paddypowerpoker.com Confirms Irish Winter Festival 2010 Event Structures

DUBLIN, August 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- Irish Masters Starting Stack set at 15,000 Chips With 60 Minute Blinds

paddypowerpoker.com (http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/) today releases details of the tournament structures for the Irish Winter Festival 2010, running from 22 - 25 October 2010. The starting stack for the Irish Masters main event is set at 15,000 and the tournament retains 60 minute blind levels.

Players of the two-day EUR500 No Limit Holdem side event (24 - 25 October) will receive a 10,000 starting stack with 45 minute blind levels. The EUR300 Round-Of-Each tournament (25 October) will feature an 8,000 starting stack and 35 minute blind levels.

Two new poker events have been added to the Irish Winter Festival 2010 schedule; players of the EUR200 No Limit Holdem side event (23 October) will start with 6,000 chips and be given 30 minute blind levels while the novel Blind Man's Bluff tournament (24 October) will feature a 4,000 starting stack and 20 minute blind levels.

"Plenty of chips, ample time and serious poker action can be expected at the Irish Winter Festival 2010. The new side event in this years schedule also means there is something to suit everyone's wallets." said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. "Not only this but we are spicing things up Paddy's style regarding entertainment at the festival this year - each evening there will be great music and plenty of activities going on in the bar so don't miss out on what promises to be a fantastic weekend!"

Weekly super satellites to the Irish Masters run on paddypowerpoker.com each Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with a variety of feeders running daily. Irish Masters main event seats are being handed out weekly in the IWF Sit & Go Festival and IWF cash races on paddypowerpoker.com now.

Online satellites for the Blind Man's Bluff tournament will run on paddypowerpoker.com from September.

Note to editors:

Full details of the Irish Winter Festival schedule can be found at http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/tournaments/iwf

Full details of Irish Masters qualifying routes on can be found at: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/tournaments/iwf/iwfqualify

For more information please contact: Jenny Cruess Callaghan, acting paddypowerpoker.com Press Officer, Tel: +353-1-6563922, Mob: +353-87-7534989, [email protected]

You can also visit http://www.paddypower.com for additional information.

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