PokerStars to Sponsor Irish Poker Championship. Galway, Ireland: October 1st2009 – The World’s largest online poker site, PokerStars.com, have announced that they will be throwing their substantial weight behind one of Ireland’s major poker festivals, The Irish Poker Championship (IPC), as part of the new PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour. The 5 day festival will take place at Galway’s Radisson Hotel from December 10th to 14th and boasts a 4 day Main Event with a €2000 buy-in as well as three side events with buy-ins of €550, €350 and €250 respectively. Kirsty Thompson from Pokerstars.com said “The Irish Poker Championship has become one of the biggest events on the Irish Poker Calendar and we are delighted to be sponsoring it. Poker players appreciate good hospitality and a good party atmosphere and there is no better city than Galway to provide it.” As was the case at the previous IPC, this year’s festival will kick off with a player’s party on Thursday the 10th of December. Last year Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot showed off his vocal ‘talent’ and Kenna “The Cowboy” James played guitar with the IPC band. This year players will once again have the opportunity to rub shoulders with celebrities and some of the world’s greatest poker players. Entrants will be compiled from online qualifiers and paid entries as well as a host of PokerStars Pros and celebrities. Already pencilled in for the event are Andy Black, Surindar Sunar, Marcel Luske, Padraig Parkinson, Donnacha O’Dea, Jon Kalmer, Julian Gardner, Neil Channing, Jude “j.thaddeus” Ainsworth and Marty Smyth. In addition clubs and casinos will have the opportunity to participate in hosting their own live satellites for the event. The Eglinton Casino, Galway and Pokerstars.com will provide assistance to organisers wishing to run satellites to the IPC in the form of merchandise as well as publishing satellite dates and venues on the official IPC website, www.IrishPokerChampionship.com. Last year Rory Rees Brennan walked away with the €160,000 first prize. This year’s field is currently capped at 400 runners but organisers predict this number will certainly be broken. This means the event will yield an impressive prize pool of over €750,000 and quite a large early Christmas present for the eventual winner who will receive at least €250,000 and a seat to London EPT Season 7 added to first prize. Online qualification begins exclusively on Pokerstars.com on October 15th 2009. PokerStars players can also buy seats in advance online through their own player account. IPC STRUCTURE Thursday 10th December 2009 * Player's party in The Radisson Hotel - 6pm * €300+€30 super satellite in The Eglinton Casino - 8pm Friday 11th December 2009 * €2,000 (incl. 9% reg) main event day 1 - 4pm Saturday 12th December 2009 * €2,000 main event day 2 - 2pm * €500+€50 side event 1 (two day) - 7pm Sunday 13th December 2009 * €2,000 main event day 3 - 2pm * €550 side event 1 - 1pm * €320+€30 side event 2 (two day) - 7pm Monday 14th December 2009 * €2,000 main event day 4 - 2pm * €350 side event 2 - 1pm * €225+€25 side event 3 - 3pm STRUCTURE MAIN EVENT SUPER-SATELLITE Date: 8pm Thursday 10th December 2009 Buy In: €300+€30 – One day event Chips: 8,000 Clock: 25 minute LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE 01 25 Minutes 25 50 0 02 25 Minutes 50 100 0 03 25 Minutes 75 150 0 04 25 Minutes 100 200 0 05 25 Minutes 150 300 25 BREAK 20 MINUTES 06 25 Minutes 200 400 50 07 25 Minutes 300 600 50 08 25 Minutes 400 800 100 CHIP RACE 25's 09 25 Minutes 500 1000 100 10 25 Minutes 600 1200 100 BREAK 15 MINUTES 11 25 Minutes 800 1600 100 12 25 Minutes 1000 2000 200 13 25 Minutes 1500 3000 300 14 25 Minutes 2000 4000 500 15 25 Minutes 3000 6000 500 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 100's 16 25 Minutes 4000 8000 1000 17 25 Minutes 5000 10000 1000 18 25 Minutes 8000 16000 2000 19 25 Minutes 10000 20000 2000 20 25 Minutes 15000 30000 3000 BREAK 15 MINUTES 21 25 Minutes 20000 40000 4000 STRUCTURE MAIN EVENT Date: 4pm Friday 11th December 2009 Buy In: €2,000 incl. 9% reg – Four day event Chips: 20,000 Clock: 60 minute LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE 01 60 Minutes 25 50 0 02 60 Minutes 50 100 0 BREAK 15 MINUTES 03 60 Minutes 