Paddy Power unveils Irish Winter Festival promotion

DUBLIN, Ireland -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Paddy Power Poker today launches IWF Bargain Basket, an online promotion that allows players to win an Irish Winter Festival 2011 seat worth €1,100 for just €2 – a cracker of a bargain!

From Thursday 4th August, paddypowerpoker.com will host daily €2 NLH re-buy satellites. All players need to do is win one of these satellites and they will automatically be entered into a fortnightly IWF Bargain Basket Grand Final, where one in every eleven players will win a seat into the Irish Winter Festival 2011 worth €1,100.

The first IWF Bargain Basket Grand Final will be held on Thursday 18th August 2011 and there will be four Grand Finals in total; no direct buy in will be accepted, players must qualify for the Bargain Basket Grand Finals.

IWF Bargain Basket Satellites:

• Bargain Basket Satellite Daily @ 21:00 IWF Bargain Basket Grand Final Seat

IWF Bargain Basket Grand Final Schedule:

• Bargain Basket Grand Final 1 18th August 2011 €1,100 Irish Winter Festival 2011 Seat
• Bargain Basket Grand Final 2 1st September 2011 €1,100 Irish Winter Festival 2011 Seat
• Bargain Basket Grand Final 3 15th September 2011 €1,100 Irish Winter Festival 2011 Seat
• Bargain Basket Grand Final 4 29th September 2011 €1,100 Irish Winter Festival 2011 Seat

“Following on from the success of a similar Cheap Seats Irish Open promotion, we are delighted to introduce the IWF Bargain Basket. With €2 satellites, this is the most affordable route to qualify for the Irish Winter Festival live event in Dublin this October”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “Don’t forget, it benefits to qualify for the IWF on paddypowerpoker.com; all our qualifiers will be in with a chance of winning an extra €20,000 at the live event in our Sole Survivor promotion.”