World’s Largest Team Poker Event Set for Dublin

Team Championship of Poker is to be played at the CityWest Hotel, the site of the Irish Poker Open, in late summer.

The 2009 Team Championship of Poker is expecting 150 teams to head to Dublin from August 20 – 23, 2009. The venue for the event is the CityWest Hotel, the location that houses Ireland’s biggest tournament, the Irish Poker Open.
Prize money is expected to top €350,000.

Six players will be featured on each team. The buy in is €2,900. €240 is the registration fee and €500 is sponsorship fee. Of this sponsorship fee €250 goes to the prizepool and €250 to advertising and promotion for the sponsors.

The prize pool is expected to be split amongst teams and individuals with €200,000 going to team prizes and €150,000 left over for individual players.

The full schedule is as follows:

• Thursday Aug. 20: Free Player Party  and €200 Charity Event 
• Friday Aug. 21:  €2,400 Team Championship of Poker   
• Saturday Aug. 22: Team Championship of Poker - Day 2 + €400 (incl €40 reg) Support Event
• Sunday Aug. 23: Team Championship of Poker - Final,  €400 Support Event - Day 2, plus €200 (incl €20 reg) Support Event
  

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