Boylepoker.com launches International Poker Open "Need For Speed"

DUNDALK, Ireland -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Boylepoker today announces its International Poker Open Need For Speed promotion, which launches the new fast-fold poker format Speed Poker at the site.

The Need For Speed is giving away four Boylepoker.com International Poker Open seats worth €230 each plus 10 IPO Super Satellite tokens worth €22 each to the players who can play the most raked hands on the new Speed Poker tables in a single session between Monday July 30 and Sunday August 12.

Players who wish to participate in this promotion must opt-in by midnight on Sunday July 29 in the Boylepoker.com lobby under ‘Boylepoker Exclusives’>’NEED4SPEED’.

The promotion takes place on Boylepoker’s new Speed Poker tables, which allow players to play hundreds of additional hands per hour as they move seamlessly to a new hand as soon as they decide to fold their current cards.

Ciaran Corbett, poker manager at Boylesports, said, “We’re very pleased to announce the launch of Speed Poker with a great promotion which will allow our cash game players to jump straight in and try to win an IPO seat while they’re experiencing the rush of this exciting fast-fold variant.”

The €230 buy-in Boylepoker.com International Poker Open takes place at the Regency Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, from October 19 to 21. It is one of Europe’s most unique poker tournaments affording players the opportunity to take part in a large, internationally diverse no-limit hold’em event for a low buy-in.

This year Boylepoker.com is adding €20,000 to the prize pool for players who take part in its Extra Cash promotion. From May to October, players who earn a total of 350 loyalty points at Boylepoker.com in two single months can win an extra €1,000 at the IPO.

There is also the option to qualify by earning 1,000 iPoints in a single month between June and September.

In 2011 the IPO was won by Dutchman Luke Maartens, who beat 1,387 opponents to lift €51,350.

Players can also qualify for the IPO each Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. in a €20+€2 super satellite. They can qualify for these super satellites daily in a freeroll at 7 p.m. and in €5+€0.5 buy in feeder satellites at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m..