November Niner to compete in Irish Winter Festival

LONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Paddy Power Poker Irish Winter Festival is fast approaching and many renowned poker players are already confirmed to attend, the most notable of which is WSOP 2011 main event finalist Eoghan O’Dea. Eoghan will play his final poker tournament at the IWF before heading off to Las Vegas the following week to play for $8.7 Million in the final of the World Series of Poker 2011.

Joining Eoghan at the Paddy Power Poker Irish Winter Festival next weekend is poker superstar Niall Smyth; Niall will be hoping to take down his third major poker tournament this year having won the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2011 back in April for €650,000 followed by the Irish Poker Festival in Killarney last month for €70,000.

Anyone can join these poker pros at the Irish Winter Festival next weekend; players can purchase their seat in the paddypowerpoker.com client or at the event in the Burlington Hotel. Alternatively, for those looking for some value, there is still time to either qualify online or purchase a discounted seat in the paddypowerpoker.com VIP Store.

The final burst of online qualifiers for the €1,100 Irish Winter Festival main event are taking place daily on paddypowerpoker.com with a number of seats being won each night.

paddypowerpoker.com has extended its VIP rewards programme to include a range of Irish Winter Festival 2011 event seats, all offered at a discounted rate compared to the standard exchange value in the paddypowerpoker.com VIP scheme.

Furthermore, anyone who purchases an Irish Winter Festival main event seat in the paddypowerpoker.com VIP store will be eligible for the Sole Survivor promotion where they could be the lucky winner of an extra €20,000 at the Irish Winter Festival 2011.

“There is still time to get your seat for the Irish Winter Festival; the best value at the moment is to try your luck qualifying online as there are some decent overlays in the satellites this week.” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager at paddypowerpoker.com.

“Or if you have some Paddy Points to spare, why not purchase your seat in our VIP store at a discount. Either way, you definitely want to be rubbing shoulders with our next World Series of Poker Champion Eoghan O’Dea and many other poker celebrities at the Irish Winter Festival next weekend.”