Mini ECOOP Online Poker Festival Starts Today on paddypowerpoker.com With Unique Bubble Twist

DUBLIN, May 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ten Places up to the Bubble Paid out at all Mini ECOOP VI Events Over Next 10 Days at PaddyPowerPoker.com

paddypowerpoker.com (http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/)today announces the start of its Mini ECOOP VI series which will see the ten players before the bubble in each tournament get paid a cash prize exclusively from the site.

The Mini ECOOP series of ten tournaments takes place each evening from May 14 to 23 with a total guaranteed prize pool of over $600,000.

"We're giving online poker players the best excuse in the world to play Mini ECOOP at paddypowerpoker.com," said Paddy Power, Communications Manager at the site. "By guaranteeing a cash prize for the ten players from the bubble we're taking away the pain of that excruciating 'so near and yet so far' feeling of falling just short of the cash. Play with us, get within 10 of the bubble in any Mini ECOOP event and you'll still make cash."

    The full schedule for Mini ECOOP is:

    May 14th @ 8pm - Event #1 NLH freezeout with $10 +$1 buy-in and $25,000
    guaranteed

    May 15th @ 8pm - Event #2 PLO freezeout with $10 + $1 buy-in and $10,000
    guaranteed

    May 16th @ 8pm - Event #3 NLH freezeout with $50 + $5 buy-in and $175,000
    guaranteed

    May 17th @ 8pm - Event #4 NLH 6-max with $15 + $1.50 buy-in and $15,000
    guaranteed

    May 18th @ 8pm - Event #5 NLH freezeout with $10 + $1 buy-in and $10,000
    guaranteed

    May 19th @ 8pm - Event #6 NLH turbo rebuy with $5 + 50c buy-in and
    $20,000 guaranteed

    May 20th @ 8pm - Event #7 PLO rebuy with $5+ 50c buy-in and $10,000
    guaranteed

    May 21st @ 8pm - Event #8 NLH rebuy with $5 + 50c buy-in and $25,000
    guaranteed

    May 22nd @ 8pm - Event #9 PLO freezeout with $20 +$2 buy-in and $10,000
    guaranteed

    May 23rd @ 6pm - Event #10 NLH freezeout with $75 + $7.50 buy-in and
    $300,000 guaranteed

Mini ECOOP is followed immediately by ECOOP VI from May 24 to June 26 with a guaranteed prize pool of $4.5 million and an exclusive paddypowerpoker.com prize of a WSOP package to any player who wins an ECOOP tournament on paddypowerpoker.com.

ECOOP VI will also see a repeat of the bubble promotion with the 10 players from the bubble in each tournament getting a cash prize.

To register for an ECOOP VI or Mini ECOOP VI tournament or qualifier, open the paddypowerpoker.com software lobby and select 'ECOOP VI' or 'Mini ECOOP' from the left-hand navigation pane, then sort the tournaments by name or date and select the tournament of your choice.

Note to editors: For further information on the ECOOP VI promotional package, please visit: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/promotions/4reasons. For further information on ECOOP VI or Mini ECOOP, please visit: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/tournaments/ecoop.

    For more information please contact:

    Paul Burke
    paddypowerpoker.com
    Press Officer
    Tel: +353-1-488-1738
    Mob: +353-85-140-0112,
    [email protected]

SOURCE paddypowerpoker.com