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Irish Winter Festival Improves Poker Tournament Structures

Starting Stacks Increase From 10,000 to 15,000 for Main Event At Paddy Power Poker Festival

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PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced an improved structure for the Irish Winter Festival main event at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin from October 23 to 26, 2009.

The starting stack will be increased to 15,000 from 10,000 and blinds will remain at 60 minutes.

The €500 side event taking place on October 25 will also see a better structure with the starting stack increasing from 7,000 to 10,000 and 45 minute blinds while the €300 round of each game, new to the festival, will have an 8,000 starting stack and 35 minute blinds.

Spokesman for the company, Paddy Power, said, “The improvements made to the tournament structures have further cemented the Irish Winter Festival’s status as one of Europe’s top poker festivals. More chips, long blind levels and lots of play – this is what players’ want and paddypowerpoker.com is more than happy to deliver!”

Online registration for the event is now open and players can still qualify online and take part in the Sole Survivor promotion.