paddypowerpoker.com Announces US$40,000 April Bonanza Over $40,000 to be Won in Exclusive Promotions

DUBLIN, April 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- paddypowerpoker.com today announces a feast of new promotions to run during April. The promotions include cash giveaways, the return of the poker room's biggest online poker festival and new live event qualification options. There is over US$30,000 in cash prizes to be won in paddypowerpoker.com-exclusive promotions, as well as VIP packages to Las Vegas and the Irish Winter Festival.

"We've got so much going on in April that it's hard to keep up with it all", said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. "We've got our traditional giveaway promotions alongside new live event qualification and of course the ECOOP VI is making a welcome return - it is going to be busy month for poker enthusiasts!"

    The following promotions are currently live on paddypowerpoker.com:

    - Rakes'n'Ladders (April 5th - May 2nd): a US$20,000 Points Race
    - Double Up STT promotion (April 9th - May 2nd): $14,000 to be won
      by Double Up Sit'n'Go players
    - European Championship of Online Poker VI (May 14th - June 6th):
      over US$5,000,000 guaranteed in one of poker's biggest online
      festivals, with feeders running daily
    - WSOP Blast Off: a variety of World Series of Poker* qualification
      routes are available, with feeders starting from less than a dollar
    - WSOP Warrior: a MTT super league with 10 WSOP packages up for
      grabs
    - Irish Winter Festival qualification: the first Super Satellite is
      scheduled for April 11th, with two packages guaranteed

*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah's License Company, LLC ("Harrah's"). Harrah's does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with, paddypowerpoker.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.

Note to editors: For further details on Rakes'n'Ladders and Double Up STT promotion, please see: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/promotions. For further details on ECOOP VI, WSOP Blast Off, WSOP Warrior and Irish Winter Festival qualification, please see: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/tournaments/.

For more information please contact: Paul Burke, paddypowerpoker.com Press Officer, Tel: +353-1-488-1738, Mob: +353-85-140-0112, [email protected]. You can also visit http://www.paddypower.com/ for additional information.

SOURCE paddypowerpoker.com