DUBLIN, June 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- $1,000 US No-Limit Hold'Em World Series of Poker Finalist Joinspaddypowerpoker.com Community

paddypowerpoker.com (http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/) today announcedrecent World Series of Poker finalist Nick Heather as the new face of itspoker community.

Earlier this month the 23-year-old Irishman finished fourth in event 13at the WSOP, a $1,000 US buy-in no-limit hold'em event. He earned $149,702 USfor his fourth cash in World Series tournaments.

"We look forward to Nick becoming a more active member of the Paddy Powerpoker community and sharing his insight with us," said communications managerPaddy Power. "We look forward to all of our poker players engaging withNick's regular contributions where he will indulge us with some excellenttournament strategy as well as playing regular bounty tournaments."

Heather, who plays regularly on paddypowerpoker.com and has been a pokerpro for the last couple of years, said: "I'm really excited about the futurewith Paddy Power, hopefully I can continue to improve as a player with thebacking and support of the Paddy Power community. My first blogs about Vegasand the WSOP are already up on the site so I can't wait to start interactingmore with the other players."

For more information please contact: Jonny Natas, paddypowerpoker.comPress Officer,: +447931675552, jnatas@paddypower.com. You can also visithttp://www.paddypower.com for additional information.

SOURCE paddypowerpoker.com