Irish Classic Poker Festival Launches New EventsCharity Tournament Among Others Added to Festival |
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The Macau Sporting Club, Cork, in Ireland has announced the addition of a new event to this year’s Irish Poker Festival — a €250 + €25 no-limit hold’em charity tournament. The event which takes place on Aug. 15, sees each registration fee plus €50 from every buy-in go towards the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The organisers of the Festival, which runs from Aug. 10-16, have also announced the Stan James Pub Challenge Classic which should help warm things up at the Club. The event will see all players who have qualified in 20 pubs and sports clubs around the country come together on Jun. 12 to try for eight guaranteed World Series of Poker main event tickets, plus cash. Those interested can also buy in directly at €100 + €10 with one €50 re-buy/add-on.
The club has even more to offer this summer with a Free Million Dollar Seat qualifier for the WSOP Europe, and its Irish regional final, both taking place during the Festival. Those who wish to play in the freeroll just need to register for the Irish Poker Classic, and the winner of the regional final will go to London to battle 17 others for the top prize of $1 million.
The €1,000 + €100 buy-in main event of the Irish Classic Poker Festival runs for three days starting on Aug. 13. Online satellites begin soon at sites such as Paddy Power Poker, and live satellites are due to take place in card rooms around the country, including the Macau Sporting Club itself, which guarantees one ticket every Tuesday in its €50 + €5 one rebuy/one add on tournament, and two tickets on the last Thursday of each month in its €100 + €10 one rebuy/one add on tournament. Super satellites for all these events are currently running at the club on a daily basis.
Last year, the main event saw 169 entrants including some of the poker world’s best such as Annette Obrestad, Roy Brindley, and Marty Smyth. It was Irishman Rob Taylor who took the €46,000 top prize down, but can he do it again this year with more than 200 players expected.
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