WPT Global teams up with JP Poker Card Club & Casino in Ireland

WPT Global, a premier name in the online poker space, is pleased to announce its new partnership with JP Poker Card Club & Casino, one of Ireland’s flourishing live poker destinations. This partnership introduces a monthly flagship €200 buy-in tournament with a €50,000 guaranteed prize pool, multiple pathways to the World Poker Tour as well as various promotions for WPT Global players.

This collaboration offers players a seamless connection between the online and live poker worlds. Daily online satellites hosted by WPT Global will allow players to qualify for this recurring monthly tournament at a fraction of the cost, feeding into Online Day 1s before transitioning to the live action at JP Poker Card Club & Casino. To celebrate the launch of the first festival, there will be a 20 seat guaranteed online satellite on WPT Global, sending players to JP Poker Card Club & Casino to play for the lionshare of €50,000.

“We’re thrilled to collaborate with WPT Global, a brand that stands for excellence and innovation in online poker,” said JP McCann, owner of JP Poker Card Club & Casino. “This partnership allows us to offer our members and visiting players the chance to participate in great value tournaments with significant prize pools, all while enjoying the top-tier amenities at our newly opened venue. Our collaboration with WPT Global compliments our goal of providing the best poker experience in Ireland to our players”

Echoing this sentiment, WPT Global President Alex Scott added, “Partnering with JP Poker Card Club & Casino is a fantastic opportunity for us to bring the WPT Global experience to Ireland’s vibrant poker community. We’re excited to offer players the chance to qualify online for the new €50,000 guaranteed monthly event at JP Poker Card Club and Casino and the WPT World Championship, blending the best of both worlds. We anticipate that this partnership will drive the action for WPT Global, JP Poker Card Club & Casino and the entire Irish poker scene.”

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Irish Poker Open 2019 announced

Paul O’Reilly and JP McCann are happy to announce details of the Irish Poker Open 2019, which will take place from 15–22 April 2019 in the prestigious Citywest Hotel, Dublin. The buy-in for this event will remain at €1,025 plus €125, and the festival will once again feature a full schedule of events to capture the imagination of poker players at an affordable buy-in level.

This year sees the return of the event to the Easter weekend in Ireland. There are also four starting days for the event with the introduction of a Day 1A on Wednesday, 17 April and a Day 1D Turbo on Friday, 19 April.

Online satellites will take place on Paddy Power Betfair and a great series of packages will be available on the IPoker Network, each package worth €2,500 from January 2019. Players can now can also use My PP LIVE $$$ via partypoker. Online registration is available online.

“It is always exciting to launch the Irish Poker Open each year. The 2018 event smashed its €1 million guarantee after attracting 1,348 entrants from 68 countries to generate a massive €1,347,164 prize pool. This represents a sizable 19% increase from last year's Main Event.

"We were blown away by the support this year in the poker community and we continue to listen to all the feedback to ensure Europe’s oldest poker tournament remains the people’s tournament, with a lot of craic on the side.”

The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas Hold'em poker festival in Europe and the second most historic in the world after the World Series of Poker, Las Vegas. First organized in 1981 by Terry Rogers, a well-known Irish bookmaker, the tournament is now world famous for its electric atmosphere, the famous poker faces that return every year and the general craic that is had by all every night in the hotel bar.

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Sports stars prepare for PokerStars Festival Dublin

Sports stars Wayne Bridge, Michael Duberry and Stephen Hendry are putting their poker skills to the test next week at PokerStars Festival Dublin. The PokerStars Festival tour delivers top quality poker action to poker players across a range of buy in levels starting from €100.

The stars will compete in the PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event, which promises to be one of the biggest Irish poker tournaments of the year with its €700,000 prize pool guarantee and €1,100 buy-in.

Seven-time world snooker champion Stephen Hendry said, "I'm excited to play at PokerStars Festival Dublin. I have participated in a number of PokerStars live poker events which are always really fun and make for a great atmosphere. I'm looking forward to 'having the craic,' as they say in Ireland, and playing against some of Europe's greatest poker players."

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Ireland: Lottery now in private ownership

DUBLIN - For the first time in 27 years the National Lottery in Ireland is privately owned, the Irish Times reported.

The new owner is Premier Lotteries Ireland, the report said.

The company is a partnership between An Post, the Irish post office and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan who paid $405 million for the National Lottery, according to the Irish Times report.

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