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MAIN EVENT taking place Sunday 12th of April at 19:00BST. Top 20 places in each Knock-out tournament go through to the main event. Freeroll satellites to this event taking place Thursday the 9th to Saturday the 11th at 19:00BST and Sunday at 14:00 and 17:00BST.

This is a bounty tournament giving you $3 for each player that you Knock Out, and an additional $20 if you win. 20 Entries are Awarded. You are eligible to win 1 entry, no reimbursement will be given for additional seats won. 1 raked hand in the last 24 hours is all that is required to enter.

Top 20 places in each Knockout tournament go through to the main event on April 12 at 19:00.

Main event is a Bounty Tournament where you get 43 for every player you knock out of the tournament. Finishing 1st will get you an additional $20 in the main event. Please note that each player can only earn 1 entry into the main event.

The SUNDAY FUN-DAY €2000 Tournament running the 19th April, With a €10+1 Buy-In. We expect a great turnout for this €2000 guaranteed tournament. Many FREEROLL satellites will be run up to the start of this tournament, having 1 raked hand improves your chances for a seat. 

Check out, some of our regular Freerolls and IPOD Freerolls have been changed to become feeders to this Tournament.

·         Log on,

·         Click lobby button,

·         Click scheduled Tournaments,

·         Click Freeroll,

·         Check out the words in green ‘Freeroll Feeder to Sunday Fun day hold’em’. 

“Beat the Brunsons” is DoylesRoom’s newest tournament where everyone is a bounty!

On top of the tournament payouts, you get $5 for every player you eliminate and special Brunson Bounties from $250 to $1,000 for knocking out each of the family members that include Doyle, Todd, Pam, Ken and Anjela.

If you can survive the crossfire and eliminate each Brunson, you will receive a monster cash bonus of $100,000.

Friday, April 10th 2009 - Irish Open DAY 1

It’s time for the greatest show in Irish poker! The superstars of poker have gathered for Europe’s longest-running and Ireland’s most prestigious tournament, with cards in the air at 2pm today. We’re expecting about 600 players, which will mean a prizepool within touching distance of €2,000,000!

Last night the festival began with a €200 + €20 Super Satellite tournament to the Irish Open main event and a total of sixty-seven €3,500 tickets were awarded after a long night of play.

Tomorrow morning’s update should contain details of the exact number in the field and a list of the top chipleaders at that point. Some of the big name professionals already registered include:
•    Ciaran ‘Big C’ O’Leary
•    ’Action Dan’ Harrington
•    Brian ’sbrugby’ Townsend
•    Jamie Gold
•    Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak
•    Marty Smyth
•    Neil ‘Bad Beat’ Channing

I will be posting updates on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings and will issue details with the winner’s name on Monday evening or Tuesday morning, depending on when the title is won.

Remember, you can follow the action as it happens (well, almost!) on the official Irish Open Blog and through the live streaming at The Betting Directory

The Irish Open 2009, Europe’s longest running festival takes place on the 9th to 13th April, 2009, with the buy-in set at €3,200 + €300.

All eyes will be fixed on paddypowerpoker.com’s biggest ever Irish Open promotion, the €100,000 Sole Survivor, and the player that becomes the ‘Sole Survivor’ by outlasting all other online qualifiers in the Irish Open will win a €100K package.

You can watch the event live online at The Betting Directory from 10am tomorrow, 10th April

POKER TIP from Mad Genius Mike Caro 

Many of your opponents will treat you differently when you’re winning than when you’re losing. That’s because they’re conscious of luck and fear you more when you’re “running lucky.” When this happens, everything is as it should be in the universe, and your opponents are easier to control. You can bet marginal hands for value that you wouldn’t be able to otherwise — because you’d be afraid that these same opponents would be inspired by your losses and would raise aggressively or play deceptively.

It’s true. When you’re winning, your foes are apt to be docile and well behaved, and this allows you to press every hand for maximum value without fearing that they’ll get maximum value for their hands, too. But, wait! What’s the best way to adjust, depending on whether you’re running good or bad? Simple. Most of your decisions in poker will be “borderline,” meaning that the decision isn’t especially clear.

Do this: When you’re conspicuously winning and faced with a borderline decision between checking and betting, bet… AND between calling and raising, raise.

But… when you’re conspicuously losing and faced with a borderline decision between checking and betting, check… AND between calling and raising, call. These adjustments works like magic, and they’re pure profit.

You can chat and play with the “Mad Genius”, Mike Caro, every Wednesday night at 9:30pm ET in the Bounty Tournament at Doyles Room.com.

April brings a great range of big events and fantastic promotions from Poker at bet365. There’s something for everyone in April as they cater for both tournament and cash game players.

Tournament Players
There will be a host of promotions throughout April tailored to their tournament specialists, including Last Man Standing, where the ultimate heads-up players can win a trip to Las Vegas, Beat The Pro and the ever popular Tournament Leaderboard Challenge.

New Players
They have updated their New Player bonus, giving new customers the chance to earn a fantastic $500. The bonus is redeemed through continued play at the tables and the accumulation of Merit Points. As an added incentive, they also offer new players the chance to play in an exclusive $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll tournament where players can win a package to Las Vegas for zero outlay.

Cash Players
April is set to be a great month for players looking to build their bankrolls on the cash tables.  There will be a huge $500,000 Cash Race throughout April. Players will have the opportunity to win cash prizes and entries into the biggest events in poker: The World Series of Poker* in Las Vegas and the online series of tournaments, ECOOP IV.

Hottest Promos of the Month

$500,000 Cash Race
Cash game players have the chance to win a share of a massive $500,000 in prizes this month. Huge amounts of cash, three WSOP* Packages and 13 ECOOP IV Main Event seats are on offer. Three separate leaderboards will be running allowing for three ways to win. Players also have the chance to qualify for the bet365 exclusive $100,000 WSOP Freeroll.

$100,000 WSOP Freeroll
They are giving away five $13,000 Main Event Packages and five $4,500 Side Event Packages in their exclusive $100,000 WSOP Freeroll. With so many ways to qualify both in tournaments and cash games, plus a special opportunity for new players, everyone can get involved.

ECOOP IV
With over $4,500,000 guaranteed in prize money across 14 events, ECOOP is one of online poker’s largest tournament series. bet365 are offering satellites for as little as $1. Last year’s Main Event winner scooped a top prize of $315,000.

Beat The Pro
bet365 players can take on two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard and make their way to Las Vegas in their WSOP Beat The Pro tournaments. The top five finishers in each tournament will win seats in the $100,000 WSOP Freeroll. Players will not want to miss this great opportunity to challenge one of poker’s elite tournament players.