Qualifiers Now Online for PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship

Qualifiers Now Online for PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship

November 09, 2007

Mike Sexton and Elusive 1999 World Series Champion Noel
Furlong Added to 
Line-Up
    

    GIBRALTAR, Nov. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Exclusive
online qualification for the PartyPoker.com Irish Poker
Championship 2008 is underway! The tournament will be held
at the fabulous Radisson Hotel & Spa, Galway, Ireland,
from Jan 3 to Jan 6, 2008. The PokerEvents.ie organized
event is the first major sponsorship in Ireland by
PartyPoker.com and is Europe's first major tournament of
2008.  

    (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071109/281095 )

    The main online $270 satellite is every Tuesday but
lower buy-in tournaments where entry into the main
satellite can be won are available every day of the week on
PartyPoker.com. For every 25 players in the main satellite,
PartyPoker.com will provide one seat.  Qualification for
the $5,000 package starts at $3. 

    The (euro) 2,000 (9 percent withheld) buy-in is
expected to attract 400 players from across Ireland, the
UK, Europe and the United States and will be recorded for
six hour-long broadcasts on RTE, Ireland's national
broadcaster and distributed internationally. Amongst those
who have indicated that they will attend are 'Ambassador of
Poker' Mike Sexton, WSOP bracelet winners Ciaran O'Leary and
Michael Keiner, Padraig Parkinson, Scott Gray, Bruno
Fitoussi, Rehne Pederson and Jan Sorensen. 1999 World
Series of Poker Main Event winner Noel Furlong has also
been coaxed out of retirement to take part! 

    A spokesman for the event sponsors, PartyPoker.com,
said: "We are delighted that the tournament organizers
have secured Noel Furlong's participation. Imagine winning
the WSOP Main Event, vanishing into thin air and retiring
from the game, exactly what Noel did! We expect him to run
well in the tournament as getting a read on him is likely
to be very hard. There will be very little television
coverage that gives pointers to how he plays." 

    Over 500 qualifying satellites are also being held in
pubs and clubs across Ireland. 

    The schedule for the event is:
    
    Thursday 3rd January 2008
    -- Super Satellite - (euro) 200 + (euro) 20

    Friday 4th January 2008 
    -- Main Event Day 1 - (euro) 2,000 (9 percent withheld)
No Limit Hold'em 
       Freezeout 

    Saturday 5th January 2008 
    -- Main Event Day 2 - (euro) 2,000 
    -- Supporting Event - (euro) 800 + (euro) 80 No Limit
Hold'em Freezeout 

    Sunday 6th January 2008 
    -- Main Event Day 3 - (euro) 2,000 
    -- Supporting Event - (euro) 400 + (euro) 40 No Limit
Hold'em Freezeout
 
    For more details on qualifiers see:
http://www.partypoker.com/news/items/irish_poker.html 
 



    For more information, please contact: 

     Brendan Murray      
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     Email: [e-mail] 
 
     Warren Lush 
     PartyGaming Plc
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]