Who wants 3 million euros? I do, don’t you? Well that much is up for grabs in the Irish Open 2008. This is the longest running and largest poker tournament in Europe. Here’s a piece of the press release for this much awaited tournament for the next year:
Europe’s largest poker tournament grows even bigger in 2008. With an increased capacity, buy-in and guarantee, The Irish Open 2008 will be the greatest festival of poker on the planet!
• €3 Million Guaranteed Prize Pool
• €4,200 Buy-in + €300 Registration Fee
• 1,000 player capacity
• Dublin
• April 2008
Demand for tickets will be huge so book your seat early. Buy directly into the Main Event on our register page, or qualify online on paddypowerpoker.com.
Poker’s royalty turned out for the 2007 event including World Series of Poker Champions Dan Harrington and Carlos Mortensen, but in the end it was popular Northern Irish man Marty Smyth who reigned supreme. Marty lifted the Terry Rogers trophy, taking home €650,000, after an epic heads up battle with Roland De Wolfe.
Marty defeated a record breaking field of 708 players which also included Mike Sexton, Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, Andy Black, Padraig Parkinson, Scott Gray, Ram Vaswani, David Plastik, Eddie Scharf, Dave Masters, Surinder Sunar, Frank Cruess Callaghan, Ian Frazer, and both G.I. and Vegas versions of Elvis!
Of course, with the promotions starting as early as now (for 2008 mind you), I think that the upcoming tournament is going to outdo this year’s event. For more information, visit the Irish Open 2008 web site.
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