed a share of the pounds 5,000 pot, with the winner scooping a massive pounds 1,275.

So get online at www.getmintedpoker.com and see if you can take some dosh from Vinnie ... and good luck!

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