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An example from 17th August 2008.

Qualification to Great Live Tournaments is free this August in Eurobet. Eurobet are offering two freerolls every day, which give you the chance to qualify for the Scottish Poker Championship, the Gibraltar Poker Festival and the GCBPT Liverpool for free.

London Live qualification continues with three freerolls per week, daily satellites and regular online finals.

Open an account and join the ‘Guest List’, our new monthly $10,000 freeroll, and with so many ways to qualify it couldn’t be easier, but remember – “If your name’s not on the list you’re not coming in!”

Also this month Eurobet are celebrating the launch of our new $100 monthly reload bonus. Do not forget to visit the bonus section website for all the relevant sign up info and offers. This is in addition to the $600 sign up bonus.

paddypowerpoker.com adds over $20,000 into tournament prizepools for The Paddy Power Poker Olympics
The promotion will culminate with a $15,000 Gold Medal Freeroll

paddypowerpoker.com has announced details of The PPP Olympics , a series of money-added tournaments that are inspired by this year’s sporting festival in Beijing and will lead up to a Gold Medal Freeroll, which will have more than $15,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.

Each of the Hold’em and Omaha events, which run twice nightly from August 8th until August 14th, is named after an Olympic event and will have either $250 or $1,000 added by paddypowerpoker.com to the prizepool.  Players will have to participate in at least three of The PPP Olympics events in order to qualify to play in the Gold Medal Freeroll on August 15th.  This No Limit Hold’em tournament will feature an Irish Winter Festival package worth $4,500 for 1st place and a mixture of $215 and $23.50 Irish Winter Festival satellite tickets for the remainder of the top 30 finishers, in addition to the $10,000 cash prizepool.

“I know there is a lot of excitement right now about the small sporting event due to take place in Beijing in August, but we wanted to offer something even more exciting for our players” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com.  “We’re giving away over $20,000 to those players willing to show us they’re at the top of their game and trying to get on the podium – for those who have been in training these last few months, it is now time to grab their spandex, shave all their body hair and reach out for the gold medal!”

All paddypowerpoker.com tournaments can be accessed via the poker software lobby; select ‘Scheduled Tournaments’ and either ‘All Scheduled’, ‘Satellites’, ‘Freerolls’ or ‘Beginners’ as required, or select ‘Specials’.  All of The PPP Olympics tournaments will be listed under the ‘All Scheduled’ and ‘Specials’ options.

Sign up to paddypowerpoker.com for $600 sign up bonus and continuous loyalty bonuses.

Great promotion for beginners and existing players at Paddy Power Poker.

paddypowerpoker.com rewards players for being Just A Jack Off!

Miss out on a Royal Flush by a single card and win a $55 Irish Winter Festival satellite token

paddypowerpoker.com has announced the Just A Jack Off promotion, which compensates players who have narrowly missed out on hitting poker’s biggest hand with an Irish Winter Festival satellite token worth $55.

Running until the end of August, Just A Jack Off ensures that players on paddypowerpoker.com’s cash tables will win by staying in the hand until the river has been dealt and holding an Ace, King, Queen and Ten of the same suit, with two of the four required cards being the player’s hole cards.

“I hate hearing the words ‘Jack Off’ used as an insult; we’re too serious about our poker for that” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “For all poker players, being Just A Jack Off is a sad state to find yourself in, it’s horrible to miss out on poker glory like that. We’ve decided to reclaim the term, reward our ‘Jack Offs’ and let them know we still care about them!”

 The biggest poker event in the world returns to London – WSOP EUROPE 2008! Don’t miss your chance to qualify for a $24,000 package, with freerolls to daily satellites, three times a week absolutely free! Its a great way poker beginners to get a shot at the big time.

THE $24,000,000 PRIZE
$20,000 (£10,000) buy-in to the WSOP Europe Main Event
$4,000 travel and hotel expenses automatically credited to your account

SECOND CHANCE BONUS
Place in the TOP TEN in any WSOP Europe satellite final but miss out on a package, and we’ll give you a ticket to another $320 live event final ticket!

SATELLITE SCHEDULE
Freerolls three times a week pay tickets into the qualifying rounds! Click here for the schedule.

WSOP EUROPE RELOAD BONUS
What’s more, we’ll match your next deposit into ‘Poker’ up to $300 – simply use the code: LONDON08. Click here for bonus terms and conditions

Irish Open 2007 winner Marty Smyth wins WSOP $10k Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Belfast man takes home Ireland’s first bracelet of 2008

Marty Smyth, winner of the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2007, today won the World Series of Poker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship tournament, becoming the second player after Noel Furlong (Irish Open 1987 and 1989 winner and WSOP 1999 Main Event champion) to have won both the Irish Open and a WSOP Championship event.

