Press Release

New blind levels and a longer clock introduced

26th January

paddypowerpoker.com today announces details of the Irish Open 2010 Main Event tournament structure, running from 2nd – 5th April 2010.  The starting stack for the €3,500 freezeout is set at 10,000 chips, while the tournament organisers have added the 1,200 / 2,400 and 2,500 / 5,000 levels.

Furthermore, in recent Irish Opens all blind levels were 60 minutes in length, whereas in 2010 the levels will increase from 60 minutes to 75 minutes in length from the end of Level 6.

“The improvements made to the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open structure allow us to offer players an even better playing experience in 2010”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com.  “Additional blind levels and a longer clock should allow for bucket-loads of play; this is going to be the best Irish Open ever!”

The Irish Open 2010 takes place in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin from Friday 2nd – Monday 5th April 2010, with Main Event buy-in set at €3,200 + €300.  

Weekly super satellites to the Irish Open 2010 Main Event run on paddypowerpoker.com each Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening, with a variety of feeders running daily.  All paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2010 satellite tournaments can be accessed via the poker software lobby; select the ‘Irish Open’ tab.
 
Note to editors:  Full details of the Irish Open tournament structures can be found at: http://www.irishpokeropen.com/structure.php.  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.