PaddyPowerPoker Charity Event Raises €26,000Irish Open Charity Event Collects €26,000 for Sick Children |
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The recent PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open charity event raised €26,537 for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin.
A grateful Tom Hickey, spokesman for the hospital, said, “We are delighted with the amount of funds raised at the Irish Open and it will go a long way in helping us in our work, the main focus of which is upgrading our A&E department. I would like to thank paddypowerpoker.com, the Jackpot Casino and everyone who played in the event. All of these efforts are greatly appreciated by everyone in Crumlin Hospital."
Eric Booth, head of poker at Paddy Power, said, “Poker players show time and time again that they are one of the most generous groups of people out there and the Irish Open proved no exception. I’m very proud of what we all contributed over the Irish Open weekend.”
Elsewhere, the online poker operator announced its Double Up STT (single table tournament) promotion with over $2,500 in cash and tournament tokens up for grabs between midnight on May 11 to Midnight on May 24.
Prizes will be awarded for two buy in levels for the promotion — $1-$20, and $30 plus —and a points boost is available to players who take part in over 50 games in the counting period.
Double Up STTs now run full time at PaddyPowerPoker.com.
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