GOLDEN TICKET BONUS TO IRISH OPEN

12 October 2007

Paddy First and a golden future add to the charm


Paddy Power Poker.com has added further incentives to the Euro 3 million Irish Open poker spectacular scheduled for 2008.

If the player who wins the 2008 Irish Open qualified online at the sponsor's site, he or she will win the golden ticket of poker - free entry to Europe's premier poker tournament for the next 5 years.

And the highest finishing Paddy Power Poker.com qualifier will receive a free entry to the 2009 Irish Open, even if he or she does not win the overall tournament outright.

A company spokesman said that everything about the Irish Open will be bigger in 2008. The buy-in has increased to Euro 4 500, the capacity has expanded to 1 000, the prizepool has risen to Euro 3 Million Guaranteed and now the biggest ever bonus incentive for qualifying online has been launched.

Online players have traditionally done well in the event. In 2007, Thomas Finneran from Galway outlasted more than 70 other online qualifiers to finish 7th out of 708 players. The previous year Sligo man Pat O'Callaghan also came close to the top prize, finishing 14th out of 339.

The spokesman added: "Thomas and Pat have blazed a trail and shown that our online players can compete with the very best in the world. My money is most definitely on one of our guys taking home the Terry Rogers trophy this year. As Paddy First we will look forward to welcoming him or her back for the next five years!"

Qualifiers are already underway on the poker website, with a packed schedule of daily feeders and fortnightly Grand Final Satellites.

The 2008 Irish Open will take place over Easter Weekend, 19th - 24th March, in Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland's premier Conference, Leisure & Golf Resort.

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