Betfair Announce Qualifiers to the Irish Poker Classic

Online satellites have been announced for what might be one the best post-WSOP tournaments in Europe this summer. The sixth annual Irish Poker Classic Festival in Cork is running in August between the 11th and 17th. The weeklong event has a €150,000 guaranteed three day main event, as well as a juicy looking side event schedule. This is another deep stack extravaganza that you would expect from Irish poker, with a 15,000 starting stack and 75 minute blinds.

The events sponsors, Betfair Poker, are running satellites to the main event with additional bonuses for the winners. A Betfair spokesman said "We are pleased to announce that once again Betfair Poker will be running a series of satellites starting in July. There will be min of 10 seats up for grabs into this year's main event and anybody who qualifies through Betfair and reaches the final table will gain entry for the next three years". You can also qualify for the main event on Sundays for $109 at Green Joker Poker.

As Betfair Poker are once again the sponsors of the World Series of Poker Europe, they'll be holding a special WSOPE satellite during the event too, along with the rest of the schedule which looks like this:

Aug. 11 Mega super satellite no-limit hold'em one rebuy or add-on €100 + €10
Aug. 12 Short-handed no-l imit hold'em freezeout &! nbsp; &n bsp; €200 + €20
Aug. 13 Ladies event no-limit hold'em freezeout €150 + €15
Aug. 13 Pot-limit Omaha – 1 rebuy or add-on during levels 1/2/3 €300 + €30
Aug. 14 Mega bonus super satellite Irish Poker Classic freezeout €200 + €20
Aug. 15 €150,000 guaranteed main event freezeout (three days) €1500 + €100
Aug. 16 WSOP Europe satellite -1 rebuy/add-on 1 seat guaranteed €500 + €50
Aug. 17 No-limit hold'em scalp freezeout - 1 rebuy or 1 add-on €270 + €30 + €30

The Macau Sporting Club will be holding weekly satellites for €75 + €5 entry with one reb uy or add-on with one seat guaranteed and the bubble given a ticket for €75 on weekly events. €200 freezeout satellites start in May and continue through June and July after the Friday monthly €250 game. Already confirmed for the event are Annette Obrestad, Rumit Somaiya, Dara Kearney, Roy "The Boy" Brindley, Mick McCloskey, Marty Smyth, Fintan Gavin, Paul Lecky, Nicky Power, Kevin O'Leary, Michael Dolan, and John Keown.

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