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.



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