Euro Poker: Irish Open Winner to Get Five Year FreerollPaddy First Promo Gives Irish Open Online Qualifiers Five Year Freeroll Opportunity |
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Paddypowerpoker.com today announced details of Paddy First, its new incentive for players who qualify for the €3 Million guaranteed Irish Open.
If the player who wins the 2008 Irish Open qualified online with paddypowerpoker.com, they will win the golden ticket of poker - free entry to the tournament for the next five years.
The highest-finishing paddypowerpoker.com qualifier will receive free entry to the 2009 Irish Open, even if they do not win the tournament outright.
Everything about the Irish Open will be bigger in 2008. The buy-in has increased to €4,500, the capacity has expanded to 1,000 entrants, the prize pool has risen to €3 Million guaranteed, and now the biggest-ever bonus incentive for qualifying on paddypowerpoker.com has been launched.
Paddy Power, communications manager for paddypowerpoker.com, is confident that the prize will be won. "In 2007, Thomas Finneran from Galway outlasted more than 70 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."
"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 under way on paddypowerpoker.com with a packed schedule of daily feeders and fortnightly grand final satellites.
The schedule of satellites on paddypowerpoker.com is:
The 2008 Irish Open will take place over Easter weekend, Mar. 19-24 in Citywest Hotel, Dublin.
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