Here at UK PokerNews we're sure you are already thinking about the mouth watering 4 day weekend that is on its way. It's time to eat a lot of chocolate, stay out later than we normally do and pine like a wounded puppy when the return to work is imminent. With an extended weekend ahead of us, many would like to tread the boards with a bit of live poker, being as we are allowed to stay up past our bedtimes. So here is our guide to some of the big festivals nearby this Easter weekend.
Spring Festival – Napoleons' Casino Sheffield This quarterly festival is back with its usual schedule in the steel city this weekend:
Wed 19 Mar at 8.00 pm £ 100 No Limit Hold'em
Rebuys available
Thu 20 Mar at 8.00 pm £ 300 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Fri 21 Mar at 8.00 pm £ 500 No Limit Hold'em Double Chance - Freezeout
Sussex Masters – Rendezvous Casino, Brighton Looks like it could be a big one, with a pretty meaty schedule and plenty of satellites to the main events throughout.
Tue 18 Mar at 8.00pm £100+10 No Limit Hold'em
Wed 19 Mar at 8.00pm £50+5 Hold'em/Omaha
Thu 20 Mar at 8.00pm £300+30 No Limit Hold'em
Fri 21 Mar at 7.00pm £200+20 No Limit Hold'em
Sat 22 Mar at 7.00pm £150+15 No Limit Hold'em
Sun 23 Mar at 6.00pm £500+50 No Limit Hold'em (2 day event)
PaddyPower Irish Open – Citywest Hotel, Dublin This could be the biggest tournament of the year in Europe and it looks like it's going to be big. Doyle Brunson is amongst the confirmed players and up to 1000 people could be making their way to the Emerald Isle this year.
19 March 6.00pm €300 Main Event Super Satellite
20 March 2.00pm €4200 Main Event Day 1A
21 March 2.00pm €4200 Main Event Day 1B
21 March 5.00pm €300 Ladies NLH - €3k Added
22 March 6.00pm €1,500 €1,500 NLH Freezeout Day 1
23 March 5.00pm €400 Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy
24 March 3.00pm €270+€30 NLH Double Chance Scalp