We have less than one week to go until the start of the PaddyPowerPoker.com sponsored Irish Open 2010. The tournament will be taking place from April 2nd to April 5th 2010 in Dublin, Ireland

The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas Hold'em poker tournament in Europe and second longest 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 has experienced tremendous growth over the past 29 years. Well known for the electric atmosphere and character like no other, this poker festival is now a firm fixture on the international poker calendar and a 'must attend' for many of the top poker players in the world.

Irish Open 2010

paddypowerpoker.com is proud to reveal details of the Irish Open 2010 which will take place on April 2nd - 5th 2010. The buy-in is set at €3,200 + €300, with a Super Satellite scheduled for April 1st. The festival will return to The Burlington Hotel in the heart of Dublin city, where the 2007 Irish Open was hosted.

The Irish Open 2010 will feature a €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion for the 2nd year running. Similar to 2009, all paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers to the Irish Open 2010 will be eligible for participation in the €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion and the player that becomes the 'Sole Survivor' by outlasting all other paddypowerpoker.com qualifiers in the tournament will win a €100,000 package. The Irish Open 2009 €100,000 Sole Survivor was Marcel Koch, a 31 year old German player.

"Our qualifiers to the Irish Open 2009 were really excited about participating in the very first €100k Sole Survivor promos and it was great to find such a worthy winner as Marcel", said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. "We can't wait to kick off the search for the next Sole Survivor; there are 100,000 reasons why it makes sense for players to qualify for the Irish Open 2010 on paddypowerpoker.com and nowhere else!"

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Irish Open has become one of the most anticipated and entertaining tournaments of the European schedule, and the top poker room have announced details on the 2009 main event.

The Irish Open 2009, Europe's longest-running tournament, will take place on the 9th to 13th April, 2009. The buy-in has been set at €3,200 + €300, with a Super Satellite scheduled for April 9th.

To celebrate this news, Paddy Power Poker qualifier will also win a €100,000 prize package. €75,000 of which is cold hard cash and €25,000 will be used for sponsorship in future events of the player's choice.

"We always try to offer our own qualifiers something special for outlasting their peers; and this year certainly won't disappoint" said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. "The €100,000 package will be in addition to whatever prize money they win at the event, so it will be a real windfall for whichever qualifier stays in the game long enough to become our Sole Survivor!"

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Marty Smyth From Northern Ireland is the reigning Irish Open Poker champion, Marty outlasted a record field of 708 players to claim the Terry Rogers trophy in 2007.

His superb Poker performance, culminating with his epics heads–up victory over Roland De Wolfe, was enough to earn him €650,000 and a place in the poker history books.

His considerable poker tournament record includes a final table appearance at the Poker Million in December 2006 and he has international poker tournament winnings in excess of $1,000,000.