Online poker qualifiers get underway on Betfair for the Irish Classic Poker Festival €100,000 guaranteed main event; Paddy Power Poker and Boylepoker qualifiers start soon
Online qualifiers for tickets to the seventh annual Irish Classic Poker Festival main event are underway at Betfair Poker every Wednesday at 9 p.m. BST with one ticket guaranteed each week.
Qualifiers will automatically be entered into the Free Million Dollar Game freeroll where the winner will go to London to play against 17 others for a $1 million first prize at the Betfair-sponsored World Series of Poker Europe. Players who wish to play in this freeroll on August 16 simply register for the Irish Poker Classic.
The centerpiece of the Irish Classic Poker Festival, taking place from Aug. 10 to 16, 2009, is the €100,000 guaranteed €1,000 + €100 buy-in no limit hold’em main event taking place over three days from Thursday Aug. 13. The main event has a 15,000 chip starting stack with 75 minute blinds.
Entry to the weekly final is $80 + $8 but players can qualify daily from as little as $2 + .20 in the daily feeders.
Further online qualification routes will begin soon on Boylepoker and Paddy Power Poker.
Live satellites for the Irish Poker Classic have already started or will start soon at the Olympus Card Club, Waterford; JP Poker, Dublin; Cue Club, Killarney; Fitzpatrick’s, Limerick; and The Eglinton, Galway with 10 seats guaranteed. The Celtic Poker Tour Midlands will also run a satellite with a number of seats guaranteed and cash option on the night of the event.
Last year Rob Taylor topped a record field of 169 which included Annette Obrestad, Michael Greco, Ian Woodley, Roy Brindley, Marty Smyth, Jeff Duval, Sylvester Geoghegan, and Mick McCloskey, collecting €46,000 and the title of Irish Poker Classic champion. This year over 200 players are expected to attend what has become one of the best poker festivals in Europe.
The Macau Sporting Club is currently guaranteeing one ticket each 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 events are running daily at the club.