PaddyPowerpoker Plans to Reward Top Finishers in 2008 Irish Open

On October 5th, 2007, PaddyPowerpoker announced that if the poker player who wins the 2008 Irish Poker Open who qualified with Paddypowerpoker, they will get a golden poker ticket. The ticket is a free entry to any tournament for five years.

The top finisher that qualified from the online qualifiers of Paddypowerpoker will also be given a free seat to the 2009 Irish Poker Open, even if they do not win the poker event.

The Irish Poker Open 2008 will be bigger and better than the previous year. The largest incentive for online qualifiers in paddypowerpoker has improved the event together with the buy-in cost for the 2008 tournament has improved to 4,500 euros.

1,000 players can now participate in the tournament. The prize pool for the tournament has improved to 3 million euros. Paddy Power, the communications manager for the Paddypowerpoker, is confident that they can give out the prize to one lucky player. In the Irish Poker Open 2007, Thomas Finneran from Galway outwitted more than seventy online qualifiers to finished in 7th place out of 708 participants.

Pat O'Callaghan from the Irish Open 2006 also came close to claiming the top honors, finishing in 14th place out of 339. Online qualifiers have already started on the website of paddypowerpoker with a sold out schedule of everyday feeders and grand final satellite events. The Irish Poker Open 2008 will take place on March 19th, 2008-March 24th, 2008 in Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland.

10/28/2007, Sunday
Todd Sanders

PaddyPowerpoker Plans to Reward Top Finishers in 2008 Irish Open

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