Betfair Poker Runs Satellites for Irish Poker Classic Festival
Betfair Poker has announced they are running satellites for the Macau Sporting Club's sixth annual Irish Poker Classic Festival that will be held in Cork starting on August 11th and running until August 15th.
The Main Event is a €150,000 guaranteed €1500 + €100 No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament that will play for three days starting on Aug. 15th. Betfair Poker is going to be hosting qualifiers in the coming weeks with an additional bonus for the winners.
A Betfair Poker spokesperson 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 to win one of the 13 €1600 main event packages at Green Joker Poker by playing in weekly satellites on Sundays for $109 dollars at 9:30pm EST.
The Main Event has 15,000 chip starting stacks with 75 minute blinds. Macau will be guaranteeing eight tickets at the Mega Bonus satellite on Thursday, August 14th.
The Irish Poker Classic schedule is below.
Aug. 11 Mega super satellite no-limit hold'em one rebuy or add-on €100 + €10
Aug. 12 Short-handed no-limit hold'em Freezeout €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