Irish Poker Champs Schedule Published

Published: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

IRISH POKER CHAMPS SCHEDULE PUBLISHED

Expect a prize pool that is the biggest yet - around Euro 500 000 say organisers.


Next year's Irish Poker Championships start early in the new year, and the expected prize pool for the popular event is likely to be around Euro 500 000, the organisers said in announcing the playing schedule this week. It is believed that next year's event will be the biggest of its kind yet staged in the Emerald Isle.

The tournament program looks like this:

Jan. 4, Citywest Mega Satellite, Euro 15 000 prize pool
Jan. 5, Citywest Mega Satellite, Euro 12 000 prize pool
Jan. 5, Citywest Main Event, Euro 500 000 prize pool
Jan. 6, Citywest Supporting Event, Euro 150 000 prize pool
Jan. 7, Citywest Supporting Event, Euro 120 000 prize pool

The Irish Poker Championships will consist of a series of nationwide events leading up to the All-Ireland Poker Final. There will be local satellites in Ireland as well as throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

Last year's main event was won by Kieran Walsh, a young business student from County Cork, who took home Euro 150 000. This year's winner will probably receive Euro 200 000.

Buy-in for the final event will be Euro 1 000, it will take place Jan. 6-8 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin and organisers are planning for a field of some 500 competitors.