75 150 0 04 60 Minutes 100 200 0 BREAK 60 MINUTES COMPLIMENTARY DINNER 05 60 Minutes 150 300 0 06 60 Minutes 150 300 25 BREAK 15 MINUTES 07 60 Minutes 200 400 50 END OF DAY ONE 08 60 Minutes 300 600 50 09 60 Minutes 400 800 75 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 25's 10 60 Minutes 500 1000 100 11 60 Minutes 600 1200 100 BREAK 75 MINUTES COMPLIMENTARY DINNER 12 60 Minutes 800 1600 200 13 60 Minutes 1000 2000 200 BREAK 15 MINUTES 14 60 Minutes 1200 2400 300 15 60 Minutes 1500 3000 400 END OF DAY TWO CHIP RACE 100's 16 60 Minutes 2000 4000 500 17 60 Minutes 3000 6000 500 BREAK 15 MINUTES 18 60 Minutes 4000 8000 1000 19 60 Minutes 5000 10000 1000 BREAK 75 MINUTES COMPLIMENTARY DINNER 20 60 Minutes 6000 12000 1500 21 60 Minutes 8000 16000 1500 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 500's 22 60 Minutes 10000 20000 2000 23 60 Minutes 12000 24000 3000 BREAK 15 MINUTES 24 60 Minutes 15000 30000 4000 25 60 Minutes 20000 40000 5000 STRUCTURE SIDE EVENT 1 Date: 7pm Saturday 12th December 2009 Buy In: €500+€50 – Two day event Chips: 10,000 Clock: 45 minute LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE 01 45 Minutes 25 50 0 02 45 Minutes 50 100 0 BREAK 15 MINUTES 03 45 Minutes 75 150 0 04 45 Minutes 100 200 0 BREAK 60 MINUTES DINNER 05 45 Minutes 150 300 0 06 45 Minutes 150 300 25 07 45 Minutes 200 400 50 END OF DAY ONE 08 45 Minutes 300 600 50 09 45 Minutes 400 800 75 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 25's 10 45 Minutes 500 1000 100 BREAK 15 MINUTES 11 45 Minutes 600 1200 100 12 45 Minutes 800 1600 200 13 45 Minutes 1000 2000 200 BREAK 15 MINUTES 14 45 Minutes 1200 2400 200 15 45 Minutes 1500 3000 300 BREAK 60 Minutes DINNER CHIP RACE 100's 16 45 Minutes 2000 4000 500 17 45 Minutes 3000 6000 500 18 45 Minutes 4000 8000 1000 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 500's 19 45 Minutes 5000 10000 1000 20 45 Minutes 8000 16000 2000 21 45 Minutes 10000 20000 2000 BREAK 15 MINUTES 22 45 Minutes 12000 24000 2000 23 45 Minutes 15000 30000 3000 24 45 Minutes 20000 40000 5000 STRUCTURE SIDE EVENT 2 Date: 7pm Sunday 13th December 2009 Buy In: €320+€30 – Two day event Chips: 10,000 Clock: 30 minute LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE 01 30 Minutes 25 50 0 02 30 Minutes 50 100 0 03 30 Minutes 75 150 0 BREAK 15 MINUTES 04 30 Minutes 100 200 0 05 30 Minutes 150 300 0 06 30 Minutes 150 300 25 BREAK 30 MINUTES DINNER 07 30 Minutes 200 400 50 08 30 Minutes 300 600 50 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 25's 09 30 Minutes 400 800 100 10 30 Minutes 500 1000 100 END OF DAY ONE 11 30 Minutes 600 1200 100 12 30 Minutes 800 1600 100 13 30 Minutes 1000 2000 200 14 30 Minutes 1500 3000 300 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 100's 15 30 Minutes 2000 4000 500 16 30 Minutes 4000 8000 500 17 30 Minutes 3000 6000 1000 18 30 Minutes 5000 10000 1000 BREAK 30 MINUTES DINNER CHIP RACE 500's 19 30 Minutes 6000 12000 1000 20 30 Minutes 8000 16000 2000 21 30 Minutes 10000 20000 2000 22 30 Minutes 15000 30000 3000 STRUCTURE SIDE EVENT 3 Date: 3pm Monday 14th December 2009 Buy In: €225+€25 – One day event Chips: 10,000 Clock: 24 minute LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE 01 24 Minutes 25 50 0 02 24 Minutes 50 100 0 03 24 Minutes 75 150 0 04 24 Minutes 100 200 0 05 24 Minutes 150 300 25 BREAK 15 MINUTES 06 24 Minutes 200 400 50 07 24 Minutes 300 600 50 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 25's 08 24 Minutes 400 800 100 09 24 Minutes 500 1000 100 10 24 Minutes 600 1200 100 BREAK 30 MINUTES DINNER 11 24 Minutes 800 1600 100 12 24 Minutes 1000 2000 200 13 24 Minutes 1500 3000 300 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 100's 14 24 Minutes 2000 4000 500 15 24 Minutes 3000 6000 500 BREAK 15 MINUTES CHIP RACE 500's 16 24 Minutes 4000 8000 1000 17 24 Minutes 5000 10000 1000 18 24 Minutes 8000 16000 2000 19 24 Minutes 10000 20000 2000 20 24 Minutes 15000 30000 3000 BREAK 15 MINUTES 21 24 Minutes 20000 40000 4000 22 24 Minutes 25000 50000 5000 Blind structures are subject to change at the discretion of the TD. Information on any of the above can be found at www.irishpokerchampionship.com. Queries can be directed to Caroline or Dave at The Eglinton Casino at info@theeglinton.com or by phoning (091) 569222. |