PaddyPowerPoker.com Sponsors Poker for the Homeless March Madness II

27 February 2010

DUBLIN, February 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PaddyPowerPoker.com and The Jackpot Club today announced the Poker forthe Homeless March Madness II festival to be held at the newly re-vampedJackpot Club in Dublin, Ireland from March 12 to 14, 2010.

This fun weekend of poker begins on Friday March 12 at 9 p.m. with aEUR100 buy-in (no registration fee) no-limit hold'em freezeout with 20percent of the prize pool going to Brother Kevin at the Capuchin Day Centrein Dublin.

First prize will be in the form of a EUR3,500 ticket to thePaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open, being held in the Burlington Hotel from April2 to 5.

Additionally players in the Friday night game will be treated to aCheltenham Racing Festival preview ahead of the following week's nationalhunt racing jamboree with two well known (but top secret!) racingpersonalities giving their analysis and tips as well as taking part in aspecial big screen virtual horse racing game.

Saturday March 13 sees the Jackpot Club's cash league final with anestimated EUR25,000 in prize money. This is a freeroll event. To qualifyplayers must play 50 hours worth of cash games between December 18 and March12. The top 18 places will be paid with EUR500 to be awarded to the playerwith the most qualifying hours.

Sunday March 14 will see the return of the hugely popular no-limithold'em team event with teams of four will competing in the EUR400 + EUR40tournament with the EUR40 registration fee donated to charity.

Sixty percent of the prize pool will be paid out to the first three teamswhile 40 percent will be paid out to individuals at the final table. Earlyregistration recommended as this event sold out last year and is capped at 30teams with 20 already registered.

Celebrity poker players registered for the festival so far include Irishrugby international Reggie Corrigan, former boxing champions Jim Rock andMichael Carruth, and snooker legend Ken Doherty while well-known pokerplayers supporting the event include Padraig Parkinson, Noel Furlong, FintanGavin, Scott Gray, Paul Marrow, Liam Flood, and Marty Smyth.

Padraig Parkinson, ambassador for Poker for the Homeless, said, "We'redelighted to return to with Poker for the Homeless and it's a credit to pokerplayers, Paul at the Jackpot Club, and Paddy Power Poker that they continueto put their hands in their pockets for those less well off in these tryingtimes.

"We hope we can beat last year's total of EUR10,000 and Brother Kevin atthe Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin, who does such sterling frontline workfeeding the hungry and homeless will be able to buy a lot of food for thosewho need it most."

For further information please contact brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com +353863057469

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