Supported by a raucous cheering section, the Belfast man beat out a field of 381 players, including many of the poker world’s top professionals as well as poker beginners, to win his first WSOP bracelet and the $859,549 prize. Fellow Irishman Tom Hanlon also made the final table, but an Irish one-two was not to be as the Dubliner was knocked out in 7th place for $134,302. Smyth’s success follows a string of Irishmen making WSOP final tables this year, including John O’Shea, Chris Rentes and John Conroy; with a sizable Irish contingent planning to play in the Main Event starting July 3rd, there is every chance that 2008 can be the best year yet for the Irish at the WSOP.

“I’d like to thank everyone for the support I received during the tournament, both from the gang here in Las Vegas and from back home in Ireland”, said Marty Smyth. “I’ve been getting texts and voicemails from family, friends and poker players from all over; all the well-wishers must have done me some good!”

Over $15,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs in paddypowerpoker.com’s Whalewatch freeroll
7 days of money-added tournaments followed by a Grand Final Freeroll

paddypowerpoker.com today announces the Whalewatch promotion, which delivers a full week of money-added tournaments and culminates with the Whalewatch Grand Final Freeroll, with more than $15,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.

The Sunburn Special and Bouncing Bikinis money-added tournaments are scheduled daily at 7pm and 9pm from June 18th to June 24th, and players who enter at least 2 of these tournaments are eligible to play in the Whalewatch Grand Final Freeroll on June 25th. The top 50% of the field in the freeroll will share a $2,000 cash prizepool, while the top 25 finishers will also win electronic prizes or travel vouchers, with an Irish Winter Festival package (worth $3,500) going to the outright winner.

“You never can be sure of what you’ll see down at the beach these days; some people better look better covered up!” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “Even if you prefer spending your summer days ‘whale watching’ down by the seashore with a pair of binoculars, you’ll love our version of Whalewatch – nothing can beat so much free cash and so many cool prizes!”

All paddypowerpoker.com tournaments can be accessed via the poker software lobby; select ‘Scheduled Tournaments’ and either ‘All Scheduled’, ‘Satellites’, ‘Freerolls’ or ‘Beginners’ as required.

paddypowerpoker.com today announced details of its VIP Go Free promotion, which awards Executive Packages to the Irish Winter Festival to players earning at least 500,000 Paddy Points between June 15th and October 15th 2008.

The Irish Winter Festival Executive Package is made up of a €1,500 + €150 ticket to the Irish Masters main event, three nights in a suite at Citywest Hotel, dinner with paddypowerpoker.com pro Ciaran ‘Big C’ O’Leary and a round of golf on Citywest’s championship course.

“It is very important for us to recognise the loyalty of our top players”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “Through the C*A*S*H programme and promotions like VIP Go Free, we reward players for their loyalty and treat them like the high rollers they are. If one of them can take down the Irish Masters on Paddy Power Poker’s dime, all the better!”

Players can also win entry to the Irish Winter Festival via satellite tournaments on paddypowerpoker.com.

Special Euro 2008 first deposit bonus for all new players

paddypowerpoker.com is running a What A Load Of Balls promotion , in which new players can score a special 100% match bonus on their first deposit if the team they select to win the Euro 2008 football championship is crowned best in Europe this summer.

After opening a new account, players are asked to fill in their new details and choice of Euro 2008 team into a contact form on the promotional webpage and once the player has generated 300 Paddy Points, the bonus of up to $100 will be added to their account. Participating players can also avail of the poker room’s standard first deposit bonus of up to $600, making the What A Load Of Balls bonus especially attractive to new players.

“Even though Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all failed to qualify, it goes without saying that we’ll be glued to the TV following the action”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com . “In order to add a bit of spice to Euro 2008, we’re offering new players the chance to snag an extra $100 by picking the team who goes on and wins it. Since the Irish are out of the running, here’s to the Greeks to do the repeat!”

Pity they couldn’t extend this to existing players.

Over $35,000 in cash and prizes to be won over June and July. Great for beginner’s and pro’s.

paddypowerpoker.com has announced the Summer Slamdown Hands Race promotion, which will run over the months of June and July. Over $35,000 is up for grabs, with greater than $34,000 in cash and the remainder in Irish Winter Festival satellite tickets.

More than 200 poker players will win prizes each month and have the opportunity to win in two different ways; at the end of either month in the main leader boards or at the end of each week in the 8 weekly leader boards.

“Summer Slamdown is all about getting the upper-hand on your poker opponents and claiming a bigger share of our free cash”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com . “We’ve issued a challenge to our players this summer; step into the ring and show us what you’re made of. The more hands of poker you play, the greater the reward – the highest flying grapplers will scoop the most loot!”

Please note that paddypowerpoker.com does not accept US-resident players.