It's Ladies Night as paddypowerpoker.com Announce Irish Open Side Event Schedule
Full Side Event Schedule Announced for Irish Poker Open 2008
(PRWEB) November 11, 2007 -- paddypowerpoker.com today announces the full Side Event schedule for the Irish Open 2008. The weeklong festival of poker surrounding the €3 Million Guaranteed Main Event will feature hold'em and omaha tournaments as well as the first ever Irish Open Ladies event.
The festival begins on 19th March with the Super Satellite to the Main Event, with the Main Event itself starting the following day. Good Friday will then see the cards being dealt at the inaugural Irish Open Ladies event, a €330 no limit hold'em freezeout.
Nikki Newman, Head of Poker at paddypowerpoker.com, is delighted to be introducing the new event. "I am very excited about it. I have always felt something of a personal compunction to help bring more women into the game. Colette Doherty, Irene Tier and Jenny Heggerty, showed us just how much power there is in the Irish ladies game. So what better backdrop could there be for a ladies poker event than the Irish Open itself!"
The schedule is rounded out by the €1,500 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout, the €400 Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy and finishes with another new event, the No Limit Holdem Double Chance Scalp (€270+€30+€30), which takes place on Easter Monday and promises to be a real crowd pleaser.
Irish Open 2008 Schedule
Mar. 19 -- Main event super -- €300+€30
Mar. 20 -- Irish Open main event day 1A -- €4,200+€300
Mar. 21 -- Irish Open main event day 1B -- €4,200+€300
Mar. 22 -- Irish Open Ladies no limit hold'em freezeout -- €300+€30
Mar. 22 -- €1,500 no limit hold'em freezeout (2 day event) -- €1,500+€150
Mar. 23 -- Pot limit Omaha rebuy -- €400+€40
Mar. 24 -- No limit hold'em double chance scalp -- €270+€30+€30
The Irish Open 2008 will take place in Citywest Hotel, Dublin, from the 19th to 24th March 2008 and registration for the event is already underway. Players wishing to register and pay online for any of the Irish Open events can do so now at www.irishpokeropen.com
Online qualification for the Main Event is also in full swing at paddypowerpoker.com with a packed schedule of daily feeders leading to Sunday Grand Final Satellites.
Note to Editor
The format of the Double Chance Scalp event will see each player starting the event with half their starting stack. They will then be allowed to take the second half of their chips anytime between the first hand and the first break. Players will be given a scalp chip with their second set of chips and must give their scalp (worth €30) to the player who eventually knocks them out.
paddypowerpoker.com does not accept online bets from US residents.
For more information please contact: Nic Whelan, Paddy Power Poker Communications Manager, Tel: 00 353 1 488 1723, Mob: 00 353 87 317 5596. You can also visit www.irishpokeropen.com for additional information.
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