Hot New Poker Tournament In Ireland
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
HOT NEW POKER TOURNAMENT IN IRELAND
500 players to take a shot at Euro 500 000 prize pool
UK poker fans will be able to watch the finals of a major Irish poker tournament
on TV towards the end of January next year.
The Boyle Poker Irish Poker Championships will take place between January
6-8 at City West Hotel Dublin, and will be one of the largest such events held
in the UK and Ireland with over 500 competitors and an estimated prize pool of
500,000 Euros.
The final will be televised on the January 27 on RTE, Ireland’s national
broadcaster, a first for the channel and will then be repeated on pokerzone (SKY
channel 226) in February.
Seasoned players such as Andy Black, The Hendon Mob, and Roy “The Boy”
Brindley are confirmed to play, together with a list of well known celebrities
and poker pros. Other players have qualified from local weekly satellites and
via Boyle Sport’s new online poker site at Boyle Poker.com
Boylesports, Ireland’s biggest Independent bookmaker, has had great success
at home with the poker product and will launch Boyle Poker into the UK poker market
next year. They are currently running a concentrated advertising campaign in Manchester
over the Christmas and New Year period.
Buy-ins for the main Euro 500 000 event are Euro 1 000.
