Press Release

Players can register for all events via official Irish Open website

16th December

paddypowerpoker.com today announces the full Irish Open festival schedule, which includes a full timetable of side events to takes place in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, home of the Irish Open 2007, from Thursday 1st – Monday 5th April 2010.

The Irish Open Main Event, a €3,200 + €300 NLH freezeout, kicks-off at 3.30pm on Friday 2nd April and runs for the full four days of the festival.  Ahead of the Main Event, a €200 + €20 NLH rebuy Super Satellite will take place at 7pm on Thursday 1st April, giving people a last minute chance to win their seat in the headline event. 

A €750 + €75 Pot Limit Omaha championship tournament is scheduled to start on Saturday 3rd April and will run over two days, with the two day €1,500 + €150 NLH freezeout and €300 + €30 Ladies NLH Championship tournaments starting on Sunday 4th April.  To close off the Irish Open festival, a €270 + €30 + €30 NLH Scalps freezeout tournament will take place on Monday 5th April.

The poker room also launches an online registration facility for the Irish Open 2010 via a customised payment gateway on the official Irish Open website.  The gateway facilitates both individual and cardroom registrations with payment possible via credit cards, bank transfer and cheque. 

“We’ve further improved the Irish Open side event schedule and I bet that some players will be upset there are not enough hours in the weekend to play them all.  We are also delighted to launch the online registration facility for the Irish Open so that players eager to secure their seat at Europe’s longest running poker tournament can do so months in advance”, said Eric Booth, Head of Poker at paddypowerpoker.com.  “The Irish Open festival is shaping up very nicely, with all the preparatory work really paying off and more players in our Super Satellites than ever before; the buzz is growing everyday!”

Weekly super satellites to the Irish Open 2010 Main Event run on paddypowerpoker.com each Sunday and Tuesday evenings, with a variety of feeders running daily. 

Note to editors:  Full details of the Irish Open can be found at: http://www.irishpokeropen.com/.  To register for the Irish Open Main Event or any of the side events please visit: http://www.irishpokeropen.com/register/register.php

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For more information please contact: Paul Burke, paddypowerpoker.com Press Officer, Tel: 00 353 1 488 1738, Mob: 00 353 85 140 0112, pburke@paddypower.com.  You can also visit www.paddypower.com for additional information.