Press Release

At least 20 Irish Open packages to be won on March 21st

24th February

paddypowerpoker.com today announces details of the Irish Open 20-Seat Guaranteed Super Satellite tournament, which will take place on Sunday March 21st at 7.30pm.  The buy-in for this online freezeout tournament is set at €300 + €20 and players will start with 4,000 chips, which ensures a slow gradual structure.   Qualifier tournaments to the 20-Seat Guaranteed take place daily with buy-ins starting from 44 cent. 

Each paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open package is worth €4,800 and includes an Irish Open main event seat (€3,500), five night’s accommodation and access to an exclusive online qualifier player lounge for the duration of the poker festival.  Additionally, each player who qualifies to play in the Irish Open via a paddypowerpoker.com satellite is eligible to take part in the €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion and win a €100,000 prize package.

Irish Open 20-Seat Guaranteed:

•    Sunday March 21st @ 7.30pm

“This will be the biggest Irish Open satellite we’ve ever run, with at least 20 packages up for grabs”, said Paddy Power, Communication Manager at paddypowerpoker.com.  “For those who want to take part for less, there are loads of feeder tournaments running each and every day, with buy-ins from less than a euro.  The 20-Seat Guaranteed is yet another reason why players should qualify for the Irish Open on paddypowerpoker.com and nowhere else!”

The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2010 takes place in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin from Friday 2nd – Monday 5th April 2010.   Feeder tournaments to the Irish Open 20-Seat Guaranteed take place daily.  Weekly super satellites to the Irish Open 2010 Main Event run on paddypowerpoker.com each Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening. 

Note to editors:  Full details of the Irish Open 20-Seat Guaranteed tournament can be found at: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/index.php/tournaments/irishopen/20seat.  Full details of the Irish Open can be found at: http://www.irishpokeropen.com/. 

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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.