DUBLIN, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Online qualifiers for tickets to the seventh annual Irish Classic PokerFestival main event are now in full swing with Boylepoker and PaddyPowerPokerjoining Betfair Poker in offering seats to the euro 100,000 guaranteed euro1,000 + euro 100 buy-in main event taking place at the Macau Sporting Club,Cork, Ireland from Aug. 10 to 16, 2009.

Feeder satellites take place on Boylepoker.com on Thursday Jul. 30 andTuesday Aug. 4 at 9 p.m. BST for US$25.00 + US$2.50 with one rebuy and oneadd-on. This will give one seat to the Irish Classic Poker Festival supersatellite on Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. (value US$100 + US$10) for every US$110 in theprize pool. Players can also buy in directly to the super satellite on Aug.6.

PaddyPowerPoker.com hosts two remaining satellites tonight Jul. 29 andWed. Aug. 5 at 9.30 p.m. Entry is US$100 + US$10 with a rebuy and add-on andeach satellite has one ticket guaranteed.

Ladbrokes.com holds its US$88 + US$8 satellite on Aug. 3 at 7.30 p.m.with one seat guaranteed to the Irish Classic Poker Festival.

Online qualifiers continue at Betfair Poker every Wednesday at 9 p.m. BSTwith one ticket guaranteed each week. Entry to the weekly final is US$80 +US$8 but players can qualify daily from as little as US$2 + US$0.20 in thedaily feeders.

All players who register for the Irish Poker Classic will automaticallybe entered into the Free Million Dollar Game freeroll where the winner willgo to London to play against 17 others for a US$1 million first prize at theBetfair-sponsored World Series of Poker Europe.

So far 70 people have registered and paid for the event and theorganisers have capacity for up to 200. Live satellites for the Irish PokerClassic are also well underway. Each Tuesday at 8.30pm the Macau SportingClub hosts a euro 50 + euro 5 entry with two rebuys or one rebuy and oneadd-on at euro 50.

Dublin's Sporting Emporium also hosts euro 50 + euro 5 entry with one rebuyand one top up at euro 50 on both Aug. 4 and 11 at 8.30 p.m. Further livesatellites are coming up at the Fitzwilliam Club, Emerald Casino, Clondalkin,JP Poker, Fortune Rooms, Goldclub, Atlantis Casino, Eglington Casino,Fitzpatricks Limerick, Olympus Waterford, and Cue Club Killarney.

Last year Rob Taylor topped a record field of 169 which included AnnetteObrestad, Michael Greco, Ian Woodley, Roy Brindley, Marty Smyth, Jeff Duval,Sylvester Geoghegan, and Mick McCloskey, collecting euro 46,000 and the titleof Irish Poker Classic champion. This year over 200 players are expected toattend what has become one of the best poker festivals in Europe.

Editors

The Irish Classic Poker Festival is held in Macau Sporting Club,Ireland's largest gaming complex situated on the waterfront, a stone's throwfrom Cork city's finest bars and eateries with a state of art hotel andleisure centre right next door and casino's own M Lounge and Mint Restaurant,the casino is Europe's best kept secret.

Special accommodation rates have been agreed with nearby hotels The MontenotteHotel, Quality Hotel and Leisure Centre, Gresham Metropole Hotel, and theClairon Hotel.

If you would like to host satellites for this event or require anyfurther information please contact brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com,+353-863057469 or Ken Corkery at info@macausportingclub.com