Irish Classic Poker Festival adds charity event, online qualification, and pub challenge Macau Sporting Club, Cork&euro&trades Irish Classic Poker Festival &sbquo100,000 guaranteed hosts three-day
main event this August adds charity tournament to schedule and launches eight-ticket guaranteed pub challenge taking place this June The Macau Sporting Club, Cork, Ireland, today announces the addition of a charity poker tournament in aid of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children as part of its August 2009 Irish Poker Festival. The &sbquo250 + &sbquo25 no-limit hold&euro&tradeem tournament will be held on Saturday August 15. &sbquo50 of each buy-in plus the registration fee will go to the charity. The centerpiece of the Irish Classic Poker Festival, taking place from Aug. 10 to 16, 2009, is the &sbquo100,000 guaranteed &sbquo1,000 + &sbquo100 buy-in no limit hold&euro&tradeem main event taking place over three days from Thursday Aug. 13. The main event has a 15,000 chip starting stack with 75 minute blinds. The organisers today also announce the upcoming Stan James Pub Challenge Classic, hosted on June 12 at the Macau Sporting Club. Qualifying players from 20 pubs and sports clubs will play for main event tickets with eight guaranteed plus cash. Players can buy in directly to Pub Challenge Classic for &sbquo100 + &sbquo10 stake with one re-buy/add-on at &sbquo50. Online satellite qualification for the Irish Poker Classic main event will begin soon on
Finally, the Club will be hosting a Free Million Dollar Seat live qualifier for the World Series of Poker Europe during the Irish Poker Classic Festival. Players who wish to play in this freeroll simply register for the Irish Poker Classic. The club will also be hosting the Irish regional final for this event where the winner goes to London to play against 17 others for a $1 million top prize.