Play The Irish Winter Festival for $1 with Card Player Europe

DUBLIN, Ireland, July 27, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- PaddyPowerPoker.com and Card Player Europe Team Up with Exclusive Irish Winter Festival Offer

Card Player Europe today launches the nine-week Irish Winter Festival League in conjunction with PaddyPowerPoker.com. The League will see one player win a package worth EUR2,300 to one of Europe's premier poker events being held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland from Oct. 22 to 25, 2010.

Online poker players have nine shots to win a seat at the final table of the Irish Winter Festival League for $1 starting tomorrow, Wednesday July 28, 2010.

    The full schedule for the $100 added Irish Winter Festival League is:

    Week 1: July 28.   8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF1
    Week 2: Aug   4.   8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF2
    Week 3: Aug   11.  8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF3
    Week 4: Aug   18.  8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF4
    Week 5: Aug   25.  8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF5
    Week 6: Sept  1.   8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF6
    Week 7: Sept. 8    8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF7
    Week 8: Sept. 15   8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF8
    Week 9: Sept. 22   8:15 BST - $1 +10c $100 added, password CPEIWF9
    Final:  Sept. 29   8:15 BST

The winner of the sit 'n' go grand final will take down a EUR2,300 package to the EUR1,500 + EUR150 buy-in Irish Masters main event, the centerpiece tournament of one of Europe's most prestigious poker festivals, the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival.

They will also be eligible for the Sole Survivor competition at the IWF with a chance to win a EUR20,000 pro package for a year. The runners up will share $500 worth of Irish Winter Festival tokens, which can be used for another crack at a seat in the big game.

Last year Michael O'Sullivan took down the Irish Masters top prize of EUR143,000.

SOURCE Card Player